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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Mexico: The Lacandon Rainforest and Maya Ruins

Cumulative Checklist

With Rich Hoyer as Leader

  • Column A = Number of years out of two this species has been observed
  • Column B = Number of days species seen during the 2012 tour
  • Column C = Maximum daily total seen during the 2012 tour
  • Column D = N = nesting evidence observed, (H) = mostly heard but seen at least once, H = heard but not seen, X = Also seen during 2012 tour
A B C D
1 Great Tinamou 2 1 H Tinamus major
2 Little Tinamou 2 3 H Crypturellus soui
2 Slaty-breasted Tinamou 3 1 H Crypturellus boucardi
2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 80 Dendrocygna autumnalis
2 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 1 3 Dendrocygna bicolor
2 Muscovy Duck 1 9 Cairina moschata
1 American Wigeon 1 2 Anas americana
2 Blue-winged Teal 2 1000 Anas discors
2 Northern Shoveler 1 200 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail 1 5 Anas acuta
1 Green-winged Teal 1 2 Anas crecca
1 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
2 Crested Guan 1 4 Penelope purpurascens
1 Great Curassow 2 1 Crax rubra
1 Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
2 Least Grebe 1 3 Tachybaptus dominicus
2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 10 Podilymbus podiceps
2 American White Pelican 1 400 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
2 Neotropic Cormorant 4 2000 N Phalacrocorax brasilianus
2 Anhinga 2 4 Anhinga anhinga
2 Pinnated Bittern 1 10 Botaurus pinnatus
2 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 2 45 Tigrisoma mexicanum
2 Great Blue Heron 3 300 Ardea herodias
2 Great Egret 5 1000 Ardea alba
2 Snowy Egret 4 1000 Egretta thula
2 Little Blue Heron 4 500 Egretta caerulea
2 Tricolored Heron 2 30 Egretta tricolor
2 Cattle Egret 6 3000 Bubulcus ibis
2 Green Heron 2 100 Butorides virescens
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 3 Nyctanassa violacea
2 White Ibis 1 50 Eudocimus albus
2 Glossy Ibis 1 1 Plegadis falcinellus
2 White-faced Ibis 1 20 Plegadis chihi
2 Ibis species 200 Plegadis sp.
2 Roseate Spoonbill 1 100 N Platalea ajaja
2 Wood Stork 3 500 N Mycteria americana
2 Black Vulture 7 100s Coragyps atratus
2 Turkey Vulture 7 100 Cathartes aura
2 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 1 30 Cathartes burrovianus
2 King Vulture 2 4 Sarcoramphus papa
2 Osprey 3 3 Pandion haliaetus
2 Gray-headed Kite 1 1 Leptodon cayanensis
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
2 Snail Kite 1 25 Rostrhamus sociabilis
2 Double-toothed Kite 3 6 N Harpagus bidentatus
2 Black-collared Hawk 1 3 Busarellus nigricollis
2 Crane Hawk 3 2 Geranospiza caerulescens
2 White Hawk 3 2 Leucopternis albicollis
1 Common Black-Hawk 1 2 Buteogallus anthracinus
1 Great Black-Hawk 1 2 Buteogallus urubitinga
2 Roadside Hawk 7 20 Buteo magnirostris
1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 Buteo platypterus
2 Gray Hawk 2 2 Buteo nitidus
1 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
1 White-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo albicaudatus
1 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle 1 1 Spizaetus melanoleucus
2 Black Hawk-Eagle 1 1 Spizaetus tyrannus
1 Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
1 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
2 Crested Caracara 3 25 Caracara plancus
2 Laughing Falcon 4 2 (H) Herpetotheres cachinnans
2 American Kestrel 3 2 Falco sparverius
1 Aplomado Falcon 3 4 Falco femoralis
2 Bat Falcon 3 4 Falco rufigularis
2 Peregrine Falcon 3 1 Falco peregrinus
2 Ruddy Crake 1 5 H Laterallus ruber
2 Gray-breasted Crake 1 7 H Laterallus exilis
2 Gray-necked Wood-Rail 3 4 Aramides cajanea
1 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
1 Common Gallinule 1 1 Gallinula cachinnans
2 American Coot 1 500 Fulica americana
2 Sungrebe 1 2 Heliornis fulica
2 Limpkin 1 300 Aramus guarauna
2 Double-striped Thick-knee 2 5 Burhinus bistriatus
2 Killdeer 3 10 Charadrius vociferus
2 Black-necked Stilt 1 50 Himantopus mexicanus
1 American Avocet 1 12 Recurvirostra americana
2 Northern Jacana 1 1000 Jacana spinosa
2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 8 Actitis macularius
2 Solitary Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa solitaria
2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 2 Tringa melanoleuca
2 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 20 Tringa flavipes
2 Least Sandpiper 1 50 Calidris minutilla
1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 40 Calidris melanotus
2 Stilt Sandpiper 1 50 Calidris himantopus
1 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 200 Limnodromus scolopaceus
2 Laughing Gull 1 150 Leucophaeus atricilla
2 Gull-billed Tern 1 250 Geochelidon nilotica
2 Caspian Tern 1 150 Hydroprogne caspia
1 Forster's Tern 50 Sterna forsteri
1 Black Skimmer 100 Rynchops niger
2 Pale-vented Pigeon 2 2 Patagioenas cayennensis
1 Scaled Pigeon 3 10 Patagioenas speciosa
2 Short-billed Pigeon 4 5 (H) Patagioenas nigrirostris
2 White-winged Dove 3 40 Zenaida asiatica
2 Mourning Dove 1 4 Zenaida macroura
2 Ruddy Ground-Dove 4 6 Columbina talpacoti
2 White-tipped Dove 3 1 H Leptotila verreauxi
1 Gray-headed Dove 3 2 Leptotila plumbeiceps
2 Gray-chested Dove 2 1 H Leptotila cassini
2 Aztec Olive-throated Parakeet 5 35 Aratinga nana astec
2 Scarlet Macaw 3 2 N Ara macao
2 Brown-hooded Parrot 4 6 Pionopsitta haematotis
2 White-crowned Parrot 3 10 Pionus senilis
2 White-fronted Parrot 4 10 Amazona albifrons
2 Red-lored Parrot 6 14 N Amazona autumnalis
2 Mealy Parrot 3 6 Amazona farinosa
2 Squirrel Cuckoo 2 2 Piaya cayana
1 Striped Cuckoo 1 1 H Tapera naevia
1 Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
2 Groove-billed Ani 5 20 Crotophaga sulcirostris
2 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 2 4 (H) Glaucidium brasilianum
2 Mottled Owl 2 1 H Strix virgata
2 Common Pauraque 2 2 H Nyctidromus albicollis
2 Great Potoo 1 1 Nyctibius grandis
1 Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
2 White-collared Swift 3 15 Streptoprocne zonaris
1 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
1 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
2 Long-billed [Long-tailed] Hermit 5 5 Phaethornis longirostris
2 Stripe-throated [Little] Hermit 1 3 Phaethornis striigularis
2 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 2 3 Phaeochroa cuvierii
2 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing 2 2 Campylopterus curvipennis
1 Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
1 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
1 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
2 Black-crested Coquette 1 1 Lophornis helenae
2 Canivet's Emerald 1 2 Chlorostilbon canivetii
2 White-bellied Emerald 4 3 Amazilia candida
2 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 6 5 Amazilia tzacatl
2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1 5 Amazilia yucatanensis
1 Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
1 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 3 Archilochus colubris
2 Black-headed Trogon 2 2 H Trogon melanocephalus
2 Gartered [Violaceous] Trogon 5 5 Trogon caligatus
2 Collared Trogon 1 3 H Trogon collaris
2 Slaty-tailed Trogon 2 3 Trogon massena
1 Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
2 Blue-crowned Motmot 4 4 H Momotus momota
2 Ringed Kingfisher 3 8 Ceryle torquata
2 Belted Kingfisher 1 4 Ceryle alcyon
2 Amazon Kingfisher 4 2 Chloroceryle amazona
2 Green Kingfisher 1 2 Chloroceryle americana
2 American Pygmy Kingfisher 1 3 Chloroceryle aenea
2 White-necked Puffbird 3 2 Notharchus hyperrhynchus
2 White-whiskered Puffbird 1 3 Malacoptila panamensis
2 Rufous-tailed Jacamar 3 4 (H) Galbula ruficauda
2 Collared Aracari 5 8 Pteroglossus torquatus
2 Keel-billed Toucan 5 8 Ramphastos sulfuratus
2 Acorn Woodpecker 2 2 Melanerpes formicivorus
2 Black-cheeked Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes pucherani
2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 7 12 Melanerpes aurifrons
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 1 Sphyrapicus varius
1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
2 Smoky-brown Woodpecker 1 2 Veniliornis fumigatus
2 Golden-olive Woodpecker 1 1 H Piculus rubiginosus
1 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
2 Lineated Woodpecker 1 1 Dryocopus lineatus
2 Pale-billed Woodpecker 4 3 Campephilus guatemalensis
2 Rufous-breasted Spinetail 2 5 Synallaxis erythrothorax
1 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
1 Scaly-throated Leaftosser 1 1 Sclerurus guatemalensis
1 Plain Xenops 1 2 Xenops minutus
2 Tawny-winged Woodcreeper 2 1 Dendrocincla anabatina
2 Ruddy Woodcreeper 1 2 Dendrocincla homochroa
2 Olivaceous Woodcreeper 2 2 Sittasomus griseicapillus
2 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 2 1 Glyphorynchus spirurus
2 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper 3 2 Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
2 Ivory-billed Woodcreeper 5 5 Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
2 Streak-headed Woodcreeper 2 2 Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
1 Great Antshrike 3 1 H Taraba major
2 Barred Antshrike 4 4 Thamnophilus doliatus
1 Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
2 Plain Antvireo 1 1 Dysithamnus mentalis
2 Dot-winged Antwren 2 8 Microrhopias quixensis
2 Dusky Antbird 5 8 (H) Cercomacra tyrannina
2 Mexican Black-faced Antthrush 3 3 H Formicarius analis mexicanus
1 Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
2 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 2 Camptostoma imberbe
1 Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
2 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 1 2 Elaenia flavogaster
2 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher 2 1 Mionectes oleagineus
2 Sepia-capped Flycatcher 2 2 Leptopogon amaurocephalus
2 Northern Bentbill 3 4 Oncostoma cinereigulare
2 Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher 1 2 Poecilotriccus sylvia
2 Common Tody-Flycatcher 2 2 Todirostrum cinereum
2 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 4 3 Tolmomyias sulphurescens
2 Stub-tailed Spadebill 1 1 Platyrinchus cancrominus
2 Royal Flycatcher 1 1 Onychorhynchus coronatus
2 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher 1 1 Terenotriccus erythrurus
2 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher 1 1 Myiobius sulphureipygius
2 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 1 Empidonax flaviventris
2 Least Flycatcher 3 3 Empidonax minimus
2 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 10 Pyrocephalus rubinus
2 Bright-rumped Attila 2 1 Attila spadiceus
2 Rufous Mourner 4 2 (H) Rhytipterna holerythra
2 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 5 10 Myiarchus tuberculifer
2 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 2 (H) Myiarchus crinitus
1 Brown-crested Flycatcher 1 1 Myiarchus tyrannulus
2 Great Kiskadee 5 5 Pitangus sulphuratus
2 Boat-billed Flycatcher 4 4 Megarynchus pitangua
2 Social Flycatcher 4 10 Myiozetetes similis
2 Tropical Kingbird 6 20 Tyrannus melancholicus
2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 4 Tyrannus forficatus
2 Fork-tailed Flycatcher 2 6 Tyrannus savana
2 Thrush-like Schiffornis 2 2 Schiffornis turdina
2 Cinnamon Becard 2 3 Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
2 Rose-throated Becard 2 3 Pachyramphus aglaiae
2 Masked Tityra 3 3 Tityra semifasciata
2 Black-crowned Tityra 2 5 Tityra inquisitor
2 Lovely Cotinga 1 1 Cotinga amabilis
2 Rufous Piha 2 5 H Lipaugus unirufus
2 White-collared Manakin 1 1 Manacus candei
2 Red-capped Manakin 2 3 Pipra mentalis
2 White-eyed Vireo 4 6 Vireo griseus
2 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 1 Vireo flavifrons
1 Warbling Vireo 1 1 Vireo gilvus
1 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
1 Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
2 Lesser Greenlet 5 10 Hylophilus decurtatus
2 Green Shrike-Vireo 3 3 (H) Vireolanius pulchellus
2 Brown Jay 7 50 Psilorhinus morio
1 Green Jay 1 2 Cyanocorax yncas
1 Yucatan Jay 1 6 Cyanocorax yucatanicus
2 Gray-breasted Martin 1 2 Progne chalybea
2 Mangrove Swallow 3 50 Tachycineta albilinea
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 100 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
2 Barn Swallow 1 100 Hirundo rustica
1 Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
2 Spot-breasted Wren 7 10 (H) Thryothorus maculipectus
1 Plain Wren 1 1 H Thryothorus modestus
2 Southern House Wren 4 3 Troglodytes aedon musculus
2 White-bellied Wren 2 1 Uropsila leucogastra
2 White-breasted Wood-Wren 5 8 (H) Henicorhina leucosticta
2 Long-billed Gnatwren 2 3 (H) Ramphocaenus melanurus
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 5 Polioptila caerulea
1 Tropical Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila plumbea
1 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
2 Wood Thrush 2 2 Catharus mustelinus
2 Clay-colored Thrush 4 10 Turdus grayi
2 White-throated Thrush 1 1 H Turdus assimilis
2 Gray Catbird 6 5 Dumetella carolinensis
2 Tropical Mockingbird 2 10 Mimus gilvus
1 Blue-winged Warbler 4 2 Vermivora cyanoptera
2 Tennessee Warbler Oreothylpis peregrina
1 Tropical Parula 1 2 Parula pitaiyumi
2 Northern Parula 3 6 Parula americana
2 Yellow Warbler 6 40 Dendroica petechia
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 3 Dendroica pensylvanica
2 Magnolia Warbler 7 25 Dendroica magnolia
2 Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 5 Dendroica coronata coronata
2 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 2 Dendroica virens
1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 1 Dendroica dominica
2 Black-and-white Warbler 7 6 Mniotilta varia
2 American Redstart 7 20 Setophaga ruticilla
1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 2 Protonotaria citrea
2 Worm-eating Warbler 4 3 Helmitheros vermivorus
2 Ovenbird 1 1 Seiurus aurocapillus
2 Northern Waterthrush 6 5 Parkesia noveboracensis
2 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 2 Parkesia motacilla
2 Kentucky Warbler 2 2 Oporornis formosus
1 MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
2 Common Yellowthroat 5 10 Geothlypis trichas
2 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat 1 1 Geothlypis poliocephala
2 Hooded Warbler 7 7 Wilsonia citrina
2 Wilson's Warbler 6 6 Wilsonia pusilla
