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GUATEMALA Species List February 17 – March 2, 2018 Sunrise Birding LLC www.sunrisebirding.com GUATEMALA Species List February 17 – March 2, 2018 Local Guides Maynor Ovando & Aaron de Leon Lux Sunrise Birding Leader: Diego Calderon BIRD SPECIES Scientific Name 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 Codes: h=heard; s=seen Great Tinamou Tinamus major h s h Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus h h Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis s Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata s Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors s s Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis s Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis s Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula s s White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra s s Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens s h s Highland Guan Penelopina nigra h h s h h h s Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus s Yucatan (Black-throated) Colinus nigrogularis s Bobwhite Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus h h h Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus h h h Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata s s Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus s Wood Stork Mycteria americana s Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum s s Agami Heron Agamia agami s Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius s s Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus s Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis s Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea s s Green Heron Butorides virescens s s s s Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s s s s s s s Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias s s s s Great Egret Ardea alba s s s s s s Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor s Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea s s s s Snowy Egret Egretta thula s s Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus s Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura s s s s s s s s s Black Vulture Coragyps atratus s s s s s s s s s s s s Sunrise Birding LLC – Guatemala Tour, February/March 2018 – SPECIES LIST 1 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa s s Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus s White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus s Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis s Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus s Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus s Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus s s Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea s Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis s Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis s Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris s s s White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis s Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus s h Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus s Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus s Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni s Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis s s Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber s Rufous-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris s s Sora Porzana carolina s Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica s Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata s s American Coot Fulica americana s s Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa s s s s Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius s Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla s s Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus s Rock Dove Columba livia s s s s s s s Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa s s Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata s s s s s Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis s Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris s s s Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris s Inca Dove Columbina inca s Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina s s Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti s White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi s s s s s s s s s Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps s White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica s s Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris s s s s s Dromococcyx Pheasant Cuckoo phasianellus s Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox s Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana s s s s s Sunrise Birding LLC – Guatemala Tour, February/March 2018 – SPECIES LIST 2 Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens h s Mottled Owl Strix virgata s s Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata s Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum s h s Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis s s Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis s Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis s s s s Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus h Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae s White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris s s s s s s Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi s White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis s Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris s s Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis s Scaly-breasted Phaeochroa cuvierii s Hummingbird Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus pampa s s Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus s s s Campylopterus Violet Sabrewing hemileucurus s s Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae s Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus s h s s Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii s s Emerald-chinned Abeillia abeillei s s Hummingbird Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii s Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila s s Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl s s White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida s s Azure-crowned Amazilia cyanocephala s s s Hummingbird Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina s s s Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura s s Amethyst-throated Lampornis amethystinus s Mountaingem Green-throated Lampornis viridipallens s s s Mountaingem White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis s s s s s Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens s s s Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti s s Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris s s Sparkling-tailed Woodstar Tilmatura dupontii s s Slender Sheartail Doricha enicura s s Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris s s s s Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti s Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus s Sunrise Birding LLC – Guatemala Tour, February/March 2018 – SPECIES LIST 3 Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno s s Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena s s Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus s s s Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus s s s s s Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus s s h Collared Trogon Trogon collaris s h s American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea s s Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata s s s Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon s s s Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula s Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis s s h h s s Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii s s s Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa s White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis s Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus s h h s s Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus s s Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus s s Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus s s Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus s s Velasquez's Woodpecker Melanerpes santacruzi h s s s s h s s Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius s s Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris s Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus s s Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus h s h s s Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus s s Guatemalan (Northern) Flicker Colaptes auratus s s s s s Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus s Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus h s s Campephilus Pale-billed Woodpecker guatemalensis s s Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway s s Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans s s Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus s American Kestrel Falco sparverius s s s Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis s s Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola s Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis s s Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis s White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis s White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons s s Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis s s s Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata s Northern Mealy Amazon Amazona guatemalae s Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana s s Sunrise Birding LLC – Guatemala Tour, February/March 2018 – SPECIES LIST 4 Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis s s Scarlet Macaw Ara macao s Pacific Parakeet Psittacara strenuus s s s Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax s Anabacerthia Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner variegaticeps s Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus h h Plain Xenops Xenops minutus s Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina s Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa s Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus s Dendrocolaptes Northern Barred Woodcreeper sanctithomae s Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster s s Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis s Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus h s s s Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina s Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger s s s Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster s Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii s s Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe s Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus s s s s Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare s Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum s s s Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris s Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens s s Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus s s s Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans s Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus s Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax s s Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus s s Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris s Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus s Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii s s s s s Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus obscurus s Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis s s s s s s s Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus s s s s s s s Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua s s s h s s Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus s s s s s s s s Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii s Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis s s s Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana s Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis s s Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer h h Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus s s s Sunrise Birding LLC – Guatemala Tour, February/March 2018 – SPECIES LIST 5 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus s Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis s White-collared Manakin
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