For your convenience, during the entire process references were made for each species and to their corresponding pages in two of the most widely used Costa Rican bird guides.
1. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica (F. Gary Stiles and Alexander F. Skutch with Illustrations by Dana Gardner. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, New York, 1989. ISBN 0-8014-2287-6 [alk. paper] ISBN 0-8014-9600-4 [pbk. : alk. paper]). Identi fied as S&S in the first column below.
2. The Birds of Costa Rica (Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean. Zona Tropical Publication, San José, Costa Rica, from Comstock Publishing Associates, New York, 2007.ISBN-10: 0-9705678-5-5 and ISBN 13-: 978-0-9705678-5-7) Identified as RG in the second column below.
| KEY |
* * * |
Abundance |
A abundant |
C common |
U uncommon |
| · |
Condition |
R resident |
M migratory |
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| GUIDE |
FRINGILLIDAE
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| S&S |
RG |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
* * * |
· |
Img |
| 50-1 |
325 |
Carduelis psaltria |
Lesser Goldfinch |
A |
R |
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