FIELD CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF HATO PIÑERO Upper Llanos of Cojedes, Venezuela. Taxonomy follows Birds of Venezuela (Hilty 2003). List follows Bird Inventory and Checklist of Hato Piñero (Ascanio & García, 2005) Prepared by David Ascanio www.ascaniobirding.com Last update: October 2005 Sharp-tailed Ibis. Cercibis oxycerca. D. Ascanio Detailed information Name: Special remarks about the trip (weather, breeding species, extensions of distribution and others): Column A Column B Column C Column D Please, submitt your birdlist and tour report to [email protected] Thank you! Field checklist of the Birds of Hato Piñero • www.ascaniobirding.com Page 2 FIELD CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF HATO PIÑERO A B C D 1 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 1 2 Red-legged Tinamou Crypturellus erythropus 2 3 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 3 4 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 4 5 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 5 6 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 6 7 Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta 7 8 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 8 9 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata 9 10 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 10 11 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 11 12 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 12 13 Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis 13 14 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica 14 15 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus 15 16 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 16 17 Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus 17 18 Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 18 19 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 19 20 Great Blue-Heron Ardea herodias 20 21 Great Egret Ardea alba 21 22 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 22 23 Little Blue-Heron Egretta caerulea 23 24 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 24 25 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25 26 Striated Heron Butorides striatus 26 27 Green Heron Butorides virescens 27 28 Agami Heron Agamia agami 28 29 Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix 29 30 Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus 30 31 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 31 32 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 32 33 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 33 34 Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus 34 35 Sharp-tailed Ibis Cercibis oxycerca 35 36 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 36 37 Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus 37 38 White Ibis Eudocimus albus 38 39 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber 39 40 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 40 Field checklist of the Birds of Hato Piñero • www.ascaniobirding.com Page 3 A B C D 41 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja 41 42 American Wood Stork Mycteria americana 42 43 Maguari Stork Euxenura maguari 43 44 Jabirú Jabiru mycteria 44 45 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 45 46 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 46 47 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 47 48 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus 48 49 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 49 50 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 50 51 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 51 52 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 52 53 Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii 53 54 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 54 55 Slender-billed Kite Rosthramus hamatus 55 56 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 56 57 Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni 57 58 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens 58 59 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor 59 60 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis 60 61 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga 61 62 Harri’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 62 63 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis 63 64 Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus 64 65 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 65 66 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 66 67 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus 67 68 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus 68 69 Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus 69 70 Northern Crested-Caracara Caracara cheriway 70 71 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 71 72 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 72 73 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 73 74 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 74 75 Merlin Falco columbarius 75 76 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis 76 77 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 77 78 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 78 79 Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda 79 80 Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni 80 81 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus 81 82 Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis 82 83 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea 83 Field checklist of the Birds of Hato Piñero • www.ascaniobirding.com Page 4 A B C D 84 Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica 84 85 Common Gallinule (Moorhen) Gallinula chloropus 85 86 Sungrebe Heliornis fulica 86 87 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias 87 88 Limpkin Aramus guarauna 88 89 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus 89 90 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 90 91 Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus 91 92 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris 92 93 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 93 94 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana 94 95 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 95 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 96 97 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 97 98 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 98 99 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 99 100 Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus 100 101 South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae 101 102 Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris 102 103 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex 103 104 Black Skimmer Rhychops niger 104 105 Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis 105 106 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata 106 107 Scaled Dove Scardafella squammata 107 108 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina 108 109 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta 109 110 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 110 111 Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa 111 112 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 112 113 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 113 114 Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa 114 115 Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax 115 116 Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus 116 117 Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis 117 118 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala 118 119 Dwarf Cuckoo Coccyzus pumilus 119 120 Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus 120 121 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 121 122 Greater Ani Crotophaga major 122 123 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 123 124 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 124 125 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia 125 126 Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus 126 Field checklist of the Birds of Hato Piñero • www.ascaniobirding.com Page 5 A B C D 127 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin 127 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 128 129 Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba 129 130 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 130 131 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 131 132 Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia 132 133 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata 133 134 Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata 134 135 Striped Owl Asio clamator 135 136 Stygian Owl Asio stygius 136 137 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis 137 138 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus 138 139 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 139 140 Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga 140 141 Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda 141 142 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 142 143 White-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus cayennensis 143 144 Little Nightjar Caprimulgus parvulus 144 145 Ashy-tailed Swift Chaetura meridionalis 145 146 Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura 146 147 Neotropical Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata 147 148 Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus 148 149 Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis 149 150 Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus 150 151 Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus 151 152 White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi 152 153 Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata 153 154 Copper-rumped Hummingbird Amazilia tobaci 154 155 Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina 155 156 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 156 157 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 157 158 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 158 159 Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda 159 160 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea 160 161 Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi 161 162 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda 162 163 Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis 163 164 Swallow-winged Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa 164 165 Scaled Piculet Picumnus squamulatus 165 166 Spot-breasted Woodpecker Chrysoptilus punctigula 166 167 Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros 167 168 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 168 169 Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus 169 Field checklist of the Birds of Hato Piñero • www.ascaniobirding.com Page 6 A B C D 170 Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii 170 171 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 171 172 Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens 172 173 Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomea 173 174 Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina 174 175 Plain Thornbird Phacellodomus inornatus 175 176 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 176 177 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa 177 178 Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus 178 179 Straight-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus picus 179 180 Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus 180 181 Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans 181 182 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 182 183 Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris 183 184 Great Antshrike Taraba major 184 185 Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis 185 186 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 186 187 Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia 187 188 White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes 188 189 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum 189 190 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina 190 191 Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii 191 192 Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata 192 193 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster 193