MEXICO BIRDS

Tinamous to Woodpeckers

those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours 
noted with an (*)



Part 1 of a List of Mexico Birds 
by Armas Hill 

PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: the RESPLENDENT QUETZAL,
a name from an Aztec word, "Quetzalli", meaning "precious" or "beautiful" 


Link:  

Mexico Bird List, Part 3: Manakins thru Buntings

ALSO IN PART 2:   PELAGICS, VAGRANTS & RARITIES, HYPOTHETICALS, and birds EXTINCT or presumed so.


Cumulatively, there have been 11 FONT birding & nature tours in Mexico. 

Codes:

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.

(MXe):  a species endemic to Mexico


In the list that follows, relating to FONT tours, the Mexican region & the months are noted.  

BC:   in Baja California
CZ:   on Cozumel Island
SN:   in Sonora
YP:   on & near the Yucatan Peninsula   


The birds in the list below are coded as to their status IN MEXICO:
(MX1):  endangered
(MX2):  threatened 
(MX3):  of special concern (or near-threatened)  


A fine book, "Jungle of the Maya" has recently been published (in 2006) by the University of Texas Press. In it, there some very good photographs of wildlife in Belize, and in nearby Guatemala & Mexico. In the following lists, pages in that book with photos of particular species are referred to with a (p. xx)       

Mammals of Mexico  (with some photos)

Amphibians & Reptiles of Mexico  (with some photos)

Butterflies of the Yucatan region of Mexico  (with some photos) 

 Bird-List:

1. Pomarine Jaeger ______  
   Stercorarius pomarinus
   
   
2. Parasitic Jaeger ______
   Stercorarius parasiticus
   
   
3. Long-tailed Jaeger  ______
   Stercorarius longicaudus
   
   
4. South Polar Skua ______
   Stercorarius maccormicki 
   
   
5. Laughing Gull  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
   Larus atricilla 
   
   
6. Franklin's Gull  (*)  ______  sn
   Larus pipixcan  (monotypic)
   
   
7. Bonaparte's Gull  (*) ______  sn
   Larus philadelphia
   
   
8. Heermann's Gull  (*) ______ (MX3)  bc,sn  (a Mexican endemic breeder)
   Larus heermanni
   
   
   
   
   Heermann's Gull
   (photo by Armas Hill)
   
   
9. Mew Gull _____  bc
   Larus canus brachyrhnchus
   
   
10. Ring-billed Gull  (*) ______  bc,sn,yp
    Larus delawarensis
    
     
11. California Gull  (*) _____  bc,sn
    Larus californicus
    
     
12. "American" Herring Gull  (*)  ______  cz,sn,yp
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus
    
    
13. Thayer's Gull _____  bc,sn
    Larus thayeri
    
    
14. Lesser Black-backed Gull  (*)  ______ yp
    Larus fuscus graellsii
    
    
15. Kelp Gull  _____  yp  (may best be listed as a vagrant, but this South American species has occurred repeatedly, since November 1987, in the northern Yucatan)
    Larus domincanus
      
    
16. Yellow-footed Gull  (*) ______ (MX3)  bc,sn
    Larus livens
    
    
    
    
    A Yellow-footed Gull, along the coast of the Sea of Cortez
    (photo by Abram Fleishman)
    
    
    
    
17. Western Gull ______ bc,sn
    Larus occidentalis wymani
    
    
18. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  bc,sn
    Larus glaucescens
    
     
19. Gull-billed Tern  (*) ______ sn
    Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica vanrossemi  
    
    
20. Sandwich Tern  (*)  ______ cz,yp
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
    
    
21. Royal Tern  (*) ______ bc,cz,sn,yp
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
    
    
22. Elegant Tern  (*) ______  (nt) (MX3)  bc,sn
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans
    
    
23. Caspian Tern  (*) ______ bc,cz,sn,yp
    Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Caspian Tern, the largest of the world's terns, in flight.
    (photo by Abram Fleishman)
    
