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Checklist to the Birds of Reserve Monte Mojino Checklist to the Birds of Reserve Monte Mojino Reserva Monte Mojino is a 14,000 acre private conservation reserve dedicated to protecting a large area of tropical dry forest and pine-oak forest in the Río Cuchujaqui watershed in southern Sonora, Mexico. It is a binational project of Natural and Culture International and Naturaleza y Cultura Sierra Madre A.C. La Reserva Monte Mojino es un área privada de conservación de 5,500 hectáreas dedicada a la protección de una extensa área de bosque tropical caducifolio y bosque de pino-encino en la cuenca del Rio Cuchujaqui al sur de Sonora, México. Es un proyecto binacional de Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional y la ONG mexicana Naturaleza y Cultura Sierra Madre A.C. This is the 1st edition of the Reserva Monte Mojino Bird Checklist. The taxonomy used for this list is based on the American Ornithologists’ Union Checklist of North and Mesoamerican Birds http://checklist.aou.org/. Esta es la 1ra edición de la lista de aves de la Reserva Monte Mojino. La taxonomía usada para esta lista está basada en la lista de aves de la Unión Americana de Ornitólogos de Aves del Norte América y Mesoamérica http://checklist.aou.org/. We list English, Spanish, and scientific names. Note that in Mexico common names are not standardized and there are many regional differences. We have used Spanish names from Howell and Webb (A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America) and Kaufman (Guía de campo a las aves de Norteamérica). In a few cases, we include local names familiar to people in the area of Reserva Monte Mojino. Enlistamos los nombres en inglés, español y científicos. Nótese que en México los nombres comunes no están estandarizados y hay muchas diferencias regionales. Utilizamos los nombres en español empleados por Howell y Webb (A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America) y Kaufman (Guía de campo a las aves de Norteamérica). En algunos de los casos se consideró el nombre que se emplea localmente y resulta más familiar para las comunidades en el área de la Reserva Monte Mojino. For range maps, seasonality, and relative abundance of the species in this list, please consult field guides such as Howell and Webb’s A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America and Kaufman’s Guía de campo a las aves de Norteamérica. Para los mapas de distribución, estacionalidad y abundancia relativa de las especies en la lista, favor de consultar guías de aves como Howell and Webb’s A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America y Kaufman’s Guía de campo a las aves de Norteamérica. Species marked in bold are listed as endangered (E), threatened (T) or under special protection (SP) by the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT). http://www.profepa.gob.mx/innovaportal/file/435/1/NOM_059_SEMARNAT_2010.pdf Las especies marcadas en negrita son especies en peligro de extinción (P), amenazadas (A) o bajo protección especial (Pr) acorde a la NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, regulado por la Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. http://www.profepa.gob.mx/innovaportal/file/435/1/NOM_059_SEMARNAT_2010.pdf Checklist to the Birds of Reserve Monte Mojino: Álamos, Sonora, Mexico Nombre en Ingles Nombre en español Nombre cientifico 1 Mallard x Mexican Duck (T) Pato de Collar (A) Anas platyrhynchos 2 Ring-necked Duck Pato Piquianillado Aythya collaris 3 Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Chachalaca Vientre-castaña Ortalis wagleri 4 Elegant Quail Codorniz Elegante (locally, Choli) Callipepla douglasii 5 Moctezuma Quail (SP) Codorniz Moctezuma (Pr) Cyrtonyx montezumae 6 Wild Turkey Guajolote Silvestre Meleagris gallopavo 7 Least Grebe (SP) Zambullidor Menor (Pr) Tachybaptus dominicus 8 Pied-billed Grebe Zambullidor Piquipinto Podilymbus podiceps 9 Bare-throated Tiger Heron Garza-tigre Gorjinuda Tigrisoma mexicanum 10 Great Blue Heron Garza Cenizo Ardea herodias 11 Great Egret Garza Grande Ardea alba 12 Cattle Egret Garza Ganadera Bubulcus ibis 13 Green Heron Garza Verde Butorides virescens 14 Black-crowned Night-Heron Garza-nocturna Coroninegra Nycticorax nycticorax 15 Black Vulture Zopilote Negro Coragyps atratus 16 Turkey Vulture Zopilote Aura Cathartes aura 17 Osprey Gavilán Pescador Pandion haliaetus 18 Northern Harrier Gavilán Rastrero Circus cyaneus Accipiter species 19 Sharp-shinned Hawk (SP) Gavilán Pararero (Pr) Accipiter striatus 20 Cooper’s Hawk (SP) Gavilán de Cooper (Pr) Accipiter cooperii 21 Crane Hawk (T) Gavilán Zancudo (A) Geranospiza caerulescens 22 Common Black-Hawk (SP) Aguililla Negra Menor (Pr) Buteogallus anthracinus 23 Gray Hawk Aguililla Gris Buteo nitidus 24 Short-tailed Hawk Aguililla de Cola Corta Buteo brachyurus 25 Zone-tailed Hawk (SP) Aguililla Aura (Pr) Buteo albonotatus 26 Red-tailed Hawk Aguililla Cola Roja Buteo jamaicensis 27 Golden Eagle (T) Águila Real (A) Aquila chrysaetos 28 American Coot Gallareta Americana Fulica americana 29 Killdeer Chorlito Tildío Charadrius vociferus 30 Spotted Sandpiper Playero Alzacolita Actitis macularius 31 Greater Yellowlegs Patamarilla Mayor Tringa melanoleuca 32 Red-billed Pigeon Paloma Morada Patagioenas flavirostris 33 White-winged Dove Paloma Aliblanca Zenaida asiatica 34 Mourning Dove Paloma Huilota Zenaida macroura 35 Inca Dove Tórtola Colilarga (locally, Tortolita) Columbina inca 36 Common Ground-Dove Tórtola Común Columbina passerina 37 Ruddy Ground-Dove Tórtula Rojiza Columbina talpacoti 38 White-tipped Dove Paloma Arroyera Leptotila verreauxi 39 Squirrel Cuckoo Cuco Ardilla Piaya cayana For comments or to report a bird observation, please contact Lydia Lozano [email protected] Para comentarios o para reportar alguna observación de aves, favor de contactar a Lydia Lozano [email protected] Checklist to the Birds of Reserve Monte Mojino: Álamos, Sonora, Mexico 40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Cuco Piquiamarillo Coccyzus americanus 41 Mangrove Cuckoo Cuco Manglero Coccyzus minor 42 Lesser Roadrunner Correcaminos Menor (locally, Churea) Geococcyx velox 43 Greater Roadrunner Correcaminos Mayor (locally, Churea) Geococcyx californianus 44 Groove-billed Ani Garrapatero Pijuy Crotophaga sulcirostris 45 Barn Owl Lechuza de Campanario Tyto alba 46 Western Screech-Owl Tecolote Occidental Megascops kennicottii 47 Whiskered Screech-Owl Tecolote Bigotudo Megascops trichopsis 48 Vermiculated Screech-Owl Tecolote Vermiculado Megascops guatemalae 49 Great Horned Owl Búho Cornudo Bubo virginianus 50 Northern Pygmy-Owl Tecolotito Serrano Glaucidium gnoma 51 Colima Pygmy-Owl (T) Tecolotito Colimense (A) Glaucidium palmarum 52 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Tecolotito Común (locally, Pica Metate) Glaucidium brasilianum 53 Mottled Owl Búho Café Ciccaba virgata 54 Spotted Owl (T) Búho Manchado (A) Strix occidentalis 55 Lesser Nighthawk Chotacabras Menor (locally, Cocochila) Chordeiles acutipennis 56 Common Pauraque Tapacaminos Picuyo Nyctidromus albicollis 57 Common Poorwill Pachacua Norteña Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 58 Buff-collared Nightjar Tapacaminos Préstame-tu-cuchillo Antrostomus ridgwayi 59 Vaux’s Swift Vencejo de Vaux Chaetura vauxi 60 White-throated Swift Vencejo Gorjiblanco Aeronautes saxatalis 61 Plain-capped Starthroat Picolargo Coronioscuro Heliomaster constantii 62 Black-chinned Hummingbird Colibrí Barbinegra Archilochus alexandri 63 Anna’s Hummingbird Colibrí de Anna Calypte anna 64 Costa’s Hummingbird Colibrí de Costa Calypte costae 65 Rufous Hummingbird Zumbador Rufo Selasphorus rufus 66 Broad-billed Hummingbird Colibrí Piquiancho Cynanthus latirostris 67 Berylline Hummingbird Colibrí Berilo Amazilia beryllina 68 Violet-crowned Hummingbird Colibrí de Corona Violeta Amazilia violiceps 69 White-eared Hummingbird Colibrí Orejiblanco Hylocharis leucotis 70 Elegant Trogon Trogon Elegante (locally, coa) Trogon elegans 71 Eared Quetzal (T) Quetzal Mexicano (A) Euptilotis neoxenus 72 Russet-crowned Motmot Momoto Cornonicafé Momotus mexicanus 73 Belted Kingfisher Martín-pescador Norteño Megaceryle alcyon 74 Green Kingfisher Martín-pescador Verde Chloroceryle americana 75 Acorn Woodpecker Carpintero Arlequín Melanerpes formicivorus 76 Gila Woodpecker Carpintero de Gila Melanerpes uropygialis 77 Red-naped Sapsucker Chupasavia Nuquirroja Sphyrapicus nuchalis 78 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Carpintero Listado Picoides scalaris 79 Arizona Woodpecker Carpintero de Arizona Picoides arizonae 80 Gray-crowned Woodpecker Carpintero Coronigris Colaptes auricularis For comments or to report a bird observation, please contact Lydia Lozano [email protected] Para comentarios o para reportar alguna observación de aves, favor de contactar a Lydia Lozano [email protected] Checklist to the Birds of Reserve Monte Mojino: Álamos, Sonora, Mexico 81 Northern Flicker Carpintero Collarejo Colaptes auratus 82 Gilded Flicker Carpintero Collarejo de Arizona Colaptes chrysoides 83 Lineated Woodpecker Carpintero Lineado (locally, Pitorreal) Dryocopus lineatus 84 Crested Caracara Caracara Quebrantahuesos (locally, Quelele) Caracara cheriway 85 Laughing Falcon Halcón Guaco Herpetotheres cachinnans 86 American Kestrel Cernícalo Americano Falco sparverius 87 Merlin Halcón Emerejón Falco columbarius 88 Peregrine Falcon (SP) Halcón Peregrino (Pr) Falco peregrinus 89 Military Macaw (E) Guacamaya Verde (P) Ara militaris 90 Mexican Parrotlet (SP) Periquito Mexicano (locally, Catarino) (Pr) Forpus cyanopygius 91 White-fronted Parrot (SP) Loro Frentiblanco (locally, Perico) (Pr) Amazona albifrons 92 Lilac-crowned Parrot (E) Loro Corona-violeta (locally, Perico) (P) Amazona finschi 93 Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Trepatroncos
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