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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Mexico: The Yucatán and Cozumel

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Cumulative Bird list from the December 2007 tour

With Steve Howell and Gavin Bieber as leaders

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5 Thicket Tinamou 1 2h H Crypturellus cinnamomeus
2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
2 American Wigeon 1 1 Anas americana
6 Blue-winged Teal 2 25 Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler 1 2 Anas clypeata
3 Ring-necked Duck 1 1 Aythya collaris
3 Lesser Scaup 1 9 Aythya affinis
5 Plain Chachalaca 3 20 (h) Ortalis vetula
3 Ocellated Turkey 2 1 Meleagris ocellata
5 Black-throated Bobwhite 3 20 (h) Colinus nigrogularis
2 Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
4 Least Grebe 1 5 Tachybaptus dominicus
5 Pied-billed Grebe 1 2 Podilymbus podiceps
1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
6 American White Pelican 1 150 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
6 Brown Pelican 1 20 Pelecanus occidentalis
6 Neotropic Cormorant 1 10 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
6 Double-crested Cormorant 2 200 Phalacrocorax auritus
6 Anhinga 2 1 Anhinga anhinga
6 Magnificent Frigatebird 5 50 Fregata magnificens
1 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
4 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 1 4 Tigrisoma mexicanum
6 Great Blue Heron 2 20 Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 2 20 Ardea alba
6 Snowy Egret 2 10 Egretta thula
6 Little Blue Heron 3 20 Egretta caerulea
6 Tricolored Heron 1 15 Egretta tricolor
6 Reddish Egret 1 3 Egretta rufescens
6 Cattle Egret 7 10 Bubulcus ibis
6 Green Heron 1 4 Butorides virescens
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 2 Nyctanassa violacea
5 Boat-billed Heron 1 3 Cochlearius cochlearius
6 White Ibis 2 50 Eudocimus albus
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
6 Roseate Spoonbill 2 20 Platalea ajaja
3 Jabiru 1 1 Jabiru mycteria
6 Wood Stork 1 4 Mycteria americana
6 Black Vulture 8 300 Coragyps atratus
6 Turkey Vulture 8 70 Cathartes aura
6 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 1 5 Cathartes burrovianus
2 King Vulture 1 1 Sarcoramphus papa
6 Greater Flamingo 1 1000 Phoenicopterus ruber
6 Osprey 1 10 Pandion haliaetus
3 Hook-billed Kite 2 6 Chondrohierax uncinatus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
1 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
3 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
4 Crane Hawk 1 1 Geranospiza caerulescens
5 Common Black-Hawk 2 7 Buteogallus anthracinus
1 Great Black Hawk 2 1 Buteogallus urubitinga
5 Roadside Hawk 3 2 Buteo magnirostris
6 Gray Hawk 4 2 Buteo nitidus
6 Short-tailed Hawk 2 1 Buteo brachyurus
3 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
6 Zone-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo albonotatus
3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo jamaicensis
3 Black Hawk-Eagle 1 1 Spizaetus tyrannus
2 Ornate Hawk-Eagle 1 1 Spizaetus ornatus
1 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
6 Crested Caracara 1 9 Caracara cheriway
6 Laughing Falcon 2 1 Herpetotheres cachinnans
5 American Kestrel 1 1 Falco sparverius
4 Merlin 1 2 Falco columbarius
6 Bat Falcon 1 1 Falco rufigularis
6 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus
6 Ruddy Crake 2 10 (h) Laterallus ruber
3 Clapper Rail 2 2 H Rallus longirostris
1 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
4 Sora 1 1 H Porzana carolina
5 Common Moorhen 1 5 Gallinula chloropus
6 American Coot 2 35 Fulica americana
4 Limpkin Aramus guarauna
6 Black-bellied Plover 1 30 Pluvialis squatarola
6 Snowy Plover 1 60 Charadrius alexandrinus
6 Wilson's Plover 1 70 Charadrius wilsonia
6 Semipalmated Plover 1 750 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover 1 6 Charadrius melodus
6 Killdeer 3 8 Charadrius vociferus
4 American Oystercatcher 1 2 Haematopus palliatus
6 Black-necked Stilt 2 80 Himantopus mexicanus
1 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
5 Northern Jacana 2 8 Jacana spinosa
6 Spotted Sandpiper 1 7 Actitis macularius
4 Solitary Sandpiper 1 3 Tringa solitaria
6 Greater Yellowlegs 1 15 Tringa melanoleuca
6 Willet 1 10 Tringa semipalmata
6 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 600 Tringa flavipes
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
4 Long-billed Curlew 1 2 Numenius americanus
3 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
6 Ruddy Turnstone 2 50 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot Calidris canutus
6 Sanderling 1 100 Calidris alba
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 30 Calidris pusilla
6 Western Sandpiper 1 500 Calidris mauri
6 Least Sandpiper 1 200 Calidris minutilla
6 Dunlin 1 1 Calidris alpina
6 Stilt Sandpiper 1 10 Calidris himantopus
6 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 4 Limnodromus griseus
4 Wilson's Snipe 1 2 Gallinago delicata
2 Wilson's Phalarope 1 18 Phalaropus tricolor
2 Red-necked Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus lobatus
6 Laughing Gull 2 500 Larus atricilla
2 Franklin's Gull 1 1 Larus pipixcan
6 Ring-billed Gull 1 3 Larus delawarensis
6 Herring Gull 1 2 Larus argentatus
5 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus fuscus
2 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
1 Least Tern Sternula antillarum
5 Gull-billed Tern 1 4 Geochelidon nilotica
6 Caspian Tern 1 110 Hydroprogne caspia
2 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo
5 Forster's Tern 1 60 Sterna forsteri
6 Royal Tern 3 50 Thalasseus maxima
6 Sandwich Tern 1 400 Thalasseus sandvicensis
6 Black Skimmer 1 60 Rynchops niger
6 Rock Pigeon X X Columba livia
2 Scaled Pigeon 1 1 Patagioenas speciosa
5 White-crowned Pigeon 2 15 Patagioenas leucocephala
6 Red-billed Pigeon 2 30 Patagioenas flavirostris
1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 6 Streptopelia decaocto
6 White-winged Dove 3 30 Zenaida asiatica
5 Zenaida Dove 1 4 Zenaida aurita
6 Common Ground-Dove 2 10 Columbina passerina
6 Ruddy Ground-Dove 4 10 Columbina talpacoti
1 Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
6 White-tipped Dove 2 1 Leptotila verreauxi
5 Caribbean Dove 1 1 Leptotila jamaicensis
1 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
6 Olive-throated (Aztec) Parakeet 2 40 Aratinga nana
1 White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
5 White-fronted Parrot 2 4 Amazona albifrons
6 Yellow-lored (yucutan) Parrot 2 10 Amazona xantholora
6 Squirrel Cuckoo 3 2 Piaya cayana
5 Mangrove Cuckoo 1 1 Coccyzus minor
3 Lesser Roadrunner 1 1 Geococcyx velox
5 Smooth-billed Ani 1 5 Crotophaga ani
6 Groove-billed Ani 5 40 Crotophaga sulcirostris
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
6 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 5 4 (h) Glaucidium brasilianum
3 Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
2 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
6 Common Pauraque 2 6 Nyctidromus albicollis
5 Yucatan Poorwill 2 2 Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
3 Northern Potoo 1 1 Nyctibius jamaicensis
1 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
6 Vaux's Swift 4 30 Chaetura vauxi
6 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing 2 8 Campylopterus curvipennis
2 Green-breasted Mango 2 2 Anthracothorax prevostii
6 Cozumel Emerald 2 5 Chlorostilbon forficatus
6 Canivet's Emerald 3 3 Chlorostilbon canivetii
6 White-bellied Emerald 2 3 Amazilia candida
6 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 3 Amazilia yucatanensis
6 Cinnamon Hummingbird 2 4 Amazilia rutila
6 Mexican Sheartail 1 3 Doricha eliza
6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 1 Archilochus colubris
6 Black-headed Trogon 3 2 Trogon melanocephalus
5 Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
2 Collared Trogon 1 1 Trogon collaris
5 Blue-crowned Motmot 1 2 Momotus momota
6 Turquoise-browed Motmot 2 1 Eumomota superciliosa
6 Belted Kingfisher 1 9 Ceryle alcyon
