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| Click on the thumbnails below for species galleries: |
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| I spent 2-and-a-bit weeks in Costa Rica in February/March 2011 with top photographer Bill Baston Our itinerary took in various habitats and elevations: (the numbers below correspond to those on the map) 1. La Selva Biological Station - lower elevations of the Caribbean slope 2. Rancho Naturalista - middle elevations of the Caribbean slope 3. Savegre Valley - higher elevations 4. Carara National Park and Tarcoles River - forest and Pacific coast 5. Ensenada and Solimar - Pacific coast and lowlands 6. Arenal National Park Click here for Costa Rica trip diary |
| Costa Rica, February/March 2011 Bird image galleries |
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Great Curassow Crax rubra |
| Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps |
| Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens |
| Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
| Jabiru Jabiru mycteria |
| Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum |
| Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum |
| Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea |
| Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja |
| White Ibis Eudocimus albus |
| Sunbittern Eurypyga helias |
| Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura |
| Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus |
| White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis |
| Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus |
| Mangrove Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus subtilis |
| Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans |
| Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa |
| Double-striped Thick-Knee Burhinus bistriatus |
| Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilsensis |
| Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus |
| Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi |
| Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
| Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana |
| Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi |
| Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum |
| Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis |
| Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens |
| Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula |
| White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora |
| Violet-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica |
| Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl |
| Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus |
| White-throated Mountain-Gem Lampornis castaneoventris |
| Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae |
| Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti |
| Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla |
| Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula |
| Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus |
| Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno |
| Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena |
| Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota |
| Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum |
| Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa |
| Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus |
| Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana |
| Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda |
| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii |
| Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus |
| Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani |
| Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus |
| Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophega cinerea |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis |
| White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa |
| Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
| Clay-coloured Thrush Turdus grayi |
| American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus |
| Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi |
| Collared Redstart Myioborus torquatus |
| Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys |
| Bananaquit Coereba flaveola |
| Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus pileatus |
| White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus |
| Flame-coloured Tanager Piranga bidentata |
| Passerini's Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii |
| Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata |
| Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus |
| Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza |
| Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus |
| Stripe-headed Sparrow Aimophila ruficauda |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis |
| Volcano Junco Junco vulcani |
| Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus |
| Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps |
| Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Montezuma Oropendola Psarcolius montezuma |
| San Jose & La Selva More images from the Central Valley and Caribbean lowlands (thumbnail shows a Tiny Hawk) |
| Rancho Naturalista More images from middle elevations of the Caribbean slope (thumbnail: Green Hermit) |
| Savegre & high elevations More images from higher elevations (thumbnail: Sooty Robin) |
| Carara & Tarcoles More images from Pacific lowlands and coastline (thumbnail: American Pygmy Kingfisher) |
| Ensenada & Hacienda Solimar More images from the northwestern Pacific region (thumbnail: Lineated Woodpecker) |
| Arenal More images from the Arenal Volcano National Park area (thumbnail: Stripe-throated Hermit) |
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| Other animals More images of various mammals and reptiles (thumbnail: White-nosed Coati) |
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| Trip diary Including scenery shots as well as the pick of the birds and mammals |