Birds
and
Other Wildlife
during the Focus On Nature Tour
in
Mexico
in the Yucatan Region
and on offshore Cozumel Island
in June
2008
List compiled by Armas
Hill, leader of the tour.
The photograph at right,
is of the AMERICAN PYGMY KINGFISHER,
the bird voted as the favorite of the tour.
Dates:
June 17-26, 2008
Codes:
(t): a globally threatened or rare species,
designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical (t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(mt): endangered & threatened birds in Mexico
(mt1): endangered in the country
(mt2): threatened in the country
(mt3): species of "special concern" in Mexico
(i): introduced species in Mexico
(h): heard during the tour
cz: on Cozumel Island
ny: in the northern Yucatan Peninsula
sy: the southern Yucatan Peninsula, and west in eastern Campeche
Links:
List
of Birds of the Yucatan Region of Mexico (with some photos)
Cumulative
List of Mexican Birds (part 1: tinamous to woodpeckers)
Cumulative
List of Mexican Birds (part 2: manakins to buntings)
Lists
of Mexican Mammals & Other Wildlife (including Amphibians & Reptiles)
List
of Selected Central American Butterflies (with some photos)
Upcoming
FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Mexico
Bird-List:
- Great Tinamou - sy
Tinamus major
- Slaty-breasted Tinamou -sy
Crypturellus boucardi
- Thicket Tinamou -sy
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Plain Chachalaca - ny,sy
Ortalis vetula
- Great Curassow - sy
Crax rubra
- Ocellated Turkey (nt) - sy
Meleagris ocellata
- Yucatan Bobwhite - ny
Colinus leucopogon
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck - cz,ny
Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Least Grebe - cz,ny
Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Flamingo - ny
Phoenicopterus ruber
- Wood Stork - sy
Mycteria americana
- American White Ibis - ny,sy
Eudocimus albus
- Glossy Ibis - ny
Plegadis falcinellus
- Roseate Spoonbill - ny
Platalea ajaja
- Black-crowned Night Heron - cz
Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron - ny
Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat-billed Heron - cz,ny
Cochlearius cochlearius
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron - sy,ny
Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Great Blue Heron - ny
Ardea herodias
- "Great White Heron" (a
morph of the Great Blue Heron) - ny
Ardea herodias
- Little Blue Heron - cz,ny
Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron - cz,ny
Egretta tricolor
- Reddish Egret - cz,ny
Egretta rufescens
- Great Egret - ny,cz,sy
Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret - ny,cz,sy
Egretta thula
- Cattle Egret - ny,sy
Bubulcus ibis
- Green Heron - cz,sy,ny
Butorides virescens
- Least Bittern - ny
Ixobrychus exilis
- Magnificent Frigatebird - ny,cz
Fregata magnificens
- American White Pelican - ny
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brown Pelican - ny
Pelecanus occidentalis
- Neotropic Cormorant - ny,sy
Phalacrocorax brasilianus (formerly P. olivaceous)
- Double-crested Cormorant - ny,cz,sy
Phalacrocorax auritus
- Anhinga - ny,cz
Anhinga anhinga
- Black Vulture - ny,cz,sy
Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture - ny,cz,sy
Cathartes aura
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture - ny
Cathartes burrovianus
- Northern Crested Caracara - ny
Caracara cheriway
- Laughing Falcon - sy
Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Collared Forest Falcon - ny
Micrastur semitorquatus
- Barred Forest Falcon - sy
Micrastur ruficollis
- Bat Falcon - ny
Falco rufigularis
- Osprey - ny
Pandion haliaetus
- White-tailed Kite - sy
Elanus leucurus
- Plumbeous Kite - sy
Ictinia plumbea
- Snail Kite - sy
Rostrhamus sociabilis
- White-tailed Hawk - ny
Buteo albicaudatus
- Short-tailed Hawk - ny
Buteo brachyurus
- Roadside Hawk - ny,sy
Buteo magnirostris
- Gray Hawk (now merged with the
more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk) - ny
Buteo nitida plagiata
- Common Black Hawk - ny
Buteogallus anthracinus
- Great Black Hawk - ny
Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi
- Limpkin - sy,ny
Aramus guarauna
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail
- ny
Aramides cajanea
- Ruddy Crake - ny,cz,sy
Laterallus ruber
- Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) - cz
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
- American Coot - sy
Fulica americana
- Northern Jacana - cz,ny,sy
Jacana spinosa
- Black-necked Stilt - cz,sy,ny
Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover -
cz,ny
Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
