Photo at right: two CACTUS WRENS
photographed during a FONT tour
in southern Arizona & Sonora, Mexico
(photo by Doris Potter)

 

FOLLOWING THIS BIRD-LIST ARE SOME SCENERY PHOTOS 
OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN DURING FONT TOURS IN SONORA

  

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Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Mexico & Central America  

A List & Photo Gallery of Mexico Birds, in 3 parts:
Part 1: Tinamous to Shorebirds     Part #2: Jaegers to Woodpeckers  
Part #3: Manakins to Buntings

Mexican Mammals  (with some photos)      Mexican Butterflies  (with some photos)

Mexican Reptiles & Amphibians  (with some photos)  

Plants of the Desert & Some Nearby Habitats (with some photos)

Directory of Photos in this Website

 Bird-List:

1. Rufous-bellied Chachalaca  _____  (has been called "Wagler's Chachalaca")  
   Ortalis wagleri  
   
   The Rufous-bellied Chachalaca was considered conspecific with the West Mexican Chachalaca.
   
   
2. Montezuma Quail  (MX3) (*)  _____   jan
   Crytonyx montezumae mearnsi  (has been called "Mearn's Quail"; this subspecies in northwest Mexico & southwest US) _____
   
   
3. Northern Bobwhite  ______
   Colinus virginianus  (with 15 subspecies; more in Mexico than for any other bird)
   Colinus v. ridgwayi  "Masked Bobwhite"  (MX1)  ______   
   
   
4. Scaled Quail  _____  
   Callipepla squamata
   
   
5. Elegant Quail  (MXe) (*)  _____   jan  (has been called "Douglas Quail")
   Callipepla douglasii
   
   
6. Gambel's Quail  (*)  _____  jan,aug,sep
   Callipepla gambelii
   
   
7. Wild Turkey  (MX3) (*)  _____   jan
   Meleagris gallopavo mexicana  (northwest & north-central Mexico; this subspecies known as the "Gould's Wild Turkey", with rectrices and upper tail coverts tipped with white rather than cinnamon or buff)   
   
   
8. Fulvous Whistling Duck _____   (another name has been Fulvous Tree Duck)
   Dendrocygna bicolor
   
   
9. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  (*) ______  (another name has been Black-bellied Tree Duck)
   Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
   
   
10. Greater White-fronted Goose  _____   (was called White-fronted Goose)
    Anser albifrons
    
    
11. Snow Goose _____  
    Chen (formerly Anser) caerulescens
    
    
12. Ross's Goose _____  
    Chen (formerly Anser) rossii
    
    
13. Brant Goose  (MX2) (*)  _____  jan   (has been simply "Brant", or "Black Brant")
    Branta bernicla nigricans
    
    
14. Canada Goose _____  
    Branta canadensis
    
    
15. Cackling Goose _____  
    Branta hutchinsii
    
    
16. Green-winged Teal  (*) _____  jan
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
17. Mallard _____  
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
18. Mexican Duck  (MX2) (*)  _____   jan,aug,sep  (was considered conspecific with the Mallard)
    Anas diazi
    
    
19. Northern Pintail _____  
    Anas acuta
    
    
20. Blue-winged Teal______ 
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
21. Cinnamon Teal _____  
    Anas cyanoptera
    
    
22. Northern Shoveler  (*) _____  jan
    Anas clypeata
    
    
23. Gadwall  (*)  _____  jan,aug  
    Anas strepera
    
    
24. American Wigeon ______  
    Anas americana  (monotypic)
    
    
25. Canvasback _____  
    Aythya valisineria
    
    
26. Redhead _____  
    Aythya americana
    
    
27. Ring-necked Duck  (*) _____  jan
    Aythya collaris
    
    
28. Greater Scaup _____ 
    Aythya marila
    
    
29. Lesser Scaup  (*) _____  jan
    Aythya affinis
    
    
30. White-winged Scoter _____   (was conspecific with the Velvet Scoter, Melanitta fusca, of Europe)
    Melanitta deglandi
    
    
31. Surf Scoter  (*) _____  jan
    Melanitta perspicillata 
    
    
32. Common Goldeneye _____  
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
33. Bufflehead  (*) _____  jan
    Bucephala albeola
    
    
34. Hooded Merganser _____  
    Lophodytes (formerly Mergus) cucullatus
    
    
35. Common Merganser _____  
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
36. Red-breasted Merganser  (*) _____  jan
    Mergus serrator
    
    
37. Ruddy Duck  (*) _____  jan
    Oxyura jamaicensis
    
    
38. Pacific Loon  (*) _____  jan
    Gavia pacifica
    
    
39. Common Loon  (*) _____  jan
    Gavia immer
    
    
40. Black Storm Petrel  (*)  _____  aug
    Oceanodroma melania   
    
    
41. Least Grebe  (MX3) (*)  ______   jan,aug 
    Tachybaptus dominicus brachypterus
    
    
42. Pied-billed Grebe ______
    Podilymbus p. podiceps
    
    
43. Horned Grebe  (*) _____  jan
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
    
    
44. Black-necked Grebe  (*) _____  jan   (also called Eared Grebe)
    Poidiceps nigricollis californicus
    
    
45. Western Grebe  (*) _____  jan
    Aechmophorus occidentalis ephemeralis  (south-central & west central Mexico)
    
    
46. Clark's Grebe _____  
    Aechmophorus c. clarkii  (north & central Mexico)
    
    
47. Wood Stork  (MX3)  ______    
    Mycteria americana  (monotypic) 
    
    
48. American White Ibis  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Eudocimus albus  (monotypic)
    
    
49. White-faced Ibis _____  
    Plegadis chihi  (monotypic)
    
    
50. Roseate Spoonbill  ______  
    Platalea (formerly Ajaia) ajaja  (monotypic)
    
    
51. Great Blue Heron (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Ardea h. herodia 
    
    
52. Great Egret  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta
    
    
53. Little Blue Heron  (*)  ______  jan 
    Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
    
    
54. Snowy Egret  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Egretta thula  (two subspecies in Mexico)
    
    
55. Tricolored Heron  (*) ______  jan,aug  (was at one time called Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor  
    
