Appendix
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Table of
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© Bert & Shari Frenz, 2003 All rights reserved.
On the last birding days at La Pesca we worked hard at breaking a milestone. In prior years our caravan birders broke the 400-species barrier, just barely. When I first laid out the new route that included both central and eastern Mexico, as well as more territory in Belize, I knew we would be exploring additional biogeography. My goal was to break the 500-species barrier. That number was reached early in this trip, so after that I was content with just birding and seeing new species occasionally. But as we crossed over into Tamaulipas with 590 species, we were approaching another centennial milestone. At Tampico we added two more to the list, leaving eight as the target for La Pesca. In fact, we found nine additional species, bringing our grand total to 601 species, of which 544 were in Mexico and 314 in Belize. (The combined AOU list for the two countries is 1091, so our group found 55% of that total).
Of these, Coen identified 535 and Brenda had 525. Chris and May had around 530 species. Lee must have been in this range as well, but he does not keep a list. My own total came to 503 species, a number I am quite happy with, given the time I spent on non-birding activities. Birders who have traveled extensively through Mexico and Central America still managed to see 35-60 life birds on the trip. For the newcomers to these birding areas, probably everyone found over 100 life birds and at least two birders added 200+ to their life lists. But not everything is numbers and, in fact, many of the birders didn't keep lists and just enjoyed seeing the beautiful and unusual birds and studying them at leisure.
Tinamous
Tinamou, Great
Little
Thicket
Slaty-breasted
Grebes
Grebe, Least
Pied-billed
Eared
Boobies
Booby, Brown
Pelicans
Pelican, American White
Brown
Cormorants
Cormorant, Neotropic
Double-crested
Anhingas
Anhinga
Frigatebirds
Frigatebird, Magnificent
Herons, Egrets & Bitterns
Bittern, Pinnated
American
Least
Tiger-Heron, Bare-throated
Heron, Great Blue
Egret, Great
Snowy
Heron, Little Blue
Tricolored
Egret, Reddish
Cattle
Heron, Green
Agami
Night-Heron, Black-crowned
Yellow-crowned
Heron, Boat-billed
Ibis & Spoonbills
Ibis, White
White-faced
Spoonbill, Roseate
Storks
Jabiru
Stork, Wood
New World Vultures
Vulture, Black
Turkey
Lesser Yellow-headed
King
Waterfowl
Whistling-Duck, Black-bellied
Fulvous
Goose, Greater White-fronted
Duck, Muscovy
Gadwall
Wigeon, American
Teal, Blue-winged
Cinnamon
Shoveler, Northern
Teal, Green-winged
Duck, Ring-necked
Scaup, Lesser
Duck, Ruddy
Hawks, Eagles & Kites
Osprey
Kite, Gray-headed
Hook-billed
Swallow-tailed
White-tailed
Snail
Double-toothed
Mississippi
Plumbeous
Hawk, Black-collared
Harrier, Northern
Hawk, Sharp-shinned
Cooper's
Crane
White
Gray
Black-Hawk, Common
Great
Hawk, Harris's
Roadside
Red-shouldered
Broad-winged
Short-tailed (light phase)
Short-tailed (dark phase)*
Swainson's
White-tailed
Zone-tailed
Red-tailed
Red-tailed (Fuertes)*
Red-tailed (Western dark phase rufous morph)*
Ferruginous
Hawk-Eagle, Black-and-white
Black
Ornate
Falcons & Caracaras
Forest-Falcon, Barred
Collared
Caracara, Crested
Falcon, Laughing
Kestrel, American
