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CHECK–LIST OF THE BIRDS OF MEXICO NINTH EDITION COMPILED BY MICHAEL CARMODY AND HAL OPPERMAN LEGACY TOURS SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 2019 Check-list of the Birds of Mexico TINAMOUS (Tinamidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major 2 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 3 Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus Thicket Tinamou C.c. cinnamomeus Group WEST MEXICAN TINAMOU BLI C.c. occidentalis 4 Slaty-Breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS (Anatidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 Black-Bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 6 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 7 Brant Goose Branta bernicla 8 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 9 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 10 Ross’s Goose Anser rossii 11 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 12 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 15 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 16 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 18 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 24 Mexican Duck Anas diazi 25 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 CanvasBack Aythya valisineria 28 Redhead Aythya americana 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 32 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 35 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 38 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 40 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 41 Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Carmody and Opperman 2019 – Page 1 Check-list of the Birds of Mexico CHACHALACAS, CURASSOWS, AND GUANS (Cracidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 44 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 45 RUFOUS-BELLIED CHACHALACA Ortalis wagleri 46 WEST MEXICAN CHACHALACA Ortalis poliocephala 47 White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra 48 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 49 Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 50 Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus 51 Great Curassow Crax rubra NEW WORLD QUAILS (Odontophoridae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 52 BEARDED WOOD PARTRIDGE Dendrortyx barbatus 53 LONG-TAILED WOOD PARTRIDGE Dendrortyx macroura 54 Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys 55 Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus 56 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata 57 ELEGANT QUAIL Callipepla douglasii 58 California Quail Callipepla californica 59 GamBel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii 60 BANDED QUAIL Philortyx fasciatus 61 Northern BoBwhite Colinus virginianus Northern BoBwhite C.v. virginianus Group MASKED BOBWHITE C.v. ridgwayi GRAYSON’S BOBWHITE C.v. graysoni Group Rufous-bellied Bobwhite C.v. pectoralis Group Black-headed Bobwhite C.v. coyoleos Group 62 Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis 63 Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus 64 Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus 65 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae Montezuma Quail C.m. montezumae Group SALLE'S QUAIL BLI C.m. sallei Group 66 Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus PHEASANTS AND ALLIES (Phasianidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 67 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 68 Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata 69 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus LOONS (Gaviidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 70 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 71 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 72 Common Loon Gavia immer ALBATROSSES (Diomedeidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 73 Laysan AlBatross Phoebastria immutabilis 74 Black-footed AlBatross Phoebastria nigripes NORTHERN STORM PETRELS (Hydrobatidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 75 Least Storm Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma 76 Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma tethys 77 Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach’s Storm Petrel O.l. leucorhoa Chapman's Storm Petrel O.l. chapmani 78 Townsend's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma socorroensis 79 AINLEY'S STORM PETREL Oceanodroma cheimomnestes 80 Black Storm Petrel Oceanodroma melania 81 Ashy Storm Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa Carmody and Opperman 2019 – Page 2 Check-list of the Birds of Mexico PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS (Procellariidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 82 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 83 Juan FernandeZ Petrel Pterodroma externa 84 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii 85 Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata 86 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 87 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica 88 Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri 89 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 90 