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A Complete List of Honduras Birds    Birds during previous FONT tours in Honduras

Lists with some Photos of:   Birds in Central America  (a list in 4 parts)

Mammals in Central America    Tropical Plants  (a list in 3 parts)

Butterflies in Central America     Moths of Central America

Previous Honduras Tour Highlights    Upcoming Central America Tour Itineraries

1. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ly,cc
   Podilymbus p. podiceps
   
   
2. Least Grebe ______ ly,cc
   Tachybaptus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus
   
   
3. Eared Grebe ______ ly
   Podiceps nigricollis californicus
   
   
4. Brown Pelican ______ cc
   Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
   
   
5. Neotropic (formerly called Olivaceous) Cormorant ______ cc
   Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus  (formerly P. olivaceous)
   
   
6. Magnificent Frigatebird ______ cc
   Fregata magnificens  (now said to be monotypic)
   
   
7. Cattle Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
   Bubulcus ibis  
   
   
8. Green Heron ______ ly,cc  (was at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron) 
   Butorides v. virescens
   
   
9. Little Blue Heron ______ hc,ly,cc
   Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
   
   
10. Tricolored  (has also been called Louisiana) Heron ______ cc
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis
    
    
11. Snowy Egret ______ hc,cc
    Egretta t. thula
    
    
12. Great Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta 
    
    
13. Great Blue Heron ______ ly,cc
    Ardea h. herodias
    
    
14. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ ly,cc
    Tigrisoma mexicanum  (monotypic)
    
    
15. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ hc
    Nyctocorax nyctocorax hoactli
    
    
16. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ cc
    Nyctanassa v. violacea  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
17. Wood Stork ______ hc,cc
    Mycteria americana  (monotypic)
    
    
18. Fulvous Whistling-Duck ______ ly
    Dendrocygna bicolor  (although on 3 continents, monotypic)
    
    
19. Muscovy Duck ______ ly 
    Cairina moschata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
20. Blue-winged Teal ______ ly,cc
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
21. American Wigeon ______ly
    Anas americana  (monotypic)
    
    
22. Ring-necked Duck ______ ly
    Aythya collaris  (monotypic)
    
    
23. Turkey Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Cathartes a. aura   
    
    
24. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ ly
    Cathartes burrovianus  (monotypic)
    
    
25. Black Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
    
    
26. Swallow-tailed Kite ______ ly
    Elanoides forficatus  (2 subspecies occur in Honduras: E. f. forficatus & E. f. yetapa)  (the single member of its genus) 
    
    
27. Hook-billed Kite ______ cc
    Chrondrohierax u. uncinatus
    
    
28. Snail Kite ______ ly
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 
    
    
29. Bicolored Hawk ______ ly
    Accipiter b. bicolor
    
    
30. Common Black Hawk ______ cc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
    
    
31. Gray Hawk ______ hc,cc  (best merged with the more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk)
    Asturina (formerly Buteo) plagiata  (if merged, would be Asturina nitida plagiata & the single member of its genus)
    
     
32. Roadside Hawk ______ hc,cc
    Buteo magnirostris griseocauda
    
    
33. Broad-winged Hawk ______ hc,ly
    Buteo p. platypterus  (migrant that breeds further north in North America)
    
    
34. Red-tailed Hawk ______ 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)
     
    
35. Northern Crested Caracara ______ hc,cc  (formerly conspecific with the now Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)
    Caracara cheriway  (monotypic)
    
    
36. Bat Falcon ______ cc,sp
    Falco rufigularis petoensis
    
    
37. Highland Guan ______ hs
    Penelope nigra  (monotypic)
    
    
38. Limpkin ______ ly
    Aramus guarauna dolosus  (the single member of its genus & family) 
    
    
39. Sora ______ ly
    Porzana carolina  (monotypic)
    
    
40. Ruddy Crake (or Red Rail) ______ cs
    Laterallus ruber  (monotypic)
    
    
41. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______ ly
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
    
    
42. Purple Gallinule ______ ly,cc
    Porphyrula martinica  (monotypic)
    
    
43. American Coot ______ ly,cc
    Fulica a. americana
    
    
44. Northern Jacana ______ ly,cc
    Jacana s. spinosa
    
    
45. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______cc
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
46. Killdeer ______ ly,cc
    Charadrius v. vociferus
    
    
47. Black-necked Stilt ______ ly,cc  (by some has been said to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World) 
    Himantopus (himantopus) mexicanus
    
    
48. "American" Whimbrel ______ ly,cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
    
    
49. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ly,cc
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
    
    
50. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba rubida
    
    
51. Wilson's Snipe ______ hc
    Gallinago delicata  (monotypic)
    
    
52. Laughing Gull ______ cc
    Larus atricilla megalopterus
    
    
53. Royal Tern ______ cc
    Sterna m. maxima
    
    
54. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i) ______ ly,cc
    Columba livia
    
    
55. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ ly,cc,cs
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
    
    
56. Mourning Dove ______ ly
    Zenaida macroura marginella
    
    
57. White-winged Dove ______ sp,ly
    Zenaida a. asiatica
    
    
58. Ruddy Ground-Dove ______ hc,cc,cs
    Columbina taipacoti rufipennis
    
    
59. Inca Dove ______ hc,cc
    Columbina (or said by some to be Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)
    
    
60. White-tipped (formerly White-fronted) Dove ______ hc,ly
    Leptotila verreauxi bangsi
    
    
61. Scarlet Macaw ______ hc
    Ara macao cyanopterus
    
    
62. Aztec Conure (or Parakeet) ______ hc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Jamaican Conure, or Parakeet, of the West Indies; when so, was called the Olive-throated Conure, or Parakeet) )
    Aratinga a. astec
    
    
63. Orange-fronted Conure (or Parakeet) ______ hc
    Aratinga c. canicularis
    
    
64. Orange-chinned Parakeet ______ hc
    Brotogeris j. jugularis
    
    
65. Brown-hooded Parrot ______ cc,cs
    Pionopsitta h. haematotis
    
    
66. White-crowned Parrot ______ hc.cs
    Pionus senilis  (monotypic)
    
    
67. White-fronted Amazon (or Parrot) ______ hc,ly,cs
    Amazona albifrons nana
    
    
68. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ ly,cs
    Piaya cayana thermophila
    
    
69. Groove-billed Ani ______ hc,ly,cs
    Crotophaga sulciroxtris   (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)
    
    
70. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ______ ly,sp  (has been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy Owl of South America)
    Glaucicium r. ridgwayi
    
    
71. Pauraque ______ hs,cc
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens
    
    
72. Long-billed Hermit ______ cs  (formerly part of a wider-ranging Long-tailed Hermit; that species now restricted to South America)
    Phaethornis l. longirostris
    
    
73. Stripe-throated Hermit ______ 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)  
    
    
74. Violet Sabrewing ______ cs
    Campylopterus h. hemileucurus
    
    
75. White-necked Jacobin ______ cs
    Florisuga m. mellivora
    
    
76. Green-breasted Mango ______ hc,cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 
    
    
77. White-eared Hummingbird ______ hs
    Basilinna l. leucotis
    
    
78. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ______ hs
    Abeillia a. abeillei  (the single member of its genus) 
    
     
79. Salvin's (formerly part of Fork-tailed) Emerald ______ ly,cs
    Chlorostilbon salvini osberti
    
    
80. Blue-throated Sapphire ______ ly  (has been called Blue-throated Goldentail) 
    Hylocharis e. eliciae
    
    
81. Azure-crowned Hummingbird ______ cc,hc
    Amazilia c. cyanocephala
    
    
82. Berylline Hummingbird ______ hc
    Amazilia beryllina devillei
    
    
83. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ hc,ly
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris
    
    
84. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ ly
    Amazilia t. tzacatl
    
    
85. Green-throated Moutnain-gem ______ hs
    Lampornis v. viridipallens
    
    
86. Resplendent Quetzal ______ hs
    Pharomachrus m. mocinno
    
    
87. Slaty-tailed Trogon ______ cc
    Trogon m. massena
    
    
88. Black-headed Trogon ______ cc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
    Trogon melanocephalus  (now monotypic)
    
    
89. Collared Trogon ______ hs
    Trogon collaris puella
    
    
90. Northern Violaceous Trogon ______ hc
    Trogon caligatus (formerly violaceus) braccatus
    
    
91. Belted Kingfisher ______ ly,cc
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
    
    
92. Amazon Kingfisher ______ ch,ly,cc
    Chloroceryle amazona  (now monotypic)
    
    
93. Green Kingfisher ______ cs
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
    
    
94. Turquoise-browed Motmot ______ cc,cs
    Eumomota superciliosa
    
    
95. Blue-crowned Motmot ______ hc,ly,cs
    Momotus momota lessonii
    
    
96. "White-throated" Emerald Toucanet ______ hs
    Aulacorhynchus prasinus virescens
    
    
97. Collared Aracari ______ hc,cs
    Pteroglossus t. torquatus
    
    
98. Keel-billed Toucan ______ hc,cs
    Ramphastos s. sulfuratus
    
    
99. "Guatemalan" Northern Flicker ______ hs
    Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
    
    
100. Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi
     
     
101. Lineated Woodpecker ______ hc,cc
     Dryocopus lineatus similis
     
     
102. Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cc
     Campephilus g. guatemalensis
     
     
103. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ hc,cs
     Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris
     
     
104. Cocoa (formerly part of Buff-throated) Woodcreeper ______ cc
     Xiphorhynchus susurrans confinis
     
     
105. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper ______ hs  (was considered conspecific with what's now the Montane Woodcreeper in South America, L. lacrymiger)
     Lepidocolaptes a. affinis
     
     
106. Tawny-throated Leaftosser ______ hs
     Sclerurus m. mexicanus
     
      
107. Barred Antshrike ______ ly,cc
     Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius
     
     
108. Rose-throated Becard ______ hc
     Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti
     
     
109. Masked Tityra ______ hc,ly,cs
     Tityra semifasciata personata
     
     
110. Fork-tailed Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
     Tyrannus savana monachus
     
     
111. Tropical Kingbird ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa
     
     
112. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
     Megarynchus pitangua
     
     
113. Social Flycatcher ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
     Myiozetetes similis texensis
     
     
114. Great Kiskadee ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
     
     
115. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
     Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
     
     
116. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ hc
     Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)
     
     
117. Black Phoebe ______ hc
     Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
     
     
118. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs,hc,ly
     Empidonax flaviventis  (monotypic)
     
     
119. White-throated Flycatcher ______ ly
     Empidonax a. albigularis
     
     
120. Least Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
     Empidonax minimus  (monotypic)
     
     
121. Yellowish Flycatcher ______ hs
     Empidonax flavescens salvini
     
     
122. Northern Tufted-Flycatcher ______ hs
     Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus
     
     
123. Yellow-olive Flatbill (or Flycatcher) ______ hc
     Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps
     
      
124. Greenish Elaenia ______ hc,cc
     Myiopagis viridicata placens
     
     
125. Lovely Cotinga ______ cs
     Cotinga amabilis  (monotypic)
     
     
126. Snowy Cotinga ______ cs
     Carpodectes nitidus  (monotypic)
     
     
127. Azure-hooded Jay ______ hs
     Cyanolyca cucullata hondurensis
     
      
128. Brown Jay ______ hc,ly,cs
     Cyanocorax m. morio
     
     
129. White-throated Magpie-Jay ______ hc  (has been considered conspecific with Black-throated Magpie-Jay of Mexico)
     Calocitta formosa pompata
     
     
130. Green Jay ______ hs,ly
     Cyanocorax yncas centralis
     
     
131. Blue-headed (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hs
     Vireo s. solitarius
     
     
132. Plumbeous (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hc
     Vireo plumbeus montanus
     
     
133. Brown-capped Vireo ______ hs  (was at one time said to be conspecific with the Warbling Vireo of North America) 
     Vireo leucophrys amauronotus
     
     
134. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet ______ cs
     Hylophilus d. decurtatus
     
     
135. Slate-colored Solitaire ______ hs
     Myacestes u. unicolor
     
     
136. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ______ hs
     Catharus d. dryas
     
     
137. Wood Thrush ______ hc,ly,cs
     Hylocichia (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
138. Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) ______ hc,ly,cs,sp
     Turdus grayi megas
     
     
139. Tropical Mockingbird ______ hc
     Mimus gilvus gracilis
     
     
140. Gray Catbird ______ ly,cs
     Dumetella carolinensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
141. Gray-breasted Martin ______ sp
     Progne c. chalybea
     
     
142. Tree Swallow ______ hc
     Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
143. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ hc,ly
     Stelgidopteryx serripennis
     
     
144. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow ______ ly
     Stelgidopteryx (serripennis) ridgwayi
     
     
145. Rufous-naped Wren ______ ly,sp
     Campylorhynchus rufinucha castaneus
     
     
146. (Southern) House Wren ______ hc
     Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius
     
     
147. White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ cc,cs
     Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca
     
     
148. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ______ hs
     Henicorhina leucophrys composita
     
     
149. Black-and-white Warbler ______ hc,cs
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
150. Prothonotary Warbler ______ cc
     Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
151. Blue-winged Warbler ______ cs
     Vermivora pinus  (monotypic)
     
     
152. Tennessee Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Vermivora peregrina  (monotypic)
     
     
153. Yellow Warbler ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
     Dendroica aestiva  (was Dendroica petechia when Mangrove Warbler not split) 
     
