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Rain Forests & Reefs List -- February 7 - 21, 2014 Produced by Greg Homel

BIRDS Date of sighting in February 2014 - Key for Locations on Page 9 Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Great Tinamou Tinamus major X Least Tachybaptus dominicus X Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri X X Galapagos Shearwater Puffinus subalaris X Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis X X X X X X X Masked Booby Sula dactylatra X Red-footed Booby Sula sula X X Brown Booby Sula leucogaster X X X X X X Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus X X X Anhinga anhinga X Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens X X X X X X X X X X Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias X X X X X Great Egret Ardea alba X X X X X X Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor X X X X X Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea X X X X X X Snowy Egret Egretta thula X X X X X X X Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X X Green Heron Butorides virescens X X X X X Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax X Yellow-crowned Night-heron Nyctanassa violacea X X X X Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearia X Bare-throated Tiger-heron Tigrisoma mexicanum X X X Wood Stork Mycteria americana X X White Ibis Eudocimus albus X X Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata X Blue-winged Teal Anas discors X Black Vulture Coragyps atratus X X X X X X X X X Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura X X X X X X X X X X Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus X King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa X X Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Osprey Pandion haliaetus X X X X Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis X X Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea X Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens X White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis X X Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus X X X X X X X Mangrove Black-hawk Buteogallus subtilis X Great Black-hawk Buteogallus urubitinga X Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis X Gray Hawk Asturina nitida X Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris X X X X X X Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus X X X X X X X X Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus X Black Hawk-eagle Spizaetus tyrannus X Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima X X X X X X Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans X American Kestrel Falco sparverius X Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis X Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula X Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps X Aramus guarauna X White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis X Gray-necked Wood- Aramides cajanea X American Fulica americana X X Sungrebe Heliornis fulica X X Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa X X Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana X Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus X Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis X Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X X Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia X X X X X X Catoptrophorus semipalma- Willet X tus Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla X Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus Panama // R/A X Laughing Gull Larus atricilla X X X X X Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis X X Royal Tern Sterna maxima X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X Rock Pigeon Columba livia Introduced Species White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala X X Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa X Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis X X X X X Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris X X X Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea X White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica X X X Ruddy Ground-dove Columbina talpacoti X X X Inca Dove Columbina inca X Blue Ground-dove Claravis pretiosa X White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi X X X X Endemic - Panama Brown-backed Dove Leptotila battyi X X // VU Scarlet Macaw Ara macao X X Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi X X Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana X Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis X X X X X Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis X X Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus X X X White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis X X White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons X Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis X X X X Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa X X X Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor X Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana X X Greater Ani Crotophaga major X Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris X X Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia X Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata X Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis X X Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris X Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi X X Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura X Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis X X Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris X X X Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii X X Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis X Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii X Sapphire-throated Lepidopyga coeruleogularis X Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae X Blue-headed Sapphire Hylocharis grayi X Rufous-tailed Hummingbird tzacatl X X X X X X Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila X White-bellied Emerald Agyrtria candida X X Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus X X Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena X Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon X X X Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus X X X X X X Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona X X Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana X X X Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda X Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus X Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus X X Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus X X X Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii X Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus X Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani X X Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus X X X X X Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius X Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus X X X Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos X Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura X Endemic - Coiba Coiba Spinetail Cranioleuca dissita X X Island // N-T Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus X Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans X Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster X Great Antshrike Taraba major X Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus X X X Western Slaty-antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha X Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul X Costa Rica & Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae X Panama // ED Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus X Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata X X X Northern Beardless-tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe Belize & Provdencia Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica X // R/A Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster X X X X Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus X Common Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum X X X X Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens X X X Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus X Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus X Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus X X X Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra X Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer X X Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis X X X Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus X X X X X X X X X Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua X X X Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis X Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis X X X X Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis X X Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus X X Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius X X X Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus X X X X X X X X Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus X X Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana X Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata X X X X Purple Martin Progne subis X Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea X X X X Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea X X X X Northern Rough-winged Swal- Stelgidopteryx serripennis X low Southern Rough-winged Swal- Stelgidopteryx ruficollis X X X low Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X Black-bellied Wren Thryothorus fasciatoventris X Riverside Wren Thryothorus semibadius X Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus X X House Wren Troglodytes aedon X X X White-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucosticta X Introduced species Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus X X in Panama Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi X X X White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis X X Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis X X Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio X White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus X Providencia Vireo Vireo approximans X X Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons X Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis X X X Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus R/A X X Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister X Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes X X Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus X Green Shrike-vireo Vireolanius pulchellus X Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Northern Parula Parula americana X Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia X X Mangrove Warbler Dendroica erithachorides X X Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica X Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia X Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina X Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata X Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens X Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica X Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor X Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum X Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia X American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla X Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea X X X Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus X Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis X X X X X Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina X Bananaquit Coereba flaveola X X X X X White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus X Red-crowned Ant-tanager Habia rubica X Summer Tanager Piranga rubra X X X X Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus X X X Passerini's Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii X Endemic - Costa Cherrie's Tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis X Rica // ED Flame-rumped "Lemon-rumped" Ramphocelus flammigerus X X Tanager Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus X X X X X Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum X X X X X X Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea X X Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans X Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi X Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata X X X Emerald Tanager Tangara florida X Common Name Scientific Name Notes on Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata X Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata X Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana X Viridian Dacnis Dacnis viguieri Panama // N-T ? Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza X X Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus X X Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina X X Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina X X X White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola X X Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea X Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor X Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris X Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus X X X X Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus X X X Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps X Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus X Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris X Melodious Blackbird Dives dives X X Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus X X X X X X X X X X X X Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis X Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus X Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus X Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas X Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus X Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula X Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius X X Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas X Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus X Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela X Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri X Montezuma Oropendola Gymnostinops montezuma X X Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria X KEY

1 - February 8 ~ Belize City, Belize / Lamanai Ruins 2 - February 9 ~ Half Moon Caye / Lighthouse Reef 3 - February 10 ~ Roatan, Honduras 4 - February 11 ~ At Sea 5 - February 12 ~ Isla de Providencia, Colombia 6 - February 13 ~ Puerto Limon, Costa Rica / Tortuguero Canals 7 - February 14 ~ Portobelo, Panama / Colon 8 - February 15 ~ San Blas Archipelago 9 - February 16 ~ Panama Canal 10 - February 17 ~ Mogue River, Darien Province 11 - February 18 ~ Isla Coiba 12 - February 19 ~ Isla Coiba 13 - February 20 ~ Rio Claro, Costa Rica 14 - February 21 ~ Puerto Caldera

Ornithological Lecturer: Greg R. Homel With input from all passengers and onboard naturalists Dennis Wille and Conrad Weston