Costa Rica - Gallery of Favorites

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Here are a few favorite pictures from the trip. I took over 2400 (with Pattie adding another 50 or so) and surely I could find a couple :-)
These are either pictures I thought were good portraits of the bird, or it was a special bird and didn't really matter if it was a good picture or not.   They're in a loose taxonomical order.  All of the pictures I kept can be referenced from the trip list thumbnail page.


A very lucky find; it was getting quite dark at this point, and we could here the Tinamou in the forest. I simply pointed my camera into the dark and hoped for the best (composition and focus). Surprisingly, the flash left great after images on our eyes, and we could see it quite clearly. The pictures aren't great, but I'm happy to have something!

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)  


Great Curassow (Crax rubra)  


Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)  


Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)  



Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)  


Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)  


Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)  


King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)  



Mangrove Black-Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis)  


Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)  


Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbea)  


Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)  



Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)  
Pattie and I found this bird while strolling through the resort's grounds. \n\nThis one is healthy, but disturbingly there was another wandering around that had lost one foot, and the other was at risk from twine that was wrapped around it. Andy suspected it had been kept on a string, and that the other foot would eventually fall to the same fate; we tried to catch it but weren't successful.

Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)  


Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)  


Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)  

We got up a little earlier as our guides had heard this owl calling over the past couple of nights. We tried all over the resorts grounds and were getting ready to quit and leave for La Selva when we heard it call in the distance. Andy was able to bring it in, and Gustavo with his portable anti-aircraft search light was able to pick it out for us.

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)  
Endemic to the region.

Dusky Nightjar (Caprimulgus saturatus)  


Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)  
Female...

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)  

Endemic to CR.

Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps)  


Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)  
Great pictures of this hummer taken by Pattie.

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)  


Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)  



Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)  
Female

Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)  


White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris)  


Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)  



Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)  


Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)  


White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)  


Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)  



Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)  


Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)  


Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)  


Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)  



Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)  


Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)  


Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)  
Female

Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)  



Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)  


Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)  


Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)  


Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)  



American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)  


White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos)  


Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)  


Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)  

Endemic to CR.

Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii)  


Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)  


Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis)  


Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis)  



Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)  


Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)  
Female; Pattie and I came across this regionally endemic species on a stroll through the resort's grounds, and initially thought it was excavating a nest hole. Later, a few of us came back to see it and Andy and Gustavo felt the hole was too big, and thus it was simply enjoying a good feed of insects.

Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)  
Female; Pattie and I came across this regionally endemic species on a stroll through the resort's grounds, and initially thought it was excavating a nest hole. Later, a few of us came back to see it and Andy and Gustavo felt the hole was too big, and thus it was simply enjoying a good feed of insects.

Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)  



Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)  


Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)  


Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)  


Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus)  



Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)  


Western Slaty-Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)  


Northern Barred-Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)  


Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)  



Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)  


Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus)  


Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)  


Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens)  



Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii)  


Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)  


Black-capped Flycatcher (Empidonax atriceps)  


Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)  



Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)  


Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)  


Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)  


White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)  



White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)  
Lucy and I had seen this female a day earlier, but today I went out on my own and found this nest, just a few metres from the edge of the river running along the resort. Pattie and I visited it later so I could take some pictures.

White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)  


Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus)  


Timberline Wren (Thryorchilus browni)  



Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi)  


Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus frantzii)  


Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)  


Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis semiflava)  



Collared Redstart (Myioborus torquatus)  


Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Habia fuscicauda)  


Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)  


Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)  



Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)  


Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)  


Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus)  


Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)  



Blue-gray and Golden-hooded Tanagers  
Female.

Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)  


Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)  


Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)  



Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii)  


Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus pileatus)  


Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)  


Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea)  



Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma)  


Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma)  


Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)  


Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)  



Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)  


Sooty-faced Finch (Lysurus crassirostris)  


Volcano Junco (Junco vulcani)  


Yellow-bellied Siskin (Carduelis xanthogastra)  



 


Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)  
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