Country Guide AviList COSTA RICA Updates
On this page you can view how the first release of the AviList impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook.
2025 edition -> 2026 edition IOC bird list v 14.2 -> AviList v2025
[Note: In v14.2 of the IOC bird list, birds that are regularly present along the Pacific coast of Central America and Colombia were incorrectly shown as being of species 142/0845 Brown Booby. This is the subspecies etesiaca, which should have been ascribed to species 142/084E Cocos Booby. The error was corrected in v15.1 of the IOC bird list. However, in view of the significance of this error for the distribution of the newly-split species, that error was acknowledged and corrected in the 2025 edition of this eBook. Hence, that correction in v15.1 did not impact upon the content of this eBook.]
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Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced. Within some Orders, there has also been a resequencing of families.
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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:
Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 2 to Part 1)
8 families within Order CHARADRIIFORMES (Part 3 to Part 2)
Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Nyctibiidae – Potoos (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds (Part 1 to Part 3)
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The species in Family: Tinamidae – Tinamous have been resequenced.
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Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese have been resequenced.
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Family: Cracidae – Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Cracidae – Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas have been resequenced.
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315/2124 Squirrel Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2124 Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
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Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons have been resequenced.
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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots have been resequenced.
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Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews has a new English name.
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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a modified English name.
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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers and Lapwings has a new English name.
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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has a new English name.
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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has a new English name.
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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has been partially resequenced.
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286/1652 Cabot’s Tern
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
286/1651 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
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The species in Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced.
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Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels have been resequenced.
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Family: Sulidae – Boobies and Gannets has a new English name.
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Family: Anhingidae – Anhinga and Darters has a modified English name.
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants and Shags has a modified English name.
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Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills have been resequenced.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has a new English name.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks have been resequenced.
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Family: Nyctibiidae – Potoos has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Apodidae – Swifts have been resequenced.
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Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds has been partially resequenced.
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355/278F Grey-tailed Mountaingem
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
355/2789 White-throated Mountaingem Lampornis castaneoventris
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Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls has a new English name.
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Cathartidae – New World Vultures has been moved from Order Accipitriformes to new order Cathartiformes.
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Family: Pandionidae – Osprey has a modified English name.
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Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks have been resequenced.
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363/294K Northern Black-throated Trogon
has a new English name:
363/294K Graceful Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus
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Family: Momotidae – Motmots has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers have been resequenced.
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Family: Galbulidae – Jacamars has been moved from Order Piciformes to new order Galbuliformes.
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Family: Galbulidae – Jacamars has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Bucconidae – Puffbirds has been moved from Order Piciformes to new order Galbuliformes.
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The species in Family: Bucconidae – Puffbirds have been resequenced.
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Family: Semnornithidae – Prong-billed Barbet and Toucan Barbet has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Ramphastidae – Toucans have been resequenced.
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427/3303 Blue-throated Toucanet
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
427/3302 Emerald Toucanet
which has a new English name:
427/3302 Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
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The species in Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been resequenced.
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Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
450/3638 Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
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Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots have been resequenced.
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Within Order PASSERIFORMES there has been a resequencing of some families.
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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:
Family: Pipridae – Manakins (Part 7 to Part 6)
Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas (Part 7 to Part 6)
Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies (Part 7 to Part 6)
Family: Vireonidae – Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos (Part 8 to Part 7)
Family: Bombycillidae – Waxwings (Part 8 to Part 10)
Family: Ptiliogonatidae – Silky-flycatchers (Part 8 to Part 10)
Family: Cinclidae – Dippers (Part 11 to Part 10)
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Family: Pipridae – Manakins has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas have been resequenced.
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Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies have been resequenced.
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521/5180 Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus
has been moved from:
Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies (identifier number ‘523’)
to new monotypic family:
Family: Oxyruncidae – Sharpbill (identifier number ‘521’)
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The species in genera Onychorhynchus, Terenotriccus and Myiobius
have been moved from:
Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies (identifier number ‘523’)
to new family:
Family: Onychorhynchidae – Royal Flycatchers and Allies (identifier number ‘522’)
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Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies have been resequenced.
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511/4810 Olive-streaked Flycatcher
has a new English name:
511/4810 Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
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511/476E Northern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
511/4760 Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
which has a new English name:
511/4760 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
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Family Thamnophilidae – Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos has a new English name.
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The species in Family Thamnophilidae – Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Grallariidae – Antpittas have been resequenced.
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Family Furnariidae – Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers has a new English name.
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Family Furnariidae – Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers has been partially resequenced.
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483/429T Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper
has a new English name:
483/429T Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
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Family: Vireonidae – Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Vireonidae – Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos have been resequenced.
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664/5953 Tawny-crowned Greenlet
has a new English name:
664/5953 Ochre-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
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Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies have been resequenced.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has a new English name.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Polioptilidae – Gnatwrens and Gnatcatchers has a new English name.
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Family: Polioptilidae – Gnatwrens and Gnatcatchers has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Troglodytidae – Wrens have been resequenced.
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Family: Mimidae – Mockingbirds and Thrashers has a modified English name.
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Passerellidae – New World Sparrows has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies has a new English name.
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Monotypic Family: Icteriidae – Yellow-breasted Chat has been embedded within Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies.
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The species in Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies have been resequenced.
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973/9302 Scarlet-rumped Cacique
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
973/9302 Subtropical Cacique
which has a new English name:
973/9302 Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
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Family: Parulidae – New World Warblers has been partially resequenced.
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965/917F Chiriqui Yellowthroat
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
965/9184 Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
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965/9209 Myrtle Warbler
has a new English name:
965/9209 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
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Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Allies has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Allies have been resequenced.
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993/9871 Tooth-billed Tanager
has been lumped with and is now represented by six subspecies of:
993/9872 Red Tanager
which has a new English name:
993/9872 Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
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Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies have been resequenced.