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris 91 Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus 92 Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis 93 Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas 94 TOWNSEND'S SHEARWATER Puffinus auricularis 95 AuduBon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri 96 Galapagos Shearwater Puffinus subalaris GREBES (Podicipedidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 97 Least GreBe Tachybaptus dominicus 98 Pied-Billed GreBe Podilymbus podiceps 99 Horned GreBe Podiceps auritus 100 Black-necked GreBe Podiceps nigricollis 101 Western GreBe Aechmophorus occidentalis 102 Clark's GreBe Aechmophorus clarkii FLAMINGOS (Phoenicopteridae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 103 American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber TROPICBIRDS (Phaethontidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 104 Red-Billed TropicBird Phaethon aethereus 105 Red-tailed TropicBird Phaethon rubricauda 106 White-tailed TropicBird Phaethon lepturus STORKS (Ciconiidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 107 Wood Stork Mycteria americana 108 JaBiru Jabiru mycteria IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (Threskiornithidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 109 American White IBis Eudocimus albus 110 Glossy IBis Plegadis falcinellus 111 White-faced IBis Plegadis chihi 112 Roseate SpoonBill Platalea ajaja HERONS 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    ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 22: 247–256, 2011 © The Neotropical Ornithological Society FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF PLAIN-MANTLED TIT-SPINETAIL (LEPTASTHENURA AEGITHALOIDES) IN SEMIARID MATORRAL, NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE Andrew Engilis Jr. & Douglas A. Kelt Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology - University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Resumen. – Comportamiento de forrajeo del tijeral (Leptasthenura aegithaloides) en matorral semiárido, centro-norte de Chile. – Hemos estudiado el comportamiento de forrajeo del tijeral (Leptas- thenura aegithaloides) en el matorral del centro-norte de Chile. Se trata de una especie de la familia Fur- nariidae que es insectívora recolectora desde perchas. Frecuenta los arbustos más dominantes y busca presas y alimentos principalmente en el follaje, grupos de flores, pequeñas ramas y masas de líquenes. Los arbustos preferidos incluyen a Porlieria y Baccharis. Se alimentan desde alturas cercanas al suelo hasta arbustos superiores a dos metros de altura. Se los encuentra más frecuentemente en parejas o en grupos pequeños, posiblemente familias, de tres a cinco aves. Las densidades promedio en el matorral (1,49 - 1,69 aves por hectárea) son mayores que las reportadas para otros lugares. Los tijerales en el matorral forman grupos de especies mixtas con facilidad, especialmente en el invierno Austral. Su estrategia de forrajeo y su comportamiento son similares a las del Mito sastrecillo de América del Norte (Psaltriparus minimus) y del Mito común (Aegithalos caudatus), ambos de la familia Aegithalidae, sugir- iendo estrategias ecológicas convergentes en ambientes estructuralmente similares. Abstract. – We studied foraging behavior of Plain-mantled Tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura aegithaloides) in matorral (scrubland) habitat of north-central Chile.
  • Current Research 2012–2013 This Year’S Cover Features a Photograph of a Bullock’S Oriole Taken by Dr

    Current Research 2012–2013 This Year’S Cover Features a Photograph of a Bullock’S Oriole Taken by Dr

    © Timothy Fulbright Current Research 2012–2013 This year’s cover features a photograph of a Bullock’s oriole taken by Dr. Timothy Fulbright. This oriole is one of over 350 species of birds that can be found in South Texas landscapes. Editor Alan M. Fedynich, Ph.D. Reports in this issue of Current Research often represent preliminary analyses, and interpretations may be modified once additional data are collected and examined. Therefore, these reports should not be cited in published or non-published works without the approval of the appropriate investigator. Use of trade names does not infer endorsement of product by TAMUK. December 2013 Report of Current Research September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, Texas Dr. Steven H. Tallant Dr. Rex Gandy President Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. G. Allen Rasmussen Dr. Fred C. Bryant Dean, Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg Leroy G. Denman, Jr. Endowed College of Agriculture, Natural Resources Director of Wildlife Research and Human Sciences CKWRI Advisory Board Gus T. Canales David Winfield Killam Barry Coates Roberts T. Dan Friedkin Chris C. Kleberg Stuart W. Stedman Henry R. Hamman* Tio Kleberg Buddy Temple George C. “Tim” Hixon C. Berdon Lawrence Ben F. Vaughan, III Karen Hunke Kenneth E. Leonard Bryan Wagner A. C. “Dick” Jones, IV James A. McAllen Charles A. Williams *Chairman A Member of the Texas A&M University System 1 FOREWORD Wildlife enthusiasts who care We witnessed it again when we decided to place a quail about South Texas are hard to scientist in San Antonio.