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Honduras Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours 

2002 thru 2008

(during the months of February, March,
 April & December)

 

A Honduras bird list compiled by Armas Hill


 with 338 species of birds cumulatively found during FONT birding & nature tours in Honduras. 

  

Codes:

hc: in highlands (western), particularly in the area of Copan (from the Copan valley, about 600 meters (1800 feet) above sea-level to higher elevations)

hs: in another (higher) area of highlands, including pine & cloud forests closer to San Pedro Sula    

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

cc: along the Caribbean coast, including area of Tela (& Lancetilla)

cs: along the Caribbean slope, including Pico Bonito 

sp: in city of San Pedro Sula 
 

(t):      a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
              (t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt):    a near-threatened species globally.
(i):      an introduced species.
(GUr): rare in Guatemala

(i): introduced species.

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

Links:

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Central America 

Butterflies in Central America

Previous Honduras Tour Highlights

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America

 

 Bird-List:
  1. Great Tinamou ______cs
    Tinamus major

  2. Little Tinamou ______cs
    Crypturellus soui meserythrus
  3. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ly,cc
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

  4. Least Grebe ______ ly,cc
    Tachybaptus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus

  5. Eared Grebe ______ ly
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
  6. Brown Pelican ______ cc
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

  7. American White Pelican (HNr) ______ cc
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos      (monotypic)
  8. Neotropic (formerly called Olivaceous) Cormorant ______ cc
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus      (formerly P. olivaceous)
  9. Anhinga ______ cc
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster

  10. Magnificent Frigatebird ______ cc
    Fregata magnificens      (now said to be monotypic)
  11. Least Bittern ______ ly
    Ixobrychus exilis
  12. Cattle Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Bubulcus i. ibis      (the single member of its genus)
  13. 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

  14. Little Blue Heron ______ hc,ly,cc
    Egretta caerulea      (monotypic)

  15. Tricolored  (has also been called Louisiana) Heron ______ cc
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis

  16. Snowy Egret ______ hc,cc
    Egretta t. thula

  17. Great Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Ardea     (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta 

  18. Great Blue Heron ______ ly,cc
    Ardea h. herodias

  19. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ ly,cc
    Tigrisoma mexicanum      (monotypic)
  20. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ hc
    Nyctocorax nyctocorax hoactii

  21. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ cc
    Nyctanassa v. violacea      (the single member of its genus)
  22. Boat-billed Heron ______ cc
    Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi      (the single member of its genus)
  23. Jabiru (HNr) ______ cc
    Jabiru mycteria      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  24. Wood Stork ______ hc,cc
    Mycteria americana      (monotypic)
  25. White Ibis ______ cc
    Eudocimus albus      (monotypic)
  26. Roseate Spoonbill ______ cc
    Ajaia ajaja      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
  27. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______ ly,cc  (at one time called Black-bellied Tree-Duck)
    Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
  28. Fulvous Whistling-Duck ______ ly
    Dendrocygna bicolor      (although on 3 continents, monotypic)
  29. Muscovy Duck ______ ly 
    Cairina moschata      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  30. Blue-winged Teal ______ ly,cc
    Anas discors      (monotypic)
  31. American Wigeon ______ly
    Anas americana      (monotypic)
  32. Ring-necked Duck ______ ly
    Aythya collaris      (monotypic)

  33. Turkey Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Cathartes a. aura      (another subspecies, C. a. meridionalis, from central North America migrates thru Honduras, sometimes in large flocks) 
  34. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ ly
    Cathartes burrovianus      (monotypic)
  35. Black Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Coragyps atratus      (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
  36. Osprey ______ ly,cc
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis      (the single member of its genus) (anotehr subspecies, P.h. ridgwayi, also in eastern Honduras near the Caribbean)
  37. Gray-headed (or Cayene) Kite ______ ly
    Leptodon c. cayanensis

  38. White-tailed Kite ______ cc
    Elanus leucurus majusculus

  39. Swallow-tailed Kite ______ ly
    Elanoides forficatus      (2 subspecies occur in Honduras: E. f. forficatus & E. f. yetapa) (the single member of its genus)

  40. Hook-billed Kite ______ cc
    Chrondrohierax u. uncinatus

  41. Snail Kite ______ ly
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 



  42. Sharp-shinned Hawk ______ hc
    Accipiter striatus chionogaster     (resident) (A.s.velox from NA does occur in winter)

