Dates:

March xx - April x, 2003
 
  

Codes:

hc: in highlands (western), particularly in the area of Ruinas Copan, about 600 meters (1800 feet) above sea-level)

ly: in the area of Lake Yojoa (various habitats) 

(i): introduced species.

(HNr): rare in Honduras
(HNu): uncommon in Honduras 

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Central America 

1. Little Tinamou ______cs
   Crypturellus soui meserythrus
   
   
2. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ly,cc
   Podilymbus p. podiceps
   
   
3. Least Grebe ______ ly,cc
   Tachybaptus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus
   
   
4. Brown Pelican ______ cc
   Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
   
   
5. American White Pelican (HNr) ______ cc
   Pelecanus erythrorhynchos  (monotypic)
   
   
6. Neotropic (formerly called Olivaceous) Cormorant ______ cc
   Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus  (formerly P. olivaceous)
   
   
7. Magnificent Frigatebird ______ cc
   Fregata magnificens  (now said to be monotypic)
   
   
8. Cattle Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
   Bubulcus i. ibis  (the single member of its genus)
   
   
9. Green Heron ______ ly,cc  (was at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron) 
   Butorides v. virescens
   
   
10. Little Blue Heron ______ hc,ly,cc
    Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
    
    
11. Tricolored  (has also been called Louisiana) Heron ______ cc
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis
    
    
12. Snowy Egret ______ hc,cc
    Egretta t. thula
    
    
13. Great Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta 
    
    
14. Great Blue Heron ______ ly,cc
    Ardea h. herodias
    
    
15. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ ly,cc
    Tigrisoma mexicanum  (monotypic)
    
    
16. Wood Stork ______ hc,cc
    Mycteria americana  (monotypic)
    
    
17. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______ ly,cc  (at one time called Black-bellied Tree-Duck)
    Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
    
    
18. Fulvous Whistling-Duck ______ ly
    Dendrocygna bicolor  (although on 3 continents, monotypic)
    
    
19. Muscovy Duck ______ ly 
    Cairina moschata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
20. Blue-winged Teal ______ ly,cc
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
21. Turkey Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Cathartes a. aura  (another subspecies, C. a. meridionalis, from central North America migrates thru Honduras, sometimes in large flocks) 
    
    
22. Black Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
    
    
23. Osprey ______ ly,cc
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  (the single member of its genus) (anotehr subspecies, P.h. ridgwayi, also in eastern Honduras near the Caribbean)
    
    
24. Snail Kite ______ ly
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 
    
    
25. White-breasted Hawk ______ hc
    
    
26. Common Black Hawk ______ cc
    
    
    
27. Gray Hawk ______ hc,cc  (best be merged with the more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk)
    Buteo (or some say Asturina) plagiata  (if merged, would be Buteo. or Asturina, nitida plagiata; if Asturina, the single member of its genus)
    
     
28. Roadside Hawk ______ hc,cc
    Buteo magnirostris griseocauda
    
    
29. Broad-winged Hawk ______ hc,ly
    Buteo p. platypterus  (migrant that breeds further north in North America)
    
    
30. Short-tailed Hawk ______ cs
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus
    
    
31. Northern Crested Caracara ______ hc,cc  (formerly conspecific with the now Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)
    Caracara cheriway  (monotypic)
    
    
32. Laughing Falcon ______ hc
    Herpetotheres cachinnans  (the single member of its genus) 
    
    
33. American Kestrel ______ hc
    Falco sparverius tropicalis
    
    
34. Plain Chachalaca ______ cs
    Ortalis vetula intermedia
    
    
35. Limpkin ______ ly
    Aramus guarauna dolosus  (the single member of its genus & family) 
    
    
36. Gray-necked Wood-Rail ______ cc
    Aramides cajanea albiventris
    
    
37. Ruddy Crake (or Red Rail) ______ cs
    Laterallus ruber  (monotypic)
    
    
38. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______ ly
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
    
