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Check-list: Bird species of the Southern Lowlands - southern Veracruz

Species observed in the region by Robert Straub from 1997-2006
(Includes the areas near Los Tuxtlas Mountains, Coatzacoalcos, and the Uxpanapa region)
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

Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca/
Great Curassow
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
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
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Osprey
Gray-headed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
White Hawk
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Solitary Eagle
Roadside Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Crake
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Black-bellied Plover
Northern Jacana
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Rock Dove
Scaled Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Blue Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Tuxtla Quail-Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Green Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-headed Parrot
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Spectacled Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Northern Potoo
White-collared Swift
Chimney Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Long-tailed Sabrewing
Violet Sabrewing
Green-breasted Mango
White-bellied Emerald
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Violaceous Trogon
Collared Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Collared Aracari
Keel-billed Toucan
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
Plain Xenops
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Dot-winged Antwren
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Northern Bentbill
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Stub-tailed Spadebill
Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Tropical Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
White-throated Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Thrush-like Schiffornis
Rufous Piha
Rose-throated Becard
Masked Tityra
Black-crowned Tityra
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Lesser Greenlet
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Green Jay
Brown Jay
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Mangrove Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Band-backed Wren
Nava's Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
[Southern] House Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Long-billed Gnatwren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Slate-colored Solitaire
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
White-throated Robin
Gray Catbird
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Fan-tailed Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Golden-browed Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bananaquit
Common Bush-Tanager
Gray-headed Tanager
Black-throated Shrike-Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Green Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Variable Seedeater
White-collared Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Rusty Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Grayish Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Black-faced Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow-billed Cacique
Montezuma Oropendola
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Elegant Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Blue-crowned Chlorophonia
House Sparrow

