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Honduras Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of Tours (Out of 3 Honduras Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 3) in which this species has been recorded Column B: Number of days this species was encountered on the 2016 tour Column C: The maximum daily count for this species on the 2016 tour Column D: H = Heard but not seen; N = Nesting observed A B C D 3 Great Tinamou 2 1 H Tinamus major 3 Little Tinamou 6 2 H Crypturellus soui 1 Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 40 Dendrocygna autumnalis 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 1 5 Dendrocygna bicolor 1 Muscovy Duck 2 6 Cairina moschata 1 American Wigeon Anas americana 3 Blue-winged Teal 2 8 Anas discors 1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 1 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 3 Plain Chachalaca 2 3 H Ortalis vetula 2 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 2 Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge 1 1 H Dendrortyx leucophrys 1 Crested Bobwhite (Spot-bellied) Colinus cristatus leucopogon 1 Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus 3 Singing Quail 1 8 Dactylortyx thoracicus 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 Podilymbus podiceps 3 Neotropic Cormorant 2 4 Phalacrocorax brasilianus 1 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 1 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 3 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 3 2 Tigrisoma mexicanum 1 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 3 Great Egret 5 10 Ardea alba 3 Snowy Egret 2 2 Egretta thula 3 Little Blue Heron 2 2 Egretta caerulea 1 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 3 Cattle Egret 6 75 Bubulcus ibis 3 Green Heron 1 3 Butorides virescens 3 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nyctanassa violacea 2 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Honduras Cumulative Bird List… 2 2 White Ibis 1 8 Eudocimus albus 1 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 2 Wood Stork Mycteria americana 3 Black Vulture 10 110 Coragyps atratus 3 Turkey Vulture 8 45 Cathartes aura 3 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 2 5 Cathartes burrovianus 2 King Vulture 1 2 Sarcoramphus papa 2 Osprey 3 1 Pandion haliaetus 2 Hook-billed Kite 1 1 Chondrohierax uncinatus 3 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 3 Elanoides forficatus 2 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 3 Snail Kite 2 4 Rostrhamus sociabilis 1 Mississippi Kite 2 30 Ictinia mississippiensis 1 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperi 2 Common Black Hawk 3 3 Buteogallus anthracinus 1 Great Black Hawk 2 2 Buteogallus urubitinga 2 White Hawk 1 2 Pseudastur albicollis 3 Roadside Hawk 3 4 Buteo magnirostris 3 Broad-winged Hawk 2 1 Buteo platypterus 3 Gray Hawk 4 2 N Buteo plagiatus 3 Short-tailed Hawk 3 2 Buteo brachyurus 3 Zone-tailed Hawk 3 1 Buteo albonotatus 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo jamaicensis 1 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus 2 Ruddy Crake 4 2 Laterallus ruber 2 Gray-breasted Crake 2 2 H Laterallus exilis 1 Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor 3 Purple Gallinule 2 10 Porphyrio martinicus 3 Common Gallinule 2 15 Gallinula galeata 3 American Coot 2 100 Fulica americana 2 Limpkin 1 2 Aramus guarauna 1 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus 1 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 3 Northern Jacana 3 10 Jacana spinosa 3 Spotted Sandpiper 3 1 Actitis macularius 2 Solitary Sandpiper 2 1 Tringa solitaria 1 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 1 Sanderling 1 7 Calidris alba 1 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Honduras Cumulative Bird List… 3 1 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 3 Rock Pigeon 4 10 Columba livia 3 Pale-vented Pigeon 3 3 Patagioenas cayennensis 3 Red-billed Pigeon 6 20 Patagioenas flavirostris 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 2 Patagioenas fasciata 3 Short-billed Pigeon 3 1 Patagioenas nigrirostris 3 White-winged Dove 7 20 Zenaida asiatica 1 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 Inca Dove 5 10 Columbina inca 2 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina 3 Ruddy Ground-Dove 5 7 Columbina talpacoti 3 White-tipped Dove 4 3 Leptotila verreauxi 2 Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps 3 Gray-chested Dove 4 3 Leptotila cassini 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 4 Coccyzus americanus 1 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 1 Coccyzus erythropthalmus 1 Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo 1 1 Coccyzus americanus/erythropthalmus 2 Squirrel Cuckoo 4 2 Piaya cayana 1 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia 1 Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus 3 Lesser Roadrunner 1 1 Geococcyx velox 2 Groove-billed Ani 6 10 Crotophaga sulcirostris 2 Vermiculated Screech-Owl 3 1 Megascops guatemalae 2 Spectacled Owl 1 1 Pulsatrix perspicillata 3 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 6 3 Glaucidium brasilianum 3 Mottled Owl 3 1 Ciccaba virgata 2 Fulvous Owl 1 1 Strix fulvescens 3 Lesser Nighthawk 1 1 Chordeiles acutipennis 3 Great Potoo 1 1 Nyctibius grandis 3 White-chinned Swift 1 2 Cypseloides cryptus 2 Chestnut-collared Swift 2 20 Streptoprocne rutila 3 White-collared Swift 6 300 Streptoprocne zonaris 3 Chimney Swift 5 200 Chaetura pelagica 2 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 1 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 1 1 Panyptila cayennensis 1 Great Swallow-tailed Swift 2 1 Panyptila sanctihieronymi 3 White-necked Jacobin 6 150 Florisuga mellivora 3 Band-tailed Barbthroat 1 1 Threnetes ruckeri 3 Long-billed Hermit 5 15 Phaethornis longirostris 3 Stripe-throated Hermit 6 6 Phaethornis striigularis 1 Brown Violetear 1 1 Colibri delphinae ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Honduras Cumulative Bird List… 4 1 Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti 3 Green-breasted Mango 2 8 Anthracothorax prevostii 1 Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae 2 Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens 1 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 3 Green-breasted Mountain-gem 1 5 Lampornis sybillae 1 Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird 1 2 Tilmatura dupontii 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 2 Archilochus colubris 3 Wine-throated Hummingbird 1 1 Atthis ellioti 3 Salvin's Emerald 1 3 Chlorostilbon salvini 3 Violet-headed Hummingbird 2 3 Klais guimeti 3 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 1 13 Phaeochroa cuvierii 3 Violet Sabrewing 5 5 Campylopterus hemileucurus 3 Violet-crowned Woodnymph 3 50 Thalurania colombica 3 White-bellied Emerald 5 30 Amazilia candida 3 Honduran Emerald 1 6 Amazilia luciae 3 Azure-crowned Hummingbird 3 1 Amazilia cyanocephala 3 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 8 20 Amazilia tzacatl 3 Cinnamon Hummingbird 1 1 Amazilia rutila 3 White-eared Hummingbird 3 3 Hylocharis leucotis 2 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena 3 Black-headed Trogon 3 4 Trogon melanocephalus 3 Gartered Trogon 4 2 Trogon caligatus 1 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus 3 Mountain Trogon 2 3 Trogon mexicanus 3 Collared Trogon 2 1 Trogon collaris 3 Resplendent Quetzal 1 6 Pharomachrus mocinno 1 Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula 3 Blue-crowned Motmot 7 6 Momotus momota 3 Keel-billed Motmot 3 3 Electron carinatum 3 Turquoise-browed Motmot 5 3 Eumomota superciliosa 3 Ringed Kingfisher 1 2 Megaceryle torquata 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 2 Megaceryle alcyon 3 Amazon Kingfisher 1 2 Chloroceryle amazona 3 Green Kingfisher 2 1 Chloroceryle americana 3 American Pygmy Kingfisher 1 1 Chloroceryle aenea 1 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda 3 Emerald Toucanet 1 3 H Aulacorhynchus prasinus 3 Collared Aracari 4 8 Pteroglossus torquatus 3 Keel-billed Toucan 6 20 Ramphastos sulfuratus 2 Olivaceous Piculet 1 2 Picumnus olivaceus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Honduras Cumulative Bird List… 5 3 Acorn Woodpecker 1 10 Melanerpes formicivorus 2 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani 3 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 9 7 Melanerpes aurifrons 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 1 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 2 Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus 3 Golden-olive Woodpecker 2 3 Colaptes rubiginosus 3 Northern Flicker (Guatemalan) 2 2 Colaptes auratus mexicanoides 2 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker 1 2 Celeus castaneus 3 Lineated Woodpecker 3 2 Dryocopus lineatus 2 Pale-billed Woodpecker 2 2 N Campephilus guatemalensis 2 Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis 2 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 3 Crested Caracara 4 3 Caracara cheriway 2 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 3 American Kestrel 1 8 Falco sparverius 1 Merlin Falco columbarius 3 Bat Falcon 1 2 Falco rufigularis 1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 3 Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) 7 10 Aratinga nana astec 2 Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis 3 White-crowned Parrot 4 15 Pionus senilis 3 White-fronted Parrot 2 6 Amazona albifrons 2 Red-lored Parrot 2 2 Amazona autumnalis 2 Great Antshrike 1 2 Taraba major 3 Barred Antshrike 2 2 Thamnophilus doliatus 3 Western Slaty-Antshrike 1 4 Thamnophilus atrinucha 2 Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina 1 Scaled Antpitta 1 1 Grallaria guatimalensis 1 Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis 2 Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus 1 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus 2 Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina 3 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 1 1
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