  43. White-breasted Hawk ______ hc
    Accipiter chionogaster
  44. Bicolored Hawk ______ ly
    Accipiter b. bicolor

  45. Common Black Hawk ______ cc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus

  46. 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)

     
  47. Roadside Hawk ______ hc,cc
    Buteo magnirostris griseocauda

  48. Broad-winged Hawk ______ hc,ly
    Buteo p. platypterus      (migrant that breeds further north in North America)
  49. Short-tailed Hawk ______ cs
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus

  50. White-tailed Hawk ______ sp
    Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius
  51. Red-tailed Hawk ______ hc
    Buteo jamaicensis      (2 subspecies in Honduras)
    Buteo jamaicensis kemsiesi      (resident in Honduras)
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus      (winter resident & migrant that breeds further north in North America)
     
  52. Zone-tailed Hawk ______ hc
    Buteo a. albonotatus
  53. Black Hawk-Eagle ______ cs
    Spizaetus tyrannus serus

  54. 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)

  55. Laughing Falcon ______ hc
    Herpetotheres cachinnans      (the single member of its genus) 
  56. American Kestrel ______ hc
    Falco sparverius tropicalis

  57. Bat Falcon ______ cc,sp
    Falco rufigularis petoensis

  58. Peregrine Falcon ______ cc
    Falco peregrinus anatum     (subspecies that breeds further north in North America) (Another subspecies that breeds further north in North America occurs in Honduras as a migrant, F. p. tundrius) 
  59. Plain Chachalaca ______ cs
    Ortalis vetula intermedia

  60. Highland Guan ______ hs
    Penelope nigra      (monotypic)

  61. Limpkin ______ ly
    Aramus guarauna dolosus      (the single member of its genus & family) 
  62. Sora ______ ly
    Porzana carolina      (monotypic)

  63. Gray-necked Wood-Rail ______ cc
    Aramides cajanea albiventris
  64. Ruddy Crake (or Red Rail) ______ cs
    Laterallus ruber      (monotypic)
  65. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______ ly
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

  66. Purple Gallinule ______ ly,cc
    Porphyrula martinica      (monotypic)
  67. American Coot ______ ly,cc
    Fulica a. americana

  68. Northern Jacana ______ ly,cc
    Jacana s. spinosa

  69. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______cc
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

  70. Semipalmated Plover ______ cc
    Charadrius semipalmatus      (monotypic)

  71. Killdeer ______ ly,cc
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  72. 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

  73. "American" Whimbrel ______ ly,cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
  74. Willet ______ cc
    Tringa     (formerly Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmata
  75. Greater Yellowlegs ______ cc
    Tringa melanoleuca      (monotypic)

  76. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ly,cc
    Tringa flavipes      (monotypic)
  77. Solitary Sandpiper ______ hc
    Tringa solitaria

  78. Spotted Sandpiper ______ hc,cc
    Actitis macularia      (monotypic)

  79. Ruddy Turnstone ______ cc
    Arenaria interpres
  80. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba
  81. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ cc
    Calidris pusilla      (monotypic)
  82. Least Sandpiper ______ cc
    Calidris minutilla      (monotypic)

  83. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ cc
    Limnodromus griseus

  84. Wilson's (formerly Common) Snipe ______ hc
    Gallinago delicata      (monotypic)

  85. Laughing Gull ______ cc
    Larus atricilla megalopterus

  86. Gull-billed Tern (HNu) ______ ly
    Gelochelidon     (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
  87. Caspian Tern ______ cc,ly
    Hydroprogne     (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)

  88. Royal Tern ______ cc
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
  89. Sandwich Tern ______ cc
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus
  90. Common Tern ______ cc
    Sterna h. hirundo
  91. Forster's Tern (HNr) ______ cc
    Sterna forsteri      (monotypic)

  92. Black Skimmer ______ cc
    Rynchops n. niger

  93. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______ ly,cc
    Columba livia

  94. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ ly,cc,cs
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
  95. Red-billed Pigeon ______ hc,ly
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) f. flavirostris
  96. Mourning Dove ______ ly
    Zenaida macroura marginella

  97. White-winged Dove ______ sp,ly
    Zenaida a. asiatica

  98. Common Ground-Dove ______ hc
    Columbina passerina pallescens

  99. Plain-breasted Ground-Dove ______ hc
    Columbina minuta interrupta

  100. Ruddy Ground-Dove ______ hc,cc,cs
    Columbina taipacoti rufipennis

  101. Inca Dove ______ hc,cc
    Columbina     (or Scrdafella) inca  (monotypic)

  102. White-tipped (formerly White-fronted) Dove ______ hc,ly
    Leptotila verreauxi bangsi

  103. Gray-chested Dove ______ ly
    Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris
  104. Scarlet Macaw ______ hc
    Ara macao cyanopterus 
  105. 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

  106. Orange-fronted Conure (or Parakeet) ______ hc
    Aratinga c. canicularis
  107. Orange-chinned Parakeet ______ hc
    Brotogeris j. jugularis
  108. Brown-hooded Parrot ______ cc,cs
    Pionopsitta h. haematotis

  109. White-crowned Parrot ______ hc.cs
    Pionus senilis      (monotypic)
  110. White-fronted Amazon (or Parrot) ______ hc,ly,cs
    Amazona albifrons nana

  111. Red-lored (or Yellow-cheeked) Amazon (or Parrot) ______ ly,cc,cs
    Amazona a. autumnalis

  112. Yellow-headed Amazon (or Parrot) (HNr) ______ cc
    Amazona oratrix hondurensis

  113. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ ly,cs
    Piaya cayana thermophila

  114. Striped Cuckoo ______ ly
    Tapera naevia excellens
  115. Groove-billed Ani ______ hc,ly,cs
    Crotophaga sulciroxtris      (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)
  116. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ______ ly,sp  (has been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy Owl of South America)
    Glaucicium r. ridgwayi

  117. Black-and-white Owl ______ cs
    Ciccaba     (or said by some to Strix) nigrolineata  (monotypic)

  118. Striped Owl (HNu) ______ ly
    Asio clamator forbesi

  119. Short-tailed (or Semicollared) Nighthawk (HNu) ______ cs
    Lurocalis semitorquatus stonei
  120. Lesser Nighthawk ______ ly,cc
    Chordeiles acutipennis 
  121. Pauraque ______ hs,cc
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens
  122. Yucatan Nightjar (HNr) ______ cc (the species was first found to be in Honduras in 1990)
    Caprimulgus badius 
  123. White-collared Swift ______ cs
    Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus

  124. Chestnut-collared Swift ______ hc
    Cypseloides rutilus griseifrons
  125. Chimney Swift ______ cc
    Chaetura pelagica  (monotypic)

  126. Vaux's (or Dusky-backed) Swift ______ cs
    Chaetura vauxi richmondi

  127. Long-billed Hermit ______ cs  (formerly part of a wider-ranging Long-tailed Hermit; that species now restricted to South America)
    Phaethornis l. longirostris

  128. Stripe-throated Hermit ______ cs (formerly conspecific with Little Hermit of northeast South America) (has also been called Boucard's Hermit, Phaethornis adolphi)
    Phaethornis striigularis saturatus  (genus has also been said to be Pygmornis)  

  129. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird ______ ly
    Camplyopterus     (has been Phaeochroa) cuvierii roberti 
  130. Violet Sabrewing ______ cs
    Campylopterus h. hemileucurus
  131. White-necked Jacobin ______ cs
    Florisuga m. mellivora
  132. Green-breasted Mango ______ hc,cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 

  133. White-eared Hummingbird ______ hs
    Basilinna l. leucotis
  134. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ______ hs
    Abeilia a. abeillei      (the single member of its genus)
     
  135. Salvin's (formerly part of Fork-tailed) Emerald ______ ly,cs
    Chlorostilbon salvini osberti

  136. White-bellied Emerald ______ hc,cc
    Amazilia c. candida

  137. Blue-throated Sapphire ______ ly  (has been called Blue-throated Goldentail)
    Hylocharis e. eliciae
  138. Azure-crowned Hummingbird ______ cc,hc
    Amazilia c. cyanocephala
  139. Berylline Hummingbird ______ hc
    Amazilia beryllina devillei
  140. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ hc,ly
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris

  141. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ ly
    Amazilia t. tzacatl

  142. Stripe-tailed Hummingbird ______ hc
    Eupherusa e. eximia

  143. Green-throated Moutnain-gem ______ hs
    Lampornis v. viridipallens
  144. Purple-crowned Fairy ______ cs
    Heliothryx barroti      (monotypic)

  145. Ruby-throated Hummingbird ______ hc
    Archilochus colubris      (monotypic)

  146. Resplendent Quetzal ______ hs
    Pharomachrus m. mocinno
  147. Slaty-tailed Trogon ______ cc
    Trogon m. massena
  148. Black-headed Trogon ______ cc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
    Trogon melanocephalus      (now monotypic)

  149. Collared Trogon ______ hs
    Trogon collaris puella
  150. Northern Violaceous Trogon ______ hc
    Trogon caligatus     (formerly violaceus) braccatus  
  151. Ringed Kingfisher ______ cc
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata 
  152. Belted Kingfisher ______ ly,cc
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
  153. Amazon Kingfisher ______ ch,ly,cc
    Chloroceryle amazona      (now monotypic)
  154. Green Kingfisher ______ cs
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis

  155. Tody Motmot ______ cs
    Hylomanes m. momotula      (the single member of its genus)

  156. Turquoise-browed Motmot ______ hc,cc,cs
    Eumomota superciliosa

  157. Blue-crowned Motmot ______ hc,ly,cs
    Momotus momota lessonii

  158. "White-throated" Emerald Toucanet ______ hs
    Aulacorhynchus prasinus virescens
  159. Collared Aracari ______ hc,cs
    Pteroglossus t. torquatus

  160. Keel-billed Toucan ______ hc,cs
    Ramphastos s. sulfuratus

  161. "Guatemalan" Northern Flicker ______ hs
    Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
  162. Acorn Woodpecker ______ hc
    Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus

  163. Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi
  164. Black-cheeked Woodpecker ______ cs
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus or Tripsurus) pucherani  (monotypic)

  165. Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ hc
    Piculus rubiginosus maximus
  166. Lineated Woodpecker ______ hc,cc
    Dryocopus lineatus similis
  167. Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cc
    Campephilus g. guatemalensis
  168. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper ______ cs
    Dendrocincla a. anabatina

  169. Olivaceous Woodcreeper ______ hc
    Sittasomus griseicapillus sylvioides      (the single member of its genus)

  170. Cocoa Woodcreeper ______ cc  (formerly part of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper, now of South America)  
    Xiphorhynchus susurrans confinis
  171. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ hc,cs
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris

  172. Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ ly
    Lepidocolaptes souleyetii insignis

  173. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper ______ hs  (was considered conspecific with what's now the Montane Woodcreeper in South America, L. lacrymiger)
    Lepidocolaptes a. affinis
  174. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (or Automolus) ______ cs
    Automolus ochrolaemus cervinigularis

  175. Tawny-throated Leaftosser ______ hs
    Sclerurus m. mexicanus
     
  176. Barred Antshrike ______ ly,cc
    Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius
  177. Russet Antshrike ______ cs
    Thamnistes anabatinus

  178. Rose-throated Becard ______ hc
    Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti

  179. Cinnamon Becard ______ cs
    Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior 

  180. White-winged Becard ______ cs
    Pachyramphus polychopterus cinereiventris

  181. Masked Tityra ______ hc,ly,cs
    Tityra semifasciata personata

  182. Black-crowned Tityra ______ cs
    Tityra inquisitor fraserii

  183. Fork-tailed Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
    Tyrannus savana monachus
  184. Eastern Kingbird ______ cc
    Tyrannus tyrannus      (monotypic)

  185. Gray Kingbird (mainland HNr) ______ cc
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis
  186. Tropical Kingbird ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

  187. Piratic Flycatcher ______ ly,cc
    Legatus leucophaius variegatus      (the single member of its genus)
  188. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ______ cc
    Myiodynastes luteiventris      (monotypic)

  189. Streaked Flycatcher ______ hc
    Myiodynastes maculatus insolens
  190. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
    Megarynchus pitangua

  191. Social Flycatcher ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Myiozetetes similis texensis

  192. Great Kiskadee ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis

  193. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
  194. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ hc
    Myiarchus crinitus      (monotypic)

  195. Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ hc
    Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens

  196. Bright-rumped Attila ______ cc
    Attila spadicus flammulatus
  197. Black Phoebe ______ hc
    Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
  198. Greater Pewee ______ hc  (formerly called Coue's Flycatcher)
    Contopus p. pertinax

  199. Western Wood-Pewee ______ hc
    Contopus sordidulus

  200. Tropical Pewee ______ ly,cs
    Contopus cinereus brachytarsus

  201. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs,hc,ly
    Empidonax flaviventis      (monotypic)

  202. Acadian Flycatcher ______ hc,cc
    Empidonax virescens      (monotypic)

  203. White-throated Flycatcher ______ ly
    Empidonax a. albigularis

  204. Least Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
    Empidonax minimus      (monotypic)
  205. Yellowish Flycatcher ______ hs
    Empidonax flavescens salvini
  206. Northern Tufted-Flycatcher ______ hs
    Mitrephaness p. phaeocercus 
     
  207. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher ______ cs (formerly conspecific with what's now Whiskered Flycatcher in South America)
    Myiobius sulphureipygius

  208. 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)

  209. Yellow-olive Flatbill (or Flycatcher) ______ hc
    Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps

     
  210. Stub-tailed (formerly part of White-throated) Spadebill ______ cs
    Platyrinchus cancominus

  211. Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
    Todirostrum cinereum finitimum

  212. Northern Bentbill ______ hc
    Oncostoma cinereigulare      (monotypic)

  213. Greenish Elaenia ______ hc,cc
    Myiopagis viridicata placens

  214. Yellow-bellied Elaenia ______ hc,ly
    Elaenia flavogaster subpagana

  215. Mountain Elaenia ______ hc
    Elaenia frantzii ultima

  216. Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet ______ cs
    Ornithion semiflavum      (monotypic)

  217. Paltry (or Mistletoe) Tyrannulet ______ hc
    Zimmerius v. vilissimus  

  218. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs
    Mionectes oleagineus assimilis

  219. Lovely Cotinga ______ cs
    Cotinga amabilis      (monotypic)

  220. Snowy Cotinga ______ cs
    Carpodectes nitidus      (monotypic)

  221. White-collared Manakin ______ cs
    Manacus candei

  222. Thrushlike Schiffornis  ______ cs  (has been called Thrushlike Manakin & Thrushlike Mourner)
    Schiffornis turdinus veraepacis

  223. Azure-hooded Jay ______ hs
    Cyanolyca cucullata hondurensis
     
  224. Brown Jay ______ hc,ly,cs
    Cyanocorax m. morio

  225. Bushy-crested Jay ______ hc
    Cyanocorax m. melanocyanneus

  226. White-throated Magpie-Jay ______ hc  (has been considered conspecific with Black-throated Magpie-Jay of Mexico)
    Calocitta formosa pompata

  227. Green Jay ______ hs,ly
    Cyanocorax yncas centralis
  228. Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______ hc
    Cyclarhis gujanensis

  229. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ cs
    Vireo flavifrons      (monotypic)
  230. Blue-headed (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hs
    Vireo s. solitarius
  231. Plumbeous (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hc
    Vireo plumbeus montanus

  232. Brown-capped Vireo ______ hs  (was at one time said to be conspecific with the Warbling Vireo of North America)
    Vireo leucophrys amauronotus

  233. Hutton's Vireo (HNr) ______ hc
    Vireo huttoni vulcani

  234. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet ______ cs
    Hylophilus d. decurtatus

  235. Slate-colored Solitaire ______ hs
    Myacestes u. unicolor
  236. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ______ hs
    Catharus d. dryas
  237. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush ______ hc
    Catharus aurantiirostris

  238. Wood Thrush ______ hc,ly,cs
    Hylocichia     (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and now the single member of its genus) 
  239. Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) ______ hc,ly,cs,sp
    Turdus grayi megas

  240. Tropical Mockingbird ______ hc
    Mimus gilvus gracils

  241. Gray Catbird ______ ly,cs
    Dumetella carolinensis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
  242. Purple Martin ______ ly
    Progne subis 

  243. Gray-breasted Martin ______ sp
    Progne c. chalybea

  244. Tree Swallow ______ hc
    Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)

  245. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ hc,ly
    Stelgidopteryx serripennis

