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2020 Southern Mexico Species List BIRD CHECKLIST Guides: Eagle-Eye Tours 2020 Southern Mexico Hector Gomez de Silva Steve Ogle Southern Mexico Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard TINAMOUS 1 Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi h 2 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui h DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor s 4 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis s 5 Blue-winged Teal Anas (Spatula) discors s 6 Northern Pintail Anas acuta s 7 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca s 8 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris s 9 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis s GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS 10 Highland Guan Penelopina nigra h 11 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula h 12 West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala s 13 White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra s NEW WORLD QUAIL 14 Long-tailed Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx macroura s GREBES 15 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus s STORKS 16 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria s 17 Wood Stork Mycteria americana s FRIGATEBIRDS 18 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens s CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 19 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus s ANHINGAS 20 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga s PELICANS 21 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos s 22 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis s HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 23 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus s 24 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum s 25 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias s 26 Great Egret Ardea alba s 27 Snowy Egret Egretta thula s 28 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea s 29 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor s 30 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens s 31 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s 32 Green Heron Butorides virescens s 33 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax s Page 1 of 16 BIRD CHECKLIST Guides: Eagle-Eye Tours 2020 Southern Mexico Hector Gomez de Silva Steve Ogle Southern Mexico Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard 34 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius s IBISES AND SPOONBILLS 35 White Ibis Eudocimus albus s 36 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi s 37 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja s NEW WORLD VULTURES 38 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus s 39 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura s 40 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus s OSPREY 41 Osprey Pandion haliaetus s HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 42 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus s 43 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis s 44 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis s 45 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis s 46 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus s 47 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus s 48 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus s 49 Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus s 50 Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga s 51 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris s 52 White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus s 53 Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus s 54 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus s 55 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus s 56 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis s RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 57 Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris s 58 American Coot Fulica americana s FINFOOTS 59 Sungrebe Heliornis fulica s LIMPKIN 60 Limpkin Aramus guarauna s THICK-KNEES 61 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus s STILTS AND AVOCETS 62 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus s PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 63 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis s 64 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus s Page 2 of 16 BIRD CHECKLIST Guides: Eagle-Eye Tours 2020 Southern Mexico Hector Gomez de Silva Steve Ogle Southern Mexico Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard JACANAS 65 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa s OYSTERCATCHERS 66 American Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus s SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 67 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius s 68 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca s 69 Willet Tringa semipalmata s 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes s 71 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria s 72 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus s 73 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa s 74 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla s 75 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus s GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS 76 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla s 77 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica s 78 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia s 79 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus s 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis s 81 Black Skimmer Rhynchops niger s PIGEONS AND DOVES 82 Rock Pigeon Columba livia s 83 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis s 84 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris s 85 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata s 86 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto s 87 Inca Dove Columbina inca s 88 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina s 89 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta s 90 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti s 91 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi h 92 White-faced Quail-Dove Zentrygon albifacies h 93 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica s 94 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura s CUCKOOS 95 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana s 96 Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus s 97 Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox s 98 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris s OWLS 99 Northern (Mountain) Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma s 100 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum s Page 3 of 16 BIRD CHECKLIST Guides: Eagle-Eye Tours 2020 Southern Mexico Hector Gomez de Silva Steve Ogle Southern Mexico Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard POTOOS 101 Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis s NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES 102 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis s SWIFTS 103 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris s 104 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi s HUMMINGBIRDS 105 Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris s 106 Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis s 107 Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus s 108 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii LO 109 Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens s 110 Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis amethystinus s 111 Blue-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis clemenciae s 112 Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami s 113 Beautiful Hummingbird Calothorax pulcher s 114 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris s 115 Bumblebee Hummingbird Atthis heloisa s 116 Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii s 117 Dusky Hummingbird Cynanthus sordidus s 118 Broad-billed (Doubleday's) HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris s 119 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis LO 120 Long-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus excellens s 121 Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus s 122 Blue-capped Hummingbird Eupherusa cyanophrys s 123 White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida s 124 Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina s 125 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl s 126 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis s 127 Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila LO 128 Green-fronted Hummingbird Amazilia viridifrons s 129 White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis s TROGONS 130 Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus s 131 Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus s 132 Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus s 133 Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus s 134 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris s KINGFISHERS 135 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata s 136 Belted 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