    
24. Roseate Tern ______ (MX3)  cz  (occurs at Cozumel Island)
    Sterna d. dougallii
    
    
25. Common Tern ______  cz,sn
    Sterna h. hirundo
    
    
26. Forster's Tern  (*) ______  sn,yp
    Sterna forsteri
    
    
27. Least Tern  (*)  ______  (MX3)  cz,sn,yp
    Sternula antillarum
    Sternula antillarum browni ______ (MX1) (in west Mexico & California)
    
    
28. Bridled Tern ______ (MX3)  cz,yp  (occurs at Cozumel Island)
    Onychoprion anaethetus
    
    
29. Sooty Tern  _____  cz,yp
    Onychoprion fuscata
    
    
30. Black Tern ______ yp
    Chlidonias niger surinamensis
    
    
31. Brown Noddy ______  cz,yp (offshore) 
    Anous stolidus
    
    
32. Black Skimmer  (*) ______  cz,sn,yp
    Rynchops n. niger
    
    
33. Common Murre  _____  bc (winter)
    Uria aalge californica
    
    
34. Craveri's Murrelet  (*) _____  sn
    Synthliboramphus craveri
    
    
35. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______ bc,cz,sn,yp
    Columba livia
    
    
36. Red-billed Pigeon  (*)  ______ sn,yp
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) flavirostris
    
    
37. Pale-vented Pigeon  (*) ______ (MX3)  yp
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
    
    
38. Scaled Pigeon  (*) ______ (MX3)  yp
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) speciosa  (monotypic)
    
    
39. White-crowned Pigeon  (*)  ______ (MX2)  cz,yp
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leccocephala
    
    
40. Band-tailed Pigeon ______  sn
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata
    Patagioenas faciata vioscae ______ (MX3)
    
    
    
    
    Band-tailed Pigeon
    (photo by Fred Lesser)
    
    
41. Short-billed Pigeon ______ (MX3) 
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) nigrirostris  (monotypic)
    
    
42. African Collared Dove (i) _____ cz
    Streptopelia roseogrisea
    
    
43. Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*) _____ sn,yp
    Streptopelia decocto    
    
    
44. White-winged Dove (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
    Zenaida a. asiatica
    
    
    
    
    White-winged Dove
    (photo by Dick Tipton)
    
    
45. Zenaida Dove  (*)  ______ (MX3)  cz,yp
    Zenaida aurita salvadorii
    
    
46. Mourning Dove (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
    Zenaida macroura 
    
    
47. Inca Dove  (*) ______ sn 
    Columbina (or said by some to Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)
    
    
48. Common Ground Dove (*) ______ bc,cz,sn,yp
    Columbina passerina pallescens
    
    
49. Plain-breasted Ground Dove______ 
    Columbina minuta interrupta
    
    
50. Ruddy Ground Dove  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
    Columbina taipacoti 
    
    
51. Blue Ground Dove  (*) ______ cz,yp
    Claravis pretiosa  (monotypic)
    
    
52. Maroon-chested Ground Dove _____  (MX2)
    Claravis mondetoura salvini
    
    
53. White-tipped Dove  (*) ______ sn,yp  (was called White-fronted Dove)
    Leptotila verreauxi    
    
    
54. Gray-headed Dove______   (has been considered by some to be conspecific with the Gray-fronted Dove of South America)
    Leptotila p. plumbeiceps
    
    
55. Caribbean Dove  (*) ______  cz,yp
    Leptotila jamaicensis gaumeri
    
    
56. Gray-chested Dove ______ 
    Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris
    
    
57. Ruddy Quail-Dove  (*) ______ yp
    Geotrygon m. montana
    
    
58. White-faced Quail-Dove  (*) ______ (MX2)
    Geotrygon albifacies  (now monotypic)
    
    
59. Tuxtla Quail-Dove  ______  (t2) (MX1) (MXe)  (was part of the Purplish-backed Quail-Dove, Geotrygon lawrenci, in southern Central America) 
    Geotrygon carrikeri
    
    
60. Scarlet Macaw______ (MX1) (p. 111)
    Ara macao cyanopterus
    
    
    