- Snowy Plover - ny
Charadrius nivosus
- Semipalmated Plover - ny
Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lesser Yellowlegs - ny
Tringa flavipes
- Willet - ny
Tringa semipalmatus
- Ruddy Turnstone - ny
Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling - ny
Calidris alba
- Western Sandpiper - ny
Calidris mauri
- Short-billed Dowitcher - ny
Limnodromus riseus
- Laughing Gull - ny
Larus atricilla
- Gull-billed Tern - ny
Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi
- Sandwich Tern - ny
Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavida
- Royal Tern - ny
Thalasseus m. maxima
- Least Tern - cz,ny
Sternula antillarum
- Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) -
ny,cz,sy
Columba livia
- Red-billed Pigeon - ny,sy
Patagioenas flavirostris
- Pale-vented Pigeon - ny
Patagioenas cayennensis
- Scaled Pigeon - ny
Patagioenas speciosa
- White-crowned Pigeon - cz
Patagioenas leccocephala
- White-winged Dove - ny,cz,sy
Zenaida asiatica
- Mourning Dove - ny
Zenaida macroura
- Common Ground Dove - ny,cz
Columbina passerina
- Ruddy Ground Dove - ny,sy
Columbina taipacoti
- Blue Ground Dove - sy
Claravis pretiosa
- White-tipped Dove - sy
Leptotila verrreauxi
- Caribbean Dove - cz
Leptotila jamaicensis gaumeri
- Ruddy Quail-Dove - sy
Geotrygon m. montana
- Aztec Parakeet - ny,sy
Aratinga astec
- Brown-hooded Parrot - sy
Pionopsitta haematotis
- Yucatan Amazon - ny
Amazona xantholora
- Red-lored (or Yellow-cheeked) Amazon - sy
Amazona autumnalis
- Mangrove Cuckoo - cz,ny
Coccyzus minor
- Groove-billed Ani - ny
Crotophaga suicirostris
- Smooth-billed Ani - ny,cz
Crotophaga ani
- Lesser Roadrunner - ny
Geococcyx velox
- Pheasant Cuckoo - sy
Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - ny
Glaucidium brasilianum ridgwayi
- Mottled Owl - sy
Strix virgata
- Common Nighthawk - cz
Chordeiles minor
- Lesser Nighthawk - cz
Chordeiles acutipennis
- Pauraque - cz,ny
Nyctidromus albicollis
- Yucatan Poorwill - cz
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Yucatan Nightjar - cz
Caprimulgus badius
- Vaux's (or "Dusky-backed") Swift -
cz,ny
Chaetura vauxi
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing - sy
Campylopterus curvipennis
- Green-breasted Mango - cz
Anthracothorax prevosti
- Canivet's (was part of what was Fork-tailed)
Emerald - ny
Chlorostilbon canivetii
- Cozumel (was part of what was
Fork-tailed) Emerald - cz
Chlorostilbon forficatus
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird - ny
Amazilia yucatanensis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - sy
Amazilia tzacati
- Mexican Sheartail - ny
Calothorax eliza
- Black-headed Trogon - sy,ny
Trogon melanocephalus
- Gartered Trogon (was part of Violaceous Trogon,
now of South America) - sy
Trogon caligatus
- Ringed Kingfisher - ny
Megaceryle torquata
- American Pygmy Kingfisher - sy
Chloroceryle aenea
- Turquoise-browed Motmot - ny,sy
Eumomota superciliosa
- Blue-crowned Motmot - ny,sy
Momotus momota
- Keel-billed Toucan - sy,ny
Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Yucatan Woodpecker - ny,cz
Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker - ny,cz,sy
Melanerpes aurifrons
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker - ny
Picoides scalaris
- Golden-olive Woodpecker - ny
Piculus rubiginosus
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker - sy
Celeus castaneus
- Lineated Woodpecker - sy
Dryocopus lineatus
- Masked Tityra - ny
Tityra semifasciata
- Rose-throated Becard - ny
Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Thrushlike Schiffornis - sy
Schiffornis turdinus veraepacis
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet - ny
Camptostoma i. imberbe
- Greenish Elaenia - cz
Mylopagis viridicata
- Caribbean Elaenia - cz
Elaenia martinica remota
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia - ny,sy
Elaenia flavogaster
- Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher - sy,ny
Poecilotriccus sylvia schistaceiceps
- Stub-tailed Spadebill (was part of
White-throated Spadebill) - sy
Platyrinchus cancominus
- Tropical Kingbird - ny,cz,sy
Tyrannus melancholicus
- Couch's Kingbird - ny
Tyrannus couchii
- Piratic Flycatcher - ny
Legatus leucophaius variegatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - ny
Myiodynastes maculatus
- Social Flycatcher - ny,sy
Myiozetetes similis
- Great Kiskadee - ny,sy
Pitangus sulphuratus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher - ny,cz,sy
Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yucatan Flycatcher - ny,cz
Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher - sy,ny
Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Tropical Pewee - ny,sy
Contopus cinereus
- Northern Royal Flycatcher - sy
Onychorhynchus mexicanus
- Barred Antshrike - ny,sy
Thamnophilus doliatus
- Plain Antvireo - sy
Dysithamnus mentalis septentrionalis
- Ruddy Woodcreeper - sy
Dendrocincla homochroa
- Ivory-billed (or Laughing)
Woodcreeper - ny,sy
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike - ny,cz
Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Mangrove Vireo - ny
Vireo pallens
- Cozumel Vireo - cz
Vireo bairdi
- Yellow-green Vireo - ny
Vireo flavoviridis
- Yucatan Vireo - ny,cz
Vireo m. magister
- "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet -
sy
Hylophilus decurtatus
- Brown Jay - sy
Cyanocorax morio
- Green Jay - ny
Cyanocorax melanocyanneus
- Yucatan Jay - ny,sy
Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- Gray-breasted Martin - ny,sy
Progne chalybea
- Ridgway's Rough-winged
Swallow (has been part of the Northern Rough-winged Swallow) - ny
Steigidopteryx ridgwayi
- Mangrove Swallow - ny
Tachycineta albilinea
- Barn Swallow - ny
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
- Cave Swallow - ny
Petrochelidon fulva
- Yucatan Wren - ny
Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
- White-bellied Wren - sy
Uropsila leucogastra
- Spot-breasted Wren - sy,ny
Thryothous maculipectus
- Carolina Wren (the race known as the
"White-browed Wren") - sy
Thryothorus ludovicianus albinucha
- "Cozumel" House Wren - cz
Troglodytes aedon
- White-breasted Wood Wren - sy
Henicorhina leucosticta
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - cz,ny
Polioptila caerulea
- White-lored Gnatcatcher - ny
Polioptila albiloris
- Tropical Gnatcatcher - sy
Polioptila plumbea
- Long-billed Gnatwren - sy
Ramphocaenus rufiventris
- Tropical Mockingbird - ny,cz,sy
Mimus gilvus
- Black Catbird - ny,cz
Dumetella glabrirostris
- White-throated Thrush (or Robin) - sy
Turdus assimilis
- Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) - ny,sy
Turdus grayi
- Scrub Euphonia - ny
Euphonia affinis
- American Yellow Warbler (a race known as
the "Golden Warbler") - cz
Dendroica petechia
- Mangrove Warbler - ny
Dendroica erithachoriides
- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat - ny
Chamaethlypis poliocephala
- Gray-throated Chat - sy
Granatellus saliaei
- Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird - ny,cz
Molothrus aeneus
- Great-tailed Grackle - ny,cz,sy
Quiscalus mexicanus
- Melodious Blackbird - ny,sy
Dives dives
- Red-winged Blackbird - ny,sy
Agelaius phoeniceus
- Hooded Oriole - ny,cz,sy
Icterus cucullatus
- Yellow-backed Oriole - ny
Icterus chrysater
- Yellow-tailed Oriole - ny
Icterus m. mesomeias
- Altamira Oriole - ny,sy
Icterus gularis
- Orange Oriole - ny
Icterus auratus
- Eastern Meadowlark - sy,ny
Sturnella magna
- Bananaquit - cz
Coereba flaveola
- Green-backed Sparrow - sy
Arremonops chloronotus
- Botteri's Sparrow - ny
Aimophila botteri petenica
- Rose-throated Tanager - cz
Piranga roseogularis
- Western Spindalis - cz
Spindalis zena benedicti
- Red-legged Honeycreeper - sy
Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit - cz,sy,ny
Tiaris olivacea
- White-collared Seedeater - ny,sy
Sporophila torqueola
- Blue-black Grassquit - sy,ny
Volatinia jacarina spendens
- Black-headed Saltator - ny
Saltator atriceps
- "Northern" Grayish Saltator - ny
Saltator coerulescens
- Northern Cardinal - ny,cz
Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue Bunting - ny
Cyanocompsa parellina
Mammals during the June
'08 FONT Mexico Tour
1. Common Opossum - sy
Didelphis marsupialis
2. Gray Four-eyed Opossum - sy
Philander opossum
3. Central American Wooly Opossum - sy
Caluromys derbianus
4. Yucatan Squirrel - ny,sy
Sciurus yucatanensis
4. Yucatan (or Mexican) Black Howler Monkey - sy
Alouatta palliata
5. Central American Spider Monkey - sy
Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis
6. Gauner's Spiny Pocket Mouse - sy
Heteromys gaumeri
7. Seba's Short-tailed Bat - sy
Carollia perspicillata
8. Broad-eared Bat - sy
Nyctinomops laticaudatus
9. various other bats (sp.) - cz,ny,sy
Other Wildlife
Gulf Coast Toad (including hundreds of "toadlets"
Bufo valliceps
American Crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
Morelet's Crocodile
Crocodylus moreletii
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Black Iguana
Ctenosaura similis
Brown Basilisk
Basiliscus vittatus
anole
Indigo Snake
Drymarchon corais
Neotropical Whipsnake
Masticophis mentovarius
Puffing Snake
Pseustes poecilonotus
various butterflies (including Morphos) -