  246. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow ______ ly
    Stelgidopteryx (serripennis) ridgwayi
  247. Barn Swallow ______ hc,ly
    Hirundo rustica 

  248. Cliff Swallow ______ ly
    Hirundo pyrrhonota
  249. Brown Creeper ______ hc
    Certhia americana extima
  250. Rufous-naped Wren ______ ly,sp
    Campylorhynchus rufinucha castaneus

  251. Spot-breasted Wren ______ cs  (closely related to Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
    Thryothous maculipectus

  252. Rufous-and-white Wren ______ ly
    Thryothous r. rufalbus
  253. Plain Wren ______ hc
    Thryothous modestus

  254. (Southern) House Wren ______ hc
    Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius
  255. White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ cc,cs
    Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca

  256. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ______ hs
    Henicorhina leucophrys composita

  257. White-lored Gnatcatcher ______ hc
    Polioptila albiloris

  258. Tropical Gnatcatcher ______ cs
    Polioptila plumbea

  259. Black-and-white Warbler ______ hc,cs
    Mniotilta varia      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  260. Prothonotary Warbler ______ cc
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  

  261. Worm-eating Warbler ______ cs
    Helmitheros vermivorus 

  262. Golden-winged Warbler ______ cs
    Vermivora chrysoptera

  263. Blue-winged Warbler ______ cs
    Vermivora pinus      (monotypic)

  264. Tennessee Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Vermivora peregrina      (monotypic)

  265. Tropical Parula ______ ly
    Parula pitiayumi nigrilora

  266. Yellow Warbler ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Dendroica aestiva      (was Dendroica petechia when Mangrove Warbler not split) 

  267. Magnolia Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Dendroica magnolia

  268. Grace's Warbler ______ hc
    Dendroica graciae remota

  269. Yellow-throated Warbler ______ cc,cs
    Dendroica dominica

  270. Chestnut-sided Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Dendroica pensylvanica      (monotypic)
  271. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ hc,ly
    Dendroica coronata auduboni
  272. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ cc
    Dendroica c. coronata
  273. Black-throated Green Warbler ______ hc
    Dendroica virens      (now said to be monotypic)

  274. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) ______ hs
    Dendroica chrysoparia      (monotypic)

  275. Ovenbird ______ cs
    Seiurus aurocapillus      (2 subspecies winter in Central America)
  276. Northern Waterthrush ______ ly,cc
    Seiurus noveboracensis      (now said to be monotypic)
  277. Louisiana Waterthrush ______ cs
    Seiurus motacilla

  278. Common Yellowthroat ______ hc,ly
    Geothlypis trichas      (2 subspecies winter in Central America)

  279. Kentucky Warbler ______ cs
    Oporornis formosus      (monotypic)

  280. Wilson's Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Wilsonia pusilla      (3 subspecies winter in Central America)
  281. Hooded Warbler ______ ly,cs
    Wilsonia citrina      (monotypic)

  282. Yellow-breasted Chat ______ cs
    Icteria v. virens

  283. American Redstart ______ hc,ly,cs
    Setophaga ruticilla      (now said to be monotypic; the single member of its genus)

  284. Painted Whitestart (or Redstart) ______ hc
    Myioborus pictus guatemalae

  285. Slate-throated Whitestart (or Redstart) ______ cs
    Myioborus miniatus connectens

  286. Red-faced Warbler ______  hc
    Cardellina rubrifrons      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
  287. Golden-crowned Warbler ______ hc
    Basileuterus culicivorus

  288. Chestnut-capped Warbler ______ hc  (closely related to, maybe conspecific with Rufous-capped Warbler)
    Basileuterus delattrii

  289. Olive Warbler ______ hc
    Peucedramus taeniatus giraudi
  290. Green Honeycreeper ______ cc,cs
    Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis

  291. Shining Honeycreeper ______ cs
    Cyanerpes lucidus

  292. Red-legged Honeycreeper ______ hc,ly
    Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes

  293. Common Bush-Tanager ______ hs
    Chlorospingus ophthalmicus honduratius
  294. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager ______ cs
    Habia rubica rubicoides
  295. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cc,cs
    Habia fuscicauda salvini

