Category Archives: Rare birds

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

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

Rusty Sparrow

Raptor causes confusion at Bonilla / Ave rapaz en Bonilla trae confusión

Shorebirds at Coris de Cartago / Playeras en Coris de Cartago

Pearl Kite in Cartago / Elanio Enano en Cartago

Masked Duck and Nesting Barn Owl/Pato Enmascarado y Lechuza Ratonera con nido

Cape May Warbler on a stormy day

Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge

Greenish Elaenia – a tricky ID

White-eyed Vireo becomes a VIP

A present on Christmas Day

White-eyed Vireo, a rarity in the garden

Rare Brewster’s Warbler at Pavones, near Turrialba