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• Lowland Rainforest: Tikal, El Remate, Yaxhá, Lachuá, Rocjá Pomtilá, Manabique

• Cloud Forest: Chelemhá, Biotopo del Quetzal, Los Tarrales, Sacranix

• Pine-Oak Forest: Antigua, Atitlán

• Mangrove, Coast and Beach: Manabique, Monterrico

• Dry Forest: Monterrico

• Thorn Forest: Motagua Valley

• Inland water bodies: El Remate, Lake Atitlán

• Coffee Plantation: Los Tarrales

• Maya Temples: Tikal, Yaxhá

• Recent Maya Culture: Chelemhá, Rocjá Pomtilá

Graphic © Knut Eisermann.
 

The following list was compiled according to reports in Howell & Webb (1995). Additional reports in Eisermann (2003). Nomenclature of this list according to AOU (1998). (Courtesy of www.cayaya-birding.com by Knut Eisermann )

TINAMIDAE

1. Great Tinamou Tinamus major
2. Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
3. Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
4. Slaty-breasted
   Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi

   PODICIPEDIDAE

5. Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
6. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
7. Atitlan Grebe Podilymbus gigas
8. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

   PROCELLARIIDAE

9. Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
10. Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa
11. Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia
12. Parkinson’s Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
13. Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus
14. Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
15. Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
16. Audubon’s Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri

    HYDROBATIDAE

17. Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
18. Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys
19. Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania
20. Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma

    PHAETHONTIDAE

21. Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

    SULIDAE

22. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
23. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
24. Red-footed Booby Sula sula

    PELECANIDAE

25. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
26. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

    PHALACROCORACIDAE

27. Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus

    ANHINGIDAE

28. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

    FREGATIDAE

29. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

    ARDEIDAE

30. Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
31. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
32. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
33. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
34. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
35. Great Egret Ardea alba
36. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
37. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
38. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
39. Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
40. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
41. Green Heron Butorides virescens
42. Agami Heron Agamia agami
43. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
44. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
45. Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius

    THRESKIORNITHIDAE

46. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
47. White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
48. Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja

    CICONIIDAE

49. Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
50. Wood Stork Mycteria americana

    CATHARTIDAE

51. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
52. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
53. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
54. King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa

    ANATIDAE

55. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
56. Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
57. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
58. American Wigeon Anas americana
59. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
60. Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
61. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
62. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
63. Canvasback Aythya valisineria
64. Redhead Aythya americana
65. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
66. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
67. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

    ACCIPITRIDAE

68. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
69. Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
70. Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
71. Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
72. White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
73. Snail Kite Rostrhamus socialbilis
74. Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
75. Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
76. Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
77. Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
78. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
79. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
80. Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
81. Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
82. Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
83. White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis
84. Gray Hawk Asturina nitida
85. Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
86. Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis
87. Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
88. Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
89. Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
90. Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
91. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
92. Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
93. Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
94. White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
95. Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
96. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
97. Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
98. Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
99. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus
100. Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
101. Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus

     FALCONIDAE

102. Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
103. Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
104. Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus
105. Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
106. Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
107. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
108. Merlin Falco columbarius
109. Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
110. Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
111. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

     CRACIDAE

112. Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
113. White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
114. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
115. Highland Guan Penelopina nigra
116. Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus
117. Great Curassow Crax rubra

     PHASIANIDAE

118. Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata

     ODONTOPHORIDAE

119. Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
120. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
121. Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
122. Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
123. Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
124. Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
125. Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus

     RALLIDAE

126. Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
127. Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
128. Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
129. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
130. Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris
131. Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
132. Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
133. Sora Porzana carolina
134. Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
135. Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica
136. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
137. American Coot Fulica americana

     HELIORNITHIDAE

138. Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

     EURYPYGIDAE

139. Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

     ARAMIDAE

140. Limpkin Aramus guarauna

     BURHINIDAE

141. Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

     CHARADRIIDAE

142. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
143. American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
144. Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
145. Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
146. Wilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsonia
147. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
148. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

     HAEMATOPODIDAE

149. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

     RECURVIROSTRIDAE

150. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
151. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana

     JACANIDAE

152. Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

     SCOLOPACIDAE

153. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
154. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
155. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
156. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
157. Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
158. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
159. Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
160. Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
161. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
162. Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
163. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
164. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
165. Surfbird Aphriza virgata
166. Red Knot Calidris canutus
167. Sanderling Calidris alba
168. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
169. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
170. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
171. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
172. Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
173. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotus
174. Dunlin Calidris alpina
175. Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
176. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
177. Ruff Philomachus pugnax
178. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
179. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
180. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
181. Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
182. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
183. Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria

     STERCORARIIDAE

184. South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
185. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
186. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
187. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus

     LARIDAE

188. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
189. Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan
190. Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni
191. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
192. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
193. Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
194. Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
195. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
196. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
197. Elegant Tern Sterna elegans
198. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
199. Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
200. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
201. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
202. Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri
203. Least Tern Sterna antillarum
204. Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus
205. Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
206. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
207. Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

     COLUMBIDAE

208. Rock Dove Columba livia
209. Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis
210. Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa
211. White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala
212. Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris
213. Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
214. Short-billed Pigeon Columba nigrirostris
215. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
216. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
217. Inca Dove Columbina inca
218. Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
219. Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta
220. Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
221. Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
222. Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
223. White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
224. Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
225. Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
226. White-faced Quail-Dove Geotrygon albifacies
227. Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

     PSITTACIDAE

228. Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua
229. Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana
230. Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis
231. Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
232. Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
233. Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
234. Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis
235. White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
236. White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons
237. Yellow-lored Parrot Amazona xantholora
238. Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis
239. Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa
240. Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix
241. Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata

     CUCULIDAE

242. Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
243. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
244. Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
245. Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
246. Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
247. Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
248. Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
249. Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
250. Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

     TYTONIDAE

251. Barn Owl Tyto alba

     STRIGIDAE

252. Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus
253. Pacific Screech-Owl Otus cooperi
254. Whiskered Screech-Owl Otus trichopsis
255. Bearded Screech-Owl Otus barbarus
256. Vermiculated Screech-Owl Otus guatemalae
257. Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
258. Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
259. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
260. Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
261. Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
262. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
263. Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
264. Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
265. Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
266. Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens
267. Stygian Owl Asio stygius
268. Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
269. Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi

     CAPRIMULGIDAE

270. Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
271. Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
272. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
273. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
274. Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
275. Chuck-will’s-widow Caprimulgus carolinenesis
276. Yucatan Nightjar Caprimulgus badius
277. Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi
278. Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus

     NYCTIBIIDAE

279. Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
280. Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

     APODIDAE

281. Black Swift Cypseloides niger
282. White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
283. Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
284. White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
285. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
286. Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
287. White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
288. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
289. Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi

     TROCHILIDAE

290. Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
291. Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
292. Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
293. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
294. Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis
295. Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus
296. Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
297. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
298. Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae
299. Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
300. Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
301. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei
302. Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
303. Canivet’s Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii
304. Violet-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
305. Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae
306. White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
307. White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida
308. Azure-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala
309. Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina
310. Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura
311. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
312. Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
313. Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
314. Green-fronted Hummingbird Amazilia viridifrons
315. Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
316. Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens
317. Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus
318. Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami
319. Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
320. Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
321. Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
322. Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
323. Slender Sheartail Doricha enicura
324. Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii
325. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
326. Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti
327. Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus

     TROGONIDAE

328. Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
329. Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
330. Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
331. Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
332. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
333. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
334. Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno

     MOMOTIDAE

335. Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
336. Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis
337. Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
338. Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota
339. Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
340. Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa

     ALCEDINIDAE

341. Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
342. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
343. Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
344. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
345. American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea

     BUCCONIDAE

346. White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
347. White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis

     GALBULIDAE

348. Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda

     RAMPHASTIDAE

349. Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
350. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
351. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus

     PICIDAE

352. Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
353. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
354. Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
355. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
356. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
357. Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
358. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
359. Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
360. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
361. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
362. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
363. Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
364. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis

     FURNARIIDAE

365. Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
366. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
367. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
368. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus
369. Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
370. Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
371. Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis

     DENDROCOLAPTIDAE

372. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
373. Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
374. Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
375. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
376. Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
377. Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
378. Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
379. Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
380. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
381. Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
382. Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
383. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis

     THAMNOPHILIDAE

384. Great Antshrike Taraba major
385. Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
386. Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
387. Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
388. Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
389. Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
390. Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
391. Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
392. Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps

     FORMICARIIDAE

393. Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
394. Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis

     TYRANNIDAE

395. Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
396. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
397. Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
398. Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
399. Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
400. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
401. Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
402. Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
403. Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
404. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
405. Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
406. Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
407. Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
408. Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
409. Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
410. Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
411. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
412. Belted Flycatcher Xenotriccus callizonus
413. Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
414. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
415. Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
416. Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
417. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
418. Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
419. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
420. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
421. Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
422. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
423. White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
424. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
425. Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
426. Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis
427. Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
428. Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
429. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
430. Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
431. Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
432. Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
433. Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
434. Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
435. Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
436. Nutting’s Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
437. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
438. Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
439. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
440. Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
441. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
442. Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
443. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
444. Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
445. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
446. Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
447. Cassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
448. Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
449. Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
450. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
451. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
452. Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
453. Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus
454. Gray-headed Piprites Piprites griseiceps
455. Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
456. Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens
457. Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
458. White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
459. Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
460. Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
461. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
462. Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor

     COTINGIDAE

463. Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis
464. Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus

     PIPRIDAE

465. White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
466. Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
467. Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis

     LANIIDAE

468. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

     VIREONIDAE

469. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
470. Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
471. Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii
472. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
473. Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
474. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
475. Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni
476. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
477. Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
478. Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
479. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
480. Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
481. Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
482. Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
483. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
484. Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
485. Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

