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Mexico: A Week at Palenque

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2006 With Steve Howell as Leader

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4 Great Tinamou Tinamus major
6 Little Tinamou 2 2 H Crypturellus soui
5 Slaty-breasted Tinamou 2 1 H Crypturellus boucardi
6 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 400 Dendrocygna autumnalis
5 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 2 20 Dendrocygna bicolor
6 Blue-winged Teal 3 100 Anas discors
3 Northern Shoveler 1 100 Anas clypeata
6 Plain Chachalaca 4 2 H Ortalis vetula
5 Least Grebe 1 3 Tachybaptus dominicus
1 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
5 American White Pelican 1 700 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
6 Neotropic Cormorant 4 150 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
4 Anhinga 1 1 Anhinga anhinga
6 Pinnated Bittern 1 3 Botaurus pinnatus
6 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 3 3 Tigrisoma mexicanum
6 Great Blue Heron 3 100 Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 4 500 Ardea alba
6 Snowy Egret 4 200 Egretta thula
6 Little Blue Heron 5 150 Egretta caerulea
6 Tricolored Heron 3 5 Egretta tricolor
6 Cattle Egret 6 800 Bubulcus ibis
6 Green Heron 3 5 Butorides virescens
1 Agami Heron Agamia agami
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 5 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 50 Nyctanassa violacea
5 Boat-billed Heron 1 15 Cochlearius cochlearius
4 White Ibis 2 50 Eudocimus albus
3 Ibis sp. 1 100 Plegadis sp.
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 White-faced Ibis 1 50 Plegadis chihi
3 Roseate Spoonbill 2 10 Platalea ajaja
2 Jabiru 1 9 Jabiru mycteria
6 Wood Stork 4 100 Mycteria americana
6 Black Vulture 7 200 Coragyps atratus
6 Turkey Vulture 7 50 Cathartes aura
6 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 3 20 Cathartes burrovianus
6 Osprey 2 5 Pandion haliaetus
1 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
1 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
5 White-tailed Kite 2 1 Elanus leucurus
6 Snail Kite 2 3 Rostrhamus sociabilis
6 Double-toothed Kite 2 2 Harpagus bidentatus
2 Plumbeous Kite 2 2 Ictinia plumbea
2 Black-collared Hawk 1 2 Busarellus nigricollis
4 Northern Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
1 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
5 White Hawk 2 3 Leucopternis albicollis
6 Common Black-Hawk 3 2 Buteogallus anthracinus
5 Great Black-Hawk 3 2 Buteogallus urubitinga
6 Roadside Hawk 5 15 Buteo magnirostris
5 Broad-winged Hawk 3 1 Buteo platypterus
6 Gray Hawk 5 2 Buteo nitidus
6 Short-tailed Hawk 2 1 Buteo brachyurus
5 White-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo albicaudatus
1 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
1 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
6 Black Hawk-Eagle 2 1 Spizaetus tyrannus
2 Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
1 Collared Forest-Falcon 1 1 H Micrastur semitorquatus
6 Crested Caracara 3 30 Caracara plancus
5 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
6 American Kestrel 5 3 Falco sparverius
1 Merlin Falco columbarius
6 Aplomado Falcon 2 3 Falco femoralis
6 Bat Falcon 4 2 Falco rufigularis
5 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
4 Ruddy Crake 3 2 H Laterallus ruber
2 Uniform Crake 1 1 H Amaurolimnas concolor
3 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
6 Purple Gallinule 1 1 Porphyrio martinicus
2 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
2 American Coot 1 20 Fulica americana
6 Limpkin 2 6 Aramus guarauna
6 Double-striped Thick-knee 2 17 Burhinus bistriatus
1 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
4 Killdeer 2 10 Charadrius vociferus
6 Black-necked Stilt 4 100 Himantopus mexicanus
6 Northern Jacana 4 60 Jacana spinosa
5 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
5 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
6 Greater Yellowlegs 1 10 Tringa melanoleuca
3 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 10 Tringa flavipes
1 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
5 Least Sandpiper 2 5 Calidris minutilla
2 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
3 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 10 Limnodromus scolopaceus
6 Laughing Gull 1 5 Larus atricilla
3 Gull-billed Tern 1 1 Geochelidon nilotica
6 Caspian Tern 1 30 Hydroprogne caspia
1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
6 Pale-vented Pigeon 6 6 Columba cayennensis
2 Scaled Pigeon 1 2 Columba speciosa
6 Red-billed Pigeon 3 3 Columba flavirostris
6 White-winged Dove 3 50 Zenaida asiatica
1 Mourning Dove 1 6 Zenaida macroura
6 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove 2 2 Columbina minuta
6 Ruddy Ground-Dove 6 10 Columbina talpacoti
6 White-tipped Dove 5 2 Leptotila verreauxi
6 Gray-headed Dove 2 1 Leptotila plumbeiceps
5 Gray-chested Dove 1 1 H Leptotila cassini
2 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
6 Aztec [Olive-throated] Parakeet 6 14 Aratinga nana
6 Brown-hooded Parrot 1 2 Pionopsitta haematotis
6 White-crowned Parrot 5 8 Pionus senilis
6 White-fronted Parrot 6 70 Amazona albifrons
6 Red-lored Parrot 5 6 Amazona autumnalis
1 Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix
6 Squirrel Cuckoo 3 3 Piaya cayana
