Woodpecker Reserve Bird List
Located in a transition zone between cloud, rainy and dry forest, Woodpecker Reserve offers a privileged habitat for a great diversity of resident and migratory birds. This list brings together the species registered in the reserve, reflecting the biological richness that makes Monteverde one of the most recognized destinations for bird watching in Costa Rica. Each visit represents a new opportunity to discover unique colors, songs and behaviors in an environment dedicated to conservation and environmental education.
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Blue-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia hoffmanni
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Brown JayCyanocorax morio
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Canivet's EmeraldCynanthus canivetii
- Chestnut-capped WarblerBasileuterus delattrii
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Colibrí grande con pico largo y recto
- Collared Trogon (Orange-bellied)Trogon collaris aurantiiventris/underwoodi
- Common Squirrel-CuckooPiaya cayana
- Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
- Crimson-fronted ParakeetPsittacara finschi
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Gartered Violaceous TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Gray HawkButeo plagiatus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
- Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
- Lesser GreenletPachysylvia decurtata
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- Long-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia linearis
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Northern Emerald-ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbus
- Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- White-eared Ground-SparrowMelozone leucotis
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea