"This list follows the order of the plates in the book ‘’A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica’’; and includes birds seen mostly at La Paloma Lodge gardens, but also those seen in a radius of not more than a half mile on any direction using the club house as a center point; this list is based only on species numbers and not in abundances;corrections and comments are welcome. By no means this tends to be a final list for the hotel,instead there is an open chance for you to add new unseen species (there is a space at the end of the list). Including the "Agujitas" river and "Cocolito" beach, places that people would normally visit!)

NAME PLATE # 1 large seabirds
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) 1-1
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) -2
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) -6

Name Plate #2 Small terns and Storm- Petrels
Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) 3-2

Name plate #3 Large Terns, Gulls and Jaegers
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) -4
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) -8
Name Plate # 4 Large Waterbirds
Brown Pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis ) 4-1
Olivaceous Cormorant (Phalacrocrax olivaceous) -4
White Ibis (Eudocimus Albus) -8

Name Plate # 5 Herons
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) 5-2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) -3
Great-blue Heron (Ardea herodias) -6
Little-blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) -9
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - 13
Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) -14
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) -16

Name Plate #6 Massh and streambirds
Green-backed (Green) Heron (Butorides s. Virescens) 6-2
Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea) -13

Name Plate # 9 Shorebirds: Large species
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) 9-6
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) -14

Name Plate # 10 Shorebirds: Small Plovers
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 10-5

Name Plate # 11 Shorebirds: Sandpipers
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) 11-8
Sanderling (Calidris alba) 11-11

Name Plate # 12 Chachalacas, Guans, Quails and Tinamous
Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps) 12-1
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) -3
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurasens) -4
Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) -6
Marbled Wood-Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis) -9
Little Tinamou (Cripturellus soui) -17

Name Plate # 13 Voltures and Large Black Raptors
Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) 13-1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) -3
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) -4
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) -5
Common-black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) -6

Name Plate # 14 Black Raptors
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) 14-1

Name Plate # 15 Kites and Falcons
American Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) 15-2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) -5
Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) -8
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) -9
Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) -14

Name Plate # 16 Hawks, Kites and Forest Falcons
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) 16-1
Tiny Hawk ( Accipiter superciliosus) -2
Barred-forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) -5
Collared-forest Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus) -7
Bicolored Hawk ( Accipiter bicolor) -8
Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) -12
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) -13
Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus) 14

Name Plate # 17 Large Raptors
White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis) 17-2
Crested Eagle (Morpnus guianensis) -10
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) -14

Name Plate # 18 Pigeons and Doves
Pale-vented Pigeon (Columba cayennensis) 18-3
Scaled Pigeon (Columba speciosa) -4
Short-billed Pigeon (Columba nigrirostris) -5
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti) -7
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi) -14
Gray-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii) -16
Ruddy Quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) -17

Name Plate # 19 Parrots
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) 19-1
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa) -3
Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis ) -4
White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis) -7
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pionopsitta haematotis) -9
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Botogeris jugularis) -14

Name Plate # 20 Owls and Potoos
Striped Owl ( Asio clamator) 20-2
Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata) -3
Black-and-White Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata) -7
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) -8

Name Plate # 21 Cuckoos and Nightjars
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) 21-4
Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) -7
Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) -18

Name Plate # 22 Swifts and Swallows
White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) 22-1
Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) -2
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) -7
Band-rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicauda) -11
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) -12
Brown-chested Martin (Phaeoprogne tapera) -14
Gray-breasted Martin (Procne chalybea) -15
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) -19
Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) -23

Name Plate # 23 Hummingbirds: Hermits and Large Species
Little Hermit (Phaetornis longemareus) 23-1
Long-tailed Hermit (Phaetornis guy) -2
Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aenea) -4
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes rukeri) -5
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) -13
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothyx barroti) -14
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) -17
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)

Name Plate # 24 Hummingbirds: Medium sized species and Dark-Males
(Violet) Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) 24-4
Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae) -9
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) -10
Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) -18

Name Plate # 25 Hummingbirds Small species Females
White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) 25-5
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) -11

Name Plate # 26 Trogons and Jacamars
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) 26-2
Baird’s Trogon (Trogon bairdii) -6
Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceous) -8
Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) -9
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula raficauda) -12

Name Plate # 27 Motmots, Kingfishers, Toucans and Large Woodpeckers
Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) 27-1
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) -2
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) -4
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) -5
Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) -8
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) -13
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) -14
Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglosus frantzii) -16
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulphuratus) -18
Chesnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) -19

Name Plate # 28 Barbets, Puffbirds and Woodpeckers
White-necked Puffbird (Bucco macrorhynchos) -3
White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) 28-6
Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) -17
Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) -18

