BAHIA LUMINOSA - Birder's Paradise
>One of the locals.
LIST OF BIRDS SEEN AT BAHIA LUMINOSA
BROWN PELICAN
RUDDY GROUND-DOVE
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
RED-LORED PARROT
CATTLE EGRE
WHITE-FRONTED PARROT
LITTLE BLUE HERON
ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEET
SCRUB EUPHONIA
GREAT EGRET
TURKEY VULTURE
WHITE IBIS
WILLET
BLACK VUTURE
RED-BILLED PIGION
HOOK BILLED KITE
FERRUGENOUS PYGMY OWL
CRESTED CARACARA
COMMON PARURAQUE
BLACK NECKED STILT
WHIMBREL
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
LAUGHING GULL
ROYAL TERN
INCA DOVE
ORANGE CHINNED PARAKEET
SQUIRREL CUCKOO
GROOVE BILLED ANI
LESSER GROUND CUCKOO
CINNAMON HUMINGBIRD
BLACK HEADED TROGAN
ELEGANT TROGAN
TURQUOISE BROWED MOTMOT
BROAD-BILLED MOTMOT
BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT
HOFFMAN¹S WOODPECKER
PALE-BILLED WOODPECKER
STREAKED HEADED WOODCREEPER
RUDDY WOODCREEPER
ROSE THROATED BECARD
MASKED TITYRA
LONGTAILED MANIKIN
SULFER BELLIED FLYCATCHER
NORTHERN BEARDLESS TYRANNULET
WHITE THROATED MAGPIE JAY
RUFOUS NAPED WREN
BANDED WREN
WHITE LORED GNATCATCHER
YELLOW WARBLER
GREAT TAILED GRACKLE
BLUE GROSBEAK
OLIVE SPARROW
STRIPED- HEADED SPARROW
GREAT KISADEE
BOAT BILLED FLYCATCHER
RED-BILLED PIGEON
INCA DOVE
WHITE-WINGED DOVES
Most of above were viewed on Bahia Luminosa grounds in April BY DETHAR WOLK
The Squirrel Cuckoo below was viewed 9/2005.
For more details and pictures on most of the local birds, see the site at http://www.nicoyapeninsula.com/wildlife/index.html