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Honduras Birds
during 
Focus On Nature Tours 

2002 thru 2015

during the months of February, 
March, April and December



A Honduras Bird List compiled by Armas Hill


 With 338 species of birds cumulatively found during FONT birding and nature tours in Honduras. 


UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA
photographed during a FONT tour   

Codes:

hc: in highlands (western), particularly in the area of Copan (from the Copan valley, about 600 meters, or 1800 feet, above sea-level to higher elevations)

hs: in another (higher) area of highlands, including pine & cloud forests closer to San Pedro Sula    

ly: in the area of Lake Yojoa (various habitats) 

cc: along the Caribbean coast, including area of Tela (& Lancetilla)

cs: along the Caribbean slope, including Pico Bonito 

sp: in city of San Pedro Sula 
 

(t):      a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
              (t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt):    a near-threatened species globally.
(i):      an introduced species.
(GUr): rare in Guatemala

(i): introduced species.

(HNr):   rare in Honduras
(HNu):  uncommon in Honduras

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT website



 Turquoise-browed Motmot

Links:

A List & Photo Gallery of Central America Birds, in 4 parts  

A Complete List of Birds in Honduras

Mammals in Central America  (with some photos) 

A List & Photo Gallery of Central America Butterflies & Moths, in 6 parts 

Tropical Plants, a list in 3 parts  (with some photos) 

Previous Highlights of FONT Tours in Honduras

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America  

Directory of Photos in this Website

 

 Bird-List:
  1. Great Tinamou ______cs
    Tinamus major
  2. Little Tinamou ______cs
    Crypturellus soui meserythrus
  3. Plain Chachalaca  (ph)  ______ cs
    Ortalis vetula intermedia
  4. Highland Guan ______ hs
    Penelope nigra      (monotypic)
  5. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph)  ______ ly,cc   
    Dendrocygna a. autumnalis

         Another name for Dendrocygna autumnalis was Black-bellied Tree Duck.
  6. Fulvous Whistling Duck ______ ly
    Dendrocygna bicolor      (although on 3 continents, monotypic)
  7. Muscovy Duck  (ph)  ______ ly 
    Cairina moschata      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  8. Blue-winged Teal  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Anas discors      (monotypic)
  9. American Wigeon  (ph)  ______ly
    Anas americana      (monotypic)
  10. Ring-necked Duck  (ph)  ______ ly
    Aythya collaris      (monotypic)

  11. Pied-billed Grebe  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Podilymbus p. podiceps
  12. Least Grebe  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Tachybaptus dominicus      (formerly Podiceps dominicus)

  13. Eared Grebe  (ph)  ______ ly
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
  14. Jabiru  (HNr) (ph)  ______ cc
    Jabiru mycteria      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  15. Wood Stork  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Mycteria americana      (monotypic)
  16. American White Ibis  (ph)  ______ cc
    Eudocimus albus      (monotypic)
  17. Roseate Spoonbill  (ph)  ______ cc
    Ajaia ajaja      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  18. Least Bittern  (ph)  ______ ly
    Ixobrychus exilis
  19. Cattle Egret  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc
    Bubulcus ibis  
  20. Green Heron  (ph)  ______ ly,cc 
    Butorides v. virescens

         At one time, the Green Heron was said to be conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron. It was then called the Green-backed Heron.

  21. Little Blue Heron  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc
    Egretta caerulea      (monotypic)

  22. Tricolored Heron  (ph)  ______ cc   
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis

    Egretta tricolor     was called Louisiana Heron. 

  23. Snowy Egret  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Egretta t. thula
  24. Great Egret  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc
    Ardea alba egretta      (formerly Casmerodius alba egretta) 
  25. Great Blue Heron  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Ardea h. herodias
  26. Bare-throated Tiger Heron  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Tigrisoma mexicanum      (monotypic)
  27. Black-crowned Night Heron  (ph)  ______ hc
    Nyctocorax nyctocorax hoactii
  28. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (ph)  ______ cc
    Nyctanassa v. violacea      (the single member of its genus)
  29. Boat-billed Heron  (ph)  ______ cc
    Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi      (the single member of its genus)
  30. Magnificent Frigatebird  (ph)  ______ cc
    Fregata magnificens      (now said to be monotypic)
  31. Brown Pelican  (ph)  ______ cc
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
  32. American White Pelican  (HNr) (ph)  ______ cc
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos      (monotypic)
  33. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph)  ______ cc 
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus      (formerly P. olivaceous) 

         Phalacrocorax brasilianus was called the Olivaceous Cormorant.

