Birds to See in Costa Rica in July
48 bird species on our list for Costa Rica are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, White-winged Dove, Roadside Hawk and Scarlet Macaw. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Costa Rica’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 48 birds in July
48 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerResidentRare22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentRare23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiPassage migrantRare76–84 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Data: 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