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Travel and Leisure
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October 2006
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May 19, 2006
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Luna Lodge Birdwatcher's Guide

This is a table of species seen around Luna Lodge, as collected by Patrick O'Donnel, a bird expert who spent several weeks conducting research and collecting data at Luna Lodge.

Rarity Key
***** seen almost daily in appropriate habitat
**** seen 1 out of 2 days in appropriate habitat
*** seen 1 out of 5 days in appropriate habitat
** seen 1 out of 10 days in appropriate habitat
* heard often but rarely seen
  rarely seen in appropriate habitat


Notes:

1 Water: river, lagoon, or beach
2 Air: flying or soaring from river and ridge lookouts
3 Road: along road from Puerto Jimenez to Carate - mostly pasture
4 Easier to see at Luna Lodge than anywhere else in Costa Rica
5 Harpy Eagle spotted in 1997, 1999, and 2002
6 Along Carate river
7 The Clay-Colored Robin is the National bird of Costa Rica

Habitat
Species name Primary forest Secondary forest Water1 Air2 Road3 Rarity (see key) Notes
Great Tinamou
  •         *  
    Little Tinamou  
  •       *  
    Great Curassow
  •         *** 4
    Crested Guan
  •         *** 4
    Marbled Wood Quail
  •         *  
    Spotted Sandpiper    
  •     *****  
    Black-bellied Plover    
  •     ****  
    Roseate Spoonbill    
  •     ****  
    Turkey Vulture      
  •   *****  
    Black Vulture      
  •   *****  
    King Vulture      
  •   *****  
    Magnificant Frigatebird    
  •     ****  
    Brown Pelican    
  •     *****  
    Great Egret        
  • *****  
    Cattle Egret       
  • *****  
    Snowy Egret   
  •     *****  
    Bare-Throated Tiger Heron       
  • ****  
    Green Heron       
  • *****  
    Yellow-crowned Night Heron   
  •     ****  
    Harpy Eagle
  •         5
    Crested Eagle
  •  
  •   ****  
    Ornate Hawk Eagle     
  •   ****  
    Black Hawk Eagle     
  •   **  
    Common Black Hawk   
  •     *****  
    Great Black Hawk      
  •   ****  
    White Hawk     
  •   *****  
    Roadside Hawk       
  • *****  
    Tiny Hawk
  •       **  
    Double-toothed Kite
  •       ****  
    Swallow-tailed Kite     
  •   *****  
    Bat Falcon     
  •   ****  
    Laughing Falcon       
  • *****  
    Yellow-headed Caracara       
  • *****  
    Barred Forest Falcon
  •       *  
    Collared Forest Falcon           **  
    Crested Caracara       
  • *****  
    Osprey   
  •     ****  
    Spectacled Owl           *  
    Crested Owl  
  •       ***  
    Pauraque  
  •       *****  
    Scarlet Macaw     
  •   *****  
    Mealy Parrot     
  •   *****  
    Red-lored Parrot     
  •   *****  
    White-crowned Parrot     
  •   ****  
    Brown-hooded Parrot     
  •   *****  
    Orange-chinned Parakeet  
  •       *****  
    Short-billed Pigeon
  •         *****  
    Ruddy Quail Dove
  •       ****  
    Blue Ground Dove  
  •       ****  
    Plain-breasted Ground Dove       
  • ****  
    Ruddy Ground Dove       
  • *****  
    White-tipped Dove  
  •       *****  
    Grey-Chested Dove
  •       ****  
    White-tipped Sicklebill  
  •       **  
    Long-tailed Hermit
  •       *****  
    Littel Hermit
  •       *****  
    Band-tailed Barbthroat  
  •       *****  
    Scaly-breasted Hummer  
  •       **  
    White-necked Jacobin  
  •       *****  
    Purple-crowned Fairy
  •       ****  
    White-crested Coquette  
  •       ****  
    Violet-headed Hummer
  •       ****  
    Long-billed Starthroat  
  •       **  
    Blue-throated Goldentail
  •       *****  
    Beryl-crowned Hummer  
  •       *****  
    Rufous-tailed Hummer  
  •       *****  
    White-collared Swift     
  •   *****  
    Band-rumped Swift     
  •   *****  
    Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift     
  •   ****  
    Chestnut-collared Swift     
  •   **  
    Ringed Kingfisher   
  •     ****  
    Green Kingfisher   
  •     *****  
    Amazon Kingfisher   
  •     ****  
    Slaty-tailed Trogon
  •         ****  
    Bairds Trogon
  •         ****  
    Violaceous Trogon  
  •       *****  
    Black-throated Trogon
  •       ****  
    White-necked Puffbird
  •         *  
    White-whiskered Puffbird
  •       ****  
    Rufous-tailed Jacamar  
  •       ****  
    Blue-crowned MotMot  
  •       ****  
    Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
  •         *****  
    Fiery-billed Aracari  
  •       ****  
    Lineated Woodpecker  
  •       ****  
    Pale-billed Woodpecker
  •       *****  
    Golden-naped Woodpecker
  •       *****  
    Rufous-winged Woodécker
  •         **  
    Red-crowned Woodpecker       
  • *****  
    Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
  •         *****  
    Long-tailed Woodcreeper
  •         **  
    Buff-throated Woodcreeper  
  •       *****  
    Black-striped Woodcreeper
  •         *****  
    Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
  •         *****  
    N. Barred Woodcreeper
  •         ****  
    Great Antshrike  
  •       *  
    Black-hooded Antshrike
  •       *****  
    Russet Antshrike
  •         *****  
    Chestnut-backed Antbird
  •       *****  
    Bicolored Antbird
  •         ****  
    Dot-winged Antwren
  •       ****  
    Slaty Antwren
  •         **  
    Black-faced Ant-thrush
  •         *  
    Plain Xenos
  •         *****  
    Scaly-throated Leaftosser
  •         **  
    Pale-breasted Spinetail       
  • ****  
    Tropical Kingbird  
  •       *****  
    Great Kiskadee  
  •       *****  
    Boat-billed Flycatcher
  •       *****  
    Social Flycatcher  
  •       *****  
    Grey-capped Flycatcher  
  •       *****  
    Great-crested Flycatcher
  •       *****  
    Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  •       *****  
    Olive-sided Flycatcher
  •       ****  
    Western Wood Peewee  
  •       *****  
    Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  
  •       ****  
    Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
  •         ****  
    Sulpher-rumped Flycatcher
  •         ****  
    Yellow-olive Flycatcher
  •       ****  
    Eye-ringed Flatbill
  •         ****  
    Golden-crowned Spadebill
  •         ****  
    Northern Bentbill  
  •       ****  
    Mistletoe Tyrannulet
  •       *****  
    Common Tody Flycatcher  
  •       *****  
    Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
  •       *****  
    Yellow-bellied Elaenia  
  •       ****  
    Bright-rumped Attila
  •       *  
    Yellow Tyrannulet       
  • *****  
    Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant
  •         *****  
    Rufous Mourner
  •         ****  
    S. Beardless Tyrannulet  
  •       ****  
    White-winged Becard  
  •       ****  
    Rose-throated Becard  
  •       **  
    Tropical Gnatcatcher
  •       *****  
    Masked Tityrde
  •       ****  
    Black-crowned Tityrde
  •       ****  
    Turquoise Cotinga
  •       **  
    Yellow-billed Cotinga   
  •    ** 6
    Rufous Piha
  •         *****  
    Red-capped Manakin
  •       *****  
    Blue-crowned Manakin
  •       *****  
    Thrushlike Schiffornis
  •         *  
    Orange-collared Manakin  
  •       **  
    Riverside Wren  
  •       *****  
    Whistling wren
  •       *  
    Crowned Woodnymph
  •       *****  
    Long-billed Gnatwren
  •       ****  
    Clay-colored Robin  
  •       **** 7
    Green Shrike Vireo
  •         *  
    Lesser Greenlet
  •       *****  
    Yellow-throated Vireo
  •       *****  
    Philadelphia Vireo
  •       *****  
    Tennesee Warbler
  •       *****  
    Buff-rumped Warbler   
  •     *****  
    Golden-winged Warbler
  •       ****  
    Black and White warbler
  •       **  
    Kentucky Warbler
  •       ****  
    Chestnut-sided warbler
  •       *****  
    Baltimore Oriole
  •       *****  
    Scarlet-rumped Cacique
  •       *****  
    Spotted-crowned Euphonia
  •       *****  
    Thick-billed Euphonia
  •       ****  
    Grey-headed Tanager
  •       ****  
    Palm Tanager  
  •       *****  
    Blue-grey Tanager  
  •       *****  
    Golden-hooded Tanager
  •       *****  
    White-shouldered Tanager
  •         *****  
    Bay-headed Tanager
  •       ****  
    White-throated Shrike Tanager
  •         ****  
    Cherries Tanager  
  •       *****  
    Summer Tanager
  •       *****  
    Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
  •       ****  
    Blue Dacnis
  •       *****  
    Green Honeycreeper
  •       ****  
    Shining Honeycreeper
  •       *****  
    Red-legged Honeycreeper
  •       *****  
    Bananaquit
  •       *****  
    Buff-throated Saltator  
  •       *****  
    Blue-black Grosbeak  
  •       *****  
    Orange-billed Sparrow
  •       ****  
    Variable Seedeater  
  •       *****  
    White-collared Seedeater       
  • *****  
    Yellow-bellied Seedeater       
  • ****  
    Ruddy-breasted Seedeater       
  • **  
    Blakc-striped Sparrow  
  •       *****  
    Squirrel Cuckoo
  •       *****  
    Striped Cuckoo       
  • ****  
    Smooth-billed Ani       
  • *****  
    Southern Roughwinged Swallow   
  •     *****  
    Mangrove Swallow   
  •     *****  
    Pale-vented Pigeon       
  • *****  



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