Uncommon Birds in Costa Rica
Our list for Costa Rica has 52 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 32 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Costa Rica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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