Shell Beach Bird Checklist

Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia spp. Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardi Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Forktailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Forktailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata American Kestrel Falco sparverius Giant Cowbird Scaphidura oryzivora Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Glittering-throat Emerald Amazilia fimbriata Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Gray fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis Gray Hawk Asturina nitida Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor Graybreasted Martin Progne chalybea Black Caracara Daptrius ater Graybrested Sabrewing Campylopterus Black Skimmer Rynchops niger largipennis Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens- Blackbellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster Gray-necked Woodrail Aramides cajanea Blackbellied Whistling-duck Dendrocyna Great Egret Ardea alba autumnalis Great Horned-owl Bubo virginianus Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Great Tinamou Tinamus major Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus Greater Ani Crotophaga major canadensis Greater Kisskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Blackcrowned Night-heron Nycticorax Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca nycticorax Green & Rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda Blackface Ant-thrush Formicarius analis Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Blacknecked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis Blackthroated Antbird Myrmceciza atrothorax Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Blackthroated Antshrike Frederickena viridis Green Oropendula Psarocolius viridis Blue & Gold Macaw Ara ararauna Grosbeak Pitylus spp Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Helmeted pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus galeatus Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus - King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Least Tern Sterna antillarum Buff throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes guttatus Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Little Chacalaca Ortalis motmot Cayanne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus Longtailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Oryzoborus Longtailed Woodcreeper Dendrocyna longicauda angolensis Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Common Paraque Nyctidromus albicollis Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana Common Piping-guan Pipile pipile Marbled Woodquail Odontophorus gujanensis Common Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya Mouse-coloured Antshrike Thamnophilus Creamcolored Woodpecker Celeus flavus murinus Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis Muscovy Duck Cairina moshata Crested Oropendula Psarocolius decumanus Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica Crimson-hooded Manakin Pipra aureola Osprey Pandion haliaetus Dusky Antshrike Cercomacra tyrannina Pale breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus

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Shell Beach Bird Checklist (Cont.)

Spotted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum maculatum Piculet Picumus spp Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica Striated Heron Butorides striatus Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia Purplethroated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata Sun Grebe Heliornis fulica Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea Sunbittern Eurypga helias Red & Green Macaw Ara chloropterus Swallow-wing Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa Red-bellied Macaw Ara manilata Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Redbreasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Red-shouldered Macaw Ara nobilis Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea Ring kingfisher Ceryle torquata Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana River Warbler Phaeothlypis flaveola Wedge billed wood creeper Glyphorynchus Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris spirurus Ruddy Ground-dove Columbina talpacoti White bearded Manakin Manacus manacus Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea White- headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum leucocephala Rufous Crab-hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis White-lined tananger Tachyphonus rufus Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta White-necked Heron Ardei cocoi Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes White-tail Hawk Elanus leucurus cayanensis Whitetailed Trogon Trogon viridis Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yellow bellied Elania Elaenia flavogaster Silverbeak Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Yellow billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris Slaty Antwren Cercomacra spp Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Yellow Warbler Dendroica aestiva Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Southern beardless Tyrantlet Camptostoma Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus obsoletum Yellowhooded Blackbird Agelaius icterocephalus Southern Housewren Troglodytes aedon Yellow-rump Cacique Cacicus cela Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Yellow-throated Spinetail Certhiaxis Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata cinnamomea Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu Yellow-tufted wood pecker Melanerpes Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia cruentatus

Written by Michelle Kalamandeen, M.Sc.

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