    
56. Reddish Egret  (MX3) (*) ______  jan,aug
    Egretta rufescens
    
    
57. Western Cattle Egret  ______  
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    
58. Green Heron  (*)  ______  aug   
    Butorides virescens 
    
    The Green Heron was at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called the Green-backed Heron.
    
    
59. Black-crowned Night Heron  (*)  ______  aug
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
60. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (MX2)  ______   
    Nyctanassa v. violacea  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
61. Bare-throated Tiger Heron  (MX3)  ______   
    Tigrisoma mexicanum  (monotypic)
    
    
62. American Bittern  (MX2)  ______   
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    
    
63. Least Bittern   ______ 
    Ixobrychus exilis
    
    
64. Magnificent Frigatebird  (*)   ____ _  aug
    Fregata magnificens  (now said to be monotypic)
    
    
65. American White Pelican  (*) ______  jan
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos  (monotypic)
    
    
66. Brown Pelican  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Pelecanus occidentalis californicus  (subspecies in west Mexico) _____
    
    
67. Nazca Booby _____  (was conspecific with the Masked Booby)
    Sula granti
    
    
68. Blue-footed Booby  (*) _____  jan,aug
    Sula n. nebouxii
    
    
69. Brown Booby  (*)  _____  aug  
    Sula leucogaster brewsteri  (subspecies in west Mexico)   
    
    
70. Neotropic Cormorant (*) ______  jan,aug  (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus  (formerly Phalacrocorax olivaceous)
    
    
71. Double-crested Cormorant  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Phalacrocorax auritus 
    
    
72. Brandt's Cormorant _____ 
    Phalacrocorax penicillatus
    
    
73. Anhinga   ______
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster
    
    
74. Black Vulture (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic)  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
75. Turkey Vulture (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Cathartes aura   
    
    
76. Northern Crested Caracara  (*) ______  jan,aug   
    Caracara cheriway  (monotypic) 
    
    The Northern Crested Caracara was conspecific with what is now the Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway, of South America, generally south of the Amazon.  
    
    
77. Laughing Falcon  ______  
    Herpetotheres cachinnans chapmani  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
78. American Kestrel (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Falco sparverius 
    
    
79. Merlin _____ 
    Falco columbarius
    
    
80. Aplomado Falcon  (MX2)  ______   
    Falco femoralis
    
    
81. Bat Falcon  ______
    Falco rufigularis 
    
    
82. Peregrine Falcon  (MX3)  ______   
    Falco peregrinus  
    
    
83. Prairie Falcon  (MX2) (*) ______  jan
    Falco mexicanus
    
     
84. Osprey  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Pandion haliaetus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
85. White-tailed Kite  ______   
    Elanus leucurus majusculus
    
    
86. Bald Eagle  (MX1)  ______    
    Haliaeetus l. leucocephalus
    
    
87. Northern Harrier  (*) _____  
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius
    
    
88. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (*) _____  jan
    Accipiter striatus 
    
    
89. Cooper's Hawk  (MX3) (*)  ______   sep
    Accipiter cooperii  (monotypic)
    
    
90. Northern Goshawk  (MX2)  ______   
    Accipiter gentilis apache
    
    
91. Crane Hawk  (MX2)  ______   
    Geranospiza caerulescens
    
    
92. Harris's Hawk  (MX3)  ______   (also called Bay-winged Hawk)
    Parabuteo unicinctus
    
    
93. Red-tailed Hawk (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Buteo jamaicensis  
    
    
94. Swainson's Hawk  (MX3) (*) ______  sep
    Buteo swainsoni  (monotypic)  
    
    
95. Zone-tailed Hawk  (MX3) (*) ______   sep
    Buteo a. albonotatus
    
    
96. White-tailed Hawk  (MX3)  ______    
    Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius
    
    
97. Short-tailed Hawk   ______ 
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus
    
    
98. Gray Hawk  (*)  ______  aug  (now merged with more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk)
    Buteo nitida plagiata
    
    
99. Ferruginous Hawk  (MX3) (*) _____  jan
    Buteo regalis
    
    
100. Rough-legged Hawk  (MX3)  ______   
     Buteo lagopus sancti-johannis
     
     
101. Common Black Hawk  (MX3)  ______    
     Buteogallus anthracinus
     
     
102. Great Black Hawk  (MX3)  ______  
     Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi
     
     
103. Montane Solitary Eagle  (nt) (MX1)  ______
     Harpyhaliaetus solitarius 
     
     
104. Golden Eagle  (MX2)  ______   
     Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
     
     
105. Ridgway's Rail  (MX3)  ______   
     Rallus obsoletus yumanensis:  Yuma Ridgway's Rail  ______
     
     Until 2014, the Ridgway's Rail was part of the more-easterly Clapper Rail, Rallus crepitans.
     