1 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
5 Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
4 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
6 Yucatan Woodpecker 1 2 Melanerpes pygmaeus
6 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5 20 Melanerpes aurifrons
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
5 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides scalaris
4 Smoky-brown Woodpecker 1 1 Veniliornis fumigatus
6 Golden-olive Woodpecker 2 1 Piculus rubiginosus
1 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
5 Lineated Woodpecker 3 2 Dryocopus lineatus
6 Pale-billed Woodpecker 1 1 Campephilus guatemalensis
1 Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
1 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
4 Tawny-winged Woodcreeper 1 1 Dendrocincla anabatina
3 Ruddy Woodcreeper 1 1 Dendrocincla homochroa
6 Olivaceous Woodcreeper 2 1 Sittasomus griseicapillus
1 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
6 Ivory-billed Woodcreeper 3 2 Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
6 Barred Antshrike 2 4 Thamnophilus doliatus
6 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 1 Camptostoma imberbe
1 Cozumel Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe thyellophila
5 Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
6 Caribbean Elaenia 2 3 Elaenia martinica
5 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
2 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
5 Northern Bentbill 2 4 Oncostoma cinereigulare
6 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 1 1 Tolmomyias sulphurescens
5 Stub-tailed Spadebill 2 5 H Platyrinchus cancrominus
1 Royal Flycatcher 1 2 Onychorhynchus coronatus
6 Tropical Pewee 2 3 Contopus cinereus
6 Least Flycatcher 4 6 Empidonax minimus
1 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
4 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 2 Pyrocephalus rubinus
6 Bright-rumped Attila 1 1 H Attila spadiceus
6 Yucatan Flycatcher 2 3 Myiarchus yucatanensis
1 Yucatan (Cozumel) Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis lanyoni
6 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 2 2 Myiarchus tuberculifer
4 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 2 Myiarchus crinitus
2 Brown-crested Flycatcher 1 1 Myiarchus tyrannulus
6 Great Kiskadee 2 2 Pitangus sulphuratus
6 Boat-billed Flycatcher 2 4 Megarynchus pitangua
6 Social Flycatcher 3 6 Myiozetetes similis
6 Tropical Kingbird 5 30 Tyrannus melancholicus
6 Couch's Kingbird 3 6 Tyrannus couchii
1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
1 Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdina
3 Gray-collared Becard 1 1 Pachyramphus major
6 Rose-throated Becard 3 4 Pachyramphus aglaiae
5 Masked Tityra 3 3 Tityra semifasciata
4 Black-crowned Tityra 1 2 Tityra inquisitor
2 Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis
6 White-eyed Vireo 7 15 Vireo griseus
6 Mangrove (peten) Vireo 5 5 Vireo pallens
6 Cozumel Vireo 2 4 Vireo bairdi
6 Yellow-throated Vireo 4 3 Vireo flavifrons
6 Yucatan Vireo 3 8 Vireo magister
1 Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
6 Lesser Greenlet 3 5 Hylophilus decurtatus
6 Rufous-browed Peppershrike 3 2 Cyclarhis gujanensis
6 Rufous-browed Peppershrike 1 1 Cyclarhis gujanensis insularis
6 Green Jay 1 5 Cyanocorax yncas
6 Brown Jay 3 20 Cyanocorax morio
6 Yucatan Jay 4 30 Cyanocorax yucatanicus
3 Tree Swallow 1 1000 Tachycineta bicolor
2 Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 10 Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi
5 Cave Swallow 2 120 Petrochelidon fulva
3 Barn Swallow 2 2 Hirundo rustica
6 Yucatan Wren 1 3 Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
6 Spot-breasted Wren 4 10 (h) Thryothorus maculipectus
6 Carolina (White-browed) Wren 2 3 Thryothorus ludovicianus
3 (Southern) House Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes aedon musculus
6 House (Cozumel) Wren 2 6 Troglodytes aedon beani
6 White-bellied Wren 2 2 Uropsila leucogastra