    
39. Purple Gallinule ______ ly,cc
    Porphyrula martinica  (monotypic)
    
    
40. Northern Jacana ______ ly,cc
    Jacana s. spinosa
    
    
41. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______cc
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
42. Semipalmated Plover ______ cc
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
43. Black-necked Stilt ______ ly,cc  (by some has been said to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World) 
    Himantopus (himantopus) mexicanus
    
    
44. "American" Whimbrel ______ ly,cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
    
    
45. Solitary Sandpiper ______ hc
    Tringa solitaria
    
    
46. Spotted Sandpiper ______ hc,cc
    Actitis macularia  (monotypic)
    
    
47. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba
    
    
48. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ cc
    Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)
    
    
49. Laughing Gull ______ cc
    Larus atricilla megalopterus
    
    
50. Gull-billed Tern (HNu) ______ ly
    Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
    
    
51. Caspian Tern ______ cc,ly
    Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)
    
    
52. Royal Tern ______ cc
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
    
    
53. Sandwich Tern ______ cc
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus
    
    
54. Black Skimmer ______ cc
    Rynchops n. niger
    
    
55. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______ ly,cc
    Columba livia
    
    
56. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ ly,cc,cs
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
    
    
57. Red-billed Pigeon ______ hc,ly
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) f. flavirostris
    
    
58. White-winged Dove ______ sp,ly
    Zenaida a. asiatica
    
    
59. Ruddy Ground-Dove ______ hc,cc,cs
    Columbina taipacoti rufipennis
    
    
60. Inca Dove ______ hc,cc
    Columbina (or Scrdafella) inca  (monotypic)
    
    
61. White-tipped (formerly White-fronted) Dove ______ hc,ly
    Leptotila verreauxi bangsi
    
    
62. Scarlet Macaw ______ hc
    Ara macao cyanopterus 
    
    
63. Aztec Conure (or Parakeet) ______ hc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Olive-throated (or Jamaican) Conure/Parakeet of the West Indies)
    Aratinga a. astec
    
    
64. Brown-hooded Parrot ______ cc,cs
    Pionopsitta h. haematotis
    
    
65. White-fronted Amazon (or Parrot) ______ hc,ly,cs
    Amazona albifrons nana
    
    
66. Red-lored (or Yellow-cheeked) Amazon (or Parrot) ______ ly,cc,cs
    Amazona a. autumnalis
    
    
67. Yellow-headed Amazon (or Parrot) (HNr) ______ cc
    Amazona oratrix hondurensis
    
    
68. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ ly,cs
    Piaya cayana thermophila
    
    
69. Striped Cuckoo ______ ly
    Tapera naevia excellens
    
    
70. Groove-billed Ani ______ hc,ly,cs
    Crotophaga sulciroxtris  (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)
    
    
71. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ______ ly,sp  (has been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy Owl of South America)
    Glaucicium r. ridgwayi
    
    
72. Lesser Nighthawk ______ ly,cc
    Chordeiles acutipennis 
    
    
73. Pauraque ______ hs,cc
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens
    
    
74. Yucatan Nightjar (HNr) ______ cc (the species was first found to be in Honduras in 1990)
    Caprimulgus badius 
    
    
75. White-collared Swift ______ cs
    Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus
    
    
76. Chestnut-collared Swift ______ hc
    Cypseloides rutilus griseifrons
    
    
77. Chimney Swift ______ cc
    Chaetura pelagica  (monotypic)
    
    
78. Vaux's (or Dusky-backed) Swift ______ cs
    Chaetura vauxi richmondi
    
    
79. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird ______ ly
    Camplyopterus (has been Phaeochroa) cuvierii roberti 
    
