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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

10,000 Birds

Hope for a vagrant comes in the form of an Orange-breasted Falcon sighting from west-central Panama. Crested and Harpy Eagles stand out as birds that seem to still be around but in such low numbers that those monster raptors could easily up the extirpated list by two.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

10,000 Birds

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Short-toed Snake-Eagle – Circaetus gallicus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax. Something needed to be done.

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