Costa Rican Bird Song Sampler

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:

  • Widespread Species
  • Common Rainforest Species
  • Caribbean Rainforest Species
  • Pacific Rainforest Species
  • Middle Elevation Rainforest Species
  • Dry Forest Species
  • Monteverde-Area and Cloud Forest Species
  • Highland Species

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 NameScientific Name
Great TinamouTinamus major
Highland TinamouNothocercus bonapartei
Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus
Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardi
Roadside HawkButeo magnirostris
Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
Barred Forest-FalconMicrastur ruficollis
Slaty-backed Forest-FalconMicrastur mirandollei
Collared Forest-FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
Black GuanChamaepetes unicolor
Marbled Wood-QuailOdontophorus gujanensis
Black-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus leucolaemus
Spotted Wood-QuailOdontophorus guttatus
Gray-necked Wood-RailAramides cajanea
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
Double-striped Thick-kneeBurhinus bistriatus
Short-billed PigeonColumba nigrirostris
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
Blue Ground-DoveClaravis pretiosa
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
Scarlet MacawAra macao
White-fronted ParrotAmazona albifrons
Yellow-naped ParrotAmazona auropalliata
Mealy ParrotAmazona farinosa
Striped CuckooTapera naevia
Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
Pacific Screech-OwlOtus cooperi
Bare-shanked Screech-OwlOtus clarkii
Vermiculated Screech-OwlOtus vermiculatus
Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
Mottled OwlCiccaba virgata
Common NameScientific Name
Ferruginous Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Andean Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium jardinii
Grey PotooNyctibius griseus
Common PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
Dusky NightjarCaprimulgus saturatus
Green HermitPhaethornis guy
Green Violet-earColibri thalassinus
Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignis
Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno
Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratus
Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdii
Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus
Elegant TrogonTrogon elegans
Orange-bellied TrogonTrogon aurantiiventris
Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
Violaceous TrogonTrogon violaceus
Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
Blue-crowned MotmotMomotus momota
Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
White-fronted NunbirdMonasa morphoeus
Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantzii
Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
Yellow-eared ToucanetSelenidera spectabilis
Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
Chestnut-mandibled ToucanRamphastos swainsonii
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatina
Buff-throated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus guttatus
Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
Common NameScientific Name
Spotted WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus erythropygius
Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
Spot-crowned WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinis
Slaty SpinetailSynallaxis brachyura
Lineated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla subalaris
Buff-throated Foliage-gleanerAutomolus ochrolaemus
Guianan Slaty AntshrikeThamnophilus punctatus
Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
Chestnut-backed AntbirdMyrmeciza exsul
Immaculate AntbirdMyrmeciza immaculata
Bicolored AntbirdGymnopithys bicolor
Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
Black-headed AntthrushFormicarius nigricapillus
Rufous-breasted AntthrushFormicarius rufipectus
Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleri
Streak-chested AntpittaHylopezus perspicillatus
White-lored AntpittaHylopezus fulviventris
Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifrons
Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
Mountain ElaeniaElaenia frantzii
Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus pileatus
Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
Yellow-olive FlycatcherTolmomyias sulphurescens
Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
Rufous MournerRhytipterna holerythra
Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
Thrush-like SchiffornisSchiffornis turdinus
White-collared ManakinManacus candei
Common NameScientific Name
Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacus
Long-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia linearis
White-crowned ManakinDixiphia pipra
Blue-crowned ManakinLepidothrix coronata
Rufous PihaLipaugus unirufus
Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculata
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtilogonys caudatus
Rufous-naped WrenCampylorhynchus rufinucha
Black-throated WrenThryothorus atrogularis
Black-bellied WrenThryothorus fasciatoventris
Riverside WrenThryothorus semibadius
Black-capped WrenThryothorus nigricapillus
Stripe-breasted WrenThryothorus thoracicus
Banded WrenThryothorus pleurostictus
Rufous-and-white WrenThryothorus rufalbus
Plain WrenThryothorus modestus
Timberline WrenThryorchilus browni
White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
Grey-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomela
Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanops
Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostris
Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscater
Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanus
Sooty RobinTurdus nigrescens
Pale-vented ThrushTurdus obsoletus
Clay-colored RobinTurdus grayi
White-throated ThrushTurdus assimilis
Straight-billed GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
Azure-hooded JayCyanolyca cucullata
Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigula
Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa
Stripe-headed SparrowAimophila ruficauda
Common NameScientific Name
White-eared Ground-SparrowMelozone leucotis
Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
Chestnut-capped BrushfinchBuarremon brunneinucha
Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalis
Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialis
Black-faced GrosbeakCaryothraustes poliogaster
Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossus
Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
Common Bush-TanagerChlorospingus ophthalmicus
Sooty-capped Bush-TanagerChlorospingus pileatus
Dusky-faced TanagerMitrospingus cassinii
Carmiol's TanagerChlorothraupis carmioli
White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax
Red-throated Ant-TanagerHabia fuscicauda
Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitans
Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrys
Silver-throated TanagerTangara icterocephala
Flame-throated WarblerParula gutturalis
Grey-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus
Buff-rumped WarblerBasileuterus fulvicauda
Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
WrenthrushZeledonia coronata
Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
Green Shrike-VireoVireolanius pulchellus
Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioli
Tawny-crowned GreenletHylophilus ochraceiceps
Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
Yellow-bellied SiskinCarduelis xanthogastra
Chestnut-headed OropendolaZarhynchus wagleri
Montezuma OropendolaGymnostinops montezuma
Subtropical CaciqueCacicus uropygialis

Disclaimer 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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