    
    Scarlet Macaws
    
    
61. Military Macaw ______ (MX1)  sn
    Ara militaris mexicanus
    
    
62. Green Parakeet ______ (MX2)  sn
    Aratinga holochlora 
    
    
63. Pacific Parakeet ______  (MX2)
    Aratinga strenua  (monotypic)
    
    
64. Socorro Parakeet  ______  (MX2) (endemic to Isla Socorro in the Pacific Ocean; was conspecific with the Green and Pacific Parakeets)
    Aratinga brevipes
    
    
65. Aztec Parakeet  (*)  ______ (MX3)  yp (was conspecific with the Jamaican Parakeet of the West Indies, and was then called Olive-throated Parakeet)
    Aratinga astec 
    
    
66. Orange-fronted Parakeet  (*) ______ (MX3)
    Aratinga canicularis 
    
    
67. Thick-billed Parrot _____ (MX1) (MXe)
    Rhynchopsitta pachyhyncha
    
    
68. Maroon-fronted Parrot _____ (MX2) (MXe)
    Rhynchopsitta terrisi
    
     
69. Barred Parakeet______ (MX2)
    Bolborhynchus l. lineola
    
    
70. Mexican Parrotlet _____ (MX3) (MXe)  sn
    Forpus cyanopygius
    
    
71. Orange-chinned Parakeet______ (MX2)  (another name has been "Tovi Parakeet") 
    Brotogeris j. jugularis
    
    
72. Brown-hooded Parrot  (*) ______ (MX2)
    Pionopsitta h. haematotis
    
    
    
    
    A Brown-hooded Parrot photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Z. Gardner)
    
    
73. White-crowned Parrot______ (MX2)
    Pionus senilis  (monotypic)
    
    
74. White-fronted Amazon  ______ sn,yp
    Amazona albifrons 
    
    
     
    
    White-fronted Amazon
    (photo by Dick Tipton) 
    
    
75. Yucatan Amazon  (*)  ______ (MX3)  cz,yp  (another name is Yellow-lored Amazon)
    Amazona xantholora
    
    
76. Red-crowned Amazon  (*)  ______  (t2) (MX1) (MXe)
    Amazona viridigenalis
    
     
77. Lilac-crowned Parrot  (*) ______ (MX2) (MXe)  sn
    Amazona finschi
    
    
78. Red-lored Amazon  (*)   ______  (p. 17)
    Amazona a. autumnalis
    
    
79. Yellow-headed Amazon ______ (MX1)
    Amazona oratrix 
    
    
80. Yellow-naped Amazon  ______  (t2) (MX1)  (has been considered conspecific with Yellow-headed Amazon of Mexico and Yellow-crowned Amazon of Honduras)
    Amazona a. auropalliata
    
    
81. Mealy Amazon  ______ (MX2)
    Amazona farinosa 
    
    
82. Black-billed Cuckoo ______  yp
    Coccyzus erythropthalmus
    
    
83. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*)  ______ cz,sn,yp
    Coccyzus americanus  (now monotypic)
    
    
84. Mangrove Cuckoo  (*)  ______  cz,sn,yp
    Coccyzus minor
    
    
85. Squirrel Cuckoo  (*) ______ sn,yp
    Piaya cayana 
    
    
    
    
    Squirrel Cuckoo
    (photo by Dick Tipton)
    
    
86. Groove-billed Ani  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
    Crotophaga sulcirostris  (now monotypic, as a "second form" that was in Mexico is now extinct)
    
    
    
    
    Groove-billed Ani
    (photo by Alan Brady)
    
87. Smooth-billed Ani  (*)  ______ (MX2)  cz,yp  (occurs on Cozumel Island, and along the nearby coast of Quintana Roo)
    Crotophaga ani
    
    
    
    
    Smooth-billed Ani
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
88. Striped Cuckoo______ yp
    Tapera naevia excellens
    
    
89. Lesser Ground Cuckoo______
    Morococcyx erythropygus
    
    
90. Lesser Roadrunner  (*) ______ sn,yp
    Geococcyx velox  (now monotypic)
    
    
91. Greater Roadrunner (*)  ______  sn
    Geococcyx californianus
    
    
    
    
    Greater Roadrunner
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
92. Pheasant Cuckoo  (*)  ______ yp
    Dromococcyx phasianellus  (now monotypic)
    