    
80. Green-breasted Mango ______ hc,cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 
    
    
81. White-bellied Emerald ______ hc,cc
    Amazilia c. candida
    
    
82. Azure-crowned Hummingbird ______ cc,hc
    Amazilia c. cyanocephala
    
    
83. Berylline Hummingbird ______ hc
    Amazilia beryllina devillei
    
    
84. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ hc,ly
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris
    
    
85. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ ly
    Amazilia t. tzacatl
    
    
86. Black-headed Trogon ______ cc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
    Trogon melanocephalus  (now monotypic)
    
    
87. Ringed Kingfisher ______ cc
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata 
    
    
88. Amazon Kingfisher ______ ch,ly,cc
    Chloroceryle amazona  (now monotypic)
    
    
89. Green Kingfisher ______ cs
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
    
    
90. Turquoise-browed Motmot ______ hc,cc,cs
    Eumomota superciliosa
    
    
91. Blue-crowned Motmot ______ hc,ly,cs
    Momotus momota lessonii
    
    
92. Keel-billed Toucan ______ hc,cs
    Ramphastos s. sulfuratus
    
    
93. Acorn Woodpecker ______ hc
    Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus
    
    
94. Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi
    
    
95. Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ hc
    Piculus rubiginosus maximus
    
    
96. Lineated Woodpecker ______ hc,cc
    Dryocopus lineatus similis
    
    
97. Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cc
    Campephilus g. guatemalensis
    
    
98. Olivaceous Woodcreeper ______ hc
    Sittasomus griseicapillus sylvioides  (the single member of its genus
    
    
99. Cocoa Woodcreeper ______ cc  (formerly part of Buff-throated Woodcreeper)
    Xiphorhynchus susurrans confinis
    
    
100. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ hc,cs
     Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris
     
     
101. Barred Antshrike ______ ly,cc
     Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius
     
     
102. Rose-throated Becard ______ hc
     Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti
     
     
103. White-winged Becard ______ cs
     Pachyramphus polychopterus cinereiventris
     
     
104. Masked Tityra ______ hc,ly,cs
     Tityra semifasciata personata
     
     
105. Fork-tailed Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
     Tyrannus savana monachus
     
     
106. Eastern Kingbird ______ cc
     Tyrannus tyrannus  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Gray Kingbird (mainland HNr) ______ cc
     Tyrannus d. dominicensis
     
     
108. Tropical Kingbird ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa
     
     
109. Piratic Flycatcher ______ ly,cc
     Legatus leucophaius variegatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
110. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ______ cc
     Myiodynastes luteiventris  (monotypic)
     
     
111. Streaked Flycatcher ______ hc
     Myiodynastes maculatus insolens
     
     
112. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
     Megarynchus pitangua
     
     
113. Social Flycatcher ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
     Myiozetetes similis texensis
     
     
114. Great Kiskadee ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
     
     
115. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
     Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
     
     
116. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ hc
     Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)
     
     
117. Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ hc
     Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens
     
     
118. Bright-rumped Attila ______ cc
     Attila spadicus flammulatus
     
     
119. Black Phoebe ______ hc
     Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
     
     
120. Greater Pewee ______ hc
     
     
121. Western Wood-Pewee ______ hc
     Contopus sordidulus
     
     
122. Tropical Pewee ______ ly,cs
     Contopus cinereus brachytarsus
     
     
123. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs,hc,ly
     Empidonax flaviventis  (monotypic)
     
     
124. Acadian Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
     Empidonax virescens  (monotypic)
     
     
125. Least Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
     Empidonax minimus  (monotypic)
     
     
126. Northern Royal Flycatcher ______ cc  (has been considered conspecific with related South Anerican species: the Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, Pacific Royal Flycatcher, and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher) 
     Onychorhynchus mexicanus  (if distinct from other Royal Flycatchers, monotypic)
     
     
127. Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
     Todirostrum cinereum finitimum
     
