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Gavilán Río Sarapiquí is a small private lodge located in Costa Rica, offering cozy accomodation, peace, excellent meals, a personal touch and dedication to bird watching activity. Located 8 minutes from La Selva OTS, fine birding on the grounds includes Green Ibis, Spectacled Owl, Scaled Pigeon, Bronzy Hermit, Tawny - chested Flycatcher, and over 200 species more. Boat rides on the Río Sarapiquí, horseback riding, and extended personal guiding available. 
 
 
BIRD CHECKLIST
This list covers the bird rich area of the Caribbean Lowlands and Middle elevations of the Sarapiquí Region in Costa Rica, from 50 meters to 1,000 meters elevation. Using El Gavilán Río Sarapiquí Lodge as a base, this list shows the many species you may encounter on a 3 to day stay as you explore the excellent birding spots both in and around the lodge. The codes reflect the chances and average birder will have at actually observing a particular species.
Remember, the more area you cover, the more species you will seel. 
 
 
MAJOR BIRDING AREAS AND THEIR CODES:
1a. Species found easier around El Gavilan Río Sarapiquí Lodge and river trails.
1: Lowland region including La Selva O.T.S.area, El Gavilán Río Sarapiquí and area's and around Puerto Viejo west to the foothills.
2: Dense forested gorge leading to La Virgen de Socorro, and up slope to Restaurant Mirador Hummingbird feeders. 600-1.000 meters elevation. 
 
 
 SIGHTING FREQUENCY CODES:
C: Common, seen daily, usually in good numbers.
FC: fairly common, usually seen daily, but in smaller numbers; may be missed.
U: uncommon. Can be seen weekly, but often much less.
R: rare, Seen usually monthly, but in very low numbers and often with local or skulking habits.
VR: very rare, Present in very low densities, and thus rarely observed: not to be expected.
W: wintering species (sep-april)
mg: migrant (passage only), sighted during a specific season. (spring ( fall).
( ): species name in parentheses indicates new name change or species split recommended by the A.O.U.

List compiled by Dan Keller (650) 529-9088 USA 5/98 1st edition

Birds list
1 - U - Amazon Kingfisher2 - U - American Dipper1 - U - American Pygmy Kingfisher
1 - UW - American Redstart2 - U - American Swallow-tailed Kite1 - U - Anhinga
2 - U - Azure-hooded Jay1 - C - Bananaquit1a - FC - Band-backed Wren
1 - R - Bare-necked Umbrellabird1 - U - Barethroated Tiger Heron1 - CW - Barn Swallow
1 - R - Barred Antshrike1 - U - Barred Forest-Falcon1 - FC - Barred Woodcreeper (Northern);
1 - U - Bat Falcon1 - FC - Bay Wren1 - FCm - Bay-breasted Warbler
1 - FC - Bay-headed Tanager1 - U - Belted Kingfisher1 - R - Bicolored Antbird
2 - VR - Bicolored Hawk1 - UW - Black and White Warbler2 - FC - Black and Yellow Tanager
1 - U - Black Hawk-eagle1 - C - Black Vulture1 - C - Black-bellied Whistling Duck
1 - U - Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant1 - C - Black-cheeked Woodpecker2 - U - Black-chested Hawk (barred)
1 - U - Black-cowled Oriole2 - R - Black-crested Coquette1 - U - Black-crowned Tityra
1 - U - Black-faced Antthrush1 - FC - Black-faced Grossbeak2 - U - Black-faced Solitaire
2 - U - Black-headed Nightingale- Thrush1 - FC - Black-headed Saltator1 - U - Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
1a - C - Black-striped Sparrow1 - U - Black-striped Woodcreeper2 - U - Black-thighed Grossbeak
2 - FC - Black-throated Green Warbler1 - U - Black-throated Trogon1a - FC - Black-throated Wren
2 - FCW - Blackburnian Warbler2 - R - Blue and Gold Tanager1 - U - Blue Dacnis
1 - RW - Blue winged Warbler1 - FC - Blue-black Grassquit1 - FC - Blue-black Grossbeak
1 - FC - Blue-chested Hummingbird1 - C - Blue-gray Tanager1 - FC - Boat-billed Flycatcher
1 - FC - Bright-rumped Attila1 - U - Broad-billed Motmot1 - CW - Broad-winged Hawk
1 - U - Bronzed Cowbird1 - FC - Brown Jay2 - R - Brown Violet-ear
1 - U - Brown-capped Tyrannulet2 - R - Buff-fronted Follage-gleaner1a - FC - Buff-rumped Warbler
1 - FC - Buff-throated Foilage-gleaner1 - C - Buff-throated Saltator1 - FC - Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Coco)
1 - Umg - Canada Warbler1 - C - Cattle Egret1 - Rmg - Cerulean Warbler
2 - U - Checker-throated Antwren1 - FC - Chestnut - colored Woodpecker1 - FC - Chestnut-backed Antbird
1 - U - Chestnut-headed Oropendula1 - C - Chestnut-mandibled Toucan1 - CW - Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 - C - Cinnamon Becard1 - R - Cinnamon Woodpecker1 - C - Clay-colored Robin
1 - FC - Collared Aracari1 - VR - Collared Forest-Falcon1 - FC - Collared Seedeater
2 - U - Collared Trogon1a - U - Common Black-Hawk2 - FC - Common Bush Tanager
1 - FC - Common Tody-Flycatcher1 - UW - Common Yellowthroat2 - C - Coppery-headed Emerald
1 - U - Crane Hawk1 - U - Crimson-collard Tanager2 - U - Crowned Woodnymph
1 - FC - Dot-winged Antwren1 - U - Double-toothed Kite1 - FC - Dusky Antbird
1 - C - Dusky-capped Flycatcher1a - FC - Dusky-faced Tanager2 - FC - Eastern Meadowlark
1 - MG - Eastern Wood-Pewee2 - U - Emerald Tanager2 - U - Emerald Toucanet
1 - U - Eye-ringed Flatbill1 - U - Fasciated Antshrike2 - R - Fasciated Tiger Heron
1 - U - Giant Cowbird2 - U - Golden-browed Chlorophonia1 - U - Golden-crowned Spadebill
2 - U - Golden-crowned Warbler1 - C - Golden-hooded Tanager2 - U - Golden-olive Woodpecker
1 - FC - Gray Hawk1 - FC - Gray-breasted Martin1 - C - Gray-capped Flycatcher
1 - FC - Gray-crowned Yellowthroat1 - U - Gray-headed Chachalaca1 - U - Gray-headed Kite
1 - FC - Grayish Seltator1 - U - Great Antshrike2 - R - Great Black Hawk
1a - U - Great Blue Heron1 - FCW - Great Crested Flycatcher1a - U - Great Egret
1 - C - Great Kiskadee1 - FC - Great Tinamou1 - C - Great-tai ed Grackle
1 - FC - Green Honeycreeper1a - U - Green Ibis1 - FC - Green Kingfisher
1 - U - Green Shrike-Vireo2 - FC - Green Thorntail1a - U - Green-backed Heron
1 - U - Green-breasted Mango2 - C - Green-crowned Brilliant2 - R - Green-fronted Lancebill
2 - U - Hepatic Tanager1 - UW - Hooded Warbler1 - R - Hook-billed Kite
1 - U - House Sparrow1 - C - Keel-billed Toucan1 - UW - Kentucky Warbler
1 - U - King Vulture2 - R - Lanceolated Monklet1 - R - Lattice-tailed Trogon
1 - U - Laughing Falcon1 - FC - Lesser Greenlet1 - FC - Lineated Woodpecker
2 - U - Linneated Foilage-gleaner1 - C - Little Blue Heron1 - FC - Little Tinamou
1 - FC - Long-billed Gnatwren1 - R - Long-billed Starthroat1 - U - Long-tailed Tyrant
1 - VR - Long-tailed Woodcreeper2 - UW - Lousiana Waterthrush1a - C - Mangrove Swallow
1 - C - Masked Tityra1 - Umg - Mississippi Kite1 - FC - Mistletoe Tyrannulet
1 - C - Montezuma Oropendula1 - UW - Mourning Warbler1 - U - Neotropic Cormorant
