Last updated: 28th March 2021
Costa Rica 2016
18th February - 2nd March 2016
This bird photography trip was self planned along with two Norwegian birding companions. During the first several days we stayed at La Laguna del Lagarto Eco-Lodge, mainly to photograph King Vultures from a special hide, which was then owned by Bence Máté's Hide Photography company. During the last several days we stayed at Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge on the Osa peninsular which holds several scarse Costa Rican specialties. At both these superb lodges which were situated in excellent birding locations, we used the services of birding guides provided as well as the obligatory guide at La Selva Biological Station. All other locations, travel itinerary and lodges including the popular San Gerardo de Dota, were self-organized and pre-booked.
Totally ca. 310 bird species were recorded and of course many of which were photographed.
 Great Curassow(Crax rubra) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Inca Dove(Columbina inca) - near Carara NP 3rd March 2016 |  Blue Ground-Dove(Claravis pretiosa) male - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |
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 Gray-chested Dove(Leptotila cassinii rufinucha) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |  Groove-billed Ani(Crotophaga sulcirostris) - Cerro Lodge 2nd March 2016 |  White-necked Jacobin(Florisuga Mellivora) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016. |
 White-necked Jacobin(Florisuga Mellivora) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016. |  White-necked Jacobin(Florisuga Mellivora) female - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016. |  White-tipped Sicklebill(Eutoxeres aquila salvini) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |
 Green-breasted Mango(Anthracothorax prevostii gracilirostris) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, 21st February 2016. |  Green-breasted Mango(Anthracothorax prevostii gracilirostris) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, 21st February 2016. |  Green-breasted Mango(Anthracothorax prevostii gracilirostris) female - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, 21st February 2016. |
 Green-breasted Mango(Anthracothorax prevostii gracilirostris) second year - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, 20th February 2016. |  Scaly-breasted Hummingbird(Phaeochroa cuvierii maculicauda) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016. |  Scaly-breasted Hummingbird(Phaeochroa cuvierii maculicauda) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016. |
 Crowned Woodnymph(Thalurania colombica venusta) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Crowned Woodnymph(Thalurania colombica venusta) female - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Mangrove Hummingbird(Amazilia boucardi) female - Osa Peninsula 28th February 2016. |
 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird(Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Rufous-tailed Hummingbird(Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  White-throated Crake(Laterallus albigularis albigularis) juvenile - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |
 Laughing Gull(Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus) on route between Quepos and Carara 1st March 2016 |  Royal Tern(Thalasseus maximus maximus) on route between Quepos and Carara 1st March 2016 |  Bare-throated Tiger-Heron(Tigrisoma mexicanum) - Carara NP 2nd March 2016 |
 Green Heron(Butorides virescens virescens) immature - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |  Green Heron(Butorides virescens virescens) immature - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |  Green Heron(Butorides virescens virescens) immature - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |
 Boat-billed Heron(Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis) adult -Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |  Boat-billed Heron(Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis) juvenile -Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |  King Vulture(Sarcoramphus papa) adult - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |
 King Vulture(Sarcoramphus papa) adult - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Black Vulture(Coragyps atratus brasiliensis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Black Vulture(Coragyps atratus brasiliensis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |
 Bicolored Hawk(Accipiter bicolor bicolor) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Turquoise-browed Motmot(Eumomota superciliosa australis) - Cerro Lodge 2nd March 2016 |  Amazon Kingfisher(Chloroceryle amazona) male - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |
 American Pygmy Kingfisher(Chloroceryle aenea aenea) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 29th February 2016 |  Green Kingfisher(Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis) male - Bosque del Rio Tigre 29th February 2016 |  Northern Emerald-toucanet(Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis) - San Gerardo de Dota 25th February 2016 |
 Collared Aracari(Pteroglossus torquatus torquatus) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 22nd February 2016 |  Collared Aracari(Pteroglossus torquatus torquatus) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Yellow-throated Toucan(Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |
 Keel-billed Toucan(Ramphastos sulfuratus brevicarinatus) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Keel-billed Toucan(Ramphastos sulfuratus brevicarinatus) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Black-cheeked Woodpecker(Melanerpes pucherani) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |
 Black-cheeked Woodpecker(Melanerpes pucherani) female - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Hoffman's Woodpecker(Melanerpes hoffmannii) female - Cerro Lodge 1st March 2016 |  Orange-chinned Parakeet(Brotogeris jugularis jugularis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |
 Orange-chinned Parakeet(Brotogeris jugularis jugularis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Brown-hooded Parrot(Pyrilia haematotis haematotis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 22nd February 2016 |  Brown-hooded Parrot(Pyrilia haematotis haematotis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |
 Red-lored Parrot(Amazona autumnalis salvini) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Great Green Macaw(Ara ambiguus ambiguous) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Great Green Macaw(Ara ambiguus ambiguous) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |
 Tufted Flycatcher(Mitrephanes phaeocercus aurantiiventris) - San Gerado de Dota 25th February 2016 |  Long-tailed Tyrant(Colonia colonus leuconota) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Great Kiskadee(Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |
 Grey-capped Flycatcher(Myiozetetes granadensis) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |  White-ringed Flycatcher(Conopias albovittatus distinctus) - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |  Tropical Kingbird(Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |
 Rufous-naped Wren(Campylorhynchus rufinucha capistratus) - Cerro Lodge, near Carara 1st March 2016 |  Black-faced Solitaire(Myadestes melanops) - San Gerado de Dota 25th February 2016 |  Clay-colored Thrush(Turdus grayi casius) - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |
 Sooty Thrush(Turdus nigrescens) female - San Gerado de Dota 26th February 2016 |  Cedar Waxwing(Bombycilla cedrorum) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher(Ptiliogonys caudatus) - San Gerado de Dota 24th February 2016 |
 (Mangrove) Yellow Warbler(Setophaga petechia bryanti/erithachorides) - Osa Peninsula 28th February 2016. Note: IOC considers the mangrove taxon of Yellow Warbler as a separate species, Mangrove Warbler (Setophaga petechia) and that Yellow Warbler is given a new scientific name (Setophaga aestiva). |  Chestnut-sided Warbler(Setophaga pensylvanica) juvenile - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |  Collared Redstart(Myioborus torquatus) - San Gerado de Dota 25th February 2016 |
 Collared Redstart(Myioborus torquatus) - San Gerado de Dota 25th February 2016 |  Dusky-faced Tanager(Mitrospingus cassinii costaricensis) - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |  Crimson-collared Tanager(Ramphocelus sanguinolentus apricus) - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |
 Scarlet-rumped (Passerini's) Tanager(Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii), earlier 'Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)' adult male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Scarlet-rumped (Passerini's) Tanager(Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii), earlier 'Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)' immature male - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |  Scarlet-rumped (Passerini's) Tanager(Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii), earlier 'Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)' female - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |
 Scarlet-rumped (Cherrie's) Tanager(Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) earlier 'Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis)' adult male - Bosque del Río Tigre 27th February 2016 |  Scarlet-rumped (Cherrie's) Tanager(Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) earlier 'Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis)' female - Bosque del Río Tigre 27th February 2016 |  Palm Tanager(Thraupis palmarum atripennis) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |
 Golden-hooded Tanager(Tangara larvata) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Golden-hooded Tanager(Tangara larvata) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Red-legged Honeycreeper(Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |
 Red-legged Honeycreeper(Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes) female - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Green Honeycreeper(Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Green Honeycreeper(Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus) female - Gavilan Rio Sarapiqui Lodge 23rd February 2016 |
 Slaty Flowerpiercer(Diglossa plumbea plumbea) - San Gerado de Dota 25th February 2016 |  Ruddy-breasted Seedeater(Sporophila minuta centralis) male - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 28th February 2016 |  Morelet's Seedeater(Sporophila morelleti morelleti) male - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 28th February 2016 |
 Bananaquit(Coereba flaveola mexicana) - Bosque det Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |  Buff-throated Saltator(Saltator maximus intermedius) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |  Black-striped Sparrow(Arremonops conirostris richmondi) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |
 Orange-billed Sparrow(Arremon aurantiirostris aurantiirostris) - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |  Rufous-collared Sparrow(Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis) - San Gerado de Dota 24th February 2016 |  Volcano Junco(Junco vulcani) - Cerro de la Muerte 26th February 2016 |
 Summer Tanager(Piranga rubra rubra) adult male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |  Summer Tanager(Piranga rubra rubra) immature male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Summer Tanager(Piranga rubra rubra) adult male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 22nd February 2016 |
 Flame-colored Tanager(Piranga bidentata citrea) male - San Gerado de Dota 25th February 2016 |  Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager(Habia atrimaxillaris) endemic for Costa Rica - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 28th February 2016 |  Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager(Habia atrimaxillaris) endemic for Costa Rica - Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 27th February 2016 |
 Montezuma Oropendola(Psarocolius montezuma) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Montezuma Oropendola(Psarocolius montezuma) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 21st February 2016 |  Black-cowled Oriole(Icterus prosthemelas praecox) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |
 Black-cowled Oriole(Icterus prosthemelas praecox) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Black-cowled Oriole(Icterus prosthemelas praecox) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |  Baltimore Oriole(Icterus galbula) adult male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 20th February 2016 |
 Baltimore Oriole(Icterus galbula) second year male - Cerro Lodge 1st March 2016 |  Olive-backed Euphonia(Euphonia gouldi praetermissa) male - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge 19th February 2016 |