BIRDS IDENTIFIED BY
Naturalist Jim Conrad
during a brief visit to the cloudforest area of Pantepec, Chiapas, southern Mexico,
last week in February, 2005

Order Falconiformes

Hawks, Eagles & Kites (Family Accipitridae)

  • Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus -- winter visitor
  • Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis -- permanent resident

Order Ciconiiformes

Herons & Bitterns (Family Ardeidae)

  • Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis -- permanent resident

New World Vultures (Family Cathartidae)

  • Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura -- permanent resident
  • Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus -- permanent resident

Order Apodiformes

Swifts (Family Apodidae)

  • Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi -- permanent resident

Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris -- winter visitor
  • Magnificent Hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens -- permanent resident
  • White-eared Hummingbird, Hylocharis leucotis -- permanent resident

Order Trogoniformes

Trogons (Family Trogonidae)

  • Mountain Trogon, Trogon mexicanus -- permanent resident

Order Columbiformes

Doves & Pigeons (Family Columbidae)

  • Inca Dove, Scardafella inca -- permanent resident
  • White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica -- permanent resident

Order Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, Anis & Roadrunners (Family Cuculidae)

  • Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana -- permanent resident

Order Psittaciformes

Parrots & Parakeets (Family Psittacidae)

  • White-fronted Parrot, Amazona albifrons -- permanent resident

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

  • Flicker, Colaptes auratus -- permanent resident
  • Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus -- permanent resident
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius -- wiinter resident

Order Passeriformes

Woodcreepers (Family Dendrocolaptidae)

  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus -- permanent resident
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus -- permanent resident

Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)

  • Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus -- permanent resident
  • Social Flycatacher, Myiozetetes similis -- permanent resident

Jays & Crows (Family Corvidae)

  • Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas -- permanent resident
  • Black-throated Jay, Cyanolyca pumilo -- permanent resident

Swallows (Family Hirundinidae)

  • Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor -- permanent resident

Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)

  • Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus -- permanent resident
  • House Wren (Tropical), Troglodytes musculus -- permanent resident

Gnatcatachers (Family Sylviidae)

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea -- winter visitor

Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds (Family Turdidae)

  • Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes obscurus -- permanent resident
  • Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis -- permanent resident
  • Rufous-collared Robin, Turdus rufitorques -- permanent resident

Mockingbirds & Thrashers (Family Mimidae)

  • Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus -- permanent resident

Silky-flycatchers (Family Ptilogonatidae)

  • Gray Silky-flycatcher, Ptilogonys cinereus -- permanent resident

Peppershrikes (Family Cyclarhidae)

  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis -- permanent resident

Vireos (Family Vireonidae)

  • Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius -- winter visitor

Wood Warblers (Family Parulidae)

  • Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi -- winter visitor
  • Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens -- winter visitor
  • Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Geothlypis poliocephala -- permanent resident
  • Slate-throated Restart, Myioborus miniatus -- permanent resident
  • Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus -- winter visitor
  • Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla -- winter visitor
  • Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla -- winter visitor

Emberizids (Family Emberizidae)

  • Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivacea -- permanent resident

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, etc. (Family Cardinalidae)

  • Hooded Grosbeak, Hesperiphona abeillei -- permanent resident
  • Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra -- permanent resident
  • Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyana -- winter visitor
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus -- winter visitor
  • Dark-backed (Lesser) Goldfinch, Spinus psaltria -- permanent resident
  • White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola -- permanent resident
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis -- permanent resident

Blackbirds & Orioles (Family Icteridae)

  • Montezuma Oropendola, Gymnostinops montezuma -- permanent resident
  • Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus -- permanent resident

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