2 - FC - Nightingale Wren1 - U - Northern Bentbill1 - CW - Northern Oriole
2 - FC - Northern Rough-winged Swallow1 - FCW - Northern Waterthrush1 - R - Ocellated Antbird
1 - FC - Ochre-bellied Flycatcher1 - FC - Olive Tanager1 - C - Olive-backed Euphonia
1 - U - Olive-crowned Yellowthroat2 - UW - Olive-sided Flycatcher2 - FC - Olive-striped Flycatcher
1a - FC - Orange-billed Sparrow1 - UW - Orchard Oriole1 - VR - Ornate Hawk-eagle
1 - U - Osprey1 - UW - Ovenbird1 - FC - Pale-billed Woodpecker
1 - U - Pale-vented Robin1 - C - Palm Tanager1 - UW - Philadelphia Vireo
1 - R - Pied Puffbird1 - U - Pink-billed Seed-finch1 - FC - Piratic Flycatcher
2 - U - Plain Antvireo1 - U - Plain Wren1 - FC - Plain Xenops
1 - U - Plain-brown Woodcreeper1 - U - Plain-colored Tanager2 - U - Prong-billed Barbet
1 - UW - Prothonotary Warbler1 - U - Purple-crowned Fairy1 - FC - Purple-throated Fruitcrow
1 - U - Red - footed Plumeteer1 - U - Red-capped Manakin1 - FCW - Red-eyed Vireo
2 - U - Red-faced Spinetail2 - U - Red-headed Barbet1 - R - Red-legged Honeycreeper
1 - FC - Red-throated Ant-Tanager1 - U - Ringed Kingfisher1 - U - Roadside Hawk
1 - UW - Rose-breasted Grossbeak1 - R - Royal Flycatcher1 - U - Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
1 - C - Rufous - tailed Hummingbird1 - U - Rufous Motmot1 - U - Rufous Mourner
1 - FC - Rufous Piha2 - U - Rufous-browed Tyrannulet1a - FC - Rufous-tailed Jacamar
2 - R - Rufous-winged Tanager1 - U - Rufous-winged Woodpecker2 - U - Russet Antshrike
2 - R - Scaley-throated Foilage-gleaner1 - C - Scaly-breasted Hummingbird1 - FCm - Scarlet Tanager
1 - FC - Scarlet-rumped Casique1 - C - Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Passarines)2 - U - Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
1 - U - Semiplumbeous Hawk1 - FC - Shining Honeycreeper1 - U - Short-tailed Hawk
2 - FC - Silver-throated Tanager1 - U - Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher2 - FC - Slate-throated Redstart
1 - U - Slaty Antshrike1 - U - Slaty Antwren1 - FC - Slaty Spinetail
1 - VR - Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon2 - U - Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush1 - FC - Slaty-tailed Trogon
1 - U - Smoky-brown Woodpecker2 - R - Snowcap1 - U - Snowy Cotinga
1a - U - Snowy Egret1 - C - Social Flycatcher2 - U - Solitary Eagle
1 - R - Song Wren2 - U - Sooty-faced Finch1 - C - Southern House Wren
1 - C - Southern Rough-winged Swallow2 - FC - Speckled Tanager1 - U - Spectacled Antpitta
1 - R - Spotted Antbird2 - FC - Spotted Woodcreeper1 - U - Staly-breasted Tinamou
1 - U - State-colored Grossbeak2 - U - Streak-breasted Treehunter1 - U - Streak-crowned Antvireo
1 - C - Streak-headed Woodcreeper1 - U - Stripe-breasted Wren1 - VR - Striped Foilage-gleaner
1 - U - Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher1 - U - Sulfur-rumped Flycatcher1 - CW - Summer Tanager
1 - Umg - Swainson s Hawk1 - FCW - Swainson s Thrush2 - U - Tawny-capped Euphonia
1a - U - Tawny-chested Flycatcher1 - U - Tawny-crested Tanager1 - U - Tawny-crowned Greenlet
1 - U - Tawny-faced Gnatwren1 - CW - Tennesse Warbler1 - U - Thick-billed Seed-Finch
1 - U - Thrushlike Mourner2 - R - Tiny Hawk2 - FC - Torrent Tyrannulet
1 - C - Tropical Gnatcatcher1 - C - Tropical Kingbird2 - FC - Tropical Parula
1 - C - Tropical Pewee2 - FC - Tufted Flycatcher1 - C - Turkey Vulture
1 - C - Variable Seedeater1 - FC - Violaceous Trogon2 - C - Violet Saberwing
2 - FC - Violet-headed Hummingbird1 - FC - Wedge-billed Woodcreeper2 - MG - Western Wood-Pewee
2 - U - White Hawk1 - C - White-breasted Wood-Wren1 - FC - White-collared Manakin
1 - U - White-fronted Nunbird1 - U - White-lined Tanager1 - U - White-necked Jacobin
1 - R - White-necked Puffbird1 - U - White-ringed Flycatcher1 - U - White-ruffed Manakin
1 - U - White-shouldered Tanager1 - FC - White-tailed Kite2 - U - White-throated Shrike-Tanager
1 - U - White-vented Euphonia1 - R - White-whiskered Puffbird1 - FC - White-winged Becard
2 - U - White-winged Tanager2 - FCW - Wilsons Warbler1 - FCW - Wood Thrush
1 - UW - Worm-eating Warbler1 - FC - Yellow Tyrannulet1 - CW - Yellow Warbler
1 - FC - Yellow-bellied Elaenia1 - CW - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher1a - FC - Yellow-billed Casique
1 - FC - Yellow-crowned Euphonia1 - U - Yellow-crowned Night Heron2 - R - Yellow-earred Toucanet
1 - C - Yellow-faced Grassquit2 - U - Yellow-green Vireo1 - U - Yellow-margined Flycatcher
1 - FC - Yellow-olive Flycatcher1 - U - Yellow-tailed Oriole1 - FC - Yellow-throated Vireo
2 - R - Zeledon s Tyrannulet    
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