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Birds during the
Focus On Nature Tour
in
HONDURAS 

in December 2002

List compiled by Armas Hill,
leader of the tour


Dates:

December 2-10, 2002
 

  


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) 

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.

(HN
r): rare in Honduras
(HNu): uncommon in Honduras 

Links:

A Complete List of Honduras Birds    Birds during previous FONT tours in Honduras

Mammals in Central America  (with some photos) 

A List & Photo Gallery of Butterflies & Moths in Central America

Previous Honduras Tour Highlights    Upcoming Central America Tour Itineraries

 

Bird-List:

  1. Great Tinamou ______cs
    Tinamus major

  2. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ly,cc
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

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

  4. Brown Pelican ______ cc
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

  5. American White Pelican  (HNr) ______ cc
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 
    (monotypic)

  6. Neotropic Cormorant  ______ cc
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus 
    (formerly P. olivaceous)

    Phalacrocorax brasilianus was called Olivaceous Cormorant.

  7. Anhinga ______ cc
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster

  8. Magnificent Frigatebird ______ cc
    Fregata magnificens 
    (now said to be monotypic)

  9. Least Bittern ______ ly
    Ixobrychus exilis

  10. Western Cattle Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Bubulcus ibis 
    (now monotypic)

  11. Green Heron ______ ly,cc  
    Butorides v. virescens 

    The Green Heron was at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron.  

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

  13. Tricolored Heron ______ cc
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis

    Egretta tricolor
    was called Louisiana Heron.

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

  15. Great Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Ardea alba egretta 
    (formerly Casmerodius alba)  

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

  17. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ ly,cc
    Tigrisoma mexicanum 
    (monotypic)

  18. Boat-billed Heron ______ cc
    Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi 
    (the single member of its genus)

  19. Jabiru  (HNr) ______ cc
    Jabiru mycteria 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  20. Wood Stork ______ hc,cc
    Mycteria americana 
    (monotypic)

  21. American White Ibis ______ cc
    Eudocimus albus 
    (monotypic)

  22. Roseate Spoonbill ______ cc
    Ajaia ajaja 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  23. Muscovy Duck ______ ly 
    Cairina moschata 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  24. Blue-winged Teal ______ ly,cc
    Anas discors 
    (monotypic)

  25. American Wigeon ______ly
    Anas americana 
    (monotypic)

  26. Turkey Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Cathartes a. aura
      (another subspecies, C. a. meridionalis, from central North America migrates thru Honduras, sometimes in large flocks) 

  27. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ ly
    Cathartes burrovianus 
    (monotypic)

  28. Black Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Coragyps atratus 
    (now said to be monotypic, the single member of its genus)

  29. Osprey ______ ly,cc
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis 
    (the single member of its genus, another subspecies, P.h. ridgwayi, also in eastern Honduras near the Caribbean)

  30. Gray-headed Kite ______ ly
    Leptodon c. cayanensis

    Another name for Leptodon cayanensis has been Cayenne Kite.

  31. White-tailed Kite ______ cc
    Elanus leucurus majusculus

  32. Snail Kite ______ ly
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 

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

  34. Common Black Hawk ______ cc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus

  35. Gray Hawk ______ hc,cc 
    Buteo plagiata  

    Buteo plagiata
    was conspecific with the more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk, Buteo nitidus. 

     
  36. Roadside Hawk ______ hc,cc
    Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda
      (was Buteo magnirostris)

  37. Short-tailed Hawk ______ cs
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus

  38. White-tailed Hawk ______ sp
    Geranoaetus albicaudatus hypospodius 
    (was Buteo albicaudatus

  39. Red-tailed Hawk ______ hc
    Buteo jamaicensis  
    (2 subspecies in Honduras)
    Buteo jamaicensis kemsiesi 
    (resident in Honduras)
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus  
    (winter resident and migrant that breeds further north in North America)
     
  40. Zone-tailed Hawk ______ hc
    Buteo a. albonotatus

  41. Black Hawk-Eagle ______ cs
    Spizaetus tyrannus serus

  42. Northern Crested Caracara ______ hc,cc  
    Caracara cheriway  (monotypic)

    Caracara cheriway
    was conspecific with what is now the Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus. of South America generally south of the Amazon.

  43. Laughing Falcon ______ hc
    Herpetotheres cachinnans 
    (the single member of its genus) 

  44. American Kestrel ______ hc
    Falco sparverius tropicalis

  45. 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

  46. Plain Chachalaca ______ cs
    Ortalis vetula intermedia

  47. Limpkin ______ ly
    Aramus guarauna dolosus  (the single member of its genus & family) 

  48. Ruddy Crake (or Red Rail) ______ cs
    Laterallus ruber  (monotypic)

  49. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______ ly
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

  50. Purple Gallinule ______ ly,cc
    Porphyrula martinica  (monotypic)

  51. American Coot ______ ly,cc
    Fulica a. americana

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

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

  54. Semipalmated Plover ______ cc
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)

  55. Killdeer ______ ly,cc
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  56. 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

  57. Willet ______ cc
    Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmata

  58. Greater Yellowlegs ______ cc
    Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)

  59. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ly,cc
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)

  60. Solitary Sandpiper ______ hc
    Tringa solitaria

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

  62. Ruddy Turnstone ______ cc
    Arenaria interpres

  63. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba

  64. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ cc
    Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)

  65. Least Sandpiper ______ cc
    Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)

  66. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ cc
    Limnodromus griseus

  67. Laughing Gull ______ cc
    Larus atricilla megalopterus

  68. Caspian Tern ______ cc,ly
    Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)

  69. Royal Tern ______ cc
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima

  70. Sandwich Tern ______ cc
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus

  71. Common Tern ______ cc
    Sterna h. hirundo

  72. Forster's Tern (HNr) ______ cc
    Sterna forsteri  (monotypic)

  73. Black Skimmer ______ cc
    Rynchops n. niger

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

  75. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ ly,cc,cs
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa

  76. Red-billed Pigeon ______ hc,ly
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) f. flavirostris

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

  78. Common Ground-Dove ______ hc
    Columbina passerina pallescens

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

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

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

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

  83. Gray-chested Dove ______ ly
    Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris

  84. Scarlet Macaw ______ hc
    Ara macao cyanopterus 

  85. 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

  86. Brown-hooded Parrot ______ cc,cs
    Pionopsitta h. haematotis

  87. White-fronted Amazon (or Parrot) ______ hc,ly,cs
    Amazona albifrons nana

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

  89. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ ly,cs
    Piaya cayana thermophila

  90. Groove-billed Ani ______ hc,ly,cs
    Crotophaga sulciroxtris  (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)

  91. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ______ ly,sp  (has been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy Owl of South America)
    Glaucicium r. ridgwayi

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

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

  94. Short-tailed (or Semicollared) Nighthawk (HNu) ______ cs
    Lurocalis semitorquatus stonei

  95. White-collared Swift ______ cs
    Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus

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

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

  98. 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)  

  99. Salvin's (formerly part of Fork-tailed) Emerald ______ ly,cs
    Chlorostilbon salvini osberti

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

  101. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ hc,ly
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris

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

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

  104. Purple-crowned Fairy ______ cs
    Heliothryx barroti  (monotypic)

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

  106. Black-headed Trogon ______ cc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
    Trogon melanocephalus  (now monotypic)

  107. Ringed Kingfisher ______ cc
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata 

  108. Belted Kingfisher ______ ly,cc
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)

  109. Amazon Kingfisher ______ ch,ly,cc
    Chloroceryle amazona  (now monotypic)

  110. Green Kingfisher ______ cs
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis

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

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

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

  114. Collared Aracari ______ hc,cs
    Pteroglossus t. torquatus

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

  116. Acorn Woodpecker ______ hc
    Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus

  117. Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi

  118. Black-cheeked Woodpecker ______ cs
    Melanerpes (formerly Centurus or Tripsurus) pucherani  (monotypic)

  119. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper ______ cs
    Dendrocincla a. anabatina

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

  121. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ hc,cs
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris

  122. Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ ly
    Lepidocolaptes souleyetii insignis

  123. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (or Automolus) ______ cs
    Automolus ochrolaemus cervinigularis

  124. Russet Antshrike ______ cs
    Thamnistes anabatinus

  125. Rose-throated Becard ______ hc
    Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti

  126. Cinnamon Becard ______ cs
    Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior 

  127. White-winged Becard ______ cs
    Pachyramphus polychopterus cinereiventris

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

  129. Black-crowned Tityra ______ cs
    Tityra inