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Field Observations

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 TURDIDAE
S&S RG Scientific Name Common Name * * * · Img
39-13 249 Myadestes melanops Black-faced Solitaire C R  
38-26 247 Catharus aurantiirostris Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush A R
39-2 249 Catharus ustulatus Swainson s Thrush A M  
39-4 249 Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush C M  
39-5 251 Turdus grayi Clay-colored Robin A R  
39-9 251 Turdus assimilis White-throated Robin A R  

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