This MP3-CD is developed especially for people interested in birds, who are visiting Costa Rica for the first time, and would like to familiarise themselves with the sounds before they travel.
The CD contains 131 tracks introducing the main species found in Costa Rica. This disc concentrates primarily on species where the song is important for identification and those that tend to make a lot of noise. Several birds of the same species are demonstrated where there are large individual variations in the call they make, so that the listener will be able to understand the characteristic song pattern made by the bird. Between the sounds an explanatory text is read. Volume 1, which is the first in a series, discusses spectacular species in addition to species that are most commonly heard. It contains only new recordings from Costa Rica – with a few exceptions (i.e. from the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, which are also recent).
The intention is to provide an introduction to the birds of Costa Rica and how to learn the most important sounds. For this reason the selection of species is not complete and does not discuss less common species. The birds are grouped in "sound families" according to how they sing – regardless of taxonomical order.
On the CD you will also find a comprehensive index containing information about the tracks, when and where the recordings were made, the dating of each sound clip, the birds’ Latin names, etc.
1 Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus coeruliceps
2 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
3 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
4 Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
5 Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
6 Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
7 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
8 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
9 Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
10 Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
11 Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus
12 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
13 Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
14 Great Antshrike Taraba major
15 Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
16 Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
17 Great Tinamou Tinamus major
18 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
19 Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi
20 Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
21 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
22 Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
23 Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
24 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
25 White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
26 Black-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
27 Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
28 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
29 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
30 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
31 Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
32 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
33 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
34 Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii
35 Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
36 Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei
37 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus
38 Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio
39 Gray Hawk (Gray-lined Hawk) Buteo nitidus
40 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
41 Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
42 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
43 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
44 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
45 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
46 Inca Dove Columbina inca
47 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
48 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta
49 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
50 Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
51 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
52 Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
53 Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
54 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
55 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
56 Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
57 Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
58 Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
59 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
60 Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium costaricanum
61 Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Megascops clarkii
62 Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
63 Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae
64 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
65 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
66 Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus
67 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
68 Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
69 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
70 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
71 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
72 Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
73 Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
74 Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
75 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
76 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
77 Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
78 Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
79 White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
80 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
81 Cherrie's Tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis
82 Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
83 Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
84 Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
85 Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
86 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
87 Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
88 Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
89 Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
90 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
91 Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
92 Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
93 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
94 White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
95 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
96 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
97 Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
98 Western Slaty-Antshrike (Black-crowned) Thamnophilus atrinucha
99 Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
100 Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
101 Immaculate Antbird (Zeledon's Antbird) Myrmeciza zeledoni
102 Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta
103 Thicket Antpitta Hylopezus dives
104 Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
105 Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
106 Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
107 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
108 Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
109 Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
110 Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
111 Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
112 Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
113 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
114 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
115 Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
116 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
117 Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
118 Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
119 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
120 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
121 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
122 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
123 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
124 Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
125 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
126 Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
127 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
128 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
129 Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
130 Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
131 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus