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Check-list: Bird species of Northern Veracruz – La Huasteca

Species observed in the region by Julio Gallardo and Robert Straub from 1997-2006
Includes the areas of Pánuco, Tuxpan, Tamiahua, y Nautla.
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
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Muscovy Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Crane Hawk
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Crake
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Northern Jacana
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
paloma arroyera
Green Parakeet
Olive-throated (Aztec) Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Red-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-headed Parrot
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Mottled Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Tawny-collared Nightjar
Northern Potoo
Chimney Swift
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
Green-breasted Mango
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Elegant Trogon
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Barred Antshrike
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Rose-throated Becard
Masked Tityra
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Green Jay
Brown Jay
Tamaulipas Crow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Mangrove Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-crested Titmouse
Band-backed Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Carolina Wren
[Northern] House Wren
Marsh Wren
White-bellied Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Altamira Yellowthroat
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Blue-black Grassquit
White-collared Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Olive Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Grayish Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted 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
Hooded Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Montezuma Oropendola
Scrub Euphonia
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Dendrocygna bicolor
Anser albifrons
Chen caerulescens
Branta canadensis
Cairina moschata
Anas strepera
Anas americana
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas fulvigula
Anas discors
Anas cyanoptera
Anas clypeata
Anas acuta
Anas crecca
Aythya valisineria
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Aythya affinis
Nomonyx dominicus
Oxyura jamaicensis
Ortalis vetula
Meleagris gallopavo
Colinus virginianus
Tachybaptus dominicus
Podilymbus podiceps
Podiceps nigricollis
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelecanus occidentalis
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga anhinga
Fregata magnificens
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Ardea herodias
Ardea alba
Egretta thula
Egretta caerulea
Egretta tricolor
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides virescens
Nycticorax nycticorax
Nyctanassa violacea
Cochlearius cochlearius
Eudocimus albus
Plegadis chihi
Mycteria americana
Coragyps atratus
Cathartes aura
Cathartes burrovianus
Pandion haliaetus
Elanus leucurus
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Ictinia mississippiensis
Circus cyaneus
Accipiter striatus
Accipiter cooperii
Geranospiza caerulescens
Asturina nitida
Buteogallus anthracinus
Parabuteo unicinctus
Buteo magnirostris
Buteo lineatus
Buteo platypterus
Buteo brachyurus
Buteo swainsoni
Buteo jamaicensis
Caracara cheriway
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Falco sparverius
Falco columbarius
Falco femoralis
Falco rufigularis
Falco peregrinus
Laterallus rubber
Aramides cajanea
Porzana carolina
Porphyrio martinica
Fulica americana
Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius wilsonia
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius melodus
Himantopus mexicanus
Recurvirostra americana
Jacana spinosa
Tringa solitaria
Tringa melanoleuca
Tringa flavipes
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Actitis macularia
Numenius phaeopus
Numenius americanus
Limosa fedoa
Arenaria interpres
Calidris alba
Calidris pusilla
Calidris mauri
Calidris minutilla
Calidris himantopus
Limnodromus griseus
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Gallinago gallinago
Larus atricilla
Larus pipixcan
Larus delawarensis
Larus argentatus
Sterna caspia
Sterna maxima
Sterna sandvicensis
Sterna forsteri
Sterna antillarum
Chlidonias niger
Rynchops niger
Columba livia
Columba flavirostris
Zenaida asiatica
Zenaida macroura
Columbina inca
Columbina passerina
Columbina talpacoti
Leptotila verreauxi
Aratinga holochlora
Aratinga nana
Pionus senilis
Amazona viridigenalis
Amazona autumnalis
Amazona oratrix
Coccyzus americanus
Piaya cayana
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Otus guatemalae
Glaucidium brasilianum
Athene cunicularia
Ciccaba virgata
Chordeiles acutipennis
Chordeiles minor
Nyctidromus albicollis
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Caprimulgus salvini
Nyctibius jamaicensis
Chaetura pelagica
Campylopterus curvipennis
Anthracothorax prevostii
Amazilia yucatanensis
Archilocus colubris
Archilocus alexandri
Trogon elegans
Ceryle torquata
Ceryle alcyon
Chloroceryle americana
Melanerpes aurifrons
Sphyrapicus varius
Picoides scalaris
Dryocopus lineatus
Thamnophilus doliatus
Contopus cooperi
Contopus virens
Empidonax flaviventris
Sayornis phoebe
Myiarchus crinitus
Pitangus sulphuratus
Myiozetetes similes
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tyrannus couchii
Tyrannus verticalis
Tyrannus tyrannus
Tyrannus forficatus
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Tityra semifasciata
Vireo griseus
Vireo solitarius
Vireo gilvus
Vireo philadelphicus
Vireo olivaceus
Cyanocorax yncas
Cyanocorax morio
Corvus imparatus
Progne subis
Progne chalybea
Tachycineta albilinea
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Riparia riparia
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Petrochelidon fulva
Hirundo rustica
Baeolophus atricristatus
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Thryothorus maculipectus
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Troglodytes aedon
Cistothorus palustris
Uropsila leucogastra
Polioptila caerulea
Catharus ustulatus
Hylocichla mustelina
Turdus grayi
Dumetella carolinensis
Mimus polyglottos
Sturnus vulgaris
Bombycilla cedrorum
Vermivora chrysoptera
Vermivora peregrina
Vermivora celata
Vermivora ruficapilla
Dendroica petechia
Dendroica pensylvanica
Dendroica coronata
Dendroica virens
Dendroica fusca
Dendroica castanea
Mniotilta varia
Setophaga ruticilla
Protonotaria citrea
Helmitheros vermivorus
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Seiurus aurocapillus
Seiurus noveboracensis
Seiurus motacilla
Oporornis formosus
Oporornis philadelphia
Geothlypis trichas
Geothlypis flavovelata
Geothlypis poliocephala
Wilsonia citrina
Wilsonia pusilla
Wilsonia canadensis
Basileuterus culicivorus
Icteria virens
Piranga rubra
Piranga olivacea
Thraupis episcopus
Thraupis abbas
Volatinia jacarina
Sporophila torqueola
Tiaris olivacea
Arremonops rufivirgatus
Aimophila botterii
Spizella passerina
Spizella pallida
Pooecetes gramineus
Passerculus sandwichensis
Ammodramus savannarum
Melospiza lincolnii
Saltator coerulescens
Saltator atriceps
Rhodothraupis celaeno
Cardinalis cardinalis
Cardinalis sinuatus
Pheucticus ludovicianus
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 cucullatus
Icterus gularis
Icterus galbula
Psarocolius montezuma
Euphonia affinis
Carduelis psaltria
Carduelis tristis
Passer domesticus

 

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