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Download 2013 Check-List CHECK–LIST OF THE BIRDS OF MEXICO SEVENTH EDITION COMPILED BY MICHAEL CARMODY AND HAL OPPERMAN LEGACY TOURS SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 2011 reissued with small corrections September 2013 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 Rufescent Tinamou C.c. cinnamomeus Group WESTERN TINAMOU 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 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Snow Goose (color morph) “Chen hyperborea” Blue Goose (color morph) “Chen caerulescens” 9 Ross’s Goose Chen rossii 10 Brant Branta bernicla 11 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Richardson’s Goose B.h. hutchinsii Cackling Goose B.h. minima Taverner’s Goose B.h. taverneri Aleutian Goose B.h. leucopareia 12 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Basin Canada Goose B.c. moffitti Lesser Canada Goose B.c. parvipes 13 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 15 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 16 Gadwall Anas strepera 17 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 18 American Wigeon Anas americana 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos *Mallard A.p. platyrhynchos Group *Mexican Duck A.p. diazi 20 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 21 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 22 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 23 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 24 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 25 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 27 Redhead Aythya americana 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 31 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 33 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca 34 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 37 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 39 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 41 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Carmody and Opperman 2011 — Page 2 CURASSOWS AND GUANS (Cracidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 43 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 44 RUFOUS-BELLIED CHACHALACA Ortalis wagleri 45 WEST MEXICAN CHACHALACA Ortalis poliocephala 46 White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra 47 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 48 Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 49 Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus 50 Great Curassow Crax rubra NEW WORLD QUAIL (Odontophoridae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 51 BEARDED WOOD-PARTRIDGE Dendrortyx barbatus 52 LONG-TAILED WOOD-PARTRIDGE Dendrortyx macroura 53 Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys 54 Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus 55 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata 56 ELEGANT QUAIL Callipepla douglasii 57 California Quail Callipepla californica 58 Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii 59 BANDED QUAIL Philortyx fasciatus 60 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. coyolcos Group 61 Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis 62 Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus 63 Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus 64 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae Montezuma Quail C.m. montezumae Group SALLE'S QUAIL C.m. sallei Group 65 Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS, AND OLD WORLD QUAIL (Phasianidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 66 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 67 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 68 Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata LOONS (Gaviidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 69 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 70 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 71 Common Loon Gavia immer GREBES (Podicipedidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 72 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 73 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 74 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 75 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 76 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 77 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii FLAMINGOS (Phoenicopteridae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 78 American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber ALBATROSSES (Diomedeidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 79 Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis 80 Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes Carmody and Opperman 2011 — Page 3 SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS (Procellariidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 81 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 82 Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa 83 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii 84 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 85 Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus 86 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus 87 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri 88 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 89 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris 90 Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis 91 Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis *TOWNSEND'S SHEARWATER P.a. auricularis 92 Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas 93 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri *Audubon’s Shearwater P.l. lherminieri *Galapagos Shearwater P.l. subalaris STORM-PETRELS (Hydrobatidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 94 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach’s Storm-Petrel O.l. leucorhoa Chapman's Storm-Petrel O.l. chapmani Ainley's Storm-Petrel O.l. socorroensis Townsend's Storm-Petrel O.l. cheimomnestes 95 Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa 96 Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys 97 Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania 98 Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma TROPICBIRDS (Phaethontidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 99 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 100 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 101 Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda STORKS (Ciconiidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 102 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 103 Wood Stork Mycteria americana FRIGATEBIRDS (Fregatidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 104 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 105 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor BOOBIES AND GANNETS (Sulidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 106 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 107 Nazca Booby Sula granti 108 Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii 109 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Brown Booby S.l. leucogaster Brewster’s Booby S.l. brewsteri 110 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Red-footed Booby S.s. sula Webster’s Booby S.s. websteri 111 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus CORMORANTS (Phalacrocoracidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 112 Brandt’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus 113 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Carmody and Opperman 2011 — Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 114 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Dark-crested Cormorant P.a. auritus Group White-crested Cormorant P.a. albociliatus Group 115 Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus DARTERS (Anhingidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 116 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga PELICANS (Pelecanidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 117 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 118 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis West Indian Brown Pelican P.o. occidentalis Atlantic Brown Pelican P.o. carolinensis California Brown Pelican P.o. californicus HERONS, BITTERNS, AND ALLIES (Ardeidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 119 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus 120 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 121 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 122 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum 123 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron A.h. herodias Group Great White Heron A.h. occidentalis 124 Great Egret Ardea alba 125 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 126 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 127 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 128 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 130 Green Heron Butorides virescens Eastern Green Heron B.v. virescens Western Green Heron B.v. anthonyi CAPE GREEN HERON B.v. frazari 131 Agami Heron Agamia agami 132 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 133 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 134 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (Threskiornithidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 135 White Ibis Eudocimus albus 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 137 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 138 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja NEW WORLD VULTURES (Cathartidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 139 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 140 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 141 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus 142 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa OSPREYS (Pandionidae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 143 Osprey Pandion haliaetus American Osprey P.h. carolinensis Caribbean Osprey P.h. ridgwayi HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES, AND ALLIES (Accipitridae) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 144 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 145 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 146 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 147 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Carmody and Opperman 2011 — Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 148 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 149 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 150 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 151 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea 152 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 153 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis 154 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 155 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus *Sharp-shinned Hawk A.s. velox Group *White-breasted Hawk A.s. chionogaster Group 156 Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii 157 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor 158 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 159 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens 160 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis Northern White Hawk L.a.
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