Tinamus major
Crypturellus soui
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Crypturellus boucardi
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Anas americana
Anas discors
Anas clypeata
Anas acuta
Anas crecca
Aythya valisineria
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Aythya affinis
Oxyura jamaicensis
Ortalis vetula
Crax rubra
Tachybaptus dominicus
Podilymbus podiceps
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelecanus occidentalis
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga anhinga
Fregata magnificens
Ixobrychus exilis
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Ardea herodias
Ardea alba
Egretta thula
Egretta caerulea
Egretta tricolor
Egretta rufescens
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides virescens
Nycticorax nycticorax
Nyctanassa violacea
Eudocimus albus
Plegadis chihi
Mycteria americana
Coragyps atratus
Cathartes aura
Cathartes burrovianus
Pandion haliaetus
Leptodon cayanensis
Chondrohierax uncinatus
Elanus leucurus
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Harpagus bidentatus
Ictinia mississippiensis
Ictinia plumbea
Accipiter striatus
Accipiter cooperii
Leucopternis albicollis
Asturina nitida
Buteogallus anthracinus
Buteogallus urubitinga
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
Buteo magnirostris
Buteo brachyurus
Buteo swainsoni
Buteo albicaudatus
Spizaetus tyrannus
Spizaetus ornatus
Micrastur semitorquatus
Caracara cheriway
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Falco sparverius
Falco columbarius
Falco femoralis
Falco rufigularis
Falco peregrinus
Laterallus rubber
Aramides cajanea
Porphyrio martinica
Gallinula chloropus
Fulica americana
Heliornis fulica
Aramus guarauna
Pluvialis squatarola
Jacana spinosa
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Actitis macularia
Larus atricilla
Larus pipixcan
Sterna máxima
Sterna sandvicensis
Columba livia
Columba speciosa
Columba flavirostris
Columba nigrirostris
Zenaida asiatica
Zenaida macroura
Columbina inca
Columbina passerina
Columbina talpacoti
Claravis pretiosa
Leptotila verreauxi
Geotrygon carrikeri
Geotrygon montana
Aratinga holochlora
Pionopsitta haematotis
Pionus senilis
Amazona albifrons
Amazona autumnalis
Amazona oratrix
Coccyzus americanus
Piaya cayana
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Glaucidium brasilianum
Ciccaba virgata
Ciccaba nigrolineata
Chordeiles acutipennis
Chordeiles minor
Nyctidromus albicollis
Nyctibius jamaicensis
Streptoprocne zonaris
Chaetura pelagica
Panyptila cayennensis
Phaethornis longirostris
Phaethornis striigularis
Campylopterus excellens
Campylopterus hemileucurus
Anthracothorax prevostii
Amazilia candida
Amazilia tzacatl
Amazilia yucatanensis
Eupherusa eximia
Heliomaster longirostris
Archilocus colubris
Trogon violaceus
Trogon collaris
Trogon massena
Momotus momota
Ceryle torquata
Ceryle alcyon
Chloroceryle amazona
Chloroceryle americana
Chloroceryle aenea
Galbula ruficauda
Pteroglossus torquatus
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Melanerpes pucherani
Melanerpes aurifrons
Picoides scalaris
Veniliornis fumigatus
Piculus rubiginosus
Celeus castaneus
Dryocopus lineatus
Campephilus guatemalensis
Synallaxis erythrothorax
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Automolus ochrolaemus
Automolus rubiginosus
Xenops minutus
Dendrocincla anabatina
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Thamnophilus doliatus
Microrhopias quixensis
Ornithion semiflavum
Myiopagis viridicata
Elaenia flavogaster
Mionectes oleaginous
Leptopogon amaurocephalus
Oncostoma cinereigulare
Todirostrum cinereum
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Platyrinchus cancrominus
Onychorhynchus coronatus
Myiobius sulphureipygius
Contopus virens
Contopus cinereus
Empidonax flaviventris
Empidonax albigularis
Empidonax minimus
Empidonax flavescens
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Attila spadiceus
Rhytipterna holerythra
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Myiarchus crinitus
Pitangus sulphuratus
Megarynchus pitangua
Myiozetetes similes
Myiodynastes maculatus
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tyrannus couchii
Tyrannus tyrannus
Tyrannus forficatus
Tyrannus savanna
Schiffornis turdinus
Lipaugus unirufus
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Tityra semifasciata
Tityra inquisitor
Vireo griseus
Vireo flavifrons
Vireo solitarius
Vireo gilvus
Vireo olivaceus
Vireo flavoviridis
Hylophilus decurtatus
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Cyanocorax yncas
Cyanocorax morio
Progne subis
Progne chalybea
Tachycineta albilinea
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Hirundo rustica
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Hylorchilus navai
Thryothorus maculipectus
Troglodites aedon musculus
Henicorhina leucosticta
Ramphocaenus melanurus
Polioptila caerulea
Polioptila plumbea
Myadestes unicolor
Catharus mexicanus
Catharus ustulatus
Hylocichla mustelina
Turdus grayi
Turdus assimilis
Dumetella carolinensis
Vermivora pinus
Vermivora peregrina
Vermivora celata
Vermivora ruficapilla
Parula americana
Parula pitiayumi
Dendroica petechia
Dendroica pensylvanica
Dendroica magnolia
Dendroica virens
Dendroica fusca
Dendroica dominica
Mniotilta varia
Setophaga ruticilla
Helmitheros vermivorus
Seiurus aurocapillus
Seiurus noveboracensis
Seiurus motacilla
Oporornis formosus
Geothlypis trichas
Geothlypis poliocephala
Wilsonia citrina
Wilsonia pusilla
Wilsonia canadensis
Myioborus miniatus
Euthlypis lachrymosa
Basileuterus culicivorus
Basileuterus rufifrons
Basileuterus belli
Icteria virens
Coereba flaveola
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
Eucometis penicillata
Lanio aurantius
Habia rubica
Habia fuscicauda
Piranga rubra
Piranga olivacea
Piranga leucoptera
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
Ramphocelus passerinii
Thraupis episcopus
Thraupis abbas
Tangara larvata
Chlorophanes spiza
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Volatinia jacarina
Sporophila americana
Sporophila torqueola
Oryzoborus funereus
Tiaris olivacea
Buarremon brunneinucha
Arremon aurantiirostris
Arremonops rufivirgatus
Aimophila rufescens
Melospiza lincolnii
Saltator coerulescens
Saltator maximus
Saltator atriceps
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Cyanocompsa parellina
Passerina caerulea
Passerina cyanea
Passerina versicolor
Passerina ciris
Spiza americana
Agelaius phoeniceus
Sturnella magna
Dives dives
Quiscalus mexicanus
Molothrus aeneus
Icterus prosthemelas
Icterus spurius
Icterus mesomelas
Icterus gularis
Icterus galbula
Amblycercus holosericeus
Psarocolius montezuma
Euphonia affinis
Euphonia hirundinacea
Euphonia elegantissima
Euphonia gouldi
Chlorophonia occipitalis
Passer domesticus

 

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