5 Long-billed Gnatwren 1 2 Ramphocaenus melanurus
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 5 Polioptila caerulea
6 Blue-gray (Cozumel) Gnatcatcher 2 7 Polioptila caerulea cozumelae
6 Tropical Gnatcatcher 2 3 Polioptila plumbea
1 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
3 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
1 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
6 Wood Thrush 1 2 Hylocichla mustelina
6 Clay-colored Robin 2 3 Turdus grayi
1 American Robin Turdus migratorius
6 Gray Catbird 3 10 Dumetella carolinensis
6 Black Catbird 4 10 Melanoptila glabrirostris
6 Tropical Mockingbird 7 45 Mimus gilvus
4 Blue-winged Warbler 1 1 Vermivora pinus
5 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
6 Northern Parula 7 6 Parula americana
6 Yellow Warbler 5 4 Dendroica petechia
4 Yellow (Mangrove) Warbler 1 2 Dendroica petechia bryanti
6 Yellow (Golden) Warbler 2 6 Dendroica petechia rufivertex
6 Magnolia Warbler 7 25 Dendroica magnolia
1 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
6 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 1 Dendroica caerulescens
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
6 Black-throated Green Warbler 6 10 Dendroica virens
6 Yellow-throated Warbler 4 4 Dendroica dominica
2 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
6 Palm Warbler 4 3 Dendroica palmarum
6 Black-and-white Warbler 3 4 Mniotilta varia
6 American Redstart 7 12 Setophaga ruticilla
3 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
3 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
6 Ovenbird 3 2 Seiurus aurocapilla
6 Northern Waterthrush 3 4 Seiurus noveboracensis
1 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
6 Common Yellowthroat 7 10 Geothlypis trichas
6 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat 1 2 Geothlypis poliocephala
6 Hooded Warbler 3 6 Wilsonia citrina
2 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
4 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 1 Icteria virens
6 Gray-throated Chat 2 1 Granatellus sallaei
6 (Cozumel) Bananaquit 3 6 Coereba flaveola caboti
4 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 1 1 Habia rubica
6 Red-throated Ant-Tanager 1 5 Habia fuscicauda
6 Rose-throated Tanager 2 3 Piranga roseogularis
6 Summer Tanager 5 5 Piranga rubra
6 Western (Cozumel) Spindalis 1 1 Spindalis zena benedicti
4 Blue-gray Tanager 1 6 Thraupis episcopus
3 Yellow-winged Tanager 1 2 Thraupis abbas
3 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
6 Blue-black Grassquit 1 4 Volatinia jacarina
6 White-collared Seedeater 2 2 Sporophila torqueola
6 Yellow-faced Grassquit 2 20 Tiaris olivaceus
6 Olive Sparrow 3 1 Arremonops rufivirgatus
6 Green-backed Sparrow 2 1 Arremonops chloronotus
4 Savannah Sparrow 1 2 Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
1 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
4 Grayish Saltator 1 3 Saltator coerulescens
6 Black-headed Saltator 1 8 Saltator atriceps
6 Northern Cardinal 4 3 Cardinalis cardinalis
6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 5 Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Blue Bunting 1 3 Cyanocompsa parellina
3 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
6 Indigo Bunting 3 10 Passerina cyanea
6 Painted Bunting 2 3 Passerina ciris
2 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
6 Melodious Blackbird 5 20 Dives dives
6 Great-tailed Grackle 7 5000 Quiscalus mexicanus
5 Bronzed Cowbird 2 3 Molothrus aeneus
5 Black-cowled Oriole 4 4 Icterus prosthemelas
6 Orchard Oriole 1 10 Icterus spurius
6 Hooded Oriole 5 6 Icterus cucullatus
4 Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
6 Yellow-tailed Oriole 1 2 Icterus mesomelas
6 Orange Oriole 3 2 Icterus auratus
6 Altamira Oriole 5 10 Icterus gularis
4 Baltimore Oriole 2 4 Icterus galbula
6 Yellow-billed Cacique 3 3 Amblycercus holosericeus
6 Scrub Euphonia 1 2 Euphonia affinis
6 Yellow-throated Euphonia 1 1 Euphonia hirundinacea
3 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria

Mammals

Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus
Central Am. Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi
Yucatan Squirrel X Sciurus yucatenensis
Eastern Cottontail X Sylvilagus floridanus
Long-tailed Weasel X Mustela frenata
White-nosed Coati X Nasua narica
Gray Fox X Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Tayra Eira barbara
Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
Cozumel Raccoon X Procyon pygmaeus
Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana
Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata

Amphibians and Reptiles

Slider Trachemys scripta
American Crocodile X Crocodylus acutus
Morelet's Crocodile X Crocodylus moreletii
Gulf Coast Toad X Bufo nebulifer
House Gecko X Hemidactylus frenatus
Brown Basilisk X Basiliscus vittatus
Common (Green) Iguana Iguana iguana
Black Spiny-tailed Iguana X Ctenosaura similis
Rainbow Whiptail X Ameiva undulata
Brown Anole X Norops sagrei
Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus
Mexican Parrot Snake Leptophis mexicanus
Common Lancehead/terciopelo Bothrops asper

Butterflies

Pipevine Swallowtail X Battus philenor
Polydamas Swallowtail X Battus polydamas
cattleheart species X Parides sp.
Thoas Swallowtail X Papilio thoas
Florida White X Appias drusilla
Great Southern White Ascia monuste
Southern Dogface Colias cesonia
White-angled Sulphur X Anteos clorinde
Cloudless Sulphur X Phoebis sennae
Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea
Large Orange Sulphur X Phoebis agarithe
Barred Yellow Eurema daira
Boisduval's Yellow Eurema boisduvaliana
Mimsoa Yellow Eurema nise
Mexican Cycadian Eumaeus toxea
Sky-blue Greatstreak X Pseudolycaena damo
Dusky Blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon
Gold-bordered Hairstreak Rekoa palegon
Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius
Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus
Eastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntas
scintillant species Calephelis sp.
Red-bordered Pixie X Melanis pixe
tanmark species Emesis sp.
white-centered metalmark sp. Nymphidium sp.
Tegula Metalmark (prob.) Emesis tegula
Julia Heliconian X Dryas iulia
Zebra Heliconian X Heliconius charitonius
Crimson-patched Heliconian X Heliconius erato
Gulf Fritillary X Agraullis vanillae
Mexican Fritillary Euptoieta hegesia
Malachite X Siproeta stelenes
White Peacock X Anartia jatrophae
Banded Peacock Anartia fatima
Broad-banded Sister Adelpha celerio
Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima
Four-spotted Sailor X Dynamine postverta
Common Mestra Mestra amymone
Gray Cracker X Hamadryas februa
Guatemalan Cracker Hamadryas guatemalena
prepona species X Archaeoprepona sp.
Peleides Morpho X Morpho peleides
Monarch X Danaus plexippus
Queen X Danaus gilippus
White-striped Longtail Chioides catillus
Falcate Skipper Spathilepia clonius
White-dashed Underleaf Skipper Codatractus sp.
Common Spurwing Antigonus erosus
Texas Powdered-Skipper Systasea pulverulenta
Aglaura Olivewing Nessaea aglaura
Dirce Beauty Colobura dirce
Stinky Leaf Wing Historis odius
Blomfild's Beauty Smyrna blomfildia
Owl-eye Butterfly Caligo memnon

Whites and Yellows and Mimic-whites

Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia

LYCAENIDAE - Theclinae (HAIRSTREAKS)

Marius Hairstreak Rekoa marius

NYMPHALIDAE - Nymphalinae (TYPICAL BRUSHFOOTS)

Tropical Buckeye Junonia genoveva

Brushfoots

Variable Cracker Hamadryas feronia

Butterflies and Skippers

Tropical Checkered Skipper Pyrgus oileus