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MEXICO BIRDS

Manakins to Buntings
Followed by lists of Pelagics & Vagrants

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

Part 3 of a List of Mexico Birds
compiled by Armas Hill 

Links:  

Mexico Birds, Part 1 of 3: Tinamous thru Shorebirds

Mexico Birds, Part 2 of 3: Jaegers to Woodpeckers
Photo at upper right: NORTHERN ROYAL FLYCATCHER 


 Cumulatively, there have been 12 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.

(MXi):   an introduced species in Mexico

(MXe):  a species endemic to Mexico

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


In the list that follows, relating to sightings during FONT tours, the Mexican region & the months are noted.
BC:   in Baja California
CZ:   on Cozumel Island
SN:   in Sonora (a state in northwest Mexico) 
YP:   in the area of the Yucatan Peninsula   
lower-case letters indicate that the species occurs in the region, but not found (yet) during a FONT tour 


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)  

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT web-site 


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)       


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Mexico & Central America

Birds of Cozumel Island, Mexico     Birds of Sonora, Mexico

Birds of the Yucatan region of Mexico

Mammals of Mexico  (with some photos)

Amphibians & Reptiles of Mexico  (with some photos)

Butterflies of Mexico  (with some photos) 

Directory of Photos in this Website

 

Bird-List:

  1. Long-tailed Manakin  (MX3) (ph)  ______  
    Chiroxiphia l. linearis



    Long-tailed Manakin
  2. White-collared Manakin  (MX3)  (*) (ph)  ______  YP:mar  (p. 19: male & female, & 132)   
    Manacus candei
    The White-collared Manakin was considered conspecific with the Golden-collared Manakin of southern Central America. Both were said to be conspecific with the White-bearded Manakin of South America.



    A White-collared Manakin photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
  3. Red-capped Manakin  (ph) ______  yp  (p.1 & 19)
    Pipra m. mentalis


    Red-capped Manakin
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
  4. Masked Tityra  (*) ______  sn  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Tityra semifasciata 
  5. Black-crowned Tityra  (*) ______  YP:mar,nov
    Tityra inquisitor fraserii
  6. Rose-throated Becard  (*) ______  SN:sep  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Pachyramphus aglaiae 
  7. Gray-collared Becard  (*)  ______  sn  YP:nov
    Pachyramphus major 
  8. Cinnamon Becard  (*)  ______   YP:nov
    Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior
  9. Thrushlike Schiffornis  (*) ______ YP:jun,nov  (has also been called Thrushlike Mourner or Thrushlike Manakin) 
    Schiffornis turdinus veraepacis
  10. Speckled Mourner  (MX3)  ______ 
    Laniocera r. rufescens
  11. Rufous Piha______
    Lipaugus u. unirufus
  12. Lovely Cotinga  ______ (MX2) 
    Cotinga amabilis
  13. Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet ______ (MX3)
    Ornithion semiflavum      (monotypic)

  14. Paltry Tyrannulet ______  (has been called Mistletoe Tyrannulet; was conspecific with the Venezuelan Tyrannulet of South America)
    Zimmerius v. vilissimus

  15. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet  (*) ______ sn  YP:jun,nov
    Camptostoma i. imberbe

  16. Greenish Elaenia  (*) ______ CZ:jun  YP:nov
    Myiopagis viridicata 

  17. Caribbean Elaenia  (*)  ______  CZ:mar,jun  yp
    Elaenia martinica remota
  18. Yellow-bellied Elaenia  (*) (ph)  ______  YP:mar,jun  (p. 20)
    Elaenia flavogaster subpagana



    A Yellow-bellied Elaenia photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
  19. Sepia-capped Flycatcher______
    Leptopogon amaurocephalus pileatus

  20. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  (*) ______  YP:mar
    Mionectes oleagineus assimilis

  21. Northern Bentbill  (*) ______ YP:nov  (has been considered by some as conspecific with the Southern Bentbill of Panama & northern South Amercia)
    Oncostoma cinereigulare  (monotypic)

  22. Common Tody-Flycatcher______  yp
    Todirostrum cinereum 

  23. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher  (*) (ph)  ______  YP:mar,jnu,nov
    Poecilotriccus     (formerly Todirostrum) sylvia schistaceiceps



    A Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner)

  24. Eye-ringed Flatbill  (*) ______  YP:mar
    Rhynchcyclus brevirostris

  25. Yellow-olive Flatbill  (*) ______  YP:nov  (has been called Yellow-olive Flycatcher)
    Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps

  26. Stub-tailed Spadebill  (*)  ______ (MX3)   YP:nov  (was part of White-throated Spadebill)
    Platyrinchus cancominus  

  27. Black Phoebe  (*) ______  SN:jan,aug,sep
    Sayornis nigricans  
  28. Say's Phoebe  (*) (ph)  ______  SN:jan,sep
    Sayornis saya



    Say's Phoebe
         (photo by Abram Fleishman)
  29. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  (*) (ph)  ______  sn  YP:nov(YP:rare)   
    Tyrannus forficatus      (monotypic)



    A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in flight
    (photo by Kim Steininger)

  30. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ 
    Tyrannus savana monachus



    A Fork-tailed Flycatcher in flight
  31. Eastern Kingbird______ yp
    Tyrannus tyrannus      (monotypic)

  32. Western Kingbird  (*) ______  SN:aug,sep
    Tyrannus verticalis      (monotypic)

  33. Tropical Kingbird  (*) (ph)  ______   CZ:mar,jun  SN:aug,sep  YP:mar,jun,nov  (p. 48 & 126) 
    Tyrannus melancholicus 



    Tropical Kingbird

  34. Couch's Kingbird  (*) (ph)  ______  CZ:dec  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Tyrannus couchii



    Couch's Kingbird
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  35. Cassin's Kingbird  (*)  ______  bc  SN:jan,aug
    Tyrannus v. vociferans

  36. Thick-billed Kingbird  (*)  ______ (MXqe)  SN:sep
    Tyrannus crassirostris
  37. Gray Kingbird  (ph)  ______  cz  yp
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis



    Gray Kingbird
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  38. Piratic Flycatcher  (*)  ______  YP:jun
    Legatus leucophaius variegatus       (the single member of its genus)

  39. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher  (*) ______  SN:sep  YP:jun
    Myiodynastes luteiventris      (monotypic)

  40. Streaked Flycatcher  (*) (ph) ______  YP:mar
    Myiodynastes maculatus insolens



    A Streaked Flycatcher drying after a tropical rain
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
         

  41. Boat-billed Flycatcher  (*) ______  YP:mar,dec
    Megarynchus pitangua      

  42. Social Flycatcher  (*) (ph)  ______ sn  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Myiozetetes similis texensis



    Social Flycatcher
    (photo by Alan Brady)
  43. Great Kiskadee  (*) (ph)  ______  sn  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis



    Great Kiskadee
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  44. Flammulated Flycatcher ______ (MX3) (MXe)
    Deltabynchus flammulatus

  45. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (*) (ph)  ______  SN:aug  YP:mar,nov 
    Myiarchus tuberculifer 



    Dusky-capped Flycatcher
         (photo by Dick Tipton)

  46. Yucatan Flycatcher  (*)  ______  CZ:mar,jun,dec  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Myiarchus yucatanensis

  47. Brown-crested Flycatcher  (*)  ______ CZ:mar,jun  SN:aug  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi

  48. Great Crested Flycatcher  (*) ______ YP:nov
    Myiarchus crinitus      (monotypic)

  49. Nutting's Flycatcher  (*) ______  sn
    Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior

  50. Ash-throated Flycatcher  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Myiarchus c. cinerascens



    Ash-throated Flycatcher
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  51. Vermilion Flycatcher  (*) (ph)  ______  SN:jan,aug,sep  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Pyrocephalus rubinus      (now with the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands split, no longer the single member of its genus)



    Vermilion Flycatchers; male above, female below
         (upper photo by Howard Eskin; lower photo by Marie Gardner during a FONT tour)



  52. Bright-rumped Attila  (*) (ph)  ______  sn  YP:mar
    Attila spadiceus 



    Bright-rumped Attila
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  53. Rufous Mourner  (*) ______  YP:mar
    Rhytipterna h. holerythra

  54. Olive-sided Flycatcher  (nt) (*) ______  SN:aug  (an alternate name could be "Boreal Pewee") 
    Contopus cooperi     (formerly genus Nuttallornis, previous scientific name borealis) (monotypic)

  55. Greater Pewee  (*)  ______  SN:jan  (a former name was the "Coue's Flycatcher") (this species, and the Dark Pewee of southern Central America, were previously considered conspecific with the Smoke-colored Pewee of South America)    
    Contopus p. pertinax

  56. Eastern Wood Pewee______  yp
    Contopus virens      (monotypic)

  57. Western Wood Pewee  (*) ______  SN:aug,sep
    Contopus sordidulus      (4 subspecies migrate thru Mexico)

  58. Tropical Pewee  (*) (ph)  ______  CZ:dec  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Contopus cinereus brachytarsus



    Tropical Pewee
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  59. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  (*)  ______  YP:nov
    Empidonax flaviventris      (monotypic)

  60. White-throated Flycatcher  (*) ______
    Empidonax a. albigularis

  61. Yellowish Flycatcher______
    Empidonax flavescens salvini

  62. Pine Flycatcher  (*) ______
    Empidonax affinis trepidus

  63. Willow Flycatcher  (*) ______  SN:sep
    Empidonax t. trailii

  64. Alder Flycatcher______
    Empidonax alnorum      (monotypic)

  65. Least Flycatcher  (*) ______ sn  YP:mar,nov
    Empidonax minimus      (monotypic)

  66. Acadian Flycatcher ______  yp
    Empidonax virescens      (monotypic)

  67. Hammond's Flycatcher ______  sn
    Empidonax hammondii      (monotypic)

  68. Dusky Flycatcher  (*) _____  SN:jan
    Empidonax oberholseri



    Dusky Flycatcher
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  69. Gray Flycatcher  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Empidonax wrightii
  70. Pacific Slope Flycatcher ______ 
    Empidonax difficilis
  71. Cordilleran Flycatcher  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Empidonax occidentalis 
  72. Buff-breasted Flycatcher  (*) ______  sn  
    Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps

  73. Northern Tufted Flycatcher  (*)  ______  sn
    Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus

  74. Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher ______ (MX3)
    Terenotriccus erythrurus fulvigularis      (the single member of its genus)

  75. Northern Royal Flycatcher  (*) (ph)  ______ (MX1)   YP:jun  (p. 20)  (was considered conspecific with related South American species: the Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, Pacific Royal Flycatcher, and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher)
    Onychorhynchus mexicanus      (monotypic, as now distinct from other Royal Flycatchers)



    Northern Royal Flycatcher

  76. Sulphur-rumped Myiobius ______  yp  (has been called Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher; closely related to the Whiskered Myiobius, or Flycatcher, of South America, with which it was conspecific)
    Myiobius sulphureipygius

  77. Belted Flycatcher ______  (nt) (MX2) 
    Xenotriccus callizonus
  78. Pileated Flycatcher ______  (nt) (MX3) (MXe)
    Xenotriccus mexicanus
  79. Great Antshrike ______ (MX3)
    Taraba major melanocrissa
  80. Barred Antshrike  (*) (ph)  ______  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Thamnophilus doliatus 



    Barred Antshrike photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Andy Smith)

  81. Russet Antshrike ______ (MX3)
    Thamnistes a. anabatinus
  82. Plain Antvireo  (*)  ______ (MX3)   YP:jun
    Dysithamnus mentalis septentrionalis

  83. Slaty Antwren ______ (MX3)
    Myrmotherula s. schisticolor
  84. Dot-winged Antwren ______ (MX3)
    Microrhopias quixensis      (the single member of its genus)

  85. Dusky Antbird  (*) ______   YP:mar,nov
    Cercomacra tyrannina crepera

  86. Mayan Antthrush ______ yp  (was part of Black-faced Antthrush, Formicarius analis)
    Formicarius monileger  

  87. Scaled Antpitta ______ (MX2)
    Grallaria guatimalensis

  88. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper  (*) (ph)  ______ (MX3)   YP:nov
    Dendrocincla anabatina



    A Tawny-winged Woodcreeper photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

  89. Ruddy Woodcreeper  (*) (ph)  ______  YP:jun,nov
    Dendrocincla h. homochroa



    A Ruddy Woodcreeper photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  90. Olivaceous Woodcreeper  (*) ______ YP:mar,nov
    Sittasomus griseicapillus      (the single member of its genus)

  91. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper ______ (MX3) 
    Glyphorynchus spirurus pectoralis      (the single member of its genus)

  92. Strong-billed Woodcreeper ______ (MX1) 
    Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus 

  93. Northern Barred Woodcreeper  (*) ______ (MX3)  YP:nov
    Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae

  94. Black-banded Woodcreeper ______ (MX2)
    Dendrocolaptes picumnus puncticollis
      
  95. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper  (*) ______ sn  YP:mar,jun  (has also been called "Laughing Woodcreeper", due to its commonly-heard call)
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster 

  96. Spotted Woodcreeper ______ (MX2)
    Xiphorhynchus erythropygius 

  97. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  (*) ______ (was conspecific with what's now the  Montane Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger, of northern South America) 
    Lepidocolaptes affinis

  98. White-striped Woodcreeper  (*) ______  (MXe)   sn
    Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
  99. Streak-headed Woodcreeper______ 
    Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 

  100. Rufous-breasted Spinetail______ yp
    Synallaxis erythrothorax        

  101. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner ______ (MX3)
    Automolus ochrolaemus  

  102. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner ______ (MX2)
    Automolus rubiginosus 

  103. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner______  (has also been called Spectacled Foliage-gleaner)
    Anabacerthia v. variegaticeps 

  104. Plain Xenops ______ (MX3)   yp
    Xenops minutus mexicanus

  105. Tawny-throated Leaftosser ______ (MX3)  (has also been called Tawny-throated Leafscraper)
    Sclerurus m. mexicanus

  106. Scaly-throated Leaftosser ______ (MX3)  (has also been called Scaly-throated Leafscraper) 
    Sclerurus g. guatemalensis 

  107. Loggerhead Shrike  (*)   _____  SN:jan
    Lanius ludovicianus
  108. Rufous-browed Peppershrike  (*) ______ CZ:mar,jun  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Cyclarhis gujanensis  

  109. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo  (*) ______  (nt)
    Vireolanius melitophrys 

  110. Green Shrike-Vireo______ (was considered conspecific with Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo of Panama & northern South America)
    Vireolanius pulchellus 

  111. Slaty Vireo ______  (MXe)
    Vireo brevipennis
  112. White-eyed Vireo  (*) (ph)  ______  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Vireo griseus      



    White-eyed Vireo
         (photo by Dick Tipton)

  113. Mangrove Vireo  (*)  ______ (MX3)  sn  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Vireo pallens   

  114. Cozumel Vireo  (*)  ______ (MX3) (MXe)  CZ:mar,jun,dec  (endemic to Cozumel Is.)
    Vireo bairdi

  115. Bell's Vireo  (*)  ______  (nt) (MX2)   bc  SN:aug,sep
    Vireo b. bellii  
  116. Black-capped Vireo  (ph)  ______  (t3) (MX1)   sn
    Vireo atricapillus



    Black-capped Vireo

  117. Dwarf Vireo ______ (MX3) (MXe)
    Vireo nelsoni
  118. Gray Vireo ______  sn
    Vireo vicinior
  119. Blue-headed Vireo  (*)  ______  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo s. solitarius

  120. Cassin's Vireo  (*)  ______  bc  sn  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo cassini
  121. Plumbeous Vireo  (*)  ______  SN:sep  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo plumbeus 

  122. Hutton's Vireo  (*)  ______  sn
    Vireo huttoni 

  123. Yellow-throated Vireo  (*) ______   YP:nov
    Vireo flavifrons      (monotypic)

  124. Golden Vireo  (*)  ______ (MXe)  sn
    Vireo hypochryseus
  125. Philadelphia Vireo______  yp
    Vireo philadelphicus      (monotypic)

  126. Red-eyed Vireo  (*) ______ YP:nov  (p. 123)
    Vireo olivaceus

  127. Yellow-green Vireo  (*) ______ sn  YP:mar,jun
    Vireo flavoviridis       

  128. Black-whiskered Vireo ______  cz  yp
    Vireo altiloquus
  129. Yucatan Vireo  (*) (ph)  ______  CZ:mar,jun  YP:mar,jun
    Vireo m. magister



    A Yucatan Vireo photographed during a FONT tour in Mexico
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  130. Warbling Vireo  (*) ______  sn
    Vireo gilvus      

  131. Brown-capped Vireo______  (was at one time said to be conspecific with Warbling Vireo)
    Vireo leucophrys 

  132. Tawny-crowned Greenlet ______ (MX3)  yp
    Hylophilus o. ochraceiceps

  133. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet  (*) ______ YP:jun,nov  (Mexican & Central American gray-headed races conspecific with South American race)
    Hylophilus d. decurtatus

  134. Black-throated Magpie-Jay ______  sn
    Calocitta colliei
  135. White-throated Magpie-Jay  (*) (ph)  ______ (was been considered by some to be conspecific with the Black-throated Magpie-Jay)
    Calocitta formosa      

  136. Tufted Jay ______  (nt) (MX1) (MXe)
    Cyanocorax dickeyi
  137. Brown Jay  (*) (ph)  ______   YP:mar,jun,nov
    Cyanocorax morio

  138. Green Jay  (*) (ph)   ______  YP:mar,jun,dec  (was considered conspecific with what's now called the Inca Jay, Cyanocorax yncas, in South America)
    Cyanocorax luxuosus  



    Green Jay
         (photo by Marie Gardner)

  139. Purplish-backed Jay ______ (MX2) (MXe)  sn
    Cyanocorax beecheii
  140. San Blas Jay  (*)  ______  (MXe)
    Cyanocorax sanblasianus
  141. Yucatan Jay  (*) (ph)   ______   YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Cyanocorax yucatanicus



    A juvenile Yucatan Jay
         (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
  142. Black-throated Jay ______ (MX2) 
    Cyanolyca pumilo      (monotypic)

  143. Azure-hooded Jay ______ (MX2)
    Cyanolyca cucullata 

  144. Dwarf Jay ______  (t3) (MX1) (MXe)
    Cyanolyca nana

  145. White-throated Jay ______  (t3) (MX1) (MXe)
    Cyanolyca mirabilis

  146. Western Scrub Jay ______  sn
    Aphelocoma coerulescens

  147. Mexican Jay  (*) (ph)   ______  SN:jan,sep  (has also been called the Gray-breasted Jay)
    Aphelocoma ultramarina



    The Mexican Jay is not only in Mexico. It also occurs in the adjacent United States,
    in the highlands of southern Arizona and western Texas at Big Bend National Park.  
    This photo was taken during a FONT tour in southern Arizona.  

  148. Unicolored Jay______ (MX2)
    Aphelocoma unicolor

  149. Pinyon Jay  (t3)  ______  bc  sn
    Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
  150. Steller's Jay  (*)  ______  sn 
    Cyanocitta stelleri 

  151. Clark's Nutcracker ______ (MX1)  sn
    Nucifraga columbiana
  152. American Crow ______  bc(far-north)  sn
    Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis
  153. Tamaulipas Crow ______  (MXqe)
    Corvus imparatus
  154. Sinaloa Crow  (*)  ______  (MXe)  SN:jan
    Corvus sinaloae
  155. Chihuahuan Raven  (*)  ______  SN:jan,aug
    Corvus cryptoleucus
  156. Northern Raven  (*)  ______  bc  SN:jan,aug,sep
    Corvus corax
  157. Cedar Waxwing  (*) (ph)  ______  sn  yp
    Bombycilla cedrorum      (now monotypic)



    Cedar Waxwing
         (photo by Ed Kendall)
  158. Gray Silky Flycatcher  (*)  ______  sn
    Ptilogonys cinereus 

  159. Phainopepla  (*)  ______  SN:jan,aug
    Phainopepla nitens
  160. Mexican Chickadee  (*)  ______  sn
    Poecile     (formerly Parus) sclateri
  161. Mountain Chickadee _____  bc (north)
    Poecile     (formerly Parus) gambeli
  162. Bridled Titmouse  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep
    Baeolophus     (formerly Parus) wollweberi
  163. Oak Titmouse ______  bc(north)  sn
    Baeolophus     (formerly Parus) inornatus
     
  164. Black-crested Titmouse  (*)  ______
    Baeolophus     (formerly Parus) atricristatus
  165. Verdin  (*) (ph)  ______  SN:jan,aug
    Auriparus flaviceps



    Verdins. The lower photo is of a bird in Sonora, Mexico, 
    as seen during our FONT tour in January 2009
         (photo by Abram Fleishman)




  166. Purple Martin  (*) ______ SN:aug  YP:mar
    Progne subis  

  167. Sinaloa Martin  (t3) (MX3)  ______  sn  (another name has been the Snowy-bellied Martin) (was considered as conspecific with Caribbean Martin, Progne domincensis)
    Progne sinaloae  (monotypic)

  168. Gray-breasted Martin  (*) ______ YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Progne chalybea

  169. Tree Swallow  (*) ______  SN:jan  YP:mar,dec
    Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)

  170. Mangrove Swallow  (*) ______ SN:aug  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Tachycineta albilinea      (monotypic)

  171. Violet-green Swallow  (*) ______ bc  sn
    Tachycineta thalassina      (2 subspecies: one, T. t. thalassina, said to winter south to Costa Rica; the other, T. t. brachyptera, said to winter south to southwest Mexico)

  172. Black-capped Swallow ______ (MX3)
    Notiochelidon pileata      (monotypic)

  173. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin) ______  sn  yp
    Riparia r. riparia

  174. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  (*)  ______  SN:aug  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Stelgidopteryx serripennis  

  175. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow  (*) (ph)   ______   YP:mar,nov  (has been considered conspecific with the Northern Rough-winged Swallow)
    Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi  




    Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallows photographed 
    during a FONT Mexico Tour in the Yucatan,
    nesting not in an old Mayan ruin, but inside a shopping mall.   
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  176. Barn Swallow  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep  YP:mar,nov,jun
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

  177. American Cliff Swallow  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep  yp
    Petrochelidon     (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota 


     

    Nests of American Cliff Swallows on a cliff in Sonora, Mexico
    (photographed during a FONT tour by Doris Potter)  

  178. Cave Swallow  (*) (ph)   ______  YP:mar,jun,dec
    Petrochelidon fulva



    Cave Swallow 
    (photo by Devich Farbotnik)

  179. American Bushtit  (*)  ______  bc(north) sn  (has been called Common Bushtit)
    Psaltriparus minimus  (in the same family as what's been the     Long-tailed Tit, now the Long-tailed Bushtit, and some other Eurasian species)

  180. Horned Lark  (*)  ______  bc  SN:aug
    Eremophila alpestris
  181. Rufous-naped Wren  (*) (ph)  ______ 
    Campylorhynchus rufinucha 



     
    Rufous-naped Wren

  182. Band-backed Wren______  (has also been called Barred Wren)
    Campylorhynchus zonatus  

  183. Gray-barred Wren  (*)  ______  (MXe)
    Campylorhynchus megalopterus
  184. Giant Wren ______ (MX3) (MXe)
    Campylorhynchus chiapensis
  185. Spotted Wren  (*)  ______  (MXe)  sn
    Campylorhynchus gularis
  186. Boucard's Wren ______  (MXe)
    Campylorhynchus jocosus
  187. Yucatan Wren  (*) (ph)  ______  (nt) (MX1) (MXe)   YP:mar,jun
    Campylorhynchus yucatanicus




    A Yucatan Wren photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner) 

  188. Cactus Wren  (*) (ph)  ______  bc  SN:jan,aug
    Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus



    Cactus Wren
         (photo by Howard Eskin) 

  189. Rock Wren  (*)  ______  bc  SN:jan,aug,sep
    Salpinctes obsoletus
  190. Canyon Wren  (*)  ______ bc  SN:aug,sep
    Catherpes mexicanus
  191. Sumichrast's Wren ______  (nt) (MX2) (MXe)
    Hylorchilus sumichrasti
  192. Nava's Wren ______  (t3) (MX1) (MXe)
    Hylorchilus navai
  193. White-bellied Wren  (*)  ______  YP:mar,jun
    Uropsila leucogastra      (the single member of its genus) 

  194. Plain Wren ______
    Thryothorus m. modestus

  195. Rufous-and-white Wren______
    Thryothorus r. rufalbus

  196. Happy Wren ______  (MXe)  sn
    Thryothous felix
  197. Sinaloa Wren  (*)  ______  (MXe)  SN:aug,sep
    Thryothous sinaloa
  198. Spot-breasted Wren  (*) ______  YP:mar,jun,nov  (closely related to Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
    Thryothous maculipectus   

  199. Banded Wren ______  
    Thryothous pleurostictus
  200. Carolina Wren  (*) ______ YP:mar,jun,nov  (includes White-browed Wren of the Yucatan, T. l. albinucha)
    Thryothorus ludovicianus 

  201. Bewick's Wren  (*)  ______  (formerly bc) SN:jan
    Thryomanes bewickii
  202. Socorro Wren ______  (MXe)  (endemic to Socorro Island in the Pacific Ocean)
    Thryomanes sissonii      (has been placed by some, including Steve Howell in "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America", in the genus Troglodytes)
       
  203. House Wren  (*) ______  SN:jan  CZ:mar,jun  YP:mar  (including "Cozumel Wren", "Brown-throated Wren", "Northern House Wren", and "Southern House Wren") 
    Troglodytes     aedon

  204. Clarion Wren  ______  (MXe)  (endemic to Clarion Island in the Pacific Ocean)
    Troglodytes tanneri 
  205. Rufous-browed Wren______
    Troglodytes rufociliatus  

  206. Winter Wren ______
    Troglodytes troglodytes hiemalis
  207. Sedge Wren  ______  sn
    Cistothorus platensis
  208. Marsh Wren ______  sn
    Cistothorus palustris
  209. White-breasted Wood-Wren  (*) ______ YP:jun,nov
    Henicorhina leucosticta 

  210. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ______
    Henicorhina leucophrys      

  211. Northern Nightingale-Wren ______
    Microcerculus philomela
  212. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (*) ______ bc  CZ:mar,jun,dec  SN:jan,aug,sep  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Polioptila caerulea  

  213. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  (*)  ______  SN:aug
    Polioptila melanura
  214. California Gnatcatcher ______ bc
    Polioptila californica
  215. Black-capped Gnatcatcher  (*) ______ (MXe)  SN:jan
    Polioptila nigriceps
     
  216. White-lored Gnatcatcher  (*) ______   YP:jun 
    Polioptila albiloris

  217. Tropical Gnatcatcher  (*)  ______ (MX3)  YP:jun,nov
    Polioptila plumbea brodkorbi

  218. Long-billed Gnatwren  (*)  ______   YP:jun,nov 
    Ramphocaenus melanurus  (the single member of its genus)

  219. White-breasted Nuthatch  (*) ______  bc(north)  sn
    Sitta carolinensis
  220. Pygmy Nuthatch  (*) (ph)  ______  bc(north)  sn
    Sitta pygmaea



    Pygmy Nuthatch
  221. Brown Creeper  (*) ______  sn
    Certhia americana
  222. Common Starling  (MXi) (*)  ______  bc(north)  SN:jan,aug
    Sturnus vulgaris
  223. American Robin  (*) ______  bc(north),sn
    Turdus migratorius
  224. Rufous-backed Robin  (*) ______  (MXe)  sn
    Turdus rufopalliatus
  225. Grayson's Robin ______  (MXe) (endemic to the Tres Marias Islands in the Pacific off Nayarit) 
    Turdus graysoni 
  226. Rufous-collared Thrush ______  (has been called Rufous-collared Robin)
    Turdus rufitorques      (monotypic)

  227. Clay-colored Thrush  (*)  ______  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec  (has been called Clay-colored Robin)
    Turdus grayi       

  228. Mountain Thrush ______ (MX3)  (has been called Mountain Robin)
    Turdus plebejus 

  229. Black Thrush ______ (MX2) (has been called Black Robin)
    Turdus infuscatus      (monotypic)

  230. White-throated Thrush  (*)  ______ sn  YP:jun  (has been considered conspecific with the White-necked Thrush and the Dagua Thrush, both of South America)
    Turdus assimilis 

  231. Varied Thrush ______   bc(north), sn
    Zoothera naevia meruloides
  232. Aztec Thrush ______ (MX3) (MXe)  sn
    Zoothera pinicola
  233. Townsend's Solitaire ______  (MXe)  bc(north)  sn
    Myadestes townsendi
  234. Brown-backed Solitaire  (*) ______ (MXe)  sn
    Myadestes occidentalis 

  235. Slate-colored Solitaire______ (MX2)
    Myacestes unicolor

  236. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush  (*) ______ (MX2)
    Catharus frantzii  

  237. Russet Nightingale-Thrush  (*) ______
    Catharus occidentalis
  238. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  (*) ______  sn 
    Catharus aurantiirostris 

  239. Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush  (*)  ______ (MX3) 
    Catharus mexicanus 

  240. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ______ (MX2)
    Catharus dryas

  241. Veery ______  yp
    Catharus fuscescens
  242. Wood Thrush  (*) ______  YP:nov
    Hylocichia     (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  243. Swainson's Thrush  (*) ______ sn  YP:nov
    Catharus ustulatus      

  244. Gray-cheeked Thrush  (*) ______ yp
    Catharus minimus      

  245. Hermit Thrush  (*) ______ bc,sn
    Catharus guttatus
  246. Eastern Bluebird  (*) ______   sn
    Sialia sialis 

  247. Western Bluebird  (*) ______  bc(north)  SN:jan
    Sialia mexicana
  248. Mountain Bluebird  (*) (ph)  ______  bc(north)  SN:jan
    Sialia currucoides




    Mountain Bluebird
         (photo by Rick Greenspun)
  249. Sage Thrasher ______  bc,sn
    Oreoscoptes montanus
  250. Long-billed Thrasher  (*) ______
    Toxostoma longisrostre
  251. Cozumel Thrasher ______  (t1) (MX1) (MXe) (endemic to Cozumel is.)
    Toxostoma guttatum
  252. Gray Thrasher ______  (MXe)  bc (endemic to Baja California)
    Toxostoma cinereum

     
  253. Bendire's Thrasher  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Toxostoma bendirei
  254. Curve-billed Thrasher  (*)  ______  SN:jan,aug,sep
    Toxostoma curvirostre




    Curve-billed Thrasher
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  255. Ocellated Thrasher  (*) ______  (MXe)
    Toxostoma ocellatum
  256. California Thrasher ______   bc(north)
    Toxostoma r, redivivum
  257. Crissal Thrasher ______  sn
    Toxostoma crissale
  258. LeConte's Thrasher ______  bc  sn
    Toxostoma lecontei
  259. Socorro Mockingbird  ______  (MXe)  (endemic to Socorro Island in the Pacific) (was known as the Socorro Thrasher)
    Mimodes graysoni      (the single member of its genus)
  260. Blue Mockingbird  (*)  ______ (MX3) (MXe)  sn
    Melanotis caerulescens
     
  261. Blue-and-white Mockingbird ______  (closely related to the Blue Mockingbird)
    Melanotis hypoleucus  (monotypic)

  262. Northern Mockingbird  (*) ______  bc  SN:jan,aug
    Mimus polyglottos leucopterus
  263. Tropical Mockingbird  (*)  ______   CZ:mar,jun,dec  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Mimus gilvus 

  264. Gray Catbird  (*) (ph)  ______   CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Dumetella carolinensis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)




    A Gray Catbird, one of two species of catbirds on Cozumel Island.
    It does not stay year-round. The other one does.
         (photo by Howard Eskin)

  265. Black Catbird  (*) (ph)  ______  CZ:mar,jun,dec  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Melanoptila glabrirostris      (the single member of its genus)




    A Black Catbird, the other catbird  on Cozumel, a resident.
    This bird was photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour 
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  266. American Dipper ______ (MX3)  sn
    Cinclus mexicanus
  267. Wrentit ______  bc(north)
    Chamaea fasciata canicauda
  268. Golden-crowned Kinglet  (*)  ______  sn
    Regulus satrapa
  269. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (*)  ______  SN:jan 
    Regulus calendula

  270. House Sparrow  (*)  ______ (MXi)  bc  SN:jan,aug
    Passer domesticus

  271. Black-headed Munia (*) ______  (MXi)   YP:nov
    Lonchura malacca
  272. Buff-bellied (or American) Pipit ______  sn
    Anthus rubescens
  273. Sprague's Pipit ______  (t3)  sn
    Anthus spragueii
  274. Olive Warbler  (*)  ______  sn  (called a warbler, but not a warbler at all; not in the same family as the New World (or the Old World) Warblers. Taxonomically placed between accentors and pipits.) 
    Peucedramus taeniatus      (the single member of its genus & family)  

  275. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia ______ (was considered by some conspecific with the Golden-browed Chlorophonia of southern Central America)
    Chlorophonia occipitalis      (monotypic)

  276. Elegant Euphonia  (*)  ______  sn   (was part of the Blue-hooded Euphonia that also included the Antillean Euphonia of West Indies & the Golden-rumped Euphonia of South America)
    Euphonia elegantissma

  277. Scrub Euphonia  (*) ______ sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:jun,dec
    Euphonia affinis

  278. Yellow-throated Euphonia  (*) (ph)  ______ YP:mar,nov
    Euphonia hirundinacea




    Yellow-throated Euphonia
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  279. Olive-backed Euphonia ______ (MX3)  (p. 20)
    Euphonia g. gouldi

  280. Purple Finch ______  bc(north)  sn
    Carpodacus purpureus californicus
  281. Cassin's Finch ______  bc(far-north)  sn
    Carpodacus cassinii
  282. House Finch  (*) (ph)  ______  bc  SN:jan,aug
    Carpodacus mexicanus




    House Finch
         (photo by Doris Potter)
  283. Red Crossbill  (*)  ______  sn
    Loxia curvirostra 

  284. Pine Siskin  (*)  ______  bc(north)  sn
    Carduelis pinus
  285. Black-capped Siskin  ______  (nt) (MX3) 
    Carduelis atriceps  (monotypic)

  286. Black-headed Siskin ______  sn
    Carduelis notata       

  287. Lawrence's Goldfinch ______  bc(north)  sn
    Carduelis lawrenci
  288. American Goldfinch ______  bc(far-north)  sn
    Carduelis tristis
  289. Lesser Goldfinch  (*)  ______  bc  SN:jan,aug,sep  YP:nov
    Carduelis psaltria 

  290. Hooded Grosbeak ______
    Hesperiphona     (formerly Coccothraustes) abeillei cobanensis

  291. Evening Grosbeak ______   sn
    Coccothraustes vespertinus montana
  292. Black-and-white Warbler  (*) ______  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Mniotilta varia      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  293. Prothonotary Warbler ______ sn  yp
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  294. Worm-eating Warbler  (*)  ______  YP:nov
    Helmitheros vermivorus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  295. Swainson's Warbler  (*)  ______ (MX3)  YP:nov
    Limnothlypis swainsonii      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  296. Golden-winged Warbler   ______  (nt)  yp
    Vermivora chrysoptera      (monotypic)

  297. Blue-winged Warbler  (*)  ______ CZ:mar  YP:mar,nov
    Vermivora pinus      (monotypic)

  298. Tennessee Warbler______ sn  yp
    Vermivora peregrina      (monotypic)

  299. Orange-crowned Warbler  (*)  ______   SN:jan
    Vermivora celata

  300. Colima Warbler  (*) ______  (nt) (MX3)
    Vermivora crissalis
  301. Nashville Warbler  (*) ______  SN:aug
    Vermivora ruficapilla

  302. Virginia's Warbler  (*) ______  sn
    Vermivora virginiae
  303. Lucy's Warbler ______  sn
    Vermivora luciae
  304. Northern Parula  (*) (ph)  ______  sn  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Parula americana      (monotypic)




    A Northern Parula photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner)

  305. Tropical Parula  (*) ______ (MX3)  sn
    Parula pitiayumi
  306. Crescent-chested Warbler  (*) ______  sn
    Parula     (formerly Vermivora) s. superciliosa 

  307. Yellow Warbler  (*) (ph)  ______ bc  CZ:mar,dec  CZ:mar,jun,dec("Golden Warbler")  SN:aug,sep  YP:mar,nov
    Dendroica petechia 




    A "Golden" Yellow Warbler photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour 
    on Cozumel Island 
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

  308. Mangrove Warbler  (*) (ph)   ______  sn  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Dendroica erithachoriides




