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Check-list: Bird species of the Highlands - Central Veracruz
Species observed in the region by Robert Straub from 1997-2006
Includes the areas of Xalapa, Perote, and Huatusco/Córdoba, from sea level to 1,000 meters.
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
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Bearded Wood-Partridge
Northern Bobwhite
Singing Quail
Montezuma Quail
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Hook-billed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Forest-Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Killdeer
Northern Jacana
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rock Dove
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Blue Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-fronted Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Barred Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Lesser Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Stygian Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Buff-collared Nightjar
Whip-poor-will
Black Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Great Swallow-tailed Swift
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
Violet Sabrewing
Green Violet-ear
Green-breasted Mango
Canivet's Emerald
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
White-bellied Emerald
Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Amethyst-throated Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Garnet-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Mexican Sheartail
Lucifer Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Bumblebee Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Violaceous Trogon
Mountain Trogon
Collared Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Emerald Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Keel-billed Toucan
Acorn Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Strickland's Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Golden-olive [Bronzed-winged] Woodpecker
Northern [Red-shafted] Flicker
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
White-striped Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Tropical Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Traill’s Flycatcher
White-throated Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Pine Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Rose-throated Becard
Masked Tityra
Black-crowned Tityra
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Steller's Jay
Green Jay
Brown Jay
Dwarf Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Mexican Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Band-backed Wren
Gray-barred Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Canyon Wren
Sumichrast's Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Bewick's Wren
[Northern] House Wren
[Brown-throated (House) Wren]
Sedge Wren
White-bellied Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Brown-backed Solitaire
Slate-colored Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Russet Nightingale-Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Black Robin
Clay-colored Robin
White-throated Robin
American Robin
Aztec Thrush
Gray Catbird
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Blue Mockingbird
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Gray Silky-flycatcher
Phainopepla
Olive Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Colima Warbler
Crescent-chested Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Yellowthroat
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Red Warbler
Painted Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
Fan-tailed Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Golden-browed Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bananaquit
Common Bush-Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
White-collared Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer
Grassland Yellow-Finch
White-naped Brush-Finch
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch
Olive Sparrow
Collared Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Botteri's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junco
Grayish Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Melodious Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Elegant Euphonia
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Black-headed Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Hooded Grosbeak
House Sparrow |
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Anas discors
Anas clypeata
Anas acuta
Aythya collaris
Aythya affinis
Oxyura jamaicensis
Ortalis vetula
Dendrortyx barbatus
Colinus virginianus
Dactylortyx thoracicus
Cyrtonyx montezumae
Tachybaptus dominicus
Podilymbus podiceps
Podiceps nigricollis
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ardea herodias
Ardea alba
Egretta thula
Egretta caerulea
Egretta tricolor
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides virescens
Nycticorax nycticorax
Nyctanassa violacea
Coragyps atratus
Cathartes aura
Pandion haliaetus
Chondrohierax uncinatus
Elanus leucurus
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Harpagus bidentatus
Ictinia mississippiensis
Circus cyaneus
Accipiter striatus
Accipiter cooperii
Asturina nitida
Buteogallus anthracinus
Buteo magnirostris
Buteo platypterus
Buteo brachyurus
Buteo swainsoni
Buteo jamaicensis
Micrastur ruficollis
Micrastur semitorquatus
Caracara cheriway
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Falco sparverius
Falco columbarius
Falco rufigularis
Falco peregrinus
Falco mexicanus
Aramides cajanea
Gallinula chloropus
Fulica americana
Charadrius vociferus
Jacana spinosa
Actitis macularia
Bartramia longicauda
Calidris melanotos
Columba livia
Columba flavirostris
Zenaida asiatica
Zenaida macroura
Columbina inca
Columbina passerina
Columbina talpacoti
Claravis pretiosa
Leptotila verreauxi
Leptotila rufaxilla
Geotrygon montana
Bolborhynchus lineola
Pionus senilis
Amazona albifrons
Amazona autumnalis
Coccyzus americanus
Piaya cayana
Geococcyx velox
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Otus guatemalae
Glaucidium brasilianum
Ciccaba virgata
Asio stygius
Chordeiles acutipennis
Chordeiles minor
Nyctidromus albicollis
Caprimulgus ridgwayi
Caprimulgus vociferus
Cypseloides niger
Streptoprocne rutila
Streptoprocne zonaris
Chaetura pelagica
Chaetura vauxi
Aeronautes saxatalis
Panyptila cayennensis
Panyptila sanctihieronymi
Phaethornis longirostris
Phaethornis striigularis
Campylopterus curvipennis
Campylopterus hemileucurus
Colibri thalassinus
Anthracothorax prevostii
Chlorostilbon canivetii
Cynanthus latirostris
Hylocharis leucotis
Amazilia candida
Amazilia cyanocephala
Amazilia beryllina
Amazilia tzacatl
Amazilia yucatanensis
Lampornis amethystinus
Lampornis clemenciae
Lamprolaima rhami
Eugenes fulgens
Heliomaster longirostris
Doricha eliza
Calothorax lucifer
Archilocus colubris
Archilocus alexandri
Atthis heloisa
Selasphorus platycercus
Selasphorus rufus
Trogon violaceus
Trogon mexicanus
Trogon collaris
Momotus momota
Ceryle alcyon
Chloroceryle americana
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Pteroglossus torquatus
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Melanerpes formicivorous
Melanerpes aurifrons
Sphyrapicus varius
Picoides scalaris
Picoides villosus
Picoides stricklandi
Veniliornis fumigatus
Piculus rubiginosus
Colaptes auratus
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Thamnophilus doliatus
Myiopagis viridicata
Elaenia flavogaster
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Contopus cooperi
Contopus pertinax
Contopus sordidulus
Contopus virens
Contopus cinereus
Empidonax flaviventris
Empidonax alnorum/ traillii
Empidonax albigularis
Empidonax minimus
Empidonax affinis
Empidonax occidentalis
Empidonax fulvifrons
Sayornis nigricans
Sayornis phoebe
Sayornis saya
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Attila spadiceus
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Myiarchus crinitus
Pitangus sulphuratus
Megarynchus pitangua
Myiozetetes similes
Myiodynastes maculatus
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Legatus leucophaius
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tyrannus couchii
Tyrannus verticalis
Tyrannus tyrannus
Tyrannus forficatus
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Tityra semifasciata
Tityra inquisitor
Lanius ludovicianus
Vireo griseus
Vireo flavifrons
Vireo plumbeus
Vireo cassinii
Vireo solitarius
Vireo huttoni
Vireo gilvus
Vireo leucophrys
Vireo olivaceus
Vireo flavoviridis
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Cyanocitta stelleri
Cyanocorax yncas
Cyanocorax morio
Cyanolyca nana
Aphelocoma californica
Aphelocoma ultramarina
Eremophila alpestris
Progne subis
Tachycineta thalassina
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Hirundo rustica
Poecile sclateri
Baeolophus atricristatus
Psaltriparus minimus
Sitta carolinensis
Sitta pygmaea
Certhia americana
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Campylorhynchus megalopterus
Campylorhynchus r. rufinucha
Catherpes mexicanus
Hylorchilus sumichrasti
Thryothorus maculipectus
Thryomanes bewickii
Troglodytes aedon
[Troglodytes a. brunneicollis]
Cistothorus platensis
Uropsila leucogastra
Henicorhina leucosticta
Henicorhina leucophrys
Cinclus mexicanus
Regulus satrapa
Regulus calendula
Polioptila caerulea
Sialia sialis
Sialia mexicana
Myadestes occidentalis
Myadestes unicolor
Catharus aurantiirostris
Catharus occidentalis
Catharus frantzii
Catharus mexicanus
Catharus ustulatus
Hylocichla mustelina
Turdus infuscatus
Turdus grayi
Turdus assimilis
Turdus migratorius
Ridgwayia pinicola
Dumetella carolinensis
Toxostoma longirostre
Toxostoma curvirostre
Melanotis caerulescens
Anthus rubescens
Bombycilla cedrorum
Ptilogonys cinereus
Phainopepla nitens
Peucedramus taeniatus
Vermivora pinus
Vermivora chrysoptera
Vermivora peregrina
Vermivora celata
Vermivora ruficapilla
Vermivora crissalis
Parula superciliosa
Parula americana
Parula pitiayumi
Dendroica petechia
Dendroica pensylvanica
Dendroica magnolia
Dendroica caerulescens
Dendroica coronata
Dendroica chrysoparia
Dendroica virens
Dendroica townsendi
Dendroica occidentalis
Dendroica fusca
Mniotilta varia
Setophaga ruticilla
Protonotaria citrea
Helmitheros vermivorus
Seiurus aurocapillus
Seiurus noveboracensis
Seiurus motacilla
Oporornis tolmiei
Geothlypis trichas
Geothlypis nelsoni
Geothlypis poliocephala
Wilsonia citrina
Wilsonia pusilla
Wilsonia canadensis
Cardellina rubrifrons
Ergaticus ruber
Myioborus pictus
Myioborus miniatus
Euthlypis lachrymosa
Basileuterus culicivorus
Basileuterus rufifrons
Basileuterus belli
Icteria virens
Coereba flaveola
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
Habia rubica
Piranga flava
Piranga rubra
Piranga ludoviciana
Piranga bidentata
Piranga leucoptera
Thraupis episcopus
Thraupis abbas
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Volatinia jacarina
Sporophila torqueola
Tiaris olivacea
Diglossa baritula
Sicalis luteola
Atlapetes albinucha
Atlapetes pileatus
Buarremon brunneinucha
Arremonops rufivirgatus
Pipilo ocai
Pipilo maculatus
Pipilo fuscus
Aimophila botterii
Aimophila ruficeps
Aimophila rufescens
Chondestes grammacus
Passerculus sandwichensis
Melospiza melodia
Melospiza lincolnii
Junco phaeonotus
Saltator coerulescens
Saltator atriceps
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Cyanocompsa parellina
Passerina caerulea
Passerina cyanea
Passerina versicolor
Passerina ciris
Spiza americana
Agelaius phoeniceus
Sturnella magna
Sturnella neglecta
Dives dives
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Quiscalus mexicanus
Molothrus aeneus
Molothrus ater
Icterus spurius
Icterus bullockii
Icterus gularis
Icterus graduacauda
Icterus galbula
Icterus parisorum
Amblycercus holosericeus
Psarocolius wagleri
Psarocolius montezuma
Euphonia affinis
Euphonia hirundinacea
Euphonia elegantissima
Carpodacus mexicanus
Loxia curvirostra
Carduelis pinus
Carduelis notata
Carduelis psaltria
Coccothraustes abeillei
Passer domesticus |
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