Category Archives: Rare birds

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

Big Day – Great Black Hawk at Rio Tuis

Bicolored Hawk, sitting pretty

Hook-billed Kites back at Aquiares

Yellow-throated Vireo at Ujarrás

Snowy Owl

Ruby-throated hummingbird and Gray-cheeked Thrush at Las Brisas

Pinnated and Least Bittern at Angostura

Wattled Jaçana at Casa Turire

Agami Heron and much more at Las Brisas in Limón province

Plumbeous Kite at San Pablo de Pacuare

Aplomado Falcon near Cartago

Bicolored Hawk at Quebrada La Loca

White-whiskered Puffbird – you can’t invent a better name!

Magnolia Warbler? – very late migration date

Lagunas de Bonilla – Snowy Cotinga and Fasciated Antshrike

Gray-headed Kite at Guayabo National Monument

White-eyed Vireo still at San Rafael

King Vultures on Turrialba Volcano slope

White-eyed Vireo and 100 more

Rare birds at La Gamba / Aves raras en La Gamba

Rufous-crested Coquette confirmed for Costa Rica

Long-billed Starthroat close to home

Tapantí National Park – a second walk with Domingos Pajareros

Peralta – great lowland location close to Turrialba