     
106. Virginia Rail  (MX3)  ______    
     Rallus limicola
     
     
107. Sora _____  
     Porzana carolina
     
     
108. Common Gallinule  ______
     Gallinula galeata
     
     
109. Purple Gallinule______
     Porphyrula martinica  (monotypic)
     
     
110. American Coot (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Fulica a. americana
     
     
111. Sandhill Crane  (MX3) ______   
     Grus canadensis
     
     
112. American Oystercatcher  (*) _____  jan,aug
     Haematopus palliatus
     
     
113. Black Oystercatcher  (*) _____  jan
     Haematopus bachmani
     
     
114. Black-necked Stilt  (*)   ______  aug   
     Himantopus mexicanus  
     
     The Black-necked Stilt has been said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World.
     
     
115. American Avocet _____  
     Recurvirostra americana
     
     
116. Black-bellied Plover  (*) ______  jan,aug  (also called Grey Plover)
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
     
     
117. Snowy Plover  _____  
     Charadrius nivosus
     
     
118. Piping Plover  (nt) (MX1) ______ 
     Charadrius melodus
     
     
119. Wilson's Plover  (*) ______  aug
     Charadrius wilsonia 
     
     
120. Killdeer  (*)______  jan,aug
     Charadrius v. vociferus
     
     
121. Mountain Plover  (t3) (MX2)  ______
     Charadrius montanus
     
     
122. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) ______  jan
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
123. Lesser Yellowlegs  (*)  ______  jan,aug
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     
124. Solitary Sandpiper  (*) ______  aug
     Tringa solitaria
     
     
125. Willet  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Tringa semipalmatus
     
     
126. Wandering Tattler _____ 
     Heteroscelus incanus
     
     
127. Spotted Sandpiper  (*)  ______  aug 
     Actitis macularia  (monotypic)
     
     
128. Upland Sandpiper _____ 
     Bartramia longicauda
     
     
129. "American" Whimbrel  (*) ______   jan,aug
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
      
130. Long-billed Curlew  (nt) (*) _____ jan,aug
     Nymenius americanus
     
     
131. Marbled Godwit  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Limosa fedoa
     
      
132. Ruddy Turnstone  (*)  _____  aug 
     Arenaria interpres
     
     
133. Black Turnstone _____ 
     Arenaria melanocephala
     
     
134. Surfbird ______  
     Aphriza virgata
     
     
135. Red Knot _____  
     Calidris canutus rufa
     
     
136. Sanderling  (*)  ______  aug  
     Calidris alba
     
     
137. Semipalmated Sandpiper______
     Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
138. Western Sandpiper  (*)  ______  aug
     Calidris mauri  (monotypic)
     
     
139. Least Sandpiper______
     Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
     
     
140. Baird's Sandpiper ______  
     Calidris bairdii
     
     
141. Pectoral Sandpiper______
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
142. Dunlin (*) ______  jan
     Calidris alpina
     
     
143. Stilt Sandpiper______
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus
     
     
144. Short-billed Dowitcher  ______
     Limnodromus griseus  (3 subspecies can occur in Mexico)
     
      
145. Long-billed Dowitcher  (*)  ______  aug  
     Limnodromus scolopaceus
     
     
146. Wilson's Snipe ______  
     Gallinago delicata
     
     
147. Wilson's Phalarope  (*)  ______  aug 
     Phalaropus tricolor
     
     
148. Red-necked Phalarope ______  
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
149. Laughing Gull  (*)  ______  aug 
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla 
     
     
150. Franklin's Gull ______  
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan  (monotypic)
     
     
151. Bonaparte's Gull  (*) _____   jan
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) philadelphia
     
     
152. Heermann's Gull  (MX3) (*) ______   jan,aug  (a Mexican endemic breeder)
     Larus heermanni 
     
     
153. Ring-billed Gull  (*) ______  jan
     Larus delawarensis
     
      
154. California Gull  (*) _____  jan
     Larus californicus
     
      
155. "American" Herring Gull  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Larus argentatus smithsonianus
     
     
156. Thayer's Gull _____  
     Larus thayeri
     
     
157. Yellow-footed Gull  (*) ______  (MX3)  jan,aug
     Larus livens 
     
     
158. Western Gull  ______  
     Larus occidentalis wymani
      
     
159. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  
     Larus glaucescens
     
      
160. Gull-billed Tern  ______  jan
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica vanrossemi  
     
     
161. Royal Tern  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
     
     
162. Elegant Tern  (*) ______ (MX3)  jan,aug
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans
     
     
163. Caspian Tern  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic) 
     
     
164. Common Tern  (*)  ______  aug  
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
165. Forster's Tern  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Sterna forsteri 
     
     
166. Least Tern  (MX3) (*)   ______  (MX3)  aug  
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) antillarum browni  (MX1) ______ (MX1) ______  (subspecies in west Mexico & California)
     
     
167. Black Tern  (*)  ______  aug  
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis
     
     
168. Black Skimmer ______ 
     Rynchops n. niger
     
     
169. Craveri's Murrelet  (*)  ______  jan
     Synthliboramphus craveri
     
     
170. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Columba livia
     
     
171. Red-billed Pigeon  ______ 
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) flavirostris
     
     
172. Band-tailed Pigeon______  
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata
     Patagioenas faciata vioscae  (MX3) ______ 
     
     
173. Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*) _____  jan,aug,sep
     Streptopelia decocto    
     
     
174. White-winged Dove (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Zenaida a. asiatica 
     
     
175. Mourning Dove (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Zenaida macroura 
     
     
176. Inca Dove  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Columbina (or said by some to Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)
     
