costa rica: the birds
Here is a list of the 88 new life birds I saw in Costa Rica, including some pictures. Possibly one or two are yet to be ID'd but this shuld be pretty close to the final list. Behind a cut for length.
261 Summer Tanager
262 Black-Cheeked Woodpecker
263 Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
264 Great Kiskidee
265 Montezuma Oropendola
266 Northern Barred Woodcreeper
267 Boat-Billed Flycatcher
268 Black Vulture
269 Grey Hawk
270 Hooded Warbler
271 Passerini's Tanager
272 Green Kingfisher
273 Yellow-Billed Cacique
274 Gray Chachalaca
275 Green Honeycreeper
276 Buff-Throated Saltator
277 Palm Tanager
278 Olive-Backed Euphonia
279 Baltimore Oriole
280 Blue-Gray Tanager
281 Collared Aracari
282 Gray-Chested Dove
283 Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird
284 Red-Throated Ant Tanager
285 Hoffmann's Woodpecker
286 Greyish Saltator
287 Orange-Crowned? Parrot
288 Neotropic Cormorant
289 Golden-Hooded Tanager
290 White-Necked Jacobin
291 Purple-Crowned Fairy
292 Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird
293 Clay-Colored Thrush
294 Red-Legged Honeycreeper
295 Crimson-Collared Tanager
296 Keel-Billed Toucan
297 Red-Lored Parrot
298 Snowy Cotinga
299 Pale-Billed Woodpecker
300 Sunbittern
301 Louisiana Waterthrush
302 Rufous Motmot
303 White-Winged Dove
304 Rufous-Collared Sparrow
305 Crimson-Fronted? Parakeet
306 Blue-and-White Swallow
307 Yellow-Thighed Finch
308 Scott's Oriole
309 Common Clorosphingus
310 Violet Sabrewing
311 Coppery-Headed Emerald
312 Purple-Throated Mountain-Gem
313 Bananaquit
314 Green Hermit
315 Black-Bellied Hummingbird
316 Green Thorntail
317 Green-Crowned Brilliant
318 Brown-Hooded Parrot
319 Philadelphia Vireo
320 Gray-Breasted Martin
321 Tufted Flycatcher
322 Brown Jay [no picture taken]
323 Green Violet-Ear
324 Bronze-Tailed Plumleteer
325 Brown Violet-Ear
326 Magenta-Throated Woodstar
327 Coppery-Headed Emerald
328 Blue-Crowned Motmot
329 Three-Striped Warbler
330 Ocracheous Wren
331 Resplendant Quetzal
332 Yellow-Throated Euphonia
333 Broad-Winged Hawk
334 Crested Caracara
335 Cherrie's Tanager
336 Red-Billed Pigeon
337 Roadside Hawk
338 Riverside Wren
339 Double-Toothed Kite
340 Black-Hooded Antshrike
341 Common Potoo
342 Fiery-Billed Aracari
343 Social Flycatcher
344 Inca Dove
345 Laughing Gull
346 Scarlet Macaw
347 Bronzy Hermit
Record shots of all these birds (except Brown Jay) can be found on my Flickr stream here. Probably all out of order because Flickr is the devil. Enjoy!
261 Summer Tanager
262 Black-Cheeked Woodpecker
263 Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
264 Great Kiskidee
265 Montezuma Oropendola
266 Northern Barred Woodcreeper
267 Boat-Billed Flycatcher
268 Black Vulture
269 Grey Hawk
270 Hooded Warbler
271 Passerini's Tanager
272 Green Kingfisher
273 Yellow-Billed Cacique
274 Gray Chachalaca
275 Green Honeycreeper
276 Buff-Throated Saltator
277 Palm Tanager
278 Olive-Backed Euphonia
279 Baltimore Oriole
280 Blue-Gray Tanager
281 Collared Aracari
282 Gray-Chested Dove
283 Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird
284 Red-Throated Ant Tanager
285 Hoffmann's Woodpecker
286 Greyish Saltator
287 Orange-Crowned? Parrot
288 Neotropic Cormorant
289 Golden-Hooded Tanager
290 White-Necked Jacobin
291 Purple-Crowned Fairy
292 Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird
293 Clay-Colored Thrush
294 Red-Legged Honeycreeper
295 Crimson-Collared Tanager
296 Keel-Billed Toucan
297 Red-Lored Parrot
298 Snowy Cotinga
299 Pale-Billed Woodpecker
300 Sunbittern
301 Louisiana Waterthrush
302 Rufous Motmot
303 White-Winged Dove
304 Rufous-Collared Sparrow
305 Crimson-Fronted? Parakeet
306 Blue-and-White Swallow
307 Yellow-Thighed Finch
308 Scott's Oriole
309 Common Clorosphingus
310 Violet Sabrewing
311 Coppery-Headed Emerald
312 Purple-Throated Mountain-Gem
313 Bananaquit
314 Green Hermit
315 Black-Bellied Hummingbird
316 Green Thorntail
317 Green-Crowned Brilliant
318 Brown-Hooded Parrot
319 Philadelphia Vireo
320 Gray-Breasted Martin
321 Tufted Flycatcher
322 Brown Jay [no picture taken]
323 Green Violet-Ear
324 Bronze-Tailed Plumleteer
325 Brown Violet-Ear
326 Magenta-Throated Woodstar
327 Coppery-Headed Emerald
328 Blue-Crowned Motmot
329 Three-Striped Warbler
330 Ocracheous Wren
331 Resplendant Quetzal
332 Yellow-Throated Euphonia
333 Broad-Winged Hawk
334 Crested Caracara
335 Cherrie's Tanager
336 Red-Billed Pigeon
337 Roadside Hawk
338 Riverside Wren
339 Double-Toothed Kite
340 Black-Hooded Antshrike
341 Common Potoo
342 Fiery-Billed Aracari
343 Social Flycatcher
344 Inca Dove
345 Laughing Gull
346 Scarlet Macaw
347 Bronzy Hermit
Record shots of all these birds (except Brown Jay) can be found on my Flickr stream here. Probably all out of order because Flickr is the devil. Enjoy!