  34. Anhinga  (ph)  ______ cc
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster
  35. Turkey Vulture  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc
    Cathartes a. aura      (another subspecies, C. a. meridionalis, from central North America migrates thru Honduras, sometimes in large flocks) 
  36. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  (ph)  ______ ly
    Cathartes burrovianus      (monotypic)
  37. Black Vulture  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc
    Coragyps atratus      (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
  38. Osprey  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis      (the single member of its genus) (another subspecies, P. h. ridgwayi, also in eastern Honduras near the Caribbean)
  39. Gray-headed Kite ______ ly
    Leptodon c. cayanensis

         Another name for Leptodon cayanensis has been Cayenne Kite.

  40. White-tailed Kite  (ph)  ______ cc
    Elanus leucurus majusculus
  41. Swallow-tailed Kite  (ph)  ______ ly
    Elanoides forficatus      (2 subspecies occur in Honduras: E. f. forficatus and E. f. yetapa) (the single member of its genus)

  42. Hook-billed Kite  ______ cc
    Chrondrohierax u. uncinatus
  43. Snail Kite  (ph)  ______ ly
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 
  44. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (ph)  ______ hc
    Accipiter striatus chionogaster      (a resident subspecies in Honduras, the "White-breasted Hawk")  

     The subspecies of the Sharp-shinned Hawk, A. s. velox, from North America occurs in Honduras in winter.

  45. White-breasted Hawk ______ hc
    Accipiter chionogaster
  46. Bicolored Hawk ______ ly
    Accipiter b. bicolor
  47. Common Black Hawk  (ph)  ______ cc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
  48. Gray Hawk  (ph)  ______ hc,cc  
    Buteo plagiatus 
     
  49. Roadside Hawk  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda      (formerly Buteo magnirostris griseocauda)

  50. Broad-winged Hawk ______ hc,ly
    Buteo p. platypterus      (migrant that breeds further north in North America)
  51. Short-tailed Hawk  (ph)  ______ cs
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus
  52. White-tailed Hawk ______ sp
    Geranoaetus albicaudatus hypospodius      (formerly Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius)

  53. Red-tailed Hawk  (ph)  ______ hc
    Buteo jamaicensis      (2 subspecies in Honduras)
    Buteo jamaicensis kemsiesi      (resident in Honduras)
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus      (winter resident & migrant that breeds further north in North America)
     
  54. Zone-tailed Hawk  (ph)  ______ hc
    Buteo a. albonotatus
  55. Black Hawk-Eagle ______ cs
    Spizaetus tyrannus serus
  56. Northern Crested Caracara  (ph)  ______ hc,cc   
    Caracara cheriway      (monotypic)

    The Northern Crested Caracara was conspecific with what is now the Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon. 

  57. Laughing Falcon  (ph)  ______ hc
    Herpetotheres cachinnans      (the single member of its genus) 
  58. American Kestrel  (ph)  ______ hc
    Falco sparverius tropicalis
  59. Bat Falcon  (ph)  ______ cc,sp
    Falco rufigularis petoensis
  60. Peregrine Falcon  (ph)  ______ cc
    Falco peregrinus anatum     (subspecies that breeds further north in North America) (Another subspecies that breeds further north in North America occurs in Honduras as a migrant, F. p. tundrius) 

  61. Limpkin  (ph)  ______ ly
    Aramus guarauna dolosus      (the single member of its genus and family) 
  62. Sora  ______ ly
    Porzana carolina      (monotypic)

  63. Gray-necked Wood Rail  (ph)  ______ cc
    Aramides cajanea albiventris
  64. Ruddy Crake  ______  cs
    Laterallus ruber      (monotypic)

    Another name for Laterallus ruber has been Red Rail. 
  65. Common Gallinule  (ph)  ______ ly
    Gallinula galeata
  66. Purple Gallinule  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Porphyrula martinica      (monotypic)
  67. American Coot  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Fulica a. americana
  68. Northern Jacana  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Jacana s. spinosa
  69. Black-bellied Plover  (ph)  ______cc
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

         Another name for Pluvialis squatarola is Grey Plover, as it is called in the Old World.

  70. Semipalmated Plover  (ph)  ______ cc
    Charadrius semipalmatus      (monotypic)

  71. Killdeer  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Charadrius v. vociferus
  72. Black-necked Stilt  (ph)  ______ ly,cc 
    Himantopus mexicanus

         The Black-necked Stilt was said, at one time, by some, to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World.

  73. "American" Whimbrel  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
  74. Willet  (ph)  ______ cc
    Tringa s. semipalmata      (formerly Catoptrophorus s. semipalmata)

  75. Greater Yellowlegs ______ cc
    Tringa melanoleuca      (monotypic)

  76. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Tringa flavipes      (monotypic)
  77. Solitary Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ hc
    Tringa solitaria
  78. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Actitis macularia      (monotypic)

  79. Ruddy Turnstone  (ph)  ______ cc
    Arenaria interpres
  80. Sanderling  (ph)  ______ cc
    Calidris alba
  81. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ cc
    Calidris pusilla      (monotypic)
  82. Least Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ cc
    Calidris minutilla      (monotypic)

  83. Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph)  ______ cc
    Limnodromus griseus
  84. Wilson's Snipe  (ph)  ______ hc  (was part of the Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago) 
    Gallinago delicata      (monotypic)

  85. Laughing Gull  (ph)  ______ cc
    Larus atricilla megalopterus
  86. Gull-billed Tern  (HNu) (ph)  ______ ly
    Gelochelidon     (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
  87. Caspian Tern  (ph)  ______ cc,ly
    Hydroprogne     (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)

  88. Royal Tern  (ph)  ______ cc
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
  89. Sandwich Tern  (ph)  ______ cc
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus
  90. Common Tern  ______ cc
    Sterna h. hirundo
  91. Forster's Tern  (HNr) (ph)  ______ cc
    Sterna forsteri      (monotypic)

  92. Black Skimmer  (ph)  ______ cc
    Rynchops n. niger
  93. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______ ly,cc
    Columba livia
  94. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ ly,cc,cs
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
  95. Red-billed Pigeon ______ hc,ly
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) f. flavirostris
  96. Mourning Dove ______ ly
    Zenaida macroura marginella
  97. White-winged Dove  (ph)  ______ sp,ly
    Zenaida a. asiatica
  98. Common Ground Dove  (ph)  ______ hc
    Columbina passerina pallescens
  99. Plain-breasted Ground Dove  ______ hc
    Columbina minuta interrupta
  100. Ruddy Ground Dove  (ph)  ______ hc,cc,cs
    Columbina taipacoti rufipennis
  101. Inca Dove  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Columbina     (or Scrdafella) inca  (monotypic)

  102. White-tipped Dove  ______ hc,ly   
    Leptotila verreauxi bangsi

         Another name for Leptotila verreauxi has been White-fronted Dove.

  103. Gray-chested Dove  ______ ly
    Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris
  104. Scarlet Macaw  (ph)  ______ hc
    Ara macao cyanopterus 
  105. Aztec Parakeet (or Conure)  (ph)  ______ hc,cs   
    Aratinga a. astec

    Aratinga astec     has been conspecific with the Jamaican Parakeet (or Conure) of the West Indies. When so, it was called the Olive-throated Parakeet (or Conure). 

  106. Orange-fronted Parakeet (or Conure) ______ hc
    Aratinga c. canicularis
  107. Orange-chinned Parakeet ______ hc
    Brotogeris j. jugularis
  108. Brown-hooded Parrot  (ph)  ______ cc,cs
    Pionopsitta h. haematotis
  109. White-crowned Parrot ______ hc.cs
    Pionus senilis      (monotypic)
  110. White-fronted Parrot (or Amazon) (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Amazona albifrons nana
  111. Red-lored Parrot (or Amazon) ______ ly,cc,cs
    Amazona a. autumnalis

         Another name for Amazona autumnalis has been Yellow-cheeked Parrot (or Amazon).

  112. Yellow-headed Parrot (or Amazon) (HNr) ______ cc
    Amazona oratrix hondurensis
  113. Squirrel Cuckoo  (ph)  ______ ly,cs
    Piaya cayana thermophila
  114. Striped Cuckoo ______ ly
    Tapera naevia excellens
  115. Groove-billed Ani  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Crotophaga sulciroxtris      (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)
  116. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (ph)  ______ ly,sp 
    Glaucidium r. ridgwayi

         The "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy has been considered part of a wider-ranging Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum. Now, that species is said to be in South America. 
  117. Black-and-white Owl ______ cs
    Ciccaba     (or said by some to Strix) nigrolineata  (monotypic)

  118. Striped Owl  (HNu) (ph) ______ ly
    Asio clamator forbesi
  119. Short-tailed (or Semicollared) Nighthawk (HNu) ______ cs
    Lurocalis semitorquatus stonei
  120. Lesser Nighthawk ______ ly,cc
    Chordeiles acutipennis 
  121. Pauraque  (ph)  ______ hs,cc
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens
  122. Yucatan Nightjar (HNr) ______ cc 
    Caprimulgus badius 

         The Yucatan Nightjar was first found to be in Honduras in 1990.   
  123. White-collared Swift ______ cs
    Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus
  124. Chestnut-collared Swift ______ hc
    Cypseloides rutilus griseifrons
  125. Chimney Swift ______ cc
    Chaetura pelagica      (monotypic)

  126. Vaux's (or Dusky-backed) Swift ______ cs
    Chaetura vauxi richmondi
  127. Long-billed Hermit ______ cs  (formerly part of a wider-ranging Long-tailed Hermit; that species now restricted to South America)
    Phaethornis l. longirostris
  128. Stripe-throated Hermit  (ph)  ______ cs  (formerly conspecific with Little Hermit of northeast South America) (has also been called Boucard's Hermit, Phaethornis adolphi)
    Phaethornis striigularis saturatus  (genus has also been said to be Pygmornis)  
  129. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird ______ ly
    Camplyopterus     (has been Phaeochroa) cuvierii roberti 
  130. Violet Sabrewing  (ph)  ______ cs
    Campylopterus h. hemileucurus
  131. White-necked Jacobin  (ph)  ______ cs
    Florisuga m. mellivora
  132. Green-breasted Mango  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 
  133. White-eared Hummingbird  (ph)  ______ hs
    Basilinna l. leucotis
  134. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ______ hs
    Abeilia a. abeillei      (the single member of its genus)
     
  135. Salvin's Emerald ______ ly,cs
    Chlorostilbon salvini osberti

         The Salvin's Emerald was part of what was the Fork-tailed Emerald. 

  136. White-bellied Emerald ______ hc,cc
    Amazilia c. candida
  137. Blue-throated Sapphire ______ ly 
    Hylocharis e. eliciae

         Another name for Hylocharis eliciae has been Blue-throated Goldentail.

  138. Azure-crowned Hummingbird ______ cc,hc
    Amazilia c. cyanocephala

         Another name for Amazilia cyanocephala has been Red-billed Azurecrown.
  139. Berylline Hummingbird ______ hc
    Amazilia beryllina devillei
  140. Cinnamon Hummingbird  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris
  141. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  (ph)  ______ ly
    Amazilia t. tzacatl
  142. Stripe-tailed Hummingbird ______ hc
    Eupherusa e. eximia
  143. Green-throated Mountain-gem ______ hs
    Lampornis v. viridipallens
  144. Purple-crowned Fairy ______ cs
    Heliothryx barroti      (monotypic)

  145. Ruby-throated Hummingbird  (ph)  ______ hc
    Archilochus colubris      (monotypic)
  146. Resplendent Quetzal  (ph)  ______ hs
    Pharomachrus m. mocinno
  147. Slaty-tailed Trogon  (ph)  ______ cc
    Trogon m. massena
  148. Black-headed Trogon  (ph)  ______ cc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
    Trogon melanocephalus      (now monotypic)
  149. Collared Trogon ______ hs
    Trogon collaris puella
  150. Gartered Trogon  (ph)  ______ hc  (was part of the Violaceous Trogon)
    Trogon caligatus     (formerly violaceus) braccatus  
  151. Ringed Kingfisher  (ph)  ______ cc
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata 
  152. Belted Kingfisher  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
  153. Amazon Kingfisher ______ ch,ly,cc
    Chloroceryle amazona      (now monotypic)
  154. Green Kingfisher  (ph)  ______ cs
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
  155. Tody Motmot ______ cs
    Hylomanes m. momotula      (the single member of its genus)

  156. Turquoise-browed Motmot  (ph)  ______ hc,cc,cs
    Eumomota superciliosa
  157. Blue-crowned Motmot  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Momotus momota lessonii
  158. "White-throated" Emerald Toucanet ______ hs
    Aulacorhynchus prasinus virescens
  159. Collared Aracari  (ph)  ______ hc,cs
    Pteroglossus t. torquatus
  160. Keel-billed Toucan  (ph)  ______ hc,cs
    Ramphastos s. sulfuratus
  161. "Guatemalan" Northern Flicker ______ hs
    Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
  162. Acorn Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ hc
    Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus
  163. Golden-fronted Woodpecker  (ph)  ______hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi
  164. Black-cheeked Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ cs
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus or Tripsurus) pucherani  (monotypic)

  165. Golden-olive Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ hc
    Piculus rubiginosus maximus
  166. Lineated Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ hc,cc
    Dryocopus lineatus similis
  167. Pale-billed Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ cc
    Campephilus g. guatemalensis
  168. White-collared Manakin  (ph)  ______ cs
    Manacus candei
  169. Northern Schiffornis  ______ cs 
    Schiffornis veraepacis

         The Northern Schiffornis was part of the Thrush-like Schiffornis. The former Thrush-like Schiffornis was previously called the Thrush-like Mourner or the Thrush-like Manakin, but the bird was neither a mourner nor a manakin.

    Now, what was the Thrush-like Schiffornis has been split into 5 species in Central and South America.

    The geographic range of Schiffornis veraepacis is in Central America from western Panama northward. In South America, it also occurs in parts of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 
  170. Rose-throated Becard ______ hc
    Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti
  171. Cinnamon Becard ______ cs
    Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior 
  172. White-winged Becard ______ cs
    Pachyramphus polychopterus cinereiventris

  173. Lovely Cotinga ______ cs
    Cotinga amabilis      (monotypic)

  174. Snowy Cotinga ______ cs
    Carpodectes nitidus      (monotypic)

  175. Masked Tityra ______ hc,ly,cs
    Tityra semifasciata personata
  176. Black-crowned Tityra ______ cs
    Tityra inquisitor fraserii
  177. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Tyrannus savana monachus
  178. Eastern Kingbird  (ph)  ______ cc
    Tyrannus tyrannus      (monotypic)

  179. Gray Kingbird (on mainland HNr) ______ cc
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis
  180. Tropical Kingbird  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa
  181. Piratic Flycatcher ______ ly,cc
    Legatus leucophaius variegatus      (the single member of its genus)
  182. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ______ cc
    Myiodynastes luteiventris      (monotypic)

  183. Streaked Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ hc
    Myiodynastes maculatus insolens
  184. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
    Megarynchus pitangua
  185. Social Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Myiozetetes similis texensis
  186. Great Kiskadee  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
  187. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
  188. Great Crested Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ hc
    Myiarchus crinitus      (monotypic)

  189. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ hc
    Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens
  190. Bright-rumped Attila  (ph)  ______ cc
    Attila spadicus flammulatus
  191. Black Phoebe ______ hc
    Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
  192. Greater Pewee ______ hc   
    Contopus p. pertinax

    Cpntopus pertinax     was called Coue's Flycatcher.

  193. Western Wood Pewee ______ hc
    Contopus sordidulus
  194. Tropical Pewee  (ph)  ______ ly,cs
    Contopus cinereus brachytarsus
  195. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs,hc,ly
    Empidonax flaviventis      (monotypic)

  196. Acadian Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
    Empidonax virescens      (monotypic)

  197. White-throated Flycatcher ______ ly
    Empidonax a. albigularis
  198. Least Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
    Empidonax minimus      (monotypic)
  199. Yellowish Flycatcher ______ hs
    Empidonax flavescens salvini
  200. Northern Tufted Flycatcher ______ hs
    Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus 
     
  201. Sulphur-rumped Myiobius ______ cs  
    Myiobius sulphureipygius

         The Sulphur-rumped Myiobius has been known as the Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher. It is closely related to the  Whiskered Myiobius of South America with which it has been conspecific.
  202. Northern Royal Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ cc  
    Onychorhynchus mexicanus      (as it is now distinct from the other Royal Flycatchers (noted below), monotypic)

    The Northern Royal Flycatcher has been conspecific with the related South American species, the Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, the Pacific Royal Flycatcher, and the Atlantic Royal Flycatcher.  