     
177. Common Ground Dove (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Columbina passerina pallescens
     
     
178. Ruddy Ground Dove   ______ 
     Columbina taipacoti 
     
     
179. White-tipped Dove  ______ (was called White-fronted Dove)
     Leptotila verreauxi    
     
     
180. Military Macaw  (MX1)  ______
     Ara militaris mexicanus
     
     
181. Green Parakeet  (MX2)  ______ 
     Aratinga holochlora 
     
     
182. Thick-billed Parrot  (MX1) (MXe)  ______
     Rhynchopsitta pachyhyncha
     
     
183. Mexican Parrotlet  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
     Forpus cyanopygius
     
     
184. White-fronted Amazon  ______
     Amazona albifrons   
     
     
185. Lilac-crowned Parrot  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
     Amazona finschi
     
     
186. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Coccyzus americanus  (now monotypic)
     
     
187. Mangrove Cuckoo   ______  
     Coccyzus minor
     
     
188. Squirrel Cuckoo______
     Piaya cayana 
     
     
189. Groove-billed Ani  ______
     Crotophaga sulcirostris  (now monotypic, as a "second form" that was in Mexico is now extinct)
     
     
190. Lesser Roadrunner  ______ 
     Geococcyx velox  (now monotypic)
     
     
191. Greater Roadrunner  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Geococcyx californianus
     
     
192. American Barn Owl ______
     Tyto furcata  
     
     The American Barn Owl has been part of the Barn Owl of Eurasia & Africa, Tyto alba.
     But Tyto furcata is a heavier bird, with a larger and stouter head and body, and much more powerful talons.   
     
     
193. Flammulated Owl ______
     Philoscops (formerly Otus) flammeolus
     
     
194. Western Screech Owl ______  
     Megascops (formerly Otus) kennicottii
     
      
195. Guatemalan Screech Owl ______   
     Megascops (formerly Otus) guatemalae 
     
     Megascops guatemalae was part of the Vermiculated Screech Owl, now Megascops vermiculatus, and prior to that part of what was the "Variable Screech Owl" of Central America & south America. 
     
     
196. Whiskered Screech Owl ______  
     Megascops (formerly Otus) trichopsis
     
     
197. Great Horned Owl______
     Bubo virginianus pallescens  (paler than the nominate subspecies)  
     
     
198. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl   ______     
     Glaucidium (brasilianum) ridgwayi 
     
     
199. Colima Pygmy Owl  (MX3) (MXe)  ______  
     Glaucidium palmarum
     
     Glaucidium palmarum was considered a subspecies of what was an expanded Least Pygmy Owl, when it was said to be in both Central America & South America.
     Subsequently, both the Colima Pygmy Owl and the Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl of eastern Mexico were for a while alos part of the now more-southerly Central American Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps. 
       
     
200. Northern Pygmy Owl  ______
     Glaucidium californicum pinicola
     
     Glaucidium californicum pinicola was treated as part of the Mountain Pygmy Owl (below).
     Some DNA evidence supports its being a distinct species, but more research is needed as its biology and ecology.    
     
     
201. Mountain Pygmy Owl ______  
     Glaucidium gnoma  (monotypic)  
     
     
202. Elf Owl  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Micrathene whitneyi sandfordi
     
     
203. Burrowing Owl  ______
     Athene cunicularia hypugaea
     
     
204. Mexican Wood Owl   ______
     Strix squamulata 
     
     Strix squamulata was part of the Mottled Owl, Strix virgata, now of South America. 
     
     
205. Spotted Owl  (MX2)  ______
     Strix occidentalis lucida:  the "Mexican Spotted Owl"   
     
     
206. Long-eared Owl ______
     Asio otus wilsonianus
     
     
207. Short-eared Owl  (MX3)  ______
     Asio f. flammeus
     
     
208. Northern Saw-whet Owl _____
     Aegolius a. acadicus
     
     
209. Common Nighthawk  ______
     Chordeiles minor  (as many as 8 subspecies occur in Mexico as migrants) 
     
     
210. Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______  sep
     Chordeiles acutipennis   
     
     
211. Pauraque  ______
     Nyctidromus albicollis  (the single member of its genus)  
     
     
212. Common Poorwill  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
     
     
213. Eared Poorwill   (MX3) (MXe)  ______
     Nyctiphrynus meleodii
     
     
214. Buff-collared Nightjar (or "Cookacheea") (*) ______  aug
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) ridgwayi 
     
     
215. Mexican Whip-poor-will ______   
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) arizonae 
     
     Antrostomus arizonae was conspecific with the Eastern Whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus. 
     
     
216. American Black Swift______ 
     Cypseloides niger 
     
     
217. Vaux's Swift   ______ 
     Chaetura vauxi  
     
     
218. White-throated Swift______
     Aeronautes saxatalis 
     
     
219. White-eared Hummingbird _____ 
     Basilinna leucotis
     
     
220. Broad-billed Hummingbird  (*) _____  jan
     Cynanthus latirostris
     
     
221. Berylline Hummingbird  (*) ______  aug
     Amazilia beryllina 
     
     
222. Violet-crowned Hummingbird _____
     Amazilia violiceps
     
     
223. Blue-throated Mountain-gem ______  (also called Blue-throated Hummingbird)
     Lampornis clemenciae
     
     
224. "Rivoli's" Magnificent Hummingbird______   
     Eugenes f. fulgens  
     
     
225. Plain-capped Starthroat ______
     Heliomaster constantii 
     
     
226. Lucifer Sheartail ______  (also called Lucifer Hummingbird)
     Calothorax lucifer
     
     
227. Black-chinned Hummingbird  (*)  ______  sep
     Archilochus alexandri
     
     
228. Anna's Hummingbird ______  
     Archilochus anna
     
     
229. Costa's Hummingbird ______  
     Archilochus costae
     
     
230. Calliope Hummingbird _____ 
     Archilochus calliope
     
     
231. Broad-tailed Hummingbird______ 
     Selasphorus platycercus  (monotypic, as S. p. guatemalae now merged)
     
     
232. Rufous Hummingbird ______  
     Selasphorus rufus
     
     
233. Allen's Hummingbird ______
     Selasphorus sasin
     
     
234. Eared Quetzal  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
     Euptilotis neoxenus
     
     
235. Mountain Trogon______ (another name has been "Mexican Trogon")
     Trogon m. mexicanus
     
     
236. Elegant Trogon  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Trogon elegans
     
     The northern population of Trogon elegans was called the "Coppery-tailed Trogon".
     
     
237. Belted Kingfisher  (*) _____  jan
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
     
     
238. Green Kingfisher  (*) _____  jan
     Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
     
     
239. Russet-crowned Motmot______ 
     Momotus mexicanus 
     
     
240. Lewis's Woodpecker ______ 
     Melanerpes lewis
     
     
241. Acorn Woodpecker (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Melanerpes formicivorus 
     
     
242. Gila Woodpecker (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) uropygialis
     
     
243. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker______
     Sphyrapicus varius  (monotypic)
     
     
244. Red-naped Sapsucker ______ 
     Sphyrapicus nuchalis
     
     
245. Red-breasted Sapsucker ______  
     Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti
     
     
246. Williamson's Sapsucker ______
     Sphyrapicus thyroideus
     
     
247. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*)  ______  sep
     Picoides scalaris
     
     
248. Hairy Woodpecker______
     Picoides villosus 
     
     
249. Arizona Woodpecker ______ 
     Picoides arizonae
     
     
250. Gray-crowned Woodpecker  (MXe)  ______
     Piculus auricularis
     
     
251. Northern Flicker ______   
     Colaptes auratus 
     
     
252. Gilded Flicker  (*)  ______  jan
     Colaptes chrysoides
     
     
253. Lineated Woodpecker  ______ 
     Dryocopus lineatus 
     
     
254. Masked Tityra   ______
     Tityra semifasciata 
     
     
255. Rose-throated Becard  (*) ______  sep
     Pachyramphus aglaiae 
     
     
256. Gray-collared Becard ______ 
     Pachyramphus major 
     
     
257. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet   ______ 
     Camptostoma i. imberbe
     
     
258. Black Phoebe  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Sayornis nigricans  
     
     
259. Say's Phoebe  (*)  _____  jan,sep
     Sayornis saya
     
     
260. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ______  
     Tyrannus forficatus  (monotypic)
     
     
261. Western Kingbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Tyrannus verticalis  (monotypic)
     
     
262. Tropical Kingbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep  
     Tyrannus melancholicus 
     
     
263. Cassin's Kingbird  (*)  ______  jan,aug
     Tyrannus v. vociferans
     
     
264. Thick-billed Kingbird  (MXqe) (*)  ______  sep
     Tyrannus crassirostris
     
     
265. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher  (*) ______  sep
     Myiodynastes luteiventris  (monotypic)
     
     
266. Social Flycatcher  ______
     Myiozetetes similis texensis
     
     
267. Great Kiskadee  ______
     Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
     
     
268. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (*)  ______  aug
     Myiarchus tuberculifer 
     
     
269. Brown-crested Flycatcher  (*)  ______  aug
     Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
     
     
270. Nutting's Flycatcher ______
     Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior
     
     
271. Ash-throated Flycatcher  (*) ______  jan
     Myiarchus c. cinerascens
     
     
272. Vermilion Flycatcher  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Pyrocephalus rubinus  (now with the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands split, no longer the single member of its genus)
     
     
273. Bright-rumped Attila ______
     Attila spadiceus 
     
     
274. Olive-sided Flycatcher  (nt) (*)  ______  aug   (an alternate name could be "Boreal Pewee") 
     Contopus cooperi (formerly genus Nuttallornis, previous scientific name borealis) (monotypic)
     
     
275. Greater Pewee  (*) ______  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
     
     
276. Western Wood Pewee  (*) ______  aug,sep
     Contopus sordidulus  (4 subspecies migrate thru Mexico)
     
     
277. Willow Flycatcher  (*) ______  sep
     Empidonax t. trailii
     
     
278. Least Flycatcher ______
     Empidonax minimus  (monotypic)
     
     
279. Hammond's Flycatcher _____
     Empidonax hammondii  (monotypic)
     
     
280. Dusky Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
     Empidonax oberholseri
     
     
281. Gray Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
     Empidonax wrightii
     
     
282. Cordilleran Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
     Empidonax occidentalis 
     
     
283. Buff-breasted Flycatcher______ 
     Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps
     
     
284. Northern Tufted Flycatcher ______ 
     Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus
     
     
285. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper ______ 
     Xiphorhynchus flavigaster  
     
