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The clay-colored thrush is the national bird of Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica is a small country, it is in the bird-rich neotropical region and has a huge number of species for its area. The official bird list published by the Costa Rican Rare Birds and Records Committee of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica (AOCR) contained 948 ...
Costa Rica's birds range in size from the scintillant hummingbird, at 2.2 grams and 6 cm (2.4 in), to the huge jabiru, at 6.5 kg (14.3 lb) and 150 cm (60 in) (the American white pelican is heavier, but is an accidental species).
Charming hummingbird. Checker-throated stipplethroat. Cherrie's tanager. Chestnut-backed antbird. Chestnut-colored woodpecker. Chestnut-mandibled toucan. Cinnamon woodpecker. Clay-colored thrush. Cocoa woodcreeper.
Pages in category "Endemic birds of Costa Rica" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Myadestes melanops. Salvin, 1865. The black-faced solitaire (Myadestes melanops) is a bird in the thrush family endemic to highlands in Costa Rica and western Panama. This is a bird of dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from 750 to 3,000 m (2,460 to 9,840 ft) altitude. It disperses as low as 400 m (1,300 ft) in ...
Costa Rican swift Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae Genus: Chaetura Species: C. fumosa Binomial name Chaetura fumosa Salvin, 1870 Synonyms Acanthylis spinicaudus fumosa The Costa Rican swift (Chaetura fumosa) is a species of bird in ...
Procnias tricarunculata. The three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus) is a Central American migratory bird of the cotinga family. The sexes are very dissimilar in appearance. The male has a white head and throat and the remaining plumage is chestnut brown. From the base of his beak dangle three long, slender, black wattles that he uses ...
A major source of food in Costa Rica during breeding time is D. oleifera, 80% of the observations of foraging birds in Costa Rica in a 2004 study were in this tree (albeit in an area where this is the most common tree). [24] [34] It will fly large distances to feed on these trees, also going to trees found in pastures and semi-open areas. It ...