     
128. Northern Bentbill ______ hc
     Oncostoma cinereigulare  (monotypic)
     
     
129. Greenish Elaenia ______ hc,cc
     Myiopagis viridicata placens
     
     
130. Yellow-bellied Elaenia ______ hc,ly
     Elaenia flavogaster subpagana
     
     
131. Paltry (or Mistletoe) Tyrannulet ______ hc
     Zimmerius v. vilissimus  
     
     
132. White-collared Manakin ______ cs
     Manacus candei
     
     
133. Brown Jay ______ hc,ly,cs
     Cyanocorax m. morio
     
     
134. Bushy-crested Jay ______ hc
     Cyanocorax m. melanocyanneus
     
     
135. White-throated Magpie-Jay ______ hc  (has been considered conspecific with Black-throated Magpie-Jay of Mexico)
     Calocitta formosa pompata
     
     
136. Green Jay ______ hs,ly
     Cyanocorax yncas centralis
     
     
137. Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______ hc
     Cyclarhis gujanensis
     
     
138. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ cs
     Vireo flavifrons  (monotypic)
     
     
139. Plumbeous (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hc
     Vireo plumbeus montanus
     
     
140. Wood Thrush ______ hc,ly,cs
     Hylocichia (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and now the single member of its genus) 
     
     
141. Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) ______ hc,ly,cs,sp
     Turdus grayi megas
     
     
142. Tropical Mockingbird ______ hc
     Mimus gilvus gracils
     
     
143. Gray Catbird ______ ly,cs
     Dumetella carolinensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
144. Purple Martin ______ ly
     Progne subis 
     
     
145. Gray-breasted Martin ______ sp
     Progne c. chalybea
     
     
146. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ hc,ly
     Stelgidopteryx serripennis
     
     
147. Barn Swallow ______ hc,ly
     Hirundo rustica 
     
     
148. American Cliff Swallow ______ ly
     Hirundo pyrrhonota
     
     
149. Brown Creeper ______ hc
     Certhia americana extima
     
     
150. Rufous-naped Wren ______ ly,sp
     Campylorhynchus rufinucha castaneus
     
     
151. Spot-breasted Wren ______ cs  (closely related to Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
     Thryothous maculipectus
     
     
152. Rufous-and-white Wren ______ ly
     Thryothous r. rufalbus
     
     
153. Plain Wren ______ hc
     Thryothous modestus
     
     
154. (Southern) House Wren ______ hc
     Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius
     
     
155. White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ cc,cs
     Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca
     
     
156. Black-and-white Warbler ______ hc,cs
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
157. Blue-winged Warbler ______ cs
     Vermivora pinus  (monotypic)
     
     
158. Tennessee Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Vermivora peregrina  (monotypic)
     
     
159. Tropical Parula ______ ly
     Parula pitiayumi nigrilora
     
     
160. Yellow Warbler ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
     Dendroica aestiva  (was Dendroica petechia when Mangrove Warbler not split) 
     
     
161. Magnolia Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Dendroica magnolia
     
     
162. Grace's Warbler ______ hc
     Dendroica graciae remota
     
     
163. Chestnut-sided Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Dendroica pensylvanica  (monotypic)
     
     
164. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ hc,ly
     Dendroica coronata auduboni
     
     
165. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ cc
     Dendroica c. coronata
     
     
166. Black-throated Green Warbler ______ hc
     Dendroica virens  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
167. Ovenbird ______ cs
     Seiurus aurocapillus  (2 subspecies winter in Central America)
     
     
168. Northern Waterthrush ______ ly,cc
     Seiurus noveboracensis  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
169. Louisiana Waterthrush ______ cs
     Seiurus motacilla
     
     
170. Common Yellowthroat ______ hc,ly
     Geothlypis trichas  (2 subspecies winter in Central America)
     
     
171. Wilson's Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
     Wilsonia pusilla  (3 subspecies winter in Central America)
     
