BIRD SPECIES
SEEN IN VICINITY OF TRONCONES, GUERRERO, MEXICO
12/23/01-1/02/02 by Frances Wood and William Graves (wcgraves @ whidbey.com)
A list of over
100 species of birds observed in the Troncones area
Brown Booby - Sula
leucogaster
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax
Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens brasilianus
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron - Butorides virescens
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Gray Hawk - Asturina plagiata
Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris
Crested Caracara - Caracara plancus
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
West Mexican Chachalaca - Ortalis poliocephala
Northern Jacana - Jacana spinosa
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
Spotted Sandpiper - Tringa macularia
Willet - Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla
Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia
Royal Tern - Sterna maxima
Rock Dove - Columba livia
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove - Columbina inca
Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti
Orange-fronted Parakeet - Aratinga canicularis
White-fronted Parrot - Amazona albifrons
Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris
Broad-billed Hummingbird (aka Doubleday's Hummingbird) - Cynanthus latirostris
Cinnamon Hummingbird - Amazilia rutila
Plain-capped Starthroat - Heliomaster constantii
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
Citreoline Trogon - Trogon citreolus
Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon
Ringed Kingfisher - Ceryle torquata
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker - Melanerpes chrysogenys
Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Picoides scalaris
Pale-billed Woodpecker - Campephilus guatemalensis
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet - Camptostoma imberbe
White-throated Flycatcher - Empidonax albigularis
Pacific-slope Flycatcher* - Empidonax difficilis
Cordilleran Flycatcher* - Empidonax occidentalis
Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher* - Myiarchus cinerascens
Nutting's Flycatcher - Myiarchus nuttingi
Brown-crested Flycatcher* - Myiarchus tyrannulus
Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
Gray-collared Becard - Pachyramphus major
Rose-throated Becard - Pachyramphus aglaiae
San Blas Jay - Cyanocorax sanblasianus
White-throated Magpie-Jay - Calocitta formosa
Golden Vireo - Vireo hypochryseus
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush - Catharus aurantiirostris
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
Rufous-backed Robin - Turdus rufopalliatus
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
Rufous-naped Wren - Campylorhynchus rufinucha
Happy Wren - Thryothorus felix
White-bellied Wren - Uropsila leucogastra
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
White-lored Gnatcatcher - Polioptila albiloris
Orange-crowned Warbler - Vermivora celata
Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla
Tropical Parula - Parula pitiayumi
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapillus
Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla
Fan-tailed Warbler - Euthlypis lachrymosa
Red-breasted Chat - Granatellus venustus
Stripe-headed Sparrow - Aimophila ruficauda
Olive Sparrow - Arremonops rufivirgatus
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager - Habia rubica
White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater - Sporophila minuta
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
Blue Bunting - Cyanocompsa parellina
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
Orange-bellied Bunting (aka Orange-
Breasted Bunting) - Passerina leclancherii
Yellow-winged Cacique - Cacicus melanicterus
Streak-backed Oriole - Icterus pustulatus
Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus
Bullock's Oriole - Icterus bullockii
Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
Black-vented Oriole - Icterus wagleri
Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird - Molothrus aeneus
Species seen
- 103
*We were unable
to confidently distinguish between Pacific Slope v. Cordilleran Flycatchers
Or between Ash-throated v. Brown-crested Flycatchers Return to Birds of Mexico |