4 Striped Cuckoo 1 1 H Tapera naevia
6 Groove-billed Ani 6 20 Crotophaga sulcirostris
3 Barn Owl Tyto alba
3 Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
1 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
5 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 2 1 Glaucidium brasilianum
6 Mottled Owl 5 2 H Strix virgata
2 Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
6 Lesser Nighthawk 3 50 Chordeiles acutipennis
6 Pauraque 5 3 Nyctidromus albicollis
1 Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus
4 Northern Potoo 1 1 H Nyctibius jamaicensis
3 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
6 White-collared Swift 6 150 Streptoprocne zonaris
4 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
5 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
1 Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
6 Long-tailed Hermit 2 2 Phaethornis superciliosus
6 Stripe-throated [Little] Hermit 2 1 Phaethornis striigularis
5 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing 2 1 Campylopterus curvipennis
4 Violet Sabrewing 1 1 Campylopterus hemileucurus
3 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
6 Green-breasted Mango 3 4 Anthracothorax prevostii
5 Canivet's Emerald 2 2 Chlorostilbon canivetii
6 White-bellied Emerald 6 8 Amazilia candida
1 Azure-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala
6 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 6 8 Amazilia tzacatl
5 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 2 Amazilia yucatanensis
2 Long-billed Starthroat 1 1 Heliomaster longirostris
6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 1 Archilochus colubris
6 Black-headed Trogon 4 1 Trogon melanocephalus
6 Violaceous Trogon 5 3 Trogon violaceus
6 Collared Trogon 2 1 Trogon collaris
6 Slaty-tailed Trogon 1 1 Trogon massena
2 Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
6 Blue-crowned Motmot 5 1 Momotus momota
6 Ringed Kingfisher 4 5 Ceryle torquata
5 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
6 Amazon Kingfisher 3 2 Chloroceryle amazona
5 Green Kingfisher 1 1 Chloroceryle americana
2 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
5 Rufous-tailed Jacamar 1 2 Galbula ruficauda
6 Collared Aracari 5 8 Pteroglossus torquatus
6 Keel-billed Toucan 5 6 Ramphastos sulfuratus
5 Acorn Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes formicivorus
6 Black-cheeked Woodpecker 3 2 Melanerpes pucherani
6 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 10 Melanerpes aurifrons
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
5 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides scalaris
5 Smoky-brown Woodpecker 1 2 Veniliornis fumigatus
5 Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
5 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker 1 1 Celeus castaneus
6 Lineated Woodpecker 3 2 Dryocopus lineatus
6 Pale-billed Woodpecker 3 2 Campephilus guatemalensis
6 Rufous-breasted Spinetail 1 2 Synallaxis erythrothorax
4 Tawny-winged Woodcreeper 1 1 Dendrocincla anabatina
2 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
5 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 2 1 Glyphorynchus spirurus
4 Barred Woodcreeper 1 1 Dendrocolaptes certhia
6 Ivory-billed Woodcreeper 5 3 Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
6 Streak-headed Woodcreeper 5 2 Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
4 Great Antshrike Taraba major
6 Barred Antshrike 5 1 Thamnophilus doliatus
6 Dusky Antbird 1 2 Cercomacra tyrannina
6 Mexican [Black-faced] Antthrush 2 1 H Formicarius [analis] monileger
1 Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
6 Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet 1 3 Ornithion semiflavum
4 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 1 1 Elaenia flavogaster
5 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher 2 1 Mionectes oleagineus
2 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
6 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 5 3 Tolmomyias sulphurescens
5 Royal Flycatcher 1 2 Onychorhynchus coronatus
1 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
4 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
2 Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
6 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 5 6 Empidonax flaviventris
1 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
6 Least Flycatcher 3 4 Empidonax minimus
6 Vermilion Flycatcher 3 6 Pyrocephalus rubinus
5 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
5 Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
4 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 1 1 Myiarchus tuberculifer
6 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 1 Myiarchus crinitus
4 Brown-crested Flycatcher 2 1 Myiarchus tyrannulus
6 Great Kiskadee 6 20 Pitangus sulphuratus
6 Boat-billed Flycatcher 3 4 Megarynchus pitangua
6 Social Flycatcher 5 15 Myiozetetes similis
3 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
6 Tropical Kingbird 5 10 Tyrannus melancholicus
6 Couch's Kingbird 1 2 Tyrannus couchii
4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 2 Tyrannus forficatus
6 Fork-tailed Flycatcher 3 5 Tyrannus savana
1 Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdina
1 Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
1 Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
5 Rose-throated Becard 2 1 Pachyramphus aglaiae
