Common Birds in Costa Rica
Our list for Costa Rica has 9 common birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents and 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Costa Rica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made