Birdwatcher's Information
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Your visit to Villa Lapas wouldn't be complete without having a glance at these birds in the wild. Most are easy to spot, and we practically guarantee you will see all of the birds in these pictures!
Some of the birds you will see:
Scarlet Macaw
(Ara Macao)
Slaty-tailed Trogon
(Trogon massena)
Fiery-billed Aracari
(Pteroglossus frantzii)
And other frequently-seen birds as well:
Pale-billed Woodpecker
(Campephilus guatemalensis)
Orange-collared Manakin
(Manacus aurantiacus)
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
(Trigrisoma mexicanum)
Green Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle americana)
Western Tanager
(Piranga ludoviciana)
Comprehensive list of spotted birds
- Great Tinamou, Tinamus major
- Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui
- Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus
- Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
- Blue- Footed Booby, Sula Nebouxii
- Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax olivaceus
- Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga
- Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
- Bare-thoated Tiger- Heron, Trigrisoma mexicanum
- Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
- Great Egret, Casmerodius albus
- Snowy Egret, Egretta Thula
- Little Blue Heron, Egreta caurulea
- Tricolored Heron, Egretta Tricolor
- Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens
- Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
- Green Heron, Butorides striatus
- Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night- Heron, Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat- billed Heron, Cochlearius
- White Ibis, Eudocimus albus
- Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja
- Wood Stork, Mycteria Americana
- Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
- King Vulture, Sarcoramphus papa
- Black- bellied Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalix
- Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
- American Wigeon, Anas Americana
- Blue- winged Teal, Anas discors
- Lesser Scaup. Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck, Oxyura dominica
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
- Gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis
- Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus
- White- tailed Kite, Elanus caeruleus
- Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Doble-toothed Kite, Harpagus bidentatus
- Plumbeous Kite, Ictinia plumbea
- Clack-collared Hawk, Busaellus nigricollis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipter striatus
- Crane Hawk, Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-chested Hawk, Leucoptenis princeps
- White Hawk, Leucopternis albicollis
- Gray hawk, Buteo nitidus
- Mangrove Black- Hawk, Buteogallus subtilis
- Great Black- Hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga
- Harris's Hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus
- Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris
- Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
- Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
- Swaison's Hawk, Buteo swainosi
- Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus
- Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus
- Crested Caracara, Polyborus plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima
- Laughing Falcon, Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Collared Forest- Falcom, Micrastur semitorquatus
- American Kestrel, Falco sparverius
- Merlin, Falco columbarius
- Bat Falcon, Falco rufigularis
- Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Gray-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
- Crested Guan, Penelope purpurascens
- Great Curassow, Crax rubra
- Marbled Wood- Quail, Odontophorus gujanensis
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Colinus leucopogon
- White-throated Cracke, Laterallus albigularis
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Aramides cajanea
- Rufous-necked Wood- Rail, Aramides axillaris
- Sora, Porzana Carolina
- Purple Gallinule, Porphyrula martinica
- Common Moorthen, Gallinula chloropus
- Sunbittern,Eurypyga helias
- Limpkin, Aramus guarauna
- Double-striped Thick-knee, Burhinus bistraitus
- Black-bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica
- Collared Plover, Charadrius collaris
- Snowy Plover, Charadrius alexandrinux
- Wilson's Plover, Charadrius wilsonia
- Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
- Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
- American Oystercatcher
- Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Jacana, Jacana spinosa
- Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanouleca
- Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
- Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
- Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
- Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica
- Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa
- RuddyTurnstone, Arenaria interpres
- Surfbird, Aphriza virgata
- Red Knot, Calidris canutus
- Sanderling, Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
- Western Sandpiper, Calidis mauri
- Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
- Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris baidii
- Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis
- Short-billet Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Wilson's Phalarope, Steganopus tricolor
- Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
- Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini
- Gull-billed Tern, Sterna nilotica
- Caspain Tern, Sterna caspia
- Royal Tern, Stema maxima
- Elegant Tern, Sterna elegans
- Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea
- Foster's Tern, Sterna forsteri
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger
- Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
- Rock Dove, Columba livia
- Pale-vented Pigeon, Columba cayennensis
- Red-billed Pigeon, Columba flavirostris
- Band- tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata
- Short-billed Pigeon, Columba nigrirostris
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Inca Dove, Columbina inca
- Common Ground-Dove, Colombina passerina
- Plain-breasted Ground-Dove, Columbina minuta
- Ruddy Ground-Dove, Columbina talpacoti
- Blue Ground-Dove,Clavaris pretiosa
- White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi
- Gray-fronted Dove, Leptotila rufaxilla
- Gray-chested Dove, Leptotila cassinii
- Violaceous Quail-Dove, Geotrygon violacea
- Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geo Tryon montana
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet, Aratinga finschi
- Orange-Fronted Parakeet, Aratinga canicularis
- Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao
- Orange-chinned Parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis
- Brown-hooded Parrot, Pionopsitta haematotis
- White-crowned Parrot, Pionus senilis
- White-fronted Parrot, Amazona albifronts
- Red-lored Parrot, Amazona autumnalis
- Mealy Parrot, Amazona farinosa
- Yellow-naped Parrot, Amazona auropalliata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo,Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor
- Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana
- Stripped Cuckoo, tapera naevia
- Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, Morococcyx erythropygius
- Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Barn-Owl, Tylo alba
- Pacific Screech-Owl, Otus cooperi
- Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
- Black-and-white Owl,Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Striped Owl, Asio clamator
- Short-tailed Nighthawk, Lurocalissemitorquatus
- Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Paraque,Nyctidromus albicollis
- Chuck-will's-window,Caprimulgus carolinensis
- Common Potoo, Nyctibius griseus
- Black Swift, Cypseloides niger
- Chestnut-collared Swift, Cypseloides
- White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris
- Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica
- Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi
- Band-rumped Swift, Chaetura spinicauda
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Panyptila cayennensis
- Bronzy Hermit, Glaucis aenea
- Band-tailed Barbthroad, Threneless ruckeri
- Long-tailed Hermit, Phaethornis superciliosus
- Little Hermit, Phaethornis longuemareus
- Scaley-breasted Hummingbird, Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Violet Sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus
- White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora
- Green-breasted Mango, Anthracothorax prevostii
- White-crested Coquette, Lophormis adorabilis
- Canivet's Emerald, Chlorostilborn canivetii
- Blue-throated Goldentail, Hylocharis eliciae
- Charming Hummingbird, Amazilia decora
- Mangrove Hummingbird, Amazalia boucardi
- Steely-vented Hummingbird, Amazilia saucerrottei
- Rufous-tailed Humminbird, Amazilia tzacatl
- Cinnamon Hummingbird, Amazilia rutila
- Purple-crowned Fairy, Heliothryx barroti
- Plain-capped Starthroat
- Heliomaster constantii
- Long-billed Starthroat, Helio master longirostris
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris
- Black-headed Trogon, Trogon melanocephalus
- Baird's Trogon, Trogon bairdii
- Violaceous Trogon, Trogon violaceous
- Black-throated Trogon, Trogon rufus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena
- Blue-crowned Motmot,Momotus momota
- Turquoise-browed Motmot, Euromota superciliosa
- Ringed Kingfisher,Ceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon
- Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona
- Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana
- American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea
- White-necked Puffbird, Bucco macrorhynchos
- White-whiskered Puffbird, Malacoptila panamensis
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda
- Fiery-billedAracari, Pteroglossus frantzii
- Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Ramphatos swainsonii
- Olivaceus Piculet, Picumnus olivaceus
- Golden-naped Woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker, Piculus simplex
- Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus
- Pale-billed Woodpacker, Campephilus guatemalensis
- Staty Spinetail, Synallaxis brachyuran
- Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Automolus ochrolaemus
- Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus
- Scaley-throated Leaftosser, Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla anabatina
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Long-tailed Woodcreeper, Deconychura longicauda
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, Gryphorthynchus spirurus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes certhia
- Cocoa Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus guttatus
- Black-striped Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Spotted Woodcreeper
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Great Antshrike, Taraba major
- Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus
- Black-hooded Antshirike, Thamnophilus bridgesi
- Russet Antshrike, Thamnophilus anabatinus
- Slaty Antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Dotted-winged Antwren, Microrhopias quixensis
- Dusky Antbird, Cercomacra tyrannina
- Chestnut-backed Antbird, Myrmeciza exsul
- Bicolored Antbird, Gymnopithys leucapsis
- Black-faced Antthrush, Formicarius analis
- Streak-chested Antpitta, Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Paltry Tyrannulet, Zimmerius vilissimus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma obsoletum
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher, Sublegatus modestus
- Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
- Mountain Elaenia,Elaenia frantzii
- Olive-striped Flycatcher, Mionectes olivaceus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
- Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola
- Northern Bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Slate-headed Tody- Flycatcher sylvia
- Common Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
- Eye-ringed Flatbill, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Stub-tailed Spadebill, Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Golden-crowned Spadebill, Platyrinchus coronatus
- Royal Flyctcher, Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher, Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Black-tailed Flycatcher, Myiobius atricaudus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus borealis
- Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens
- Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax, Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
- Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimux
- Bright-rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus
- Rufous Mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Panama Flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
- Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi
- Great-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher, Megarhynchus pitangua
