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Check-list: Bird species of the Coastal Plain - Central Veracruz
Species observed in the region by Robert Straub from 1997-2006
(Includes the areas near Cardel, Veracruz, Alvarado, and west to Cerro Gordo)
Endemic species in bold print (endemic to Mexico and northern Central America)
Follows taxonomic order of A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, 46th Supplement
Thicket Tinamou
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Muscovy Duck
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Northern Bobwhite
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Booby
Northern Gannet
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Pinnated Bittern
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Greater Flamingo
Osprey
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Black-collared Hawk
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Crane Hawk
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Crake
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Collared Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Northern Jacana
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Sabine's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Sooty Tern
Black Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Blue Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Green Parakeet
Olive-throated (Aztec) Parakeet
White-fronted Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Barn Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Striped Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Buff-collared Nightjar
Northern Potoo
Black Swift
White-collared Swift
Chimney Swift
Green-breasted Mango
Canivet's Emerald
Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Mexican Sheartail
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Black-headed Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Keel-billed Toucan
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Tropical Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Traill’s Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Gray-collared Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Masked Tityra
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Green Jay
Brown Jay
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
[Northern] House Wren
White-bellied Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Tropical Mockingbird
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
[Mangrove Warbler]
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Blue-black Grassquit
White-collared Seedeater
Olive Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Grayish Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Montezuma Oropendola
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow |
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Dendrocygna bicolor
Anser albifrons
Cairina moschata
Anas americana
Anas fulvigula
Anas discors
Anas cyanoptera
Anas clypeata
Anas acuta
Anas crecca
Aythya valisineria
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Aythya affinis
Oxyura jamaicensis
Ortalis vetula
Colinus virginianus
Tachybaptus dominicus
Podilymbus podiceps
Sula leucogaster
Morus bassanus
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelecanus occidentalis
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga anhinga
Fregata magnificens
Botaurus pinnatus
Botaurus lentiginosus
Ixobrychus exilis
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Ardea herodias
Ardea alba
Egretta thula
Egretta caerulea
Egretta tricolor
Egretta rufescens
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides virescens
Nycticorax nycticorax
Nyctanassa violacea
Cochlearius cochlearius
Eudocimus albus
Plegadis chihi
Platalea ajaja
Mycteria americana
Coragyps atratus
Cathartes aura
Cathartes burrovianus
Phoenicopterus ruber
Pandion haliaetus
Chondrohierax uncinatus
Elanoides forficatus
Elanus leucurus
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Ictinia mississippiensis
Ictinia plumbea
Busarellus nigricollis
Circus cyaneus
Accipiter striatus
Accipiter cooperii
Geranospiza caerulescens
Asturina nitida
Buteogallus anthracinus
Buteogallus urubitinga
Parabuteo unicinctus
Buteo magnirostris
Buteo lineatus
Buteo platypterus
Buteo brachyurus
Buteo swainsoni
Buteo albicaudatus
Buteo albonotatus
Buteo jamaicensis
Micrastur semitorquatus
Caracara cheriway
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Falco sparverius
Falco columbarius
Falco femoralis
Falco rufigularis
Falco peregrinus
Laterallus rubber
Aramides cajanea
Porzana carolina
Porphyrio martinica
Gallinula chloropus
Fulica americana
Aramus guarauna
Burhinus bistriatus
Pluvialis squatarola
Pluvialis dominica
Charadrius collaris
Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius wilsonia
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius melodus
Charadrius vociferus
Haematopus palliatus
Himantopus mexicanus