    
93. Barn Owl ______ cz,sn,yp
    Tyto alba  
    
    
94. Flammulated Owl ______  sn
    Megascops (formerly Otus) flammeolus
    
    
95. Eastern Screech Owl  (*) ______ (MX3)
    Megascops (formerly Otus) asio mccallii
     
    
96. Western Screech Owl ______  bc,sn
    Megascops (formerly Otus) kennicottii
    
     
97. Balsas Screech Owl  (*) ______  (nt) (MX3) (MXe)
    Megascops (formerly Otus) seductus
    
    
98. Bearded Screech Owl (nt)______  (nt) (MX2) (has also been called Bridled Screech Owl)
    Megascops (formerly Otus) barbaus  (monotypic)
    
    
99. Vermiculated Screech Owl  (*)  ______  cz,yp  (was at one time considered part of what was then the "Variable Screech Owl" of Central America & South America) 
    Megascops (formerly Otus) g. guatemalae 
    
    
100. Pacific Screech Owl______ (MX3)  (formerly said to be part of Western Screech-Owl of North America)
     Megascops (formerly Otus) c. cooperi
     
     
101. Whiskered Screech Owl  (*) ______  sn
     Megascops (formerly Otus) trichopsis
     
     
102. Crested Owl ______ (MX2)
     Lophostrix cristata stricklandi
     
     
103. Spectacled Owl ______ (MX2)
     Pulsatix perspicillata saturata
     
     
104. Great Horned Owl______  sn,yp
     Bubo virginianus  (Subspecies, B. v. mayensis  (MX2), in the region of the Yucatan Peninsula) 
     
     
105. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (*)  ______  sn,yp   
     Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum  (west Mexico)  sn
     Glaucidium brasilianum ridgwayi  (elsewhere in Mexico)  yp
     
     
     
     
     Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
106. Central American Pygmy Owl ______ (MX3)  sn  (formerly considered conspecific with what's now the East Brazilian Pygmy-Owl of east Brazil in South America; the bird with the expanded range was called the Least Pygmy Owl)
     Glaucidium griseiceps
     
     
107. Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl ______ (MX1) (MXe)
     Glaucidium sanchezi
     
     
108. Colima Pygmy Owl ______ (MX3) (MXe)
     Glaucidium palmarum
     
     
109. Mountain Pygmy Owl  (*) ______  sn
     Glaucidium gnoma  
     
     
110. Cape Pygmy Owl ______  (MXe) bc
     Glaucidium hoskinsii
     
     
111. Elf Owl (*)  ______  sn
     Micrathene whitneyi
     
     
112. Burrowing Owl  (*)  ______  sn,yp(rare in yp)
     Athene cunicularia
     
     
113. Mottled Owl  (*) ______ sn,yp
     Strix virgata 
     
     
114. Black-and-white Owl______ (MX2)  yp
     Strix (formerly Ciccaba) nigrolineata  (monotypic)
     
     
115. Spotted Owl ______ (MX2)  sn
     Strix occidentalis
     
     
     
     
     A "Mexican" Spotted Owl photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
116. Barred Owl ______ (MX3)
     Strix varia sartorii
     
     
     
     
     Barred Owl
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
117. Fulvous Owl______ (MX2) (closely related to the Barred Owl)
     Strix fulvescens  (monotypic)
     
     
118. Long-eared Owl ______  sn
     Asio otus wilsonianus
     
     
119. Stygian Owl ______  cz (MX3)
     Asio stygius 
     
     
120. Striped Owl  (*)  ______ (MX2)
     Pseudoscops clamator forbesi
     
     
121. Short-eared Owl ______ (MX3)  sn
     Asio f. flammeus
     
     
122. Northern Saw-whet Owl _____  sn
     Aegolius a. acadicus
     
     
123. Unspotted Saw-whet Owl _____ (MX2)
     Aegolius ridgwayi
     
     
124. Great Potoo ______ (MX2)
     Nyctibius grandis guatemalensis
     
     
125. Northern Potoo  (*)  ______ cz,yp
     Nyctibius jamaicensis mexicanus
     
     
     
