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
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 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