    Mangrove Warbler
         (photo by Abram Fleishman)
  309. Magnolia Warbler  (*)  ______  sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Dendroica magnolia

  310. Cape May Warbler  (*) ______  YP:dec
    Dendroica tigrina
  311. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ sn  YP:mar
    Dendroica c. coronata

  312. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Dendroica coronata auduboni

  313. "Goldman's" Yellow-rumped Warbler______ (MX2)
    Dendroica coronata goldmani

  314. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ sn  YP:mar
    Dendroica caerulescens

  315. Black-throated Gray Warbler  (*)  ______  SN:jan
    Dendroica nigrescens

  316. Townsend's Warbler  (*) ______  sn
    Dendroica townsendi

  317. Black-throated Green Warbler  (*) ______ CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Dendroica virens

  318. Golden-cheeked Warbler  (*)  ______  (t2) (MX2)
    Dendroica chrysoparia      (monotypic)

  319. Hermit Warbler  (*) ______  sn  
    Dendroica occientalis      (monotypic)

  320. Cerulean Warbler  ______  (t3)  yp
    Dendroica cerulea

  321. Blackburnian Warbler ______ yp
    Dendroica fusca

  322. Prairie Warbler  (ph) ______  yp
    Dendroica discolor




    Prairie Warbler
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  323. Palm Warbler  (*)  ______  sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov
    Dendroica palmarum
  324. Yellow-throated Warbler  (*) (ph)  ______  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Dendroica dominica




    Yellow-throated Warbler
         (photo by James Scheib)
  325. Grace's Warbler  (*) ______  sn
    Dendroica graciae 

  326. Chestnut-sided Warbler______ sn  yp
    Dendroica pensylvanica

  327. Bay-breasted Warbler______ yp
    Dendroica castanea

  328. Blackpoll Warbler______ yp
    Dendroica striata

  329. Ovenbird  (*) ______ sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov
    Seiurus aurocapillus

  330. Northern Waterthrush  (*)  ______  sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov
    Seiurus noveboracensis

  331. Louisiana Waterthrush  (*) ______ sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov  (p. 67)
    Seiurus motacilla

  332. Canada Warbler ______  
    Wilsonia canadesis
  333. Wilson's Warbler  (*)  ______ SN:sep  yp
    Wilsonia canadensis

  334. Hooded Warbler  (*) ______ sn  CZ:dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Wilsonia citrina

  335. Kentucky Warbler  (*) ______  sn  YP:nov  (p. 67)
    Oporornis formosus

  336. Mourning Warbler ______
    Oporornis philadelphia

  337. MacGillivray's Warbler  (*) ______ (MX2)  sn
    Oporornis tolmiei

  338. Common Yellowthroat  (*)  ______  SN:jan  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Geothlypis t. trichas




    A male Common Yellowthroat
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
  339. Belding's Yellowthroat ______  (t1) (MX1) (MXe)  bc   (endemic to Baja California)
    Geothlypis beldingi
  340. Altamira Yellowthroat ______  (t3) (MX2) (MXe)
    Geothlypis trichas
  341. Hooded Yellowthroat ______  (MXe) 
    Geothlypis nelsoni
  342. Black-polled Yellowthroat ______  (t2) (MX1) (MXe)
    Geothlypis speciosa
  343. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat  (*)  ______  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec  (has been called "Ground-Chat" or "Meadow Warbler")
    Chamaethlypis poliocephala  

  344. Red-faced Warbler  (*) ______  sn
    Cardellina rubrifrons      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  345. American Redstart  (*) ______ sn  CZ:mar,dec  YP:mar,nov  (p. 67)
    Setophaga ruticilla      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)




    A female American Redstart
  346. Painted Whitestart  (*) ______  SN:jan  (has been called Painted Redstart)
    Myioborus pictus 




    Painted Whitestart
  347. Slate-throated Whitestart  (*) ______  sn  (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
    Myioborus miniatus       

  348. Red Warbler  (*) ______  (MXe)
    Ergaticus ruber
  349. Pink-headed Warbler  (nt)   ______  (t3) (MX1)
    Ergaticus versicolor      (monotypic)

  350. Fan-tailed Warbler ______  sn
    Basileuterus lachrymosa 

  351. Stripe-crowned Warbler ______ yp  (has been called Golden-crowned Warbler)
    Basileuterus culicivorus

  352. Golden-browed Warbler  (*)______ (another name has been "Bell's Warbler")
    Basileuterus belli scitulus

  353. Rufous-capped Warbler  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep  (closely related to the more-southerly Chestnut-capped Warbler)
    Basileuterus rufifrons



    A Rufous-capped Warbler photographed during the August 2010 FONT tour in Sonora, Mexico 
         (photo by Marie Gardner)

  354. Chestnut-capped Warbler ______  
    Basileuterus delattrii
  355. Yellow-breasted Chat  (*) ______ sn  YP:nov
    Icteria virens auricollis      (the single member of its genus; the family uncertain, as now said not to be a warbler)




    Yellow-breasted Chat 

  356. Red-breasted Chat ______ (MX3) (MXe)
    Granatellus venustus      (the family uncertain, as now said not to be a warbler) 
  357. Gray-throated Chat  (*) ______ YP:mar,jun,nov
    Granatellus sallaei      (the family uncertain, as now said not to be a warbler)

  358. Bobolink ______  yp
    Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  359. Chestnut-headed Oropendola ______ (MX3)
    Zarhynchus w. wagleri

  360. Montezuma Oropendola ______ (MX3)   YP:mar  (p. 18)
    Psarocolius montezuma      (monotypic)

  361. Yellow-winged Cacique  (*) ______  (MXqe)  
    Cacicus melanicterus      (monotypic)

  362. Yellow-billed Cacique  (*) ______ YP:mar,nov
    Amblycercus     (formerly Cacicus) h. holosericeus  (the single member of its genus)

  363. Brown-headed Cowbird  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep
    Molothrus ater
  364. Bronzed Cowbird  (*)  ______ SN:jan,sep  CZ:jun  YP:mar,jun,nov  (an alternate name would be "Red-eyed Cowbird")
    Molothrus aeneus

  365. Shiny Cowbird (*) ______  YP:mar,nov  (a recent arrival)
    Molothrus bonariensis
  366. Giant Cowbird ______ YP:mar
    Molothrus oryzivorus impacifica

  367. Great-tailed Grackle  (*)  ______  CZ:mar,dec,jan  SN:jan,aug,sep  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Quiscalus mexicanus




    Great-tailed Grackle
    (photo by Dick Tipton)
  368. Brewer's Blackbird  (*) ______  bc  SN:jan
    Euphagus cyanocephalus
  369. Melodious Blackbird  (*) ______  YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Dives dives      (monotypic)

  370. Red-winged Blackbird  (*)  _____  SN:aug  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Agelaius phoeniceus  

  371. Tricolored Blackbird ______  bc(north)
    Agelaius tricolor
  372. Yellow-headed Blackbird  (*) ______  sn
    Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  373. Black-cowled Oriole  (*) ______ YP:mar,nov  (was conspecific with the Greater Antillean Oriole of West Indies, which itself has been, by some, split)
    Icterus prosthemelas
     
  374. Baltimore Oriole  (*) ______  sn  YP:mar  (for a while was considered conspecific with Bullock's Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole)
    Icterus galbula      (monotypic)

  375. Bullock's Oriole  (*) ______ bc  sn  (for a while was considered conspecific witn the Baltimore Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole) (Includes the "Abeille's", or "Black-backed", Oriole of Mexico) 
    Icterus bullockii  (monotypic)