     
154. Magnolia Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Dendroica magnolia
     
     
155. Grace's Warbler ______ hc
     Dendroica graciae remota
     
     
156. Chestnut-sided Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Dendroica pensylvanica  (monotypic)
     
     
157. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ cc
     Dendroica c. coronata
     
     
158. Black-throated Green Warbler ______ hc
     Dendroica virens  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
159. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) ______ hs
     Dendroica chrysoparia  (monotypic)
     
     
160. Ovenbird ______ cs
     Seiurus aurocapillus  (2 subspecies winter in Central America)
     
     
161. Northern Waterthrush ______ ly,cc
     Seiurus noveboracensis  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
162. Common Yellowthroat ______ hc,ly
     Geothlypis trichas  (2 subspecies winter in Central America)
     
     
163. Kentucky Warbler ______ cs
     Oporornis formosus  (monotypic)
     
     
164. Wilson's Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Wilsonia pusilla  (3 subspecies winter in Central Amercia)
     
     
165. Hooded Warbler ______ ly,cs
     Wilsonia citrina  (monotypic)
     
     
166. American Redstart ______ hc,ly,cs
     Setophaga ruticilla  (now said to be monotypic; the single member of its genus) 
     
     
167. Slate-throated Whitestart (or Redstart) ______ cs
     Myioborus miniatus
     
     
168. Chestnut-capped Warbler ______ hc  (closely related to, maybe conspecific with Rufous-capped Warbler)
     Basileuterus delattrii
     
     
169. Green Honeycreeper ______ cc,cs
     Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis
     
     
170. Shining Honeycreeper ______ cs
     Cyanerpes lucidus
     
     
171. Red-legged Honeycreeper ______ hc,ly
     Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes
     
     
172. Common Bush-Tanager ______ hs
     Chlorospingus ophthalmicus honduratius
     
     
173. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager ______ cs
     Habia rubica rubicoides
     
     
174. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cc,cs
     Habia fuscicauda salvini
     
     
175. Summer Tanager ______ hc,ly
     Piranga r. rubra
     
     
176. Passerini's  (formerly part of Scarlet-rumped) Tanager ______ cc
     Ramphocelus passerinii  (monotypic)
     
     
177. Blue-gray Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Thraupis episcopus cana
     
     
178. Yellow-winged Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
     Thraupis abbas  (monotypic)
     
     
179. Scrub Euphonia ______ hc
     Euphonia a. affinis
     
     
180. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia ______ cs
     Chorophonia occipitalis  (monotypic)
     
     
181. Golden-hooded Tanager ______ cs  (closely related to the Masked Tanager of South America)
     Tangara l. larvata
     
     
182. Black-headed Saltator ______ hc,ly,cs
     Saltator a. atriceps
     
     
183. "Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ ly
     Saltator coerulescens grandis
     
     
184. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ hc
     Pheucticus ludovicianus
     
     
185. Blue Grosbeak ______ ly
     Passerina (formerly Guiraca) caerulea
     
     
186. Indigo Bunting ______ hc
     Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
     
     
187. Variable Seedeater ______ cs
     Sporophila aurita corvina
     
     
188. White-collared Seedeater ______ ly,cc,cs
     Sporophila torqueola morelleti
     
     
189. Yellow-faced Grassquit ______ hc
     Tiaris olivacea pusilla
     
     
190. Blue-black Grassquit ______ hc
     Volatinia jacarina splendens  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
191. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch ______ hs
     Buarremon (formerly Atlapetes) brunneinuchus macrourus
     
     
192. Rusty Sparrow ______ hc,hs
     Aimophila rufescens
     
     
193. Chestnut-headed Oropendola ______ hc,ly
     Zarhynchus w. wagleri
     
     
194. Montezuma Oropendola ______ hc,ly,cs
     Psarocolius montezuma  (monotypic)
     
     
195. Altamira Oriole ______ hc
     Icterus gularis gigas
     
     
196. Spot-breasted Oriole ______ hc,ly,cc
     Icterus pectoralis guttulatus
     
     
197. Baltimore Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
     Icterus galbula  (monotypic)
     
     
198. Orchard Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
     Icterus s. spurius
     
     
199. Melodious Blackbird ______ hc,ly,cb
     Dives dives  (monotypic)
     
     
200. Great-tailed Grackle ______ hc,ly,cc,cb,sp
     Quiscalus m. mexicanus
     
     
201. Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird ______ hc,cc
     Molothrus a. aeneus
     
     
202. Giant Cowbird ______ cc
     Scaphidura (Molothrus) oryzivora impacifica
     
     
203. Eastern Meadowlark ______ hc
     Sturnella magna
     
     
204. Red Crossbill ______ hs 
     Loxia curvirostra mesamericana