Recurvirostra americana
Jacana spinosa
Tringa melanoleuca
Tringa flavipes
Tringa solitaria
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Actitis macularius
Numenius phaeopus
Numenius americanus
Limosa fedoa
Arenaria interpres
Calidris alba
Calidris pusilla
Calidris mauri
Calidris minutilla
Calidris fuscicollis
Calidris bairdii
Calidris melanotos
Calidris himantopus
Tryngites subruficollis
Limnodromus griseus
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Gallinago delicata
Phalaropus tricolor
Stercorarius pomarinus
Stercorarius parasiticus
Larus atricilla
Larus pipixcan
Larus delawarensis
Larus argentatus
Xema sabini
Sterna nilotica
Sterna caspia
Sterna maxima
Sterna sandvicensis
Sterna hirundo
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna forsteri
Sterna antillarum
Sterna fuscata
Chlidonias niger
Anous stolidus
Rynchops niger
Columba livia
Patagioenas flavirostris
Zenaida asiatica
Zenaida macroura
Columbina inca
Columbina passerina
Columbina minuta
Columbina talpacoti
Claravis pretiosa
Leptotila verreauxi
Aratinga holochlora
Aratinga nana
Amazona albifrons
Amazona autumnalis
Coccyzus americanus
Coccyzus minor
Piaya cayana
Tapera naevia
Geococcyx velox
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Tyto alba
Glaucidium brasilianum
Ciccaba virgata
Pseudoscops clamator
Chordeiles acutipennis
Chordeiles minor
Nyctidromus albicollis
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Caprimulgus ridgwayi
Nyctibius jamaicensis
Cypseloides niger
Streptoprocne zonaris
Chaetura pelagica
Anthracothorax prevostii
Chlorostilbon canivetii
Amazilia cyanocephala
Amazilia tzacatl
Amazilia yucatanensis
Doricha eliza
Archilocus colubris
Archilocus alexandri
Selasphorus rufus
Trogon melanocephalus
Momotus momota
Ceryle torquata
Ceryle alcyon
Chloroceryle amazona
Chloroceryle americana
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Melanerpes aurifrons
Picoides scalaris
Dryocopus lineatus
Campephilus guatemalensis
Synallaxis erythrothorax
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Thamnophilus doliatus
Camptostoma imberbe
Elaenia flavogaster
Todirostrum cinereum
Contopus sordidulus
Contopus virens
Contopus cinereus
Empidonax flaviventris
Empidonax alnorum/ traillii
Empidonax minimus
Sayornis phoebe
Sayornis saya
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Myiarchus cinerascens
Myiarchus crinitus
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Pitangus sulphuratus
Megarynchus pitangua
Myiozetetes similis
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tyrannus couchii
Tyrannus tyrannus
Tyrannus forficatus
Tyrannus savanna
Pachyramphus majo
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Tityra semifasciata
Lanius ludovicianus
Vireo griseus
Vireo bellii
Vireo flavifrons
Vireo solitarius
Vireo gilvus
Vireo philadelphicus
Vireo olivaceus
Vireo flavoviridis
Cyanocorax yncas
Cyanocorax morio
Corvus corax
Progne subis
Progne chalybea
Tachycineta bicolor
Tachycineta albilinea
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Riparia riparia
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Hirundo rustica
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Campylorhynchus r. rufinucha
Thryothorus maculipectus
Troglodytes aedon
Uropsila leucogastra
Polioptila caerulea
Catharus fuscescens
Catharus ustulatus
Hylocichla mustelina
Turdus grayi
Dumetella carolinensis
Mimus polyglottos
Mimus gilvus
Anthus rubescens
Vermivora pinus
Vermivora chrysoptera
Vermivora peregrina
Vermivora celata
Vermivora ruficapilla
Parula americana
Parula pitiayumi
Dendroica petechia
[Dendroica p. eriathachorides]
Dendroica pensylvanica
Dendroica magnolia
Dendroica coronata
Dendroica virens
Dendroica fusca
Dendroica dominica
Dendroica palmarum
Mniotilta varia
Setophaga ruticilla
Protonotaria citrea
Helmitheros vermivorum
Seiurus aurocapilla
Seiurus noveboracensis
Seiurus motacilla
Oporornis formosus
Oporornis philadelphia
Geothlypis trichas
Geothlypis poliocephala
Wilsonia citrina
Wilsonia pusilla
Wilsonia canadensis
Icteria virens
Piranga rubra
Piranga ludoviciana
Thraupis episcopus
Thraupis abbas
Volatinia jacarina
Sporophila torqueola
Arremonops rufivirgatus
Spizella pallida
Pooecetes gramineus
Chondestes grammacus
Passerculus sandwichensis
Ammodramus savannarum
Melospiza lincolnii
Saltator coerulescens
Saltator atriceps
Cardinalis cardinalis
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Cyanocompsa parellina
Passerina caerulea
Passerina cyanea
Passerina versicolor
Passerina ciris
Spiza americana
Agelaius phoeniceus
Sturnella magna
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Dives dives
Quiscalus mexicanus
Molothrus aeneus
Molothrus ater
Molothrus oryzivorus
Icterus spurius
Icterus cucullatus
Icterus gularis
Icterus graduacauda
Icterus galbula
Psarocolius montezuma
Euphonia affinis
Euphonia hirundinacea
Carduelis psaltria
Passer domesticus |
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