    A male 2nd-winter Bullock's Oriole     
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  376. Scott's Oriole  (*)  ______  bc  SN:aug
    Icterus parisorum



    A Scott's Oriole
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

     
  377. Orchard Oriole  (*) ______ sn  CZ:mar  YP:mar
    Icterus spurius

  378. Ochre Oriole  ______  (MXe)  (has also been called Fuertes's Oriole; this resident of northeast Mexico was considered a subspecies of the Orchard Oriole)
    Icterus fuertesi      (monotypic)   
  379. Bar-winged Oriole______ (MX3)
    Icterus maculialatus      (monotypic)

  380. Hooded Oriole  (*)  ______  CZ:mar,jun,dec  SN:aug  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Icterus cucullatus
      
  381. Black-vented Oriole ______  sn
    Icterus wagleri

  382. Yellow-backed Oriole (*)  ______ YP:jun,nov
    Icterus chrysater  

  383. Audubon's Oriole  (*) ______  (closely related to more-southerly Yellow-backed Oriole)
    Icterus graduacauda
      
  384. Yellow-tailed Oriole   (*)  ______ YP:jun
    Icterus m. mesomelas

  385. Altamira Oriole  (*)  ______ YP:mar,jun,nov,dec  (at one time was known as Lichtenstein's Oriole)
    Icterus gularis  

  386. Streak-backed Oriole  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Icterus pustulatus  

  387. Orange Oriole  (*)  ______  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Icterus auratus
  388. Spot-breasted Oriole ______   
    Icterus pectoralis 

  389. Eastern Meadowlark  (*) ______ SN:jan  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Sturnella magna  

  390. Western Meadowlark ______  bc  sn
    Sturnella neglecta

  391. Bananaquit  (*)  ______  CZ:mar,jun,dec  YP:mar
    Coereba flaveola caboti      (This subspecies is restricted to Cozumel Island & other islands off the Yucatan Peninsula; also occurring sparingly along the Yucatan coast, This is 1 of 41 subspecies of the Bananaquit.)   




    A Bananaquit photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour on Cozumel Island.
    This is the subspecies Coereba flaveola caboti, nearly restricted to Cozumel.
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  392. Grassland Yellow Finch  (*)   ______  YP:nov
    Sicalis luteola
  393. White-naped Brush Finch ______  (MXe)
    Atlapetes albinucha
  394. Yellow-throated Brush-Finch ______  sn
    Atlapetes gutturalis

  395. Rufous-capped Brush Finch ______
    Atlapetes pileatus
  396. Chestnut-capped Brush Finch ______ 
    Buarremon     (formerly Atlapetes) brunneinucha  

  397. Green-striped Brush Finch ______  (MXe)
    Buarremon     (formerly Atlapetes) virenticeps
  398. Olive Sparrow  (*)  ______  CZ:dec  YP:mar,nov
    Arremonops rufivirgatus
  399. Green-backed Sparrow  (*) ______ YP:jun,nov 
    Arremonops c. chloronotus

  400. Orange-billed Sparrow ______ 
    Arremon aurantiirostris 

  401. Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow ______  (MXe)  sn
    Melozone kieneri
  402. Prevost's Ground Sparrow ______ (MX3)  (was considered conspecific with the Cabanis' Ground Sparrow, M. cabanis, of southern Central America & Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow, M. kieneri, of Mexico)
    Melozone biarcuata  (monotypic)  




    A Prevost's Ground Sparrow photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Z. Gardner)

  403. White-eared Ground-Sparrow ______ (MX3)
    Melozone leucotis 

  404. Green-tailed Towhee ______  sn
    Pipilo chlorurus
  405. Collared Towhee ______  (MXe)
    Pipilo ocai

  406. Spotted Towhee ______  sn (was part of the "Rufous-sided Towhee"; considered conspecific with the "Olive-sided Towhee" of Mexico, "Socorro Towhee" of Mexico, and formerly so with the Eastern Towhee of North America) 
    Pipilo maculatus  

  407. California Towhee ______  bc
    Pipilo crissalis
  408. Canyon Towhee  (*)  ______ SN:jan,aug,sep
    Pipilo fuscus




    Canyon Towhee
         (photo by Howard Eskin)

  409. Abert's Towhee _____  sn  (in Mexico only in a very limited area near the Colorado River)
    Pipilo aberti
     
  410. White-throated Towhee ______  (MXe)
    Pipilo albicollis
  411. Bridled Sparrow ______  (MXe)
    Aimophila mystacalis
  412. Five-striped Sparrow  (*)  ______  (MXqe)  SN:sep
    Aimophila quinquestriata
  413. Black-chested Sparrow  (*) ______  (MXe)
    Aimophila humeralis
  414. Stripe-headed Sparrow ______  
    Aimophila ruficauda 

  415. Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow  ______ (MX1) (MXe)
    Aimophila sumichrasti
  416. Rusty Sparrow ______  sn 
    Aimophila rufescens  

  417. Botteri's Sparrow  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Aimophila botteri      (subspecies A. b. petenica: the "Yellow-carpalled, or Peten, Sparrow")

  418. Cassin's Sparrow ______  sn
    Aimophila cassinii
  419. Rufous-winged Sparrow  (*)  ______  SN:jan,sep
    Aimophila carpalis
  420. Rufous-crowned Sparrow  (*)  ______  SN:jan,aug,sep
    Aimophila ruficeps
  421. Oaxaca Sparrow ______ (MX3) (MXe)
    Aimophila notosticta
  422. Striped Sparrow ______  (MXe)
    Oriturus superciliosus
  423. Black-throated Sparrow  (*) ______  SN:jan,aug
    Amphispiza bilineata



    Black-throated Sparrow
  424. Sage Sparrow ______  bc  sn
    Amphispiza belli
  425. Chipping Sparrow  (*)  ______  SN:jan
    Spizella passerina 

  426. Clay-colored Sparrow  (*)  ______  SN:aug
    Spizella pallida
        
  427. Brewer's Sparrow  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Spizella b. breweri
  428. Field Sparrow ______  sn
    Spizella pusilla arenacea
  429. Worthen's Sparrow ______ (MX2) (MXe)
    Spizella wortheni
  430. Black-chinned Sparrow  (*) ______  sn
    Spizella atrogularis
  431. Vesper Sparrow  (*) ______  sn
    Poocetes gramineus
  432. Lark Sparrow  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Chondestes grammacus




    Lark Sparrow
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  433. Lark Bunting  (*)  ______  SN:sep
    Calamospiza melanocorys
  434. Baird's Sparrow ______  sn
    Ammodramus bairdii
  435. Grasshopper Sparrow  (*) ______  sn
    Ammodramus savannarum
  436. Sierra Madre Sparrow  (*) ______  (t2) (MX1) (MXe)
    Ammodramus baileyi
  437. Savannah Sparrow  (*) _____  sn  yp
    Passerculus     (formerly Ammodramus) sandwichensis
  438. Large-billed Sparrow ______ (MX3) (MXe)  bc  (has been part of Savannah Sparrow)
    Passerculus     (formerly Ammodramus) rostratus
  439. Song Sparrow  (*) ______  sn
    Melospiza melodia
  440. Lincoln's Sparrow  (*) ______  SN:jan
    Melospiza lincolnii
  441. Swamp Sparrow ______  sn
    Melospiza georgiana
  442. Fox Sparrow ______  bc(north)  sn
    Passerella iliaca
  443. Rufous-collared Sparrow______
    Zonotrichia capensis septentrionalis      (the northernmost of 29 subspecies)

