Category Archives: Rare birds

posts about rare sightings and life birds (first-time sightings)

Blackpoll Warbler at Aquiares

Barred Forest-Falcon at La Marta

Costa Rica’s official bird species list now confirmed at 924

Hook-billed Kite – San Antonio de Turrialba

Great Jacamar – a Caribbean rarity

Sungrebe – a new species for Cartago Province

Great Green Macaw – in numbers!

One year later – Roseate Spoonbill still at Angostura

Zone-tailed Hawk at CATIE

Lanceolated Monklet at Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Marta

Northern Parula, Worm-eating Warbler and other unusual migrants at Aquiares

Rough-legged Tyrannulet

Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher at Aquiares

Plain-breasted Ground Dove – new to our area

Blue Seedeater – another new bird close to home

Northern Harrier – Rare Turrialba sighting

Stilt Sandpiper at Angostura

Great Green Macaw – reclaiming parts of its range

Purple-throated Fruitcrow and other uncommon sightings

White-fronted Nunbird and Brown-capped Tyrannulet

Tiny Hawk

Semiplumbeous Hawk – a rare appearance in our area

Lineated Foliage-Gleaner in hiding at Las Abras

Pygmy-Owls in or near Turrialba