     
     A Northern Potoo at rest during the day 
     (photo during a FONT tour by Alan Brady) 
       
     
126. Common Nighthawk  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
     Chordeiles minor  (as many as 8 subspecies occur in Mexico as migrants) 
     
     
127. Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______ bc,cz,sn,yp
     Chordeiles acutipennis   
     
     
128. Short-tailed Nighthawk ______   (has also been called the Semicollared Nighthawk)
     Lurocalis semitorquatus stonei
     
     
129. Pauraque  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
     Nyctidromus albicollis  (the single member of its genus)  
     
     
130. Common Poorwill (*)  ______  sn  
     Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
     
     
131. Eared Poorwill  ______ (MX3) (MXe)
     Nyctiphrynus meleodii
     
     
132. Yucatan Poorwill  (*)______ cz,yp
     Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus  (monotypic)
     
     
133. Chuck-will's-widow  ______  yp
     Caprimulgus carolinensis
     
     
134. Tawny-collared Nightjar ______
     Caprimulgus salvini
     
     
135. Yucatan Nightjar  (*)  ______  cz,yp
     Caprimulgus badius
     
     
136. Buff-collared Nightjar (or "Cookacheea") ______  sn
     Caprimulgus ridgwayi 
     
     
137. Whip-poor-will  (*) ______  sn   
     Caprimulgus vociferus 
     
     
138. Spot-tailed Nightjar ______ 
     Caprimulgus maculicaudus
     
     
139. White-naped Swift  (*)  ______ (MX3) (MXe)
     Streptoprocne semicollaris
     
     
140. White-collared Swift  (*) ______ 
     Streptoprocne zonaris 
     
     
141. Chestnut-collared Swift  (*) ______ 
     Cypseloides rutilus 
     
     
142. American Black Swift ______  sn 
     Cypseloides niger 
     
     
143. White-fronted Swift ______  (nt) (MX3) (MXe)  (described as recently as 1992; previously considered part of the White-chinned Swift, which occurs further south in Central America)
     Cypseloides cryptus
     
     
144. Chimney Swift  (*) ______  cz
     Chaetura pelagica
     
     
145. Vaux's Swift  (*) ______  cz,sn,yp
     Chaetura vauxi  
     Chaetura vauxi gaumeri  (subspecies in the area of the Yucatan Peninsula)
     
     
146. White-throated Swift  (*) ______  sn
     Aeronautes saxatalis 
     
     
147. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift ______ (MX3)  
     Panyptila cayennensis 
     
     
148. Great Swallow-tailed Swift ______ (MX3)
     Panyptila sanctihieronymi
     
      
149. Long-billed Hermit______ (p. 30)  (was part of a wider-ranging Long-tailed Hermit, now restricted to South America)
     Phaethornis longirostris
     
     
150. Mexican Hermit ______  (MXe)
     Phaethornis mexicanus
     
     
151. Stripe-throated Hermit______ (MX3)  (p. 30)  (was part of a wider-ranging Little Hermit, now in northeast South America; by some this Central American birds have been called Boucard's Hermit, Phaethornis adolphi)
     Phaethornis striigularis  (genus was Pygmornis)
     
     
152. Wedge-tailed Sabrewing  (*) ______ yp
     Campylopterus curvipennis 
     
     
153. Long-tailed Sabrewing ______  (nt) (MX3) (MXe)
     Campylopterus excellens
     
     
154. Rufous Sabrewing ______ (MX3)
     Campylopterus rufus  (monotypic)
     
     
155. Violet Sabrewing ______ (MX3)
     Campylopterus h. hemileucurus
     
     
156. White-necked Jacobin ______  
     Florisuga m. mellivora
     
     
157. Green Violet-ear  (*) ______  
     Colibri t. thalassinus   
     
     
158. Green-breasted Mango  (*) ______ cz,yp  (another name has been "Prevost's Mango")
     Anthracothorax prevostii
     
     
159. White-eared Hummingbird  (*) ______  sn
     Basilinna leucotis
     
     
160. Xantu's Hummingbird ______  bc  (endemic to Baja California)
     Basilinna xantusii
     
     
     
     
     A Xantu's Hummingbird at a feeder.
     This bird was actually photographed out-of-range
     in British Columbia, Canada, during FONT's Pacific Coast Tour, in September 1998.
     This species is a resident in Baja California, Mexico, and does not migrate.
     