- Social Flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
- Gray-capped Flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadiensis
- Streaked Flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius
- Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus malancholicus
- Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus
- Cinnamon Becard, Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- White-winged Becard, Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Rose-throated Becard, Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Masked Tityra, Tityra semifasciata
- Black-crowned Tityra, Tityra inquisitor
- Rufous Piha, Lipaugus unirufus
- Turquoise Cotinga, Cotinga ridwayi
- Yellow-billed Cotinga, Capodectes antoniae
- Three-wattled Bellbird, Procnias tricarunculata
- Thrushlike Schiffornis, Schiffornis turdinus
- Orange-collared Manakin, Manacus aurantiacus
- White-ruffed Manakin, Corapipo leucorrhoa
- Long-tailed Manakin, Chiroxiphia linearis
- Blue-crowned Manakin, Pipra coronata
- Red-capped Manakin, Pipra mentalis
- Gray-breasted Martin, Progne chalybea
- Mangrove Swallow, Tachycineta albilinea
- Blue-and-White Swallow, Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Cliff Swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota
- Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica
- White-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta formosa
- Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio
- Roufous-naped Wren, Campylorhynchus rufinucha
- Black-bellied Wren, Thryothorus fasciatoventris
- Riverside Wren, Thryothorus semibadius
- Rufous-breasted Wren, Thryothorus rutilus
- Rufous-and-white Wren, Thryothorus rufalbus
- Banded Wren, Thryothorus pleurostictus
- Plain Wren, Thryothorus modestus
- House Wren, Troglodytes aedon
- Southern Nightingale-Wren, Mico cerculus marginatus
- Whistling Wren, Microcerculus luscinia
- Long-billed Gnatwren, Rammphocaenus melanurus
- Whit-lored Gnatcatcher, Polioptila albirolis
- Tropical Gnatcatcher, Polioptila plumbea
- Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus
- Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
- Gray-colored Robin, Turdus grayi
- American Pipit, Anthus rubescens
- Mangrove Vireo, Vireo pallens
- Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons
- Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus
- Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadephicus
- Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis
- Scrub Greenlet, Hylophilus flavipes
- Tawney-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus ochraceiceps
- Lesser Greenlet,Hylophilus decurtatus
- Green Shrike-Vireo, Vireolanius
- Rufous-browned Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Blue-winged Warbler, Varmivora pinus
- Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera
- Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina
- Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi
- Mangrove Warbler,Dendroica petechia erithachorides
- Yellow Warbler,Dendroica petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica magnolia
- Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca
- Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum
- Black-and-White Warbler, Mniotilta varia
- American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla
- Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea
- Worm-eating Warbler, Helmitheros vermivorus
- Ovenbird, Seiurus aurucapillus
- Northern Waterthrush, Seiurus noveboracensis
- Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus
- Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia
- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Geothlypis poliocephala
- Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina
- Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla
- Canada Warbler, Wilsonia Canadensis
- Rufous-capped Warbler, Basileuterus rufifrons
- Buff-rumped Warbler, Phaeothlypis fulvicauda
- Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens
- Silver-throated Tanager, Tangara icterocephala
- Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara
- Golden-hooded Tanager, Tangara Iarvata
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Dacnis venusta
- Blue Dacnis, Dacnis cayana
- Green Honeycreeper, Cholorophanes spiza
- Shinning Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes lucidis
- Red-legged Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Scrub Euphonia, Euphonia affinis
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia, Euphonia luteicapilla
- Yellow-throated Euphonia, Euphonia hirundinacea
- Spotted-crowned Euphonia, Euphonia imitans
- Blue-gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopus
- Plam Tanager, Thraupis palmarum
- Gray-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager, Lanio leucothorax
- White-shouldered Tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus
- White-lined Tanager, Tachyphonus rufus
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica
- Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager, Piranga olivacea
- Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana
- Cherrie's Tanager,Ramphocelus passerinii
- Grayish Saltator, Saltator coerolescens
- Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-Black Grosbeak, Cyanocompsa cyanoides
- Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea
- Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris
- Diskcissel, Spiza americana
- Black-headed Brush-Finch, Atlapetes atricapillus
- Orange-billed Sparrow, Amerron aurantiirostris
- Olive Sparrow, Arremenops rufivirgatus
- Black-striped Sparrow, Arremenops conirostris
- Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
- Slate-colored Seedeater, Sporophilia schistacea
- Variable Seedeater, Sporophilia aurita
- White-collared Seedeater, Sporophilia torqueola
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch, Oryzoborus funereus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivacea
- Stripe-headed Sparrow, Aimophilia ruficauda
- Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoenicus
- Red-breasted Blackbird, Sturnella militaris
- Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna
- Melodius Blackbird, Dives dives
- Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
- Orchard Oriole,Icterus spurius
- Spot-breasted Oriole, Icterus pectoralis
- Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula
- Yellow-billed Cacique, Amblycercus holosericeus
- Montezuma Oropendola, Psaricolius montezuma
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