Birds at Rincon de la Vieja

Rincon de la Vieja Volcano is slowly becoming a renowned birdwatching destination. Hacienda Guachipelin has sponsored several bird counts. This year’s event will most likely take place in October.

Birds are now becoming another reason to visit the area.

Cesar Guell

Here we will share a  bird list provided the naturalist guide Cesar Güell. Cesar is a professional guide graduated from a Costarrican official training program for naturalist guides. What Cesar most enjoys is to share his knowledge with visitors. He really enjoys a day full of nature in the park or in the surroundings. The bird count in the area exceeds the 200 mark, but Cesar in his past year has registered 65 birds in his own personal list. Come to Rincon de la Vieja and experience the wildlife of Costa Rica with Cesar.

1. Black Vulture – Zopilote negro – Coragyps atratus
2. Turkey Vulture – Zopilote Cabeza roja – Cathartes aura
3. Broad-winged hawk – Gavilan aludo – Buteo platypterus
4. Crested Caracara – Carga huesos – Caracara cheriway
5. Red billed pigeon – paloma piquiroja – Patagiones cayensis
6. Inca dove – paloma inca – Colombina inca
7. White fronted parrot – lora de frente blanca – Amazona albifrons
8. Crested owl Buho crestado Lophostrix cristata
9. Collared trogon – trogon collagero – Trogon collaris
10. Keel billed Toucan – Rhamphastos sulfuratus
11. Hoffmanns woodpecker Mellanerpes hoffmannii
12. Masked tityra – Tityra semifaciata
13. Red crowned ant tanager – Habia rubica
14. Rufous naped wren – campylorhynchus rufinuca
15. Tropical kingbird – Tyranus melancholicus
16. Long tailed manakin – chiroxiphia linearis
17. Yellow green vireo – Vireo flavoviridis
18. White throated magpie jay – Calocitta Formosa
19. White lored gnatcatcher Palioptila plumbea
20. Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
21. Red crowned ant tanager Habia rubra
22. Summer tanager Piranga rubra
23. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula.
24. Northern Barred – woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae.
25. Olivaceous woodcreeper – Sittasomus griseicapillus
26. Long-tailed Woodcreeper – Glyphorhynchus spirurus
27. Dusky Antbird – Cercomacra tyrannina
28. Great Curassow – Crax rubra
29. Crested Guan – Penelope purpuracens
30. Osprey – Pandion haliaetus
31. White hawk – Leucopterni albicolis
32. Roadside Hawk – Buteo magnirostris
33. Short-tailed Hawk – Buteo brachyurus
34. Swainsons hawk – Buteo swainsoni
35. Gray-necked wood rail – Aramides cajanea
36. Leser Ground cukoo – Morococcyx erythropygus
37. Spectacled owl – Pulsatrix perpicillata
38. Pacific screech owl – Megascops cooperi
39. Common pauraque – Nyctidromus albicollis
40. White collared Swift – Streptoprocne zonaris
41. Ruby throated hummingbird – Amazilia boucardi
42. Long billed starthroat – Heliomaster longirostris
43. Turquoise browed Motmot – Eumomota superciliosa
44. Yellow- eared toucanet- Selenidera spectabilis
45. Groove billed Ani – Crotophaga sulcirostris
46. Squierrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana
47. Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus
48. Pale billed Woodpecker – Campephilus guatemalensis
49. Dusky Antbird – Cercomacra tyrannina
50. Bare crowned Antbird – Gymnocichla nudiceps
51. Piratic Flycatcher – Legatus leucophaius
52. Olive sided Flycatcher – Contopus cooperi
53. Black phobe – Sayornis nigricans
54. Great Kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus
55. Boat billed Flycatcher – Megarhynchus pitangua
56. Social Flycatcher – Myozetetes similis
57. Tropical Kingbird – Tyrannus melancholicus
58. Philadelphia Vireo – Vireo philadelphicus
59. Tropical Gnatcatcher – Polioptila plumblea
60. Kentucky Warbler – Oporornis formosus
61. Red crowned ant Tanager – Habia rubica
62. Red legged honeycreeper – Cyanerpes cyaneus
63. Bronzed Cowbird – Molothrus aeneus
64. Montezuma Oropendola – Psarocolius Montezuma
65. King Vulture – Sarcoramphus papa

Tapir in Rincon de la Vieja NP by Cesar Guell