Over 233 species of birds, resident and migratory have been recorded including the national bird of Costa Rica the clay-coloured robin.
Stiles, F. Gary & Skutch, Alexander Frank (1989): A guide to the birds of Costa Rica.
Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica.
Back at Rainbow, early the next morning, I saw Carol, a newly arrived guest from Seattle, wandering distractedly up the path to the lodge after a stroll around the garden with binoculars and a thick guide to the birds of Costa Rica.
In just a couple of hours, our find included the stunning blue-crowned motmot, Nicaragua's national bird, and the sonorous but far less impressive national bird of Costa Rica, the clay-colored robin.
It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro.
Although our guide to the birds of Costa Rica pictured 57 species of hummingbirds, none of them matched Heade's.