     
286. White-striped Woodcreeper  (MXe)  ______  
     Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
     
     
287. Loggerhead Shrike  (*)  ______  jan
     Lanius ludovicianus
     
     
288. Mangrove Vireo  (MX3)  ______
     Vireo pallens   
     
     
289. Bell's Vireo  (nt) (MX2) (*)  ______   aug,sep
     Vireo b. bellii  
     
     
290. Black-capped Vireo  (MX1) ______ 
     Vireo atricapillus
     
     
291. Gray Vireo ______
     Vireo vicinior
     
     
292. Cassin's Vireo ______  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
     Vireo cassini
     
     
293. Plumbeous Vireo  (*)  ______  sep  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
     Vireo plumbeus 
     
     
294. Hutton's Vireo______
     Vireo huttoni 
     
     
295. Golden Vireo  (MXe)  ______
     Vireo hypochryseus
     
     
296. Yellow-green Vireo  ______
     Vireo flavoviridis   
     
     
297. Warbling Vireo______ 
     Vireo gilvus  
     
     
298. Black-throated Magpie-Jay ______ 
     Calocitta colliei
     
     
299. Purplish-backed Jay  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
     Cyanocorax beecheii
     
     
300. Western Scrub Jay ______ 
     Aphelocoma coerulescens
     
     
301. Mexican Jay  (*)  ______  jan,sep  (has also been called the Gray-breasted Jay)
     Aphelocoma ultramarina
     
     
302. Pinyon Jay ______ 
     Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
     
     
303. Steller's Jay______ 
     Cyanocitta stelleri 
     
     
304. Clark's Nutcracker  (MX1)  ______
     Nucifraga columbiana
     
     
305. American Crow ______  
     Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis
     
     
306. Sinaloa Crow  (MXe) (*) ______   jan
     Corvus sinaloae
     
     
307. Chihuahuan Raven  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Corvus cryptoleucus
     
     
308. Northern Raven  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Corvus corax
     
     
309. Cedar Waxwing______
     Bombycilla cedrorum  (now monotypic)
     
     
310. Gray Silky Flycatcher ______
     Ptilogonys cinereus 
     
     
311. Phainopepla  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Phainopepla nitens
     
     
312. Mexican Chickadee ______ 
     Poecile (formerly Parus) sclateri
     
     
313. Bridled Titmouse  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) wollweberi
     
     
314. Verdin  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Auriparus flaviceps
     
     
315. Purple Martin  (*)  ______  aug
     Progne subis  
     
     
316. Sinaloa Martin  (MX3) ______  (another name has been the Snowy-bellied Martin) (was considered as conspecific with Caribbean Martin, Progne domincensis)
     Progne sinaloae  (monotypic)
     
     
317. Tree Swallow  (*) ______  jan
     Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
318. Mangrove Swallow  (*)  ______  aug
     Tachycineta albilinea  (monotypic)
     
     
319. Violet-green Swallow ______
     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)
     
     
320. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin) ______ 
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
321. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______  aug
     Stelgidopteryx serripennis  
     
     
322. Barn Swallow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
323. American Cliff Swallow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Petrochelidon (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota 
     
     
324. American Bushtit ______  (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)
     
     
325. Horned Lark  (*)  ______  aug 
     Eremophila alpestris
     
     
326. Spotted Wren  (MXe)  ______
     Campylorhynchus gularis
     
     
327. Cactus Wren  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
     
     
328. Rock Wren  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Salpinctes obsoletus
     
     
329. Canyon Wren  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Catherpes mexicanus
     
     
330. Happy Wren  (MXe)  ______
     Thryothous felix
     
     
331. Sinaloa Wren  (MXe) (*)  ______   aug,sep
     Thryothous sinaloa
     
     
332. Bewick's Wren  (*)  _____  jan
     Thryomanes bewickii
     
     
333. House Wren  (*)  _____  jan  (including "Brown-throated Wren" & "Northern House Wren") 
     Troglodytes aedon
     
     
334. Sedge Wren  ______
     Cistothorus platensis
     
     
335. Marsh Wren ______ 
     Cistothorus palustris
     
     
336. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
     Polioptila caerulea  
     
     
337. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  (*)  ______  aug
     Polioptila melanura
     
     
338. Black-capped Gnatcatcher  (MXe) (*) _____  jan
     Polioptila nigriceps
     
      
339. White-breasted Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta carolinensis
     
     
340. Pygmy Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta pygmaea
     
     
341. Brown Creeper ______ 
     Certhia americana
     
     
342. Common Starling  (*) _____  jan,aug
     Sturnus vulgaris
     
     
343. American Robin ______  
     Turdus migratorius
     
     
344. Rufous-backed Robin  (MXe)  ______
     Turdus rufopalliatus
     
     
345. White-throated Thrush  ______ (has been considered conspecific with the White-necked Thrush and the Dagua Thrush, both of South America)
     Turdus assimilis 
     
     
346. Varied Thrush ______  
     Zoothera naevia meruloides
     
     
347. Aztec Thrush  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
     Zoothera pinicola
     
     
348. Townsend's Solitaire   ______
     Myadestes townsendi
     
     
349. Brown-backed Solitaire  (MXe) ______ 
     Myadestes occidentalis 
     
     
350. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush______ 
     Catharus aurantiirostris 
     
