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Costa Rican Bird Song Sampler David L Ross This compact disc contains 184 of the most often heard Costa Rican birds (nearly a third of the country's resident species). The sounds are numbered and sequenced to follow the order in which they appear in the plates in Guide to Birds of Costa Rica. The recordings are presented within the following eight easy-to-use, "digestible" categories:
In addition to covering the most characteristic bird songs of the major birding destinations, this sampler includes a selection of recordings for the seasoned visitor--Resplendent Quetzal, Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager, Black-crowned Antpitta, Yellow-eared Toucanet, Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, Zeledonia, Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Silvery-throated Jay, Black-faced Solitaire, Collared, Slaty-backed and Barred Forest-Falcons, 5 tinamou species, 15 wrens, and 11 nightbirds including the Andean Pygmy-Owl.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Great Tinamou | Tinamus major |
| Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei |
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui |
| Thicket Tinamou | Crypturellus cinnamomeus |
| Slaty-breasted Tinamou | Crypturellus boucardi |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris |
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans |
| Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis |
| Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon | Micrastur mirandollei |
| Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
| Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens |
| Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor |
| Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis |
| Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus |
| Spotted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus guttatus |
| Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis |
| Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus |
| Short-billed Pigeon | Columba nigrirostris |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina |
| Blue Ground-Dove | Claravis pretiosa |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao |
| White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons |
| Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata |
| Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia |
| Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
| Pacific Screech-Owl | Otus cooperi |
| Bare-shanked Screech-Owl | Otus clarkii |
| Vermiculated Screech-Owl | Otus vermiculatus |
| Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata |
| Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| Mottled Owl | Ciccaba virgata |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum |
| Andean Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium jardinii |
| Grey Potoo | Nyctibius griseus |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
| Dusky Nightjar | Caprimulgus saturatus |
| Green Hermit | Phaethornis guy |
| Green Violet-ear | Colibri thalassinus |
| Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis |
| Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno |
| Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena |
| Lattice-tailed Trogon | Trogon clathratus |
| Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii |
| Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus |
| Elegant Trogon | Trogon elegans |
| Orange-bellied Trogon | Trogon aurantiiventris |
| Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus |
| Violaceous Trogon | Trogon violaceus |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum |
| Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa |
| Rufous Motmot | Baryphthengus martii |
| Blue-crowned Motmot | Momotus momota |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda |
| White-fronted Nunbird | Monasa morphoeus |
| Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii |
| Emerald Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
| Collared Araçari | Pteroglossus torquatus |
| Yellow-eared Toucanet | Selenidera spectabilis |
| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus |
| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos swainsonii |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus |
| Hoffmann's Woodpecker | Melanerpes hoffmannii |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus |
| Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis |
| Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla anabatina |
| Buff-throated Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus guttatus |
| Black-striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Spotted Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus erythropygius |
| Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| Spot-crowned Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes affinis |
| Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura |
| Lineated Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla subalaris |
| Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner | Automolus ochrolaemus |
| Guianan Slaty Antshrike | Thamnophilus punctatus |
| Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis |
| Chestnut-backed Antbird | Myrmeciza exsul |
| Immaculate Antbird | Myrmeciza immaculata |
| Bicolored Antbird | Gymnopithys bicolor |
| Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis |
| Black-headed Antthrush | Formicarius nigricapillus |
| Rufous-breasted Antthrush | Formicarius rufipectus |
| Black-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma michleri |
| Streak-chested Antpitta | Hylopezus perspicillatus |
| White-lored Antpitta | Hylopezus fulviventris |
| Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus |
| Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
| Tufted Flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus |
| Rufous Mourner | Rhytipterna holerythra |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata |
| Thrush-like Schiffornis | Schiffornis turdinus |
| White-collared Manakin | Manacus candei |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Orange-collared Manakin | Manacus aurantiacus |
| Long-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia linearis |
| White-crowned Manakin | Dixiphia pipra |
| Blue-crowned Manakin | Lepidothrix coronata |
| Rufous Piha | Lipaugus unirufus |
| Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata |
| Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculata |
| Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher | Ptilogonys caudatus |
| Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
| Black-throated Wren | Thryothorus atrogularis |
| Black-bellied Wren | Thryothorus fasciatoventris |
| Riverside Wren | Thryothorus semibadius |
| Black-capped Wren | Thryothorus nigricapillus |
| Stripe-breasted Wren | Thryothorus thoracicus |
| Banded Wren | Thryothorus pleurostictus |
| Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryothorus rufalbus |
| Plain Wren | Thryothorus modestus |
| Timberline Wren | Thryorchilus browni |
| White-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucosticta |
| Grey-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys |
| Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela |
| Song Wren | Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus |
| Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops |
| Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris |
| Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater |
| Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus mexicanus |
| Sooty Robin | Turdus nigrescens |
| Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus |
| Clay-colored Robin | Turdus grayi |
| White-throated Thrush | Turdus assimilis |
| Straight-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus |
| Azure-hooded Jay | Cyanolyca cucullata |
| Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula |
| Brown Jay | Psilorhinus morio |
| White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa |
| Stripe-headed Sparrow | Aimophila ruficauda |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| White-eared Ground-Sparrow | Melozone leucotis |
| Orange-billed Sparrow | Arremon aurantiirostris |
| Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus |
| Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris |
| Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Buarremon brunneinucha |
| Large-footed Finch | Pezopetes capitalis |
| Black-thighed Grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis |
| Black-faced Grosbeak | Caryothraustes poliogaster |
| Slate-colored Grosbeak | Saltator grossus |
| Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
| Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides |
| Common Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus ophthalmicus |
| Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus pileatus |
| Dusky-faced Tanager | Mitrospingus cassinii |
| Carmiol's Tanager | Chlorothraupis carmioli |
| White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax |
| Red-throated Ant-Tanager | Habia fuscicauda |
| Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis |
| Spot-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia imitans |
| Golden-browed Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia callophrys |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala |
| Flame-throated Warbler | Parula gutturalis |
| Grey-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus |
| Buff-rumped Warbler | Basileuterus fulvicauda |
| Rufous-capped Warbler | Basileuterus rufifrons |
| Wrenthrush | Zeledonia coronata |
| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| Green Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius pulchellus |
| Yellow-winged Vireo | Vireo carmioli |
| Tawny-crowned Greenlet | Hylophilus ochraceiceps |
| Lesser Greenlet | Hylophilus decurtatus |
| Yellow-bellied Siskin | Carduelis xanthogastra |
| Chestnut-headed Oropendola | Zarhynchus wagleri |
| Montezuma Oropendola | Gymnostinops montezuma |
| Subtropical Cacique | Cacicus uropygialis |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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