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 |
|
| GUIDE |
HIRUNDINIDAE
|
| S&S |
RG |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
* * * |
· |
Img |
| 22-20 |
233 |
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
Blue-and-white Swallow |
A |
R |
|
| 22-18 |
235 |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
C |
M |
|
| 22-19 |
235 |
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
Southern Rough-winged Swallow |
A |
R |
|
| 22-12 |
237 |
Hirundo rustica |
Barn Swallow |
C |
M |
|
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