Merlin
Falcon, Aplomado
Bat
Peregrine
Chachalacas & Allies
Chachalaca, Plain
West Mexican
Guan, Crested
Curassow, Great
Turkeys
Turkey, Ocellated
New World Quails
Quail, Scaled
Banded
Wood-Quail, Spotted
Rails & Coots
Wood-Rail, Gray-necked
Sora
Gallinule, Purple
Moorhen, Common
Coot, American
Sungrebes
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Thick-knees
Thick-knee, Double-striped
Plovers
Plover, Black-bellied
Plover, Snowy
Wilson's
Semipalmated
Killdeer
Oystercatchers
Oystercatcher, American
Avocets & Stilts
Stilt, Black-necked
Avocet, American
Jacanas
Jacana, Northern
Sandpipers
Yellowlegs, Greater
Lesser
Sandpiper, Solitary
Willet
Sandpiper, Spotted
Whimbrel
Curlew, Long-billed
Godwit, Marbled
Turnstone, Ruddy
Sanderling
Sandpiper, Western
Least
Dowitcher, Short-billed
Snipe, Wilson's
Gulls & Terns
Gull, Laughing
Bonaparte's
Heermann's
Ring-billed
Herring
Glaucous
Tern, Gull-billed
Caspian
Royal
Elegant
Sandwich
Common
Skimmer, Black
Pigeons & Doves
Dove, Rock
Pigeon, Pale-vented
Scaled
White-crowned
Red-billed
Band-tailed
Short-billed
Dove, White-winged
Mourning
Inca
Ground-Dove, Common
Plain-breasted
Ruddy
Blue
Dove, White-tipped
Gray-fronted {Gray-headed}
Caribbean
Gray-chested
Quail-Dove, Ruddy
Parrots & Macaws
Parakeet, Green
Olive-throated {Aztec} [vicinialis]
Olive-throated {Aztec} [astec]*
Orange-fronted
Macaw, Scarlet
Parrot, Brown-hooded
White-crowned
White-fronted
Red-crowned
Red-lored
Mealy
Yellow-headed [oratrix]
Yellow-headed [belizensis]*
Old World Cuckoos
Cuckoo, Mangrove
Squirrel
Striped
Ground-Cuckoo, Lesser
Roadrunner, Lesser
Greater
Ani, Groove-billed
Owls
Screech-Owl, Pacific
Owl, Great Horned
Pygmy-Owl, Northern {Mountain}
Central American
Colima
Ferruginous
Owl, Mottled
Black-and-white
Spotted
Nightjars
Nighthawk, Lesser
Pauraque, Common
Nightjar, Tawny-collared
Yucatan
Potoos
Potoo, Northern
Swifts
Swift, Black
White-collared
Vaux's
White-throated
Lesser Swallow-tailed
Hummingbirds
Hermit, Long-tailed
Long-tailed {Mexican}*
Little
Hummingbird, Scaly-breasted
Sabrewing, Wedge-tailed
Violet
Jacobin, White-necked
Violet-ear, Green
Mango, Green-breasted
Coquette, Black-crested
Emerald, Canivet's
Hummingbird, Dusky
Broad-billed [latirostris]
Broad-billed {Doubleday's} *
White-eared
Emerald, White-bellied
Hummingbird, Berylline
Rufous-tailed
Buff-bellied [chalconota]
Buff-bellied [yucatanensis]*
Cinnamon
Violet-crowned
Stripe-tailed
Blue-throated
Magnificent
Fairy, Purple-crowned
Starthroat, Long-billed
Hummingbird, Beautiful
Ruby-throated
Black-chinned
Broad-tailed
Rufous
Trogons
Trogon, Black-headed
Citreoline
Violaceous
Mountain
Elegant
Collared
Slaty-tailed
Motmots
Motmot, Russet-crowned
Blue-crowned [coeruliceps]
Blue-crowned [lessonii]*
Turquoise-browed
Kingfishers
Kingfisher, Ringed
Belted
Amazon
Green
American Pygmy
Puffbirds
Puffbird, White-whiskered
Jacamars
Jacamar, Rufous-tailed
Toucans
Toucanet, Emerald
Aracari, Collared
Toucan, Keel-billed
Woodpeckers
Woodpecker, Acorn [lineatus]
Acorn [formicivorus]*
Black-cheeked
Golden-cheeked
Gray-breasted
Red-vented/Yucatan[rubricomus]
Golden-fronted [aurifrons]
Golden-fronted [polygrammus]*
Golden-fronted [dubius]*
Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied
Woodpecker,Ladder-backed[azelus]
Ladder-backed [scalaris]*
Hairy
Strickland's
Smoky-brown
Golden-olive
Gray-crowned
Flicker, Northern (Red-shafted)
Woodpecker, Chestnut-colored
Lineated [similis]
Pale-billed
Furnarids
Spinetail, Rufous-breasted
Foliage-gleaner, Buff-throated
Xenops, Plain
Leaftosser, Scaly-throated
Woodcreepers
Woodcreeper, Tawny-winged
Ruddy
Olivaceous
Wedge-billed
Barred-Woodcreeper,N.[sanctithomae]
Northern [sheffleri]*
Woodcreeper, Ivory-billed
White-striped
Streak-headed
Spot-crowned
Antbirds
Antshrike, Great
Barred
Antwren, Dot-winged
Antbird, Dusky
Anthrushes & Antpittas
Antthrush, Black-faced {Mexican}
Tyrant Flycatchers
Tyrannulet, Yellow-bellied
Beardless-Tyrannulet, Northern
Elaenia, Greenish
Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher, Ochre-bellied
Sepia-capped
Bentbill, Northern
Tody-Flycatcher, Slate-headed
Common
Flatbill, Eye-ringed
Flycatcher, Yellow-olive
Spadebill, Stub-tailed
Flycatcher, Royal
Ruddy-tailed
Sulphur-rumped
Pileated
Tufted
Olive-sided
Pewee, Greater
Tropical
Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied
Least
Hammond's
Gray
Dusky
Pine
Pacific-slope
Cordilleran
Buff-breasted
Phoebe, Black
Eastern
Say's
Flycatcher, Vermilion
Attila, Bright-rumped [gaumeri]
Mourner, Rufous
Flycatcher, Yucatan
Dusky-capped
Ash-throated
Nutting's
Great Crested
Brown-crested
Kiskadee, Great
Flycatcher, Boat-billed
Social
Piratic
Kingbird, Tropical
Couch's
Cassin's
Thick-billed
Western
Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed
Fork-tailed
Schiffornis/Mourner, Thrush-like
Piha, Rufous
Becard, Cinnamon
Rose-throated [sumichrasti]
Rose-throated [aglaiae]*
Tityra, Masked
Black-crowned
Manakins
Manakin, White-collared
Red-capped
Shrikes
Shrike, Loggerhead
Vireos & Allies
Vireo, Slaty
White-eyed
Mangrove
Bell's
Dwarf
Yellow-throated
Plumbeous
Cassin's
Blue-headed
Hutton's
Golden
Warbling
Philadelphia
Greenlet, Tawny-crowned
Lesser
Shrike-Vireo, Chestnut-sided
Green
Peppershrike, Rufous-browed
Crows & Jays
Jay, Steller's
Magpie-Jay, White-throated
Jay, Green [luxuosa]
Green [Sierra de la Tuxtlas]*
Brown [morio]
Brown [fuliginosus]*
Yucatan
Dwarf
Scrub-Jay, Western
Jay, Mexican / Gray-breasted
Crow, Tamaulipas
Raven, Chihuahuan
Common / Northern
Swallows
Martin, Gray-breasted
Swallow, Tree
Mangrove
Violet-green
Northern Rough-winged
N. Rough-winged {Ridgway's}*
Bank
Barn
Tits & Allies
Chickadee, Mexican
Titmouse, Bridled
Black-crested
Long-tailed Tits
Bushtit (Black-eared)
Nuthatches
Nuthatch, White-breasted
Pygmy
Creepers
Creeper, Brown
Wrens
Wren, Band-backed
Gray-barred
Rufous-naped
Spotted
Boucard's
Cactus
Rock
Canyon
Spot-breasted
Banded
Carolina
Happy
Bewick's
House (Northern)
House (Brown-throated)*
House (Southern)*
Marsh
White-bellied
Wood-Wren, White-breasted
Gray-breasted
Dippers
Dipper, American
Kinglets
Kinglet, Golden-crowned
Ruby-crowned
Old World Warblers
Gnatwren, Long-billed
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray
Black-tailed
White-lored
Tropical
Thrushes
Bluebird, Eastern
Western
Mountain
Solitaire, Brown-backed
Nightingale-Thrush, Orange-billed
Russet
Ruddy-capped
Thrush, Swainson's
Hermit
Wood
Robin, Clay-colored
White-throated [leucauchen]
Rufous-backed
American
Thrush, Aztec
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Catbird, Gray
Black
Mockingbird, Northern
Tropical
Thrasher, Sage
Long-billed
Ocellated
Curve-billed