     
172. Hooded Warbler ______ ly,cs
     Wilsonia citrina  (monotypic)
     
     
173. American Redstart ______ hc,ly,cs
     Setophaga ruticilla  (now said to be monotypic; the single member of its genus)
     
     
174. Painted Whitestart (or Redstart) ______ hc
     Myioborus pictus
     
     
175. Red-faced Warbler ______ hc
     
     
176. Chestnut-capped Warbler ______ hc  (closely related to, maybe conspecific with Rufous-capped Warbler)
     Basileuterus delattrii
     
     
177. Olive Warbler ______ hc
     Peucedramus taeniatus giraudi
     
     
178. Green Honeycreeper ______ cc,cs
     Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis
     
     
179. Red-legged Honeycreeper ______ hc,ly
     Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes
     
     
180. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cc,cs
     Habia fuscicauda salvini
     
     
181. Hepatic Tanager ______ hc
     Piranga hepatica
     
     
182. Summer Tanager ______ hc,ly
     Piranga r. rubra
     
     
183. Scarlet Tanager ______ cc
     
     
184. Crimson-collared Tanager ______ hc,cc
     Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta
     
     
185. Passerini's (formerly part of Scarlet-rumped) Tanager ______ cc
     Ramphocelus passerinii  (monotypic)
     
     
186. Blue-gray Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
     Thraupis episcopus cana
     
     
187. Yellow-winged Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
     Thraupis abbas  (monotypic)
     
     
188. Yellow-throated Euphonia ______ hc,cs
     Euphonia hirundinacea
     
     
189. Golden-hooded Tanager ______ cs (closely related to the Masked Tanager of South America)
     Tangara l. larvata
     
     
190. Black-headed Saltator ______ hc,ly,cs
     Saltator a. atriceps
     
     
191. Buff-throated Saltator ______ cs
     Saltator maximus magnoides
     
     
192. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ hc
     Pheucticus ludovicianus
     
     
193. "Black" Variable Seedeater ______ cs
     Sporophila aurita corvina
     
     
194. White-collared Seedeater ______ ly,cc,cs
     Sporophila torqueola morelleti
     
     
195. Yellow-faced Grassquit ______ hc
     Tiaris olivacea pusilla
     
     
196. Blue-black Grassquit ______ hc
     Volatinia jacarina splendens  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
197. Rusty Sparrow ______ hc,hs
     Aimophila rufescens
     
     
198. Chestnut-headed Oropendola ______ hc,ly
     Zarhynchus w. wagleri
     
     
199. Montezuma Oropendola ______ hc,ly,cs
     Psarocolius montezuma  (monotypic)
     
     
200. Yellow-billed Cacique ______ hc
     Amblycercus h. holosericeus
     
     
201. Altamira Oriole ______ hc
     Icterus gularis gigas
     
     
202. Streak-backed Oriole ______ hc
     Icterus pustulatus alticola
     
     
203. Spot-breasted Oriole ______ hc,ly,cc
     Icterus pectoralis guttulatus
     
     
204. Yellow-backed Oriole ______ hc
     Icterus c. chrysater
     
     
205. Baltimore Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
     Icterus galbula  (monotypic)
     
     
206. Orchard Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
     Icterus s. spurius
     
     
207. Red-winged Blackbird ______ ly,cc
     Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi
     
     
208. Melodious Blackbird ______ hc,ly,cb
     Dives dives  (monotypic) 
     
     
209. Great-tailed Grackle ______ hc,ly,cc,cb,sp
     Quiscalus m. mexicanus
     
     
210. Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird ______ hc,cc
     Molothrus a. aeneus
     
     
211. Giant Cowbird ______ cc
     Scaphidura (Molothrus) oryzivora impacifica
     
     
212. Black-headed Siskin ______ hc
     Carduelis notata forreri
     
     
213. Lesser Goldfinch ______ hc
     Carduelis psaltria colombianus
     
     
214. House Sparrow (i) ______ hc
     Passer domesticus