     
161. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ______ (MX3)  (another name has been "Abeille's Hummingbird")
     Abeillia abeillei  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
162. Short-crested Coquette ______  (t1) (MX1) (MXe)
     Lophornis brachylopha
     
     
163. Black-crested Coquette______ (MX3)
     Lophornis helenae  (monotypic)
     
     
164. Canivet's Emerald  (*) ______ yp  (was part of the former Fork-tailed Emerald)
     Chlorostilbon canivetii  (monotypic)
     
     
165. Golden-crowned Emerald  (*) ______  (MXe)  (was part of the former Fork-tailed Emerald)
     Chlorostilbon auriceps 
     
     
166. Cozumel Emerald  (*)  ______  (MXe) cz  (endemic to Cozumel Island) (was part of the former Fork-tailed Emerald) 
     Chlorostilbon forficatus
     
     
167. Dusky Hummingbird  (*) _____ (MXe)
     Cynanthus sordidus
     
     
168. Broad-billed Hummingbird  (*)  _____  sn
     Cynanthus latirostris
     
     
169. Doubleday's Hummingbird ______  (MXe)
     Cynanthus doubledayi
     
     
170. Mexican Woodnymph  (*) ______  (t3) (MX3) (MXe)
     Thalurania ridgwayi 
     
     
171. Blue-throated Sapphire ______  (has also been called Blue-throated Goldentail)
     Hylocharis e. eliciae
     
     
172. White-bellied Emerald  (*) ______ yp  (p. 31)
     Amazilia candida   
     
     
173. Azure-crowned Hummingbird ______ (another name has been Red-billed Azurecrown) 
     Amazilia cyanocephala
     
     
174. Berylline Hummingbird ______  sn
     Amazilia beryllina 
     
     
175. Blue-tailed Hummingbird______ 
     Amazilia cyanura guatemalae
     
     
176. Cinnamon Hummingbird  (*) ______ cz,yp
     Amazilia rutila corallirostris
     
     
177. Buff-bellied Hummingbird  (*) ______ yp  (another name has been Fawn-breasted Hummingbird) 
     Amazilia y. yucatanensis 
     
     
178. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  (*) ______ yp  (p. 31)
     Amazilia t. tzacatl
     
     
     
     
     Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
     
     
179. Violet-crowned Hummingbird _____  sn
     Amazilia violiceps
     
     
180. Green-fronted Hummingbird ______ (MX2) (MXe)
     Amazilia viridifrons
     
     
181. Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird ______ (MXe)
     Amazilia wagneri
     
     
182. Stripe-tailed Hummingbird ______
     Eupherusa eximia
     
     
183. White-tailed Hummingbird ______  (t3) (MX2) (MXe)
     Eupherusa poliocerca
     
     
184. Blue-capped Hummingbird ______  (t2) (MX2) (MXe)
     Eupherusa cyanophrys
     
     
185. Amethyst-throated Hummingbird  (*) ______  (another name has been "Cazique Hummingbird")
     Lampornis amethystinus salvini
     
     
186. Green-throated Mountain-gem ______ (MX3)
     Lampornis viridipallens ovandensis  
     
     
187. Blue-throated Mountain-gem  (*)  ______  sn  (has been called Blue-throated Hummingbird)
     Lampornis clemenciae
     
     
188. Garnet-throated Hummingbird ______ (MX2) 
     Lamprolaima rhami  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
189. "Rivoli's" Magnificent Hummingbird  (*) ______  sn 
     Eugenes f. fulgens  
     