2 Golden-crowned Warbler 1 1 Basileuterus culicivorus
2 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 2 Icteria virens
2 Bananaquit 2 3 Coereba flaveola
1 Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
1 Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius
1 Crimson-collared Tanager 1 3 Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
2 Passerini's [Scarlet-rumped] Tanager 2 2 Ramphocelus passerinii
2 Blue-gray Tanager 2 4 Thraupis episcopus
2 Yellow-winged Tanager 2 7 Thraupis abbas
2 Golden-hooded Tanager 2 4 Tangara larvata
1 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
2 Red-legged Honeycreeper 2 8 Cyanerpes cyaneus
1 Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
2 Buff-throated Saltator 5 6 Saltator maximus
2 Black-headed Saltator 1 6 Saltator atriceps
2 Blue-black Grassquit 2 40 Volatinia jacarina
2 Variable Seedeater 2 1 Sporophila americana
2 White-collared Seedeater 6 20 Sporophila torqueola
Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
1 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
1 Grassland Yellow-Finch 1 15 Sicalis luteola
2 Orange-billed Sparrow 1 2 Arremon aurantiirostris
2 Green-backed Sparrow 1 1 Arremonops chloronotus
1 Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
2 Summer Tanager 4 4 Piranga rubra
1 White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
2 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 1 8 Habia rubica
2 Red-throated Ant-Tanager 3 10 Habia fuscicauda
2 Black-faced Grosbeak 2 3 Caryothraustes poliogaster
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 1 Pheucticus ludovicianus
1 Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
2 Blue Seedeater 1 1 Amaurospiza concolor
2 Blue-black Grosbeak 1 2 Cyanocompsa cyanoides
2 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole 1 6 Icterus [graduacauda] dickayae
2 Indigo Bunting 4 5 Passerina cyanea
2 Red-winged Blackbird 2 30 Agelaius phoeniceus
2 Eastern Meadowlark 4 20 Sturnella magna
2 Melodious Blackbird 7 16 Dives dives
2 Great-tailed Grackle 7 200 Quiscalus mexicanus
2 Bronzed Cowbird 1 1 Molothrus aeneus
1 Giant Cowbird 1 1 Scaphidura oryzivora
2 Black-cowled Oriole 1 4 Icterus dominicensis
2 Orchard Oriole 3 5 Icterus spurius
2 Hooded Oriole 1 4 Icterus cucullatus
2 Yellow-tailed Oriole 2 8 H Icterus mesomelas
2 Altamira Oriole 1 2 Icterus gularis
2 Baltimore Oriole 7 16 Icterus galbula
2 Yellow-billed Cacique 3 6 (H) Amblycercus holosericeus
2 Chestnut-headed Oropendola 1 5 Psarocolius wagleri
2 Montezuma Oropendola 5 5 Gymnostinops montezuma
2 Scrub Euphonia 3 4 Euphonia affinis
2 Yellow-throated Euphonia 5 6 Euphonia hirundinacea
2 Olive-backed Euphonia 2 3 Euphonia gouldi
1 White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
1 House Sparrow 1 3 Passer domesticus

Mammals
Guatemalan Black Howler x Alouatta pigra
Central American Spider Monkey x Ateles geoffroyi
Mexican Gray Squirrel x Sciurus aureogaster (incl. black morph)
Central American Agouti x Dasyprocta punctata

Amphibians and Reptiles
Giant Toad x Rhinella marina
American Crocodile x Crocodylus acutus
House Gecko x Hemidactylus frenatus
Striped Basilisk x Basiliscus vittatus
Black Iguana x Ctenosaura similis
Green Iguana x Iguana iguana

Butterflies
Orange-barred Sulphur x Phoebis philea
Monarch x Danaus plexippus
Queen x Danaus gilippus
Soldier x Danaus eresimus
Juno Longwing x Dione juno
Julia x Dryas iulia
Zebra Longwing x Heliconius charitohnia
Crimson-patched Longwing x Heliconius erato
White Peacock x Anartia jatrophae
Banded Peacock x Anartia fatima
Common Morpho x Morpho helenor

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