Name Plate # 29 Woodcreepers, Furnariids and Piculet
Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnnus olivaceous) 29-1
Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus) -3
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) -6
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla anabatina) -12
Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorynchus lachrymosus) -16

Name Plate # 30 Furnariids and Terrestrial Antbirds
Buff-throated (Cocoa ) Woodcreeper (Xiphorynchus susurrans) -17
(Northern) Barred Woodceeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae) -19
Buff-throated Folage-gleaner (Automolus ochrolaemus) 30-3
Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis) -9
Black-faced Anttrush (Formicarius analis) -15
Spectacled (Streaked-chested ) Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus) -18

Name Plate # 31 Antbirds
Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus) 31-4
Black-Hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) -6
Chesnut-backed Antbird (Myrmecisa exsul) -10

Name Plate # 32 Antwrens, Spinetails and Small Understory Birds
Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhorpias quixensis) 32-1
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Hylophilus ochraceiceps) -4
Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus) -15

Name Plate # 33 Manakins and Becards
Orange-collared Manakin (Manacus aurauntiacus) 33-2
Red-capped Manakin (Pipra mentalis) -6
Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) -7
Thrushlike Manakin (Schiffornis) (Schiffornis turdinus) -10
Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae) -12
White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus) -13

Name Plate # 34 Tityras, Cotingas and Mourner
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata) 34-1
Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor) -2
Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) -5
Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) -9
Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) -10
Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias trincarunculata) -12

Name Plate # 35 Flycatchers: Large Species
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancolicus) 35-1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) -3
Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus) -6
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) -8
Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodinastes maculatus) -11
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua) -12
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) -13
Social Flycatcher (Miozetetes similis) -14
Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis) -15
Great-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) -17
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) -21

Name Plate # 36 Flycatchers:Small Species Salliers
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis) 36-4
Western-Wood-peewe (Contopus sordidulis) -7
Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) -8
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) -15
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius) -21
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus) -23
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineous) -25

Name Plate # 37 Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyramulets, Flatbill and Others
Scaled-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) 37-4
Northern Bentbill (Oncostoma cinereigulare) -6
Mistletoe Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus) -10
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiensis flaveola) -11
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet (Ornithion semiflavum) -14
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tirannulus elatus) -15
Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) -16
Southern-bearless Tyrannulet ( Camptostoma obsoletum) -20
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) -25
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) -26

Name Plate # 38 Wrens
Riverside Wren (Thryotorus semibadius) 38-10
Black-bellied Wren (Thryotorus fasciatoventris) -11
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) -18

Name Plate # 39 Thrushes
Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 39-2
Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi) -8

Name Plate # 40 Vireos, Warblers and Bananaquit
Green-shrike Vireo (Vireolanius pulchellus) 40-1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceous) 40-3
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis) -5
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) -6
Lesser Greelet (Hylophilus decurtatus) -7
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) -15
Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) -22
Buff-rumped Warbler (Phaeothlypis fulvicauda) -23
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) -24

Name Plate # 41 Gnatcatchers and Warblers
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) 41-2
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) -8
American redstar (Setophaga ruticilla) -10
Black-and-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia) -13

Name Plate # 42 Warblers with yellow underparts and no wing-bars
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) 42-2
Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) -15

Name Plate # 43 Warblers chiefly with wing-bars and streaks
Chesnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) 43-4

Name Plate # 44 Icterids
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) -14
Northern(Baltimore) Oriole (Icterus g. galbula) 44-7
Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) -11
Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblysercus holosericeus) -12
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalcus mexicanus) -16

Name Plate # 45 Euphonias and Tanagers
Spotted-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans) 45-2
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta ) -7
Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) -17
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) -19

Name Plate # 46 Honeycreepers and Tanagers
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) 46-1
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) -2
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) -3
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta) -4
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) -7
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) -9
Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata) -13
Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) -15
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus) -18

Name Plate # 47 Large red or yelloow Tanagers
White-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio leuthorax) 47-1
Scarlet-rumped (Passerini’s) Tanager (Ramphocelus passerini) -4
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) -5
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) -6
Black-cheecked Ant-Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris) -11

Name Plate # 48 Grossbeaks, Buntings and Large Finches
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus) 48-2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) -8
Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides) -10
Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) -17

Name Plate # 49 Seed eaters, Finches
Variable Seedeater (Sporophila aurita) 49-3
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) -7
Thick-billed Seed-Finch (Oryzoborus funereus) -10

Name Plate # 50 Sparrows
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus) 50-14

TOTAL : 215sp.