     
190. Purple-crowned Fairy______ (MX3) (p. 8 & 31)
     Heliothryx barroti  (monotypic)
     
     
191. Plain-capped Starthroat ______  sn
     Heliomaster constantii 
     
     
192. Long-billed Starthroat ______ (MX3)
     Heliomaster longirostris  
     
     
193. Slender Sheartail ______ (MX3)   
     Doricha enicura  (monotypic)
     
     
194. Mexican Sheartail  (*)  ______  (nt) (MX1) (MXe)  yp
     Calothorax eliza
     
      
195. Lucifer Sheartail  (*)  ______  sn  (has been called Lucifer Hummingbird)
     Calothorax lucifer
     
     
196. Beautiful Sheartail  (*)  ______  (MXe) (has been called Beautiful Hummingbird)
     Calothorax pulcher
     
     
197. Sparkling-tailed Woodstar  ______ (MX2)  (another name has been "Dupont's Hummingbird")
     Tilmatura dupontii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
198. Ruby-throated Hummingbird  (*)  ______  cz,yp
     Archilochus colubris  (monotypic)
     
     
199. Black-chinned Hummingbird (*)  ______  sn
     Archilochus alexandri
     
     
200. Anna's Hummingbird ______  bc,sn
     Archilochus anna
     
     
201. Costa's Hummingbird ______  bc,sn
     Archilochus costae
     
     
202. Calliope Hummingbird _____  sn
     Archilochus calliope
     
     
203. Broad-tailed Hummingbird  (*) ______  sn
     Selasphorus platycercus  (monotypic, as S. p. guatemalae now merged)
     
     
204. Rufous Hummingbird ______  sn
     Selasphorus rufus
     
     
205. Allen's Hummingbird ______  sn
     Selasphorus sasin
     
     
206. Bumblebee Hummingbird ______  (MXe)
     Selasphorus heloisa
     
     
207. Wine-throated Hummingbird ______ (MX2)  (another name has been "Elliot's Hummingbird")
     Atthis ellioti
     
     
208. Resplendent Quetzal  ______  (nt) (MX1)  
     Pharomachrus m. mocinno
     (Quetzal is from an aztec word "quetzalli" meaning "precious" or "beautiful".)   
     
     
     
     
     Resplendent Quetzal
       
     
209. Eared Quetzal ______  (nt) (MX2) (MXe)  sn
     Euptilotis neoxenus
     
     
210. Slaty-tailed Trogon______ (MX2)  (p. 13)  (another name has been "Massena Trogon")
     Trogon m. massena
     
     
211. Citreoline Trogon  (*)  ______  (MXe) 
     Trogon citreolus
     
     
212. Black-headed Trogon  (*) ______ yp (was considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon)
     Trogon melanocephalus  (now monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Black-headed Trogon
     (note the blue eye-ring)
     
     
213. Mountain Trogon  (*) ______  sn (another name has been "Mexican Trogon")
     Trogon m. mexicanus
     
     
214. Elegant Trogon  (*)  ______  sn
     Trogon elegans
     
     
215. Collared Trogon  (*) ______ (MX3)  yp
     Trogon collaris 
     
     
216. Gartered Trogon  (*) ______ yp  (p. 46)  (was part of the Violaceous Trogon of South America)
     Trogon caligatus
     
     
     
     
     Gartered Trogon 
     (note the yellow eye-ring) 
     
     
217. Ringed Kingfisher  (*) ______   (p. 68)
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata
     
     
     
     
     A Ringed Kingfisher photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Trevor Sims)
     
     
218. Belted Kingfisher  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
     
     
219. Amazon Kingfisher______ 
     Chloroceryle amazona  (now monotypic)
     
     
220. Green Kingfisher  (*) ______ sn,yp  (p. 68)
     Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
     
     
221. American Pygmy Kingfisher  (*) ______ cz,yp  (p. 68)
     Chloroceryle aenea stictoptera
     
     
     
     
     An American Pygmy Kingfisher photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Andy Smith) 
     
     
222. Tody Motmot ______ (MX2)
     Hylomanes momotula  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
223. Blue-throated Motmot ______ (MX2)
     Aspatha gularis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
224. Turquoise-browed Motmot  (*) ______ yp
     Eumomota superciliosa  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     
     Turquoise-browed Motmot
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
225. Keel-billed Motmot ______  (t3) (MX1)
     Electron carinatum
     