     
351. Swainson's Thrush______
     Catharus ustulatus  
     
     
352. Hermit Thrush ______ 
     Catharus guttatus
     
     
353. Eastern Bluebird______ 
     Sialia sialis 
     
     
354. Western Bluebird  (*)  ______  jan 
     Sialia mexicana
     
     
355. Mountain Bluebird  (*)  ______  jan
     Sialia currucoides
     
     
356. Sage Thrasher ______  
     Oreoscoptes montanus
     
     
357. Bendire's Thrasher  (*) ______  jan
     Toxostoma bendirei
     
     
358. Curve-billed Thrasher  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Toxostoma curvirostre
     
     
359. Crissal Thrasher ______ 
     Toxostoma crissale
     
     
360. LeConte's Thrasher ______  
     Toxostoma lecontei
     
     
361. Blue Mockingbird  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
     Melanotis caerulescens
     
      
362. Northern Mockingbird  (*)  ______  jan,aug  
     Mimus polyglottos leucopterus
     
     
363. American Dipper  (MX3)  ______
     Cinclus mexicanus
     
     
364. Golden-crowned Kinglet ______
     Regulus satrapa
     
     
365. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (*) ______  jan
     Regulus calendula
     
     
366. House Sparrow (i) (*) ______  jan,aug
     Passer domesticus
     
     
367. American (or Buff-bellied) Pipit ______ 
     Anthus rubescens
     
     
368. Sprague's Pipit ______
     Anthus spragueii
     
     
369. Olive Warbler ______  (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)  
     
     
370. Elegant Euphonia ______ (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
     
     
371. Scrub Euphonia  ______
     Euphonia affinis
     
     
372. Purple Finch ______  
     Carpodacus purpureus californicus
     
     
373. Cassin's Finch ______  
     Carpodacus cassinii
     
     
374. House Finch  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Carpodacus mexicanus
     
     
375. Red Crossbill ______  
     Loxia curvirostra 
     
     
376. Pine Siskin ______  
     Carduelis pinus
     
     
377. Black-headed Siskin ______ 
     Carduelis notata   
     
     
378. Lawrence's Goldfinch ______  
     Carduelis lawrenci
     
     
379. American Goldfinch ______  
     Carduelis tristis
     
     
380. Lesser Goldfinch  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Carduelis psaltria 
     
     
381. Evening Grosbeak ______  
     Coccothraustes vespertinus montana
     
     
382. Black-and-white Warbler______ 
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
383. Prothonotary Warbler ______ 
     Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
384. Tennessee Warbler______ 
     Vermivora peregrina  (monotypic)
     
     
385. Orange-crowned Warbler  (*) _____  jan
     Vermivora celata
     
     
386. Nashville Warbler  (*)  ______  aug 
     Vermivora ruficapilla
     
     
387. Virginia's Warbler ______ 
     Vermivora virginiae
     
     
388. Lucy's Warbler ______
     Vermivora luciae
     
     
389. Northern Parula______
     Parula americana  (monotypic)
     
     
390. Tropical Parula  (MX3)  ______
     Parula pitiayumi
     
     
391. Crescent-chested Warbler ______ 
     Parula (formerly Vermivora) s. superciliosa 
     
     
392. Yellow Warbler  (*) ______  aug,sep
     Dendroica petechia 
     
     
393. Mangrove Warbler   ______ 
     Dendroica erithachoriides
     
     
394. Magnolia Warbler ______
     Dendroica magnolia
     
     
395. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______
     Dendroica c. coronata
     
     
396. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (*)  ______  jan 
     Dendroica coronata auduboni
     
     
397. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ 
     Dendroica caerulescens
     
     
398. Black-throated Gray Warbler  (*)  ______  jan
     Dendroica nigrescens
     
     
399. Townsend's Warbler______
     Dendroica townsendi
     
     
400. Hermit Warbler______  
     Dendroica occientalis  (monotypic)
     
     
401. Palm Warbler ______
     Dendroica palmarum
     
     
402. Grace's Warbler______ 
     Dendroica graciae 
     
     
403. Chestnut-sided Warbler______
     Dendroica pensylvanica
     
     
404. Ovenbird______
     Seiurus aurocapillus
     
     
405. Northern Waterthrush ______
     Seiurus noveboracensis
     
     
406. Louisiana Waterthrush ______
     Seiurus motacilla
     
     
407. Wilson's Warbler  (*)  ______  sep
     Wilsonia canadensis
     
     
408. Hooded Warbler ______
     Wilsonia citrina
     
     
409. Kentucky Warbler ______
     Oporornis formosus
     
     
410. MacGillivray's Warbler  (MX2)  ______ 
     Oporornis tolmiei
     
     
411. Common Yellowthroat  (*) ______  jan
     Geothlypis t. trichas
     
     
412. Red-faced Warbler ______
     Cardellina rubrifrons  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
413. American Redstart______
     Setophaga ruticilla  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
414. Painted Whitestart  (*) ______  jan  (has been called Painted Redstart)
     Myioborus pictus 
     
     
415. Slate-throated Whitestart ______ (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
     Myioborus miniatus   
     
     
416. Fan-tailed Warbler ______  
     Basileuterus lachrymosa 
     
     
417. Rufous-capped Warbler  (*)  ______  aug,sep  (closely related to the more-southerly Chestnut-capped Warbler)
     Basileuterus rufifrons
     
     
418. Yellow-breasted Chat______
     Icteria virens auricollis  (the single member of its genus; the family uncertain, as now said not to be a warbler)
     
     
419. Yellow-winged Cacique  (MXqe)  ______   
     Cacicus melanicterus (monotypic)
     
     
420. Brown-headed Cowbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Molothrus ater
     
     
421. Bronzed Cowbird  (*)  ______  jan,sep  (an alternate name would be "Red-eyed Cowbird")
     Molothrus aeneus
     
     
422. Great-tailed Grackle  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Quiscalus mexicanus
     
     
423. Brewer's Blackbird  (*)  ______  jan 
     Euphagus cyanocephalus
     
     
424. Red-winged Blackbird  (*)  ______  aug
     Agelaius phoeniceus  
     
     
425. Yellow-headed Blackbird ______  
     Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
     
     
426. Baltimore Oriole ______ (for a while was considered conspecific with Bullock's Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole)
     Icterus galbula  (monotypic)
     
