Birds to See in Costa Rica in June
42 bird species on our list for Costa Rica are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk and Scarlet Macaw. New this month: Blue-footed Booby.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunFrom 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 42 birds in June
42 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentRare23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerResidentRare22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiPassage migrantRare76–84 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
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