  203. Yellow-olive Flatbill (or Flycatcher) ______ hc
    Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps
     
  204. Stub-tailed Spadebill ______ cs  (was part of the White-throated Spadebill)
    Platyrinchus cancominus

         The Stub-tailed Spadebill was, at one time, part of the White-throated Spadebill.

  205. Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
    Todirostrum cinereum finitimum
  206. Northern Bentbill ______ hc
    Oncostoma cinereigulare      (monotypic)

  207. Greenish Elaenia ______ hc,cc
    Myiopagis viridicata placens
  208. Yellow-bellied Elaenia  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Elaenia flavogaster subpagana
  209. Mountain Elaenia ______ hc
    Elaenia frantzii ultima
  210. Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet ______ cs
    Ornithion semiflavum      (monotypic)

  211. Paltry (or Mistletoe) Tyrannulet ______ hc
    Zimmerius v. vilissimus  
  212. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs
    Mionectes oleagineus assimilis
  213. Barred Antshrike  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius
  214. Russet Antshrike ______ cs
    Thamnistes anabatinus

  215. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner  ______ cs
    Automolus ochrolaemus cervinigularis

         Another name for Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner is Buff-throated Automolus.  

  216. Tawny-throated Leaftosser ______ hs
    Sclerurus m. mexicanus
  217. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper  (ph)  ______ cs
    Dendrocincla a. anabatina
  218. Olivaceous Woodcreeper ______ hc
    Sittasomus griseicapillus sylvioides      (the single member of its genus)

  219. Cocoa Woodcreeper ______ cc  
    Xiphorhynchus susurrans confinis

         The Cocoa Woodcreeper was part of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper, now a bird in South America.  

  220. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper ______ hc,cs
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris

         Another name for Xiphorhynchus flavigaster is Laughing Woodcreeper, because of its call.

  221. Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ ly
    Lepidocolaptes souleyetii insignis
  222. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper ______ hs 
    Lepidocolaptes a. affinis

         The Spot-crowned Woodcreeper was considered conspecific with what is now the Montane Woodcreeper in South America, Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger.
  223. Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______ hc
    Cyclarhis gujanensis
  224. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ cs
    Vireo flavifrons      (monotypic)
  225. Blue-headed Vireo ______ hs  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo s. solitarius
  226. Plumbeous Vireo ______ hc  (was part of Solitary Vireo) 
    Vireo plumbeus montanus
  227. Brown-capped Vireo ______ hs  (was at one time said to be conspecific with the Warbling Vireo of North America)
    Vireo leucophrys amauronotus
  228. Hutton's Vireo (HNr) ______ hc
    Vireo huttoni vulcani
  229. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet ______ cs
    Hylophilus d. decurtatus


  231. Azure-hooded Jay ______ hs
    Cyanolyca cucullata hondurensis
     
  232. Brown Jay  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Cyanocorax m. morio
  233. Bushy-crested Jay ______ hc
    Cyanocorax m. melanocyanneus
  234. White-throated Magpie-Jay  (ph)  ______ hc  (has been considered conspecific with Black-throated Magpie-Jay of Mexico)
    Calocitta formosa pompata
  235. Green Jay  (ph)  ______ hs,ly
    Cyanocorax yncas centralis  
  236. Purple Martin  (ph)  ______ ly
    Progne subis 
  237. Gray-breasted Martin ______ sp
    Progne c. chalybea
  238. Tree Swallow  (ph)  ______ hc
    Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
  239. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  240. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow ______ ly
    Stelgidopteryx (serripennis) ridgwayi
  241. Barn Swallow  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Hirundo rustica 
  242. American Cliff Swallow ______ ly
    Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) pyrrhonota
  243. Brown Creeper  (ph)  ______ hc
    Certhia americana extima
  244. Rufous-naped Wren  (ph)  ______ ly,sp
    Campylorhynchus rufinucha castaneus
  245. Spot-breasted Wren ______ cs  (closely related to Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
    Thryothous maculipectus
  246. Rufous-and-white Wren ______ ly
    Thryothous r. rufalbus
  247. Plain Wren ______ hc
    Thryothous modestus
  248. (Southern) House Wren  (ph) ______ hc
    Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius
  249. White-breasted Wood Wren ______ cc,cs
    Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca
  250. Gray-breasted Wood Wren ______ hs
    Henicorhina leucophrys composita
  251. White-lored Gnatcatcher ______ hc
    Polioptila albiloris
  252. Tropical Gnatcatcher ______ cs
    Polioptila plumbea