     CORVIDAE

486. Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
487. White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa
488. Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
489. Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
490. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
491. Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus
492. Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
493. Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo
494. Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor
495. Common Raven Corvus corax

     HIRUNDINIDAE

496. Purple Martin Progne subis
497. Sinaloa Martin Progne sinaloae
498. Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
499. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
500. Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
501. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
502. Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
503. Black-capped Swallow Notiochelidon pileata
504. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
505. Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
506. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
507. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
508. Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
509. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

     AEGITHALIDAE

510. Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

     CERTHIIDAE

511. Brown Creeper Certhia americana

     TROGLODYTIDAE

512. Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
513. Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha
514. Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
515. Spot-breasted Wren Thryothorus maculipectus
516. Rufous-and-white Wren Thryothorus rufalbus
517. Banded Wren Thryothorus pleurostictus
518. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
519. Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus
520. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
521. Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus
522. Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
523. White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
524. White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
525. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
526. Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela

     CINCLIDAE

527. American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus

     REGULIDAE

528. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
529. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

     SYLVIIDAE

530. Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
531. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
532. White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
533. Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea

     TURDIDAE

534. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
535. Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
536. Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor
537. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
538. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
539. Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
540. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
541. Veery Catharus fuscescens
542. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
543. Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
544. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
545. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
546. Black Robin Turdus infuscatus
547. Mountain Robin Turdus plebejus
548. Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
549. White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis
550. Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

     MIMIDAE

551. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
552. Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
553. Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
554. Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus

     MOTACILLIDAE

555. American Pipit Anthus rubescens

     BOMBYCILLIDAE

556. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

     PTILOGONATIDAE

557. Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptilogonys cinereus

     PEUCEDRAMIDAE

558. Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus

     PARULIDAE

559. Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
560. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
561. Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
562. Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
563. Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
564. Virginia’s Warbler Vermivora virginiae
565. Crescent-chested Warbler Parula superciliosa
566. Northern Parula Parula americana
567. Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
568. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
569. Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
570. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
571. Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
572. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
573. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
574. Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
575. Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia
576. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
577. Townsend’s Warbler Dendroica townsendi
578. Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
579. Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
580. Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
581. Grace’s Warbler Dendroica graciae
582. Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
583. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
584. Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
585. Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
586. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
587. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
588. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
589. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus
590. Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
591. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
592. Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
593. Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
594. Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
595. Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
596. MacGillivray’s Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
597. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
598. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
599. Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
600. Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
601. Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
602. Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
603. Pink-headed Warbler Ergaticus versicolor
604. Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
605. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
606. Fan-tailed Warbler Euthlypis lachrymosa
607. Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
608. Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
609. Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
610. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
611. Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus
612. Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei

     COEREBIDAE

613. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

     THRAUPIDAE

614. Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
615. Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
616. Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius
617. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica
618. Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda
619. Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
620. Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
621. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
622. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
623. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
624. Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
625. White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
626. Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
627. Passerini’s Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
628. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
629. Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
630. Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
631. Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
632. Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima
633. Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
634. White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
635. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis
636. Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi
637. Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
638. Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
639. Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
640. Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus

     EMBERIZIDAE

641. Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
642. Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
643. Variable Seedeater Sporophila americana
644. White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
645. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
646. Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
647. Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
648. Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
649. Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
650. Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
651. Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
652. White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha
653. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
654. Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
655. Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
656. Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
657. Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum
658. White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
659. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
660. Stripe-headed Sparrow Aimophila ruficauda
661. Botteri’s Sparrow Aimophila botterii
662. Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
663. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
664. Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
665. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
666. Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
667. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
668. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
669. Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
670. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
671. Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus

     CARDINALIDAE

672. Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
673. Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
674. Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
675. Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
676. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
677. Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
678. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
679. Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
680. Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
681. Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
682. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
683. Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
684. Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
685. Dickcissel Spiza americana

     ICTERIDAE

686. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
687. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
688. Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
689. Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
690. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
691. Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
692. Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivora
693. Greater Antillean Oriole Icterus dominicensis
694. Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
695. Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus
696. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
697. Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
698. Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
699. Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
700. Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii
701. Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
702. Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
703. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
704. Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
705. Yellow-winged Cacique Cacicus melanicterus
706. Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
707. Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma

     FRINGILLIDAE

708. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
709. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
710. Black-capped Siskin Carduelis atriceps
711. Black-headed Siskin Carduelis notata
712. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
713. Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei

     PASSERIDAE

714. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

References

American Ornithologist Union AOU (1998): Check list of the North American birds. Seventh Edition, American Ornithologist Union, Lawrence, KA.

Eisermann, K. (2003): First records of the White-crowned Pigeon (Columba leucocephala), the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides axillaris), and the Snowy Cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus) for Guatemala. Ornitología Neotropical 14, 127-128.

Howell, S. N. G. & S. Webb (1995): A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford Univ. Press.