     
427. Bullock's Oriole ______ (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)
     
     
428. Scott's Oriole  (*)  ______  aug 
     Icterus parisorum
     
      
429. Orchard Oriole______
     Icterus spurius
     
     
430. Hooded Oriole  (*)  ______  aug 
     Icterus cucullatus
      
     
431. Black-vented Oriole ______ 
     Icterus wagleri
     
     
432. Streak-backed Oriole  (*) ______  jan
     Icterus pustulatus  
     
     
433. Eastern Meadowlark  (*)  ______  jan
     Sturnella magna  
     
     
434. Western Meadowlark ______
     Sturnella neglecta
     
     
435. Yellow-throated Brush-Finch ______ 
     Atlapetes gutturalis
     
     
436. Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow  (MXe)  ______  
     Melozone kieneri
     
     
437. Green-tailed Towhee ______
     Pipilo chlorurus
     
     
438. Spotted Towhee ______ (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  
     
     
439. Canyon Towhee (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Pipilo fuscus
     
     
440. Abert's Towhee _____  (in Mexico only in a very limited area near the Colorado River)
     Pipilo aberti
     
      
441. Five-striped Sparrow  (MXqe) (*)  ______   sep
     Aimophila quinquestriata
     
     
442. Rusty Sparrow______ 
     Aimophila rufescens  
     
     
443. Botteri's Sparrow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Aimophila botteri 
     
     
444. Cassin's Sparrow ______  
     Aimophila cassinii
     
     
445. Rufous-winged Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan,sep
     Aimophila carpalis
     
     
446. Rufous-crowned Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Aimophila ruficeps
     
     
447. Black-throated Sparrow  (*) ______  jan,aug
     Amphispiza bilineata
     
     
448. Sage Sparrow ______ 
     Amphispiza belli
     
     
449. Chipping Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
     Spizella passerina 
     
     
450. Clay-colored Sparrow  (*) ______  aug
     Spizella pallida
     
         
451. Brewer's Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
     Spizella b. breweri
     
     
452. Field Sparrow ______
     Spizella pusilla arenacea
     
     
453. Black-chinned Sparrow ______
     Spizella atrogularis
     
     
454. Vesper Sparrow ______  
     Poocetes gramineus
     
     
455. Lark Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
     Chondestes grammacus
     
     
456. Lark Bunting  (*)  ______  sep
     Calamospiza melanocorys
     
     
457. Baird's Sparrow ______
     Ammodramus bairdii
     
     
458. Grasshopper Sparrow ______
     Ammodramus savannarum
     
     
459. Savannah Sparrow _____
     Passerculus (formerly Ammodramus) sandwichensis
     
     
460. Song Sparrow ______
     Melospiza melodia
     
     
461. Lincoln's Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan
     Melospiza lincolnii
     
     
462. Swamp Sparrow ______
     Melospiza georgiana
     
     
463. Fox Sparrow ______ 
     Passerella iliaca
     
     
464. White-throated Sparrow ______
     Zonotrichia albicollis
     
     
465. Golden-crowned Sparrow ______ 
     Zonotrichia atricapilla
     
     
466. White-crowned Sparrow  (*) ______  jan
     Zonotrichia leucophrys
     
     
467. Dark-eyed Junco ______
     Junco hyemalis
     
     
468. Yellow-eyed Junco ______   
     Junco phaeonotus 
     
     
469. McCown's Longspur ______
     Calcarius mccownii
     
     
470. Chestnut-collared Longspur ______ 
     Calcarius ornatus
     
     
471. Hepatic Tanager ______ 
     Piranga hepatica 
     
     
472. Summer Tanager  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Piranga rubra     
     
     
473. Western Tanager  (*)  ______  aug
     Piranga ludoviciana  (monotypic)
     
     
474. Flame-colored Tanager ______ (has also been called Streak-backed Tanager) 
     Piranga bidentata 
     
     
475. Blue-black Grassquit   ______
     Volatinia jacarina spendens  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
476. Dickcissel ______ 
     Spiza americana
     
     
477. Northern Cardinal  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
     Cardinalis cardinalis
     
     
478. Pyrrhuloxia  (*)  ______  jan,sep
     Cardinalis sinuatus
     
     
479. Mexican Yellow Grosbeak  (*)  ______  (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  
     
     
480. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______
     Pheucticus ludovicianus  (monotypic)
     
     
481. Black-headed Grosbeak  (*) ______  jan
     Pheucticus melanocephalus
     
     
482. Blue Grosbeak  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Passerina (formerly Guiraca) caerulea  
       
     
483. Lazuli Bunting ______
     Passerina amoena
     
     
484. Indigo Bunting______
     Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
     
     
485. Varied Bunting  (*)  ______  aug,sep
     Passerina versicolor 
     
     
486. Painted Bunting  (nt) ______
     Passerina ciris   
     
     
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SOME VIEWS OF THE DESERT IN SONORA
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
DURING FONT TOURS


In the middle one of these three photos,
is the canyon where during our tour,
by the hot springs, we've seen Rufous-capped Warblers
during two of our tours,
and where, a few years ago,
there was a pair of Military Macaws,
the closest occurrence of that species to the US border.
More commonly, the beautiful song
of the Canyon Wren echoes through the canyon.
(photos courtesy of Manuel Valenzuela)