     
226. Russet-crowned Motmot ______  sn 
     Momotus mexicanus 
     
     
227. Blue-crowned Motmot  (*)  ______ yp  (p. 13)
     Momotus momota   
     
     
     
     
     A Blue-crowned Motmot photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
228. Rufous-tailed Jacamar ______ (MX2) (p. 56-57)
     Galbula ruficauda melanogenia
     
     
     
     
     A Rufous-tailed Jacamar photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Andy Smith)
     
     
229. White-necked Puffbird ______ (MX2)  yp
     Notharchus macrorhynchos
     
      
230. White-whiskered Puffbird ______ (MX2)  (an alternate name would be White-whiskered Softwing)
     Malacoptila panamensis inornata
     
     
231. "White-throated" Emerald Toucanet ______ (MX3) (p. i)  
     Aulacorhynchus prasinus 
     
     
232. Collared Aracari  (*) ______ (MX3)  yp  (p. 16)
     Pteroglossus torquatus erythrozonus  
     
     
     
     
     Collared Aracari
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
233. Keel-billed Toucan  (*) ______ (MX2)  yp  (p. v)
     Ramphastos s. sulfuratus
     
     
     
     
     Keel-billed Toucan 
     
     
234. Lewis' Woodpecker ______  sn
     Melanerpes lewis
     
     
235. Acorn Woodpecker (*)  ______  sn
     Melanerpes formicivorus 
     
     
236. Black-cheeked Woodpecker ______   (p. 27)
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus or Tripsurus) pucherani  (monotypic)
     
     
237. Golden-cheeked Woodpecker  (*)  ______  (MXe)
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) cjrysogenys 
     
       
238. Gray-breasted Woodpecker ______  (MXe)
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) hypopolius
      
     
239. Yucatan Woodpecker  (*)  ______  cz,yp  (another name has been Red-vented Woodpecker) 
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) pygmaeus
     
     
240. Golden-fronted Woodpecker  (*) ______ cz,yp
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) aurifrons  
     
     
241. Gila Woodpecker (*)  ______  bc,sn
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) uropygialis
     
     
     
     
     Gila Woodpecker
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
242. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  (*) ______ cz,sn,yp
     Sphyrapicus varius  (monotypic)
     
     
243. Red-naped Sapsucker ______ sn
     Sphyrapicus nuchalis
     
     
244. Red-breasted Sapsucker ______  bc,sn
     Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti
     
     
245. Williamson's Sapsucker ______  sn
     Sphyrapicus thyroideus
     
     
246. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*)  ______ cz,sn,yp
     Picoides scalaris
     
     
     
     
     Ladder-backed Woodpecker
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
247. Nuttall's Woodpecker ______  bc
     Picoides nuttallii
     
     
248. Hairy Woodpecker  (*) ______  sn
     Picoides villosus 
     
     
249. Arizona Woodpecker ______  sn  (this & the Strickland's Woodpecker were considered conspecific)
     Picoides arizonae
     
     
250. Strickland's Woodpecker ______ (MX3) (MXe)
     Picoides stricklandi
     
     
251. Smoky-brown Woodpecker  (*) ______ yp
     Veniliornis fumigatus 
     
      
252. Bronze-winged Woodpecker  (*)  ______ (MXe)
     Piculus aeruginosus
     
     
253. Golden-olive Woodpecker  (*)
     Piculus rubiginosus  (2 subspecies in Mexico)
     Piculus rubiginosus maximus ______  
     Piculus rubiginosus yucatanensis  (*) _____  yp
     
     
254. Gray-crowned Woodpecker ______ (MXe)  sn
     Piculus auricularis
     
     
255. Northern Flicker ______  sn 
     Colaptes auratus 
     
     
256. Gilded Flicker  (*)  ______  sn
     Colaptes chrysoides
     
     
257. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker  (*)  ______ (MX3)  yp  (p. 5 & 129)
     Celeus castaneus  (monotypic)
     
     
258. Lineated Woodpecker  (*)  ______ sn,yp  (p.5)
     Dryocopus lineatus 
     
     
259. Pale-billed Woodpecker  (*) ______ (MX3)  sn,yp
     Campephilus guatemalensis
     

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