Crissal
Mockingbird, Blue
Starlings
Starling, European
Pipits
Pipit, American
Waxwings
Waxwing, Cedar
Silky-flycatchers
Silky-flycatcher, Gray / Silky, Gray
Olive warbler
Warbler, Olive
New World Warblers
Warbler, Blue-winged
Tennessee
Orange-crowned
Nashville
Virginia's
Colima
Crescent-chested
Parula, Northern
Tropical
Warbler, Yellow
Yellow (Mangrove)*
Chestnut-sided
Magnolia
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle)
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's)*
Black-throated Gray
Black-throated Green
Townsend's
Hermit
Yellow-throated
Grace's
Palm
Black-and-white
Redstart, American
Warbler, Worm-eating
Ovenbird
Waterthrush, Northern
Louisiana
Warbler, Kentucky
MacGillivray's
Yellowthroat, Common
Altamira
Gray-crowned
Warbler, Hooded
Wilson's
Red-faced
Red [ruber]
Redstart, Painted
Slate-throated
Warbler, Golden-crowned
Rufous-capped [jouyi]
Rufous-capped [salvini]*
Golden-browed
Chat, Yellow-breasted
Gray-throated
Bananaquit
Bananaquit
Tanagers
Tanager, Gray-headed
Shrike-Tanager, Black-throated
Ant-Tanager, Red-crowned
Red-throated
Tanager, Hepatic
Summer
Western
White-winged
Crimson-collared
Passerini's / Scarlet-rumped
Blue-gray
Yellow-winged
Euphonia, Scrub [affinis]
Yellow-throated
Elegant / Blue-headed
Olive-backed
Tanager, Golden-hooded
Honeycreeper, Green
Red-legged
Sparrows & Allies
Grassquit, Blue-black
Seedeater, Variable
White-collared [sharpei]
White-collared [moreletti]*
White-collared / Moreletti*
White-collared(Cinnamon-rumped)[torqueola]*
Ruddy-breasted
Seed-Finch, Thick-billed
Grassquit, Yellow-faced
Flowerpiercer, Cinnamon-bellied
Yellow-Finch, Grassland
Brush-Finch, Rufous-capped
Chestnut-capped (Plain-breasted)
Green-striped
Sparrow, Orange-billed
Olive [rufivirgatus]
Olive [verticalis]*
Green-backed
Ground-Sparrow, Rusty-crowned
Towhee, Green-tailed
Collared
Spotted [maculatus]
Eastern/Olive-backed [macronyx]
White-throated
Canyon
Sparrow, Stripe-headed
Black-chested
Bridled
Cinnamon-tailed / Sumichrast's
Rufous-crowned
Oaxaca
Striped
Chipping
Clay-colored
Brewer's
Worthen's
Black-chinned
Vesper
Lark
Black-throated
Bunting, Lark
Sparrow, Savannah
Grasshopper
Sierra Madre
Song
Lincoln's
Swamp
White-crowned
Junco, Yellow-eyed / Mexican
Siskins, Crossbills & Allies
Finch, Cassin's
House
Crossbill, Red
Siskin, Pine
Black-headed
Goldfinch, Lesser
American
Grosbeak, Hooded
Grosbeaks & Am. Buntings
Saltator, Grayish
Buff-throated [magnoides]
Black-headed [atriceps]
Black-headed [suffuscus]*
Grosbeak, Black-faced
Crimson-collared
Cardinal, Northern
Pyrrhuloxia
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
Black-headed
Blue-black
Bunting, Blue
Grosbeak, Blue
Bunting, Indigo
Orange-breasted
Varied
Painted
Troupials & Allies
Blackbird,Red-winged[phoeniceus]
Meadowlark, Eastern
Western
Blackbird, Melodious
Brewer's
Grackle, Great-tailed
Cowbird, Bronzed
Brown-headed
Oriole, Black-vented
Black-cowled
Orchard [phillipsi]
Orchard (Ochre) [fuertesi]*
Hooded
Yellow-backed
Yellow-tailed
Streak-backed
Bullock's [bullockii]
Spot-breasted
Altamira
Audubon's [graduacauda]
Audubon's (Dickey's) [dickeyae]*
Baltimore
Black-backed / Abeille's
Scott's
Cacique, Yellow-billed
Yellow-winged
Oropendola, Chestnut-headed
Montezuma
Old World Sparrows
Sparrow, House
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