Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Puntarenas Province
Localities
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- Buenos Aires
- Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve
- Carara National Park
- Cascajal
- Cerro Plano
- Chiriquí Highlands
- Chomes
- Cocos Island
- Dominical
- Esparza
- Golfito
- Golfo Dulce
- Guacalillo
- Gulf of Nicoya
- Jaco
- Lagartos
- Manuel Antonio
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Miramar
- Osa Canton
- Osa Peninsula
- Paquera
- Paso Real
- Punta Leona
- Puntarenas
- Quepos
- San Vito
- Santa Elena
- Tárcoles
- Tárcoles River
- Tarcolitos
List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Puntarenas Province
Materials recorded in Puntarenas Province
List of all the materials recorded in Puntarenas Province, sorted by rating.255 Videos
Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia)
a single individual in midstory
LocalityCarara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica DAVID ASCANIO 07 July 2010 26 sec 3.8
Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis)
A bird holding a fruit in its claws and eating it
LocalityGolfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp salvini) Max Roth 31 January 2001 20 sec 3.8
Marbled Wood-quail (Odontophorus gujanensis)
A male and three females on forest floor.
LocalityHotel Villa Lapas, Jaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp castigatus) Richard Garrigues 20 March 2010 26 sec 3.8
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
An immature male on the grass, with its bill opened
LocalityPunta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp peruvianus) Guus van Duin 14 February 2008 9 sec 3.8
Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi)
A female perched on a branch
LocalityGolfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species) Max Roth 28 February 2001 33 sec 3.8
Western Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
A bird visiting a ginger inflorescence.
LocalityCarate, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp cephalus) Richard Garrigues 09 September 2010 25 sec 3.8
Northern Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
A bird catching insects while following army ants.
LocalityCarara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp hesperius) Peter Nash 18 March 2002 24 sec 3.8
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Four birds on a river bank
LocalityCarara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp mexicanus) Peter Nash 19 March 2002 13 sec 3.8
354 Photographs
Baird's Trogon (Trogon bairdii)
One male perched.
LocalityLa Gamba Field Station, Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species) Norbert Sauberer 25 January 2007 3.6
Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
Coconut eater
LocalityPunta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Guy Poisson 01 December 2008 3.6
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
LocalityCarara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Guy Poisson 10 January 2009 3.6
Veraguas Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis)
This year for the first time I saw this beautiful hummingbird in my garden, it was there almost every day during flowering of th
LocalityDrake, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Martina Wegener 05 May 2012 3.6
Pale-vented Pigeon (Columba cayennensis)
A couple perched on grass stalks.
LocalityQuepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp pallidicrissa) manuel retana 25 April 2011 3.6
Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
Hunting
LocalityTárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp egretta) Guy Poisson 29 December 2008 3.6
Grey-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)
A bird perched on a palm.
LocalityParque Nacional Marino Ballena, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica manuel retana 26 March 2013 3.6
Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aenea)
Perched on a branch
LocalityCorcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Marc FASOL 24 August 2012 3.6
12 Sounds
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Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
A bird giving a loud chatter from an exposed perch by the Tarcoles River.
Locality:Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Scott Olmstead 07 February 2010 3
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Brown-hooded Parrot (Pionopsitta haematotis)
Calls from a perched individual.
Locality:Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Scott Olmstead 20 March 2010 3
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Calls given by a bird in flight.
Locality:Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Scott Olmstead 07 February 2010 3
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Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Calls by one bird.
Locality:Tárcoles River, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica Greg Baker 06 April 2001 3
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Puntarenas Province
Species with materials recorded in Puntarenas Province
List of species with materials recorded in Puntarenas Province. Species that occur in Puntarenas Province but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Tinamous (Tinamidae)
- Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
- Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui)
- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
- Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
- Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus)
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax violaceus)
- Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
- Osprey (Pandionidae)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Grey-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)
- Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
- Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Mangrove Black Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis)
- Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
- Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
- Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
- Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Barred Forest-falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
- Grey-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
- Marbled Wood-quail (Odontophorus gujanensis)
- Spotted Wood-quail (Odontophorus guttatus)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea)
- Uniform Crake (Amaurolimnas concolor)
- Sunbittern (Eurypygidae)
- Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
- Jacanas (Jacanidae)
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus)
- Beach Thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Pale-vented Pigeon (Columba cayennensis)
- Red-billed Pigeon (Columba flavirostris)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
- Blue Ground-dove (Claravis pretiosa)
- Inca Dove (Scardafella inca)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Rufous-breasted Quail-dove (Geotrygon chiriquensis)
- Ruddy Quail-dove (Geotrygon montana)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga finschi)
- Orange-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga canicularis)
- Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- Brown-hooded Parrot (Pionopsitta haematotis)
- Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis)
- Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
- Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Cocos Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
- American Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
- Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Pacific Screech-owl (Otus cooperi)
- Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
- Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
- Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
- Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
- White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)
- Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aenea)
- Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri)
- Western Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Campylopterus cuvierii)
- Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)
- Veraguas Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis)
- Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps)
- Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- Mangrove Hummingbird (Polyerata boucardi)
- Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerrottei)
- Variable Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris)
- Green-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
- Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)
- Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)
- Trogons (Trogonidae)
- Baird's Trogon (Trogon bairdii)
- Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
- Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
- Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)
- Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- American Pygmy-kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)
- Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
- Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Motmots (Momotidae)
- Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)
- Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
- Jacamars (Galbulidae)
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Toucans (Ramphastidae)
- Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
- Fiery-billed Araçari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
- Rainbow-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
- Yellow-throated Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)
- Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen)
- Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
- Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii)
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
- Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
- Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)
- Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus ochrolaemus)
- Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus)
- Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
- Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus)
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
- Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi)
- Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacra tyrannina)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul)
- Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
- Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis)
- Streak-chested Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus)
- Cotingas (Cotingidae)
- Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi)
- Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae)
- Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus)
- Manakins (Pipridae)
- Red-capped Manakin (Pipra mentalis)
- Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata)
- Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis)
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo leucorrhoa)
- Orange-collared Manakin (Manacus aurantiacus)
- Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
- Cocos Flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi)
- Paltry Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus)
- Northern Bentbill (Oncostoma cinereigulare)
- Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia)
- Common Tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Golden-crowned Spadebill (Platyrinchus coronatus)
- Royal Flycatcher (Onychorynchus coronatus)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
- Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens)
- Ochraceous Pewee (Contopus ochraceus)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Grey-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Wrens (Troglodytidae)
- Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha)
- Black-bellied Wren (Thryothorus fasciatoventris)
- Rufous-breasted Wren (Thryothorus rutilus)
- Riverside Wren (Thryothorus semibadius)
- Banded Wren (Thryothorus pleurostictus)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- White-breasted Wood-wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Clay-coloured Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- Tricoloured Munia (Lonchura malacca)
- Vireos (Vireonidae)
- Mangrove Vireo (Vireo pallens)
- Lesser Greenlet (Hylophilus decurtatus)
- New World Warblers (Parulidae)
- Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
- Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
- Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
- Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Basileuterus fulvicauda)
- Tanagers (Thraupidae)
- Grey-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
- White-throated Shrike-tanager (Lanio leucothorax)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis)
- Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Speckled Tanager (Tangara guttata)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea)
- Spot-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Red-crowned Ant-tanager (Habia rubica)
- Black-cheeked Ant-tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris)
- Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Stripe-headed Sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda)
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Yellow-thighed Finch (Pselliophorus tibialis)
- White-eared Ground-sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Cocos Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata)
- Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides)
- New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Streak-backed Oriole (Icterus pustulatus)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
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