     


    A Rufous-collared Sparrow photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Z. Gardner)
      
  444. White-throated Sparrow ______  sn
    Zonotrichia albicollis

  445. Golden-crowned Sparrow ______  bc(north)  sn
    Zonotrichia atricapilla
  446. White-crowned Sparrow  (*) ______  bc  SN:jan
    Zonotrichia leucophrys
  447. Dark-eyed Junco ______  sn
    Junco hyemalis
  448. Guadeloupe Junco ______  (MXe) (endemic to Guadeloupe Island in the Pacific Ocean)
    Junco insularis
  449. Yellow-eyed Junco  (*) ______  bc  sn  (includes "Baird's Junco" of the lower Baja California)  
    Junco phaeonotus 

  450. McCown's Longspur ______  sn
    Calcarius mccownii
  451. Chestnut-collared Longspur ______ sn
    Calcarius ornatus
  452. Golden-hooded Tanager ______ (p. 26)  (closely related to Masked Tanager of South America)
    Tangara larvata

  453. Azure-rumped Tanager (t2) ______ (MX1)  (another name has been "Cabanis's Tanager")
    Tangara cabanisi      (monotypic)

  454. Blue-gray Tanager ______ (p. 20)
    Thraupis episcopus cana

  455. Yellow-winged Tanager  ______  YP:mar  (p. 20)
    Thraupis abbas      (monotypic)

  456. Hepatic Tanager ______ sn
    Piranga hepatica 

  457. Summer Tanager  (*)  ______ SN:aug,sep  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Piranga rubra         

  458. Scarlet Tanager ______  yp
    Piranga olivacea      (monotypic)

  459. Western Tanager  (*)  ______  SN:aug
    Piranga ludoviciana      (monotypic)

  460. Flame-colored Tanager ______  sn  (has also been called Streak-backed Tanager) 
    Piranga bidentata 

  461. White-winged Tanager ______
    Piranga l. leucoptera

  462. Red-headed Tanager _____ (MXe)
    Piranga erythrocephala
  463. Rose-throated Tanager  (*)  ______  CZ:jun,dec  YP:nov
    Piranga roseogularis
      
  464. Red-crowned Ant Tanager  (*)  ______  YP:mar
    Habia rubica rubicoides




    A male Red-crowned Ant-Tanager photographed during 
    the FONT Yucatan Mexico Tour in March 2009 
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  465. Red-throated Ant-Tanager  (*) ______ YP:mar,nov
    Habia fuscicauda  




    A female Red-throated Ant-Tanager photographed during
    the FONT Yucatan Mexico Tour in March 2009.
    This subspecies, Habia fuscicauda peninsularis, is endemic
    to the Yucatan Peninsula.
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  466. Passerini's Tanager ______  (was part of the Scarlet-rumped Tanager)
    Ramphocelus passerini
  467. Crimson-collared Tanager  (*)  ______  YP:mar
    Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta
      
  468. Gray-headed Tanager ______ (MX3)  yp
    Eucometis penicillata pallida

  469. Black-throated Shrike-Tanager______ (MX3)
    Lanio aurantius      (monotypic)

  470. Common Bush Tanager______
    Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 
    C. o. wetmorei     ______ (MX3)      
    (Throughout its extensive range in Central & South America, there are said to be 27 subspecies.)

  471. Western Spindalis  (*)  ______  CZ:jun,dec  (in Mexico, only on Cozumel Is.)
    Spindalis zena benedicti
  472. Rosy Thrush-Tanager _____
    Rhodinocichla rosea schistacea
  473. Red-legged Honeycreeper  (*)  ______ YP:jun
    Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes




    Red-legged Honeycreeper
  474. Shining Honeycreeper ______ (MX3)
    Cyanerpes l. lucidus
  475. Green Honeycreeper ______  (p. 20)
    Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis

  476. Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer ______ 
    Diglossa baritula  

  477. Slaty Finch ______ (MX3)
    Haplospiza rustica
  478. Yellow-faced Grassquit  (*) ______ CZ:mar,jun,dec  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Tiaris olivacea 

  479. Variable Seedeater______ 
    Sporophila corvina      (formerly S. aurita)

  480. White-collared Seedeater  (*) ______ YP:mar,jun,nov  (p. 240)
    Sporophila torqueola  

  481. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater______
    Sporophila minuta parva




    A Ruddy-breasted Seedeater photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Z. Gardner)
     
  482. Blue-black Grassquit  (*)  ______ sn  YP:mar,jun,nov
    Volatinia jacarina spendens      (the single member of its genus)

  483. Lesser Seed Finch ______   (was called "Thick-billed Seed Finch"; considered conspecific with the "Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch"  of South America)
    Oryzoborus angolensis

  484. Blue Seedeater ______ (MX3)  (includes the "Slaty-blue Seedeater", endemic to western Mexico, Amaurospiza concolor relicta)
    Amaurospiza c. concolor
  485. Dickcissel ______  sn  yp
    Spiza americana
  486. Buff-throated Saltator  (ph) ______  yp
    Saltator maximus 

  487. Black-headed Saltator  (*)  ______ YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Saltator atriceps 

  488. "Northern" Grayish Saltator  (*)  ______ YP:jun,nov,dec
    Saltator coerulescens 

  489. Black-faced Grosbeak ______
    Caryothraustes p. poliogaster

  490. Crimson-collared Grosbeak ______  (MXe)
    Rhodothraupis celaeno
  491. Northern Cardinal  (*)  ______  CZ:jun,dec  SN:jan,aug,sep  YP:mar,jun
    Cardinalis cardinalis
  492. Pyrrhuloxia  (*)  ______  bc  SN:jan,sep
    Cardinalis sinuatus



    Pyrrhuloxia
  493. Mexican Yellow Grosbeak  (*)  ______  sn  (was called Northern Yellow-Grosbeak, with the closely-related species in South America called the Southern Yellow-Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysogaster. The Black-thighed Grosbeak of Central America, Pheucticus tibialis, is also closely related.)
    Pheucticus chrysopeplus  

  494. Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (*)  ______ sn  YP:nov,dec
    Pheucticus ludovicianus      (monotypic)

  495. Black-headed Grosbeak  (*) ______  bc  SN:jan
    Pheucticus melanocephalus
  496. Blue Grosbeak  (*)  ______  SN:aug,sep  YP:mar,nov
    Passerina     (formerly Guiraca) caerulea 


     

    Blue Grosbeak
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
  497. Blue-black Grosbeak ______ 
    Cyanocompsa cyanoides concreta

  498. Blue Bunting  (*)  ______ YP:mar,jun,nov,dec
    Cyanocompsa parellina




    A Blue Bunting photographed during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour  
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  499. Rose-bellied Bunting ______ (MX2) (MXe)
    Passerina rositae
  500. Lazuli Bunting ______  sn
    Passerina amoena
  501. Indigo Bunting  (*) ______ sn  CZ:dec  YP:mar,nov,dec
    Passerina cyanea      (monotypic)

  502. Varied Bunting  (*) ______  SN:aug,sep
    Passerina versicolor 

  503. Orange-breasted Bunting ______  (MXe)
    Passerina lechancherii
  504. Painted Bunting  ______  (nt)  sn  YP:mar,dec
    Passerina ciris   




    A female Painted Bunting
    (photo by Howard Eskin)



    Other Mexican Birds: including Pelagics & Vagrants

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