  255. Slate-colored Solitaire ______ hs
    Myacestes u. unicolor
  256. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ______ hs
    Catharus d. dryas
  257. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush ______ hc
    Catharus aurantiirostris
  258. Wood Thrush ______ hc,ly,cs
    Hylocichia     (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and now the single member of its genus) 
  259. Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) ______ hc,ly,cs,sp
    Turdus grayi megas
  260. Tropical Mockingbird  (ph)  ______ hc
    Mimus gilvus gracils
  261. Gray Catbird  (ph)  ______ ly,cs
    Dumetella carolinensis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 



  263. Scrub Euphonia ______ hc
    Euphonia a. affinis
  264. Yellow-throated Euphonia  (ph)  ______ hc,cs
    Euphonia hirundinacea
  265. Olive-backed Euphonia  (ph)  ______ hc,cs
    Euphonia gouldi
  266. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia ______ cs
    Chlorophonia occipitalis  (monotypic)

  267. Black-headed Siskin ______ hc
    Carduelis notata forreri
  268. Lesser Goldfinch ______ hc
    Carduelis psaltria colombianus
  269. Red Crossbill  (ph)  ______ hs
    Loxia curvirostra mesamericana
  270. House Sparrow (i) ______ hc
    Passer domesticus 
  271. Olive Warbler ______ hc
    Peucedramus taeniatus giraudi
  272. Black-and-white Warbler ______ hc,cs
    Mniotilta varia      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  273. Prothonotary Warbler  (ph)  ______ cc
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  

  274. Worm-eating Warbler ______ cs
    Helmitheros vermivorus 
  275. Golden-winged Warbler ______ cs
    Vermivora chrysoptera
  276. Blue-winged Warbler  (ph)  ______ cs
    Vermivora pinus      (monotypic)

  277. Tennessee Warbler  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora) peregrina      (monotypic)

  278. Tropical Parula ______ ly
    Setophaga (formerly Parula) pitiayumi nigrilora
  279. Yellow Warbler  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) aestiva      (was Dendroica petechia when Mangrove Warbler not split) 

  280. Magnolia Warbler  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) magnolia
  281. Grace's Warbler ______ hc
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) graciae remota
  282. Yellow-throated Warbler  (ph)  ______ cc,cs
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) dominica
  283. Chestnut-sided Warbler  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) pensylvanica      (monotypic)
  284. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ hc,ly
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) coronata auduboni
  285. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (ph)  ______ cc
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) c. coronata
  286. Black-throated Green Warbler  (ph)  ______ hc
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) virens      (now said to be monotypic)

  287. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) ______ hs
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) chrysoparia      (monotypic)

  288. Ovenbird  (ph)  ______ cs
    Seiurus aurocapillus      (2 subspecies winter in Central America)
  289. Northern Waterthrush ______ ly,cc
    Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) noveboracensis      (now said to be monotypic)
  290. Louisiana Waterthrush ______ cs
    Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) motacilla
  291. Common Yellowthroat  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Geothlypis trichas      (2 subspecies winter in Central America)

  292. Kentucky Warbler ______ cs
    Oporornis formosus      (monotypic)

  293. Wilson's Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Wilsonia pusilla      (3 subspecies winter in Central America)
  294. Hooded Warbler ______ ly,cs
    Wilsonia citrina      (monotypic)

  295. Yellow-breasted Chat  (ph)  ______ cs
    Icteria v. virens
  296. American Redstart  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Setophaga ruticilla      (now said to be monotypic)

  297. Painted Whitestart (or Redstart) (ph)  ______ hc
    Myioborus pictus guatemalae
  298. Slate-throated Whitestart (or Redstart) ______ cs
    Myioborus miniatus connectens
  299. Red-faced Warbler ______  hc
    Cardellina rubrifrons      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
  300. Golden-crowned Warbler ______ hc
    Basileuterus culicivorus
  301. Chestnut-capped Warbler ______ hc  (closely related to, maybe conspecific with Rufous-capped Warbler)
    Basileuterus delattrii


  303. Chestnut-headed Oropendola ______ hc,ly
    Zarhynchus w. wagleri
  304. Montezuma Oropendola  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Psarocolius montezuma  (monotypic)