  296. Hepatic Tanager ______ hc
    Piranga hepatica

  297. Summer Tanager ______ hc,ly
    Piranga r. rubra

  298. Crimson-collared Tanager ______ hc,cc
    Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta

  299. Passerini's (formerly part of Scarlet-rumped) Tanager ______ cc
    Ramphocelus passerinii  (monotypic)

  300. Blue-gray Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Thraupis episcopus cana

  301. Yellow-winged Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Thraupis abbas  (monotypic)

  302. Scrub Euphonia ______ hc
    Euphonia a. affinis

  303. Yellow-throated Euphonia ______ hc,cs
    Euphonia hirundinacea

  304. Olive-backed Euphonia ______ hc,cs
    Euphonia gouldi

  305. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia ______ cs
    Chlorophonia occipitalis      (monotypic)

  306. Golden-hooded Tanager ______ cs (closely related to the Masked Tanager of South America)
    Tangara l. larvata

  307. Black-headed Saltator ______ hc,ly,cs
    Saltator a. atriceps

  308. Buff-throated Saltator ______ cs
    Saltator maximus magnoides

  309. "Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ ly
    Saltator coerulescens grandis

  310. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ hc
    Pheucticus ludovicianus

  311. Blue Grosbeak ______ ly
    Passerina     (formerly Guiraca) caerulea
  312. Indigo Bunting ______ hc
    Passerina cyanea      (montoypic)

  313. Variable Seedeater ______ cs
    Sporophila aurita corvina

  314. White-collared Seedeater ______ ly,cc,cs
    Sporophila torqueola morelleti

  315. Yellow-faced Grassquit ______ hc
    Tiaris olivacea pusilla
  316. Blue-black Grassquit ______ hc
    Volatinia jacarina splendens      (the single member of its genus)

  317. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch ______ hs
    Buarremon     (formerly Atlapetes) brunneinuchus macrourus

  318. Green-backed Sparrow ______ cs (closely related to Black-striped Sparrow of southern Central America)
    Arremonops chloronotus 

  319. Rusty Sparrow ______ hc,hs
    Aimophila rufescens

  320. Chestnut-headed Oropendola ______ hc,ly
    Zarhynchus w. wagleri

  321. Montezuma Oropendola ______ hc,ly,cs
    Psarocolius montezuma      (monotypic)

  322. Yellow-billed Cacique ______ hc
    Amblycercus h. holosericeus

  323. Altamira Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus gularis gigas

  324. Streak-backed Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus pustulatus alticola

  325. Spot-breasted Oriole ______ hc,ly,cc
    Icterus pectoralis guttulatus

  326. Yellow-backed Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus c. chrysater

  327. Baltimore Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
    Icterus galbula      (monotypic)
  328. Orchard Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
    Icterus s. spurius

  329. Red-winged Blackbird ______ ly,cc
    Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi

  330. Melodious Blackbird ______ hc,ly,cb
    Dives dives      (monotypic) 

  331. Great-tailed Grackle ______ hc,ly,cc,cb,sp
    Quiscalus m. mexicanus

  332. Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird ______ hc,cc
    Molothrus a. aeneus

  333. Giant Cowbird ______ cc
    Scaphidura (Molothrus) oryzivora impacifica

  334. Eastern Meadowlark ______ hc
    Sturnella magna
  335. Black-headed Siskin ______ hc
    Carduelis notata forreri

  336. Lesser Goldfinch ______ hc
    Carduelis psaltria colombianus

  337. Red Crossbill ______ hs
    Loxia curvirostra mesamericana
  338. House Sparrow (i) ______ hc
    Passer domesticus 

 

Mammals & Other Nature during FONT Tours in Honduras
(in December, February, March, April) 

Mantled Howler Monkey ______ cc
Alouatta palliata


Central American Agouti ______ hc,ly,cs
Dasyprocta punctata


 White-nosed Coati ______ ly
Nasua narica


 Northern Raccoon ______ cc
Procyon lotor


 Neotropical River Otter ______ ly
Lutra longicaudis


 Eastern Cottontail ______ ly
Sylvilagus floridanus


 Variegated Squirrel ______ ly,cs
Sciurus variegatoides


sac-winged bat (sp.) ______ cc
Saccopteryx spp.


 bat (sp.) ______ cc,cs

Leaf-cutter and other ants ______ hc,cs


an assortment of butterflies ______ hc,ly,cc,cs