6 Masked Tityra 5 6 Tityra semifasciata
6 Black-crowned Tityra 1 2 Tityra inquisitor
6 White-eyed Vireo 6 4 Vireo griseus
6 Yellow-throated Vireo 5 4 Vireo flavifrons
1 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
6 Warbling Vireo 1 1 Vireo gilvus
2 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
2 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
6 Lesser Greenlet 3 3 Hylophilus decurtatus
4 Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
1 Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
6 Brown Jay 6 40 Psilorhinus morio
3 Yucatan Jay 1 5 Cyanocorax yucatanicus
4 Purple Martin Progne subis
6 Gray-breasted Martin 1 1 Progne chalybea
3 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
6 Mangrove Swallow 1 6 Tachycineta albilinea
6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
2 Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow 1 2 Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi
1 Rough-winged Swallow sp. 2 20 Stelgidopteryx sp.
2 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
5 Barn Swallow 2 100 Hirundo rustica
3 Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
6 Spot-breasted Wren 6 3 Thryothorus maculipectus
6 Plain Wren 2 2 Thryothorus modestus
6 House Wren 4 2 Troglodytes aedon
6 White-breasted Wood-Wren 4 2 Henicorhina leucosticta
6 Long-billed Gnatwren 2 1 Ramphocaenus melanurus
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 2 Polioptila caerulea
3 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
6 Wood Thrush 2 2 Catharus mustelinus
6 Clay-colored Thrush (Robin) 6 15 Turdus grayi
6 Gray Catbird 5 10 Dumetella carolinensis
5 Tropical Mockingbird 2 3 Mimus gilvus
1 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
5 Blue-winged Warbler 3 1 Vermivora pinus
5 Tennessee Warbler 1 3 Vermivora peregrina
6 Northern Parula 4 4 Parula americana
6 Yellow Warbler 6 10 Dendroica petechia
6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 2 Dendroica pensylvanica
6 Magnolia Warbler 6 30 Dendroica magnolia
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata coronata
6 Black-throated Green Warbler 5 3 Dendroica virens
3 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
1 Palm Warbler 1 1 Dendroica palmarum
6 Black-and-white Warbler 6 6 Mniotilta varia
6 American Redstart 6 25 Setophaga ruticilla
6 Worm-eating Warbler 4 3 Helmitheros vermivorus
1 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
6 Ovenbird 4 2 Seiurus aurocapillus
6 Northern Waterthrush 3 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
6 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 1 Seiurus motacilla
6 Kentucky Warbler 4 2 Oporornis formosus
6 Common Yellowthroat 2 5 Geothlypis trichas
6 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat 2 1 Geothlypis poliocephala
6 Hooded Warbler 6 8 Wilsonia citrina
6 Wilson's Warbler 5 10 Wilsonia pusilla
3 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
6 Rufous-capped Warbler 1 1 Basileuterus rufifrons
6 Yellow-breasted Chat 4 4 Icteria virens
6 Bananaquit 4 1 Coereba flaveola
6 Red-throated Ant-Tanager 5 4 Habia fuscicauda
6 Summer Tanager 6 7 Piranga rubra
2 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
6 Crimson-collared Tanager 4 3 Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
6 Passerini's Tanager 3 4 Ramphocelus passerinii
6 Blue-gray Tanager 2 4 Thraupis episcopus
6 Yellow-winged Tanager 3 2 Thraupis abbas
6 Golden-hooded Tanager 3 10 Tangara larvata
4 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
6 Red-legged Honeycreeper 4 4 Cyanerpes cyaneus
6 Blue-black Grassquit 3 10 Volatinia jacarina
5 Variable Seedeater 3 10 Sporophila americana
6 White-collared Seedeater 6 30 Sporophila torqueola
5 Thick-billed [Lesser] Seed-Finch 2 4 Oryzoborus funereus
6 Grassland Yellow-Finch 2 50 Sicalis luteola
4 Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
6 Green-backed Sparrow 1 1 Arremonops chloronotus
2 Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii
1 Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
2 Savannah Sparrow 1 4 Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
3 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
5 Grayish Saltator 2 4 Saltator coerulescens
6 Buff-throated Saltator 5 3 Saltator maximus
6 Black-headed Saltator 3 8 Saltator atriceps
4 Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 2 Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Blue-black Grosbeak 2 1 Cyanocompsa cyanoides
4 Blue Grosbeak 1 1 Passerina caerulea
6 Indigo Bunting 4 20 Passerina cyanea
6 Painted Bunting 2 2 Passerina ciris
6 Red-winged Blackbird 1 100 Agelaius phoeniceus
6 Eastern Meadowlark 3 10 Sturnella magna
6 Melodious Blackbird 6 15 Dives dives
6 Great-tailed Grackle 6 1000 Quiscalus mexicanus
6 Bronzed Cowbird 1 100 Molothrus aeneus
3 Giant Cowbird 1 1 Scaphidura oryzivora
5 Black-cowled Oriole 2 4 Icterus dominicensis
6 Orchard Oriole 4 6 Icterus spurius
5 Hooded Oriole 1 1 Icterus cucullatus
5 Yellow-tailed Oriole 1 2 Icterus mesomelas
5 Altamira Oriole 2 3 Icterus gularis
6 Baltimore Oriole 4 20 Icterus galbula
6 Yellow-billed Cacique 3 2 H Amblycercus holosericeus
5 Chestnut-headed Oropendola 4 40 Psarocolius wagleri
6 Montezuma Oropendola 5 5 Gymnostinops montezuma
6 Scrub Euphonia 5 8 Euphonia affinis
6 Yellow-throated Euphonia 5 25 Euphonia hirundinacea
5 Olive-backed Euphonia 1 1 Euphonia gouldi

Mammals

1 Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis
2 Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana
6 Black Howler Monker Alouatta pigra
5 Mexican Gray Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster
1 Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei
3 Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata
1 Kinkajou Potus flavus
2 White-nosed Coati Nasua narica
1 Coyote Canis latrans

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreletii
4 Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis
5 Basilisk Lizard Basiliscus basiliscus
2 Striped Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus
1 Central American Ameiva Ameiva ameiva
1 Tropical Rat Snake Spilotes pullatus

Reptiles

6 Green Iguana Iguana iguana

True Butterflies (Swallowtails)

Emerald-patched Cattleheart Parides sesostris

Butterflies

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail Priamides anchisiades
Variable Swallowtail Mimoides phaon
Yellow Angled-Sulphur Anteos maerula
Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea
White-banded Metalmark Calopsila sudias
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
Isabella Heliconian Eueides isabella
Zebra Longwing Heliconius charitonius
Crimson Patch Chlosyne janais
Patch sp. Chlosyne sp.
White Peacock Anartia jatrophae
Banded Peacock Anartia fatima
Guatemalan Cracker Hanadryas guatemalena
Black Cracker Hamadrayas laodamia
Yellow-fronted Owl-Butterfly Caligo memnon
White Satyr Cissia hesione
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Queen Danaus gilippus
Tiger Mimic-Queen Lycorea cleobea
Two-pupiled Satyr Cissia usitata
White-banded Satyr Cissia hesione
Long-tailed Skipper sp. Urbanus sp.

Brushfoots

Variable Cracker Hamadryas feronia

True Butterflies (Papilionidae)

Four-spotted Sailor Dynamine mylitta