  305. Yellow-billed Cacique ______ hc
    Amblycercus h. holosericeus
  306. Altamira Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus gularis gigas
  307. Streak-backed Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus pustulatus alticola
  308. Spot-breasted Oriole  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc
    Icterus pectoralis guttulatus
  309. Yellow-backed Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus c. chrysater
  310. Baltimore Oriole  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Icterus galbula  (monotypic)
  311. Orchard Oriole  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cs
    Icterus s. spurius
  312. Red-winged Blackbird  (ph)  ______ ly,cc
    Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi
  313. Melodious Blackbird ______ hc,ly,cb
    Dives dives  (monotypic) 
  314. Great-tailed Grackle  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cb,sp
    Quiscalus m. mexicanus
  315. Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird ______ hc,cc
    Molothrus a. aeneus
  316. Giant Cowbird ______ cc
    Scaphidura (Molothrus) oryzivora impacifica
  317. Eastern Meadowlark  (ph)  ______ hc
    Sturnella magna


  319. Green Honeycreeper  (ph)  ______ cc,cs
    Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis
  320. Shining Honeycreeper  (ph)  ______ cs
    Cyanerpes lucidus
  321. Red-legged Honeycreeper  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes
  322. Common Bush-Tanager ______ hs
    Chlorospingus ophthalmicus honduratius
  323. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  (ph)  ______ cs
    Habia rubica rubicoides
  324. Red-throated Ant-Tanager  (ph)  ______ cc,cs
    Habia fuscicauda salvini
  325. Hepatic Tanager ______ hc
    Piranga hepatica
  326. Summer Tanager  (ph)  ______ hc,ly
    Piranga r. rubra
  327. Crimson-collared Tanager ______ hc,cc
    Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta
  328. Passerini's Tanager  (ph)  ______ cc  (was part of what was the Scarlet-rumped Tanager) 
    Ramphocelus passerinii      (monotypic)

  329. Blue-gray Tanager  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Thraupis episcopus cana
  330. Yellow-winged Tanager  (ph)  ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Thraupis abbas      (monotypic)

  331. Golden-hooded Tanager  (ph)  ______ cs  (closely related to the Masked Tanager of South America)
    Tangara l. larvata
  332. Variable Seedeater  (ph)  ______ cs
    Sporophila aurita corvina
  333. White-collared Seedeater  (ph)  ______ ly,cc,cs
    Sporophila torqueola morelleti
  334. Yellow-faced Grassquit  (ph)  ______ hc
    Tiaris olivacea pusilla
  335. Blue-black Grassquit ______ hc
    Volatinia jacarina splendens      (the single member of its genus)

  336. Chestnut-capped Brush Finch  ______ hs
     Buarremon (formerly Atlapetes) brunneinuchus macrourus
  337. Green-backed Sparrow ______ cs (closely related to Black-striped Sparrow of southern Central America)
    Arremonops chloronotus 
  338. Rusty Sparrow ______ hc,hs
    Aimophila rufescens
  339. Black-headed Saltator ______ hc,ly,cs
    Saltator a. atriceps
  340. Buff-throated Saltator  (ph)  ______ cs
    Saltator maximus magnoides
  341. "Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ ly
    Saltator coerulescens grandis
  342. Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (ph)  ______ hc
    Pheucticus ludovicianus
  343. Blue Grosbeak  (ph)  ______ ly
    Passerina (formerly Guiraca) caerulea
  344. Indigo Bunting  (ph)  ______ hc
    Passerina cyanea  (montoypic)


 

Mammals & Other Nature 
during 
Focus On Nature Tours 
in Honduras
(in December, February, March, April) 

Mantled Howler Monkey ______ cc
Alouatta palliata


Central American Agouti ______ hc,ly,cs
Dasyprocta punctata


 White-nosed Coati ______ ly
Nasua narica


 Northern Raccoon ______ cc
Procyon lotor


 Neotropical River Otter ______ ly
Lutra longicaudis


 Eastern Cottontail ______ ly
Sylvilagus floridanus


 Variegated Squirrel ______ ly,cs
Sciurus variegatoides


sac-winged bat (sp.) ______ cc
Saccopteryx spp.


 bat (sp.) ______ cc,cs

Leaf-cutter and other ants ______ hc,cs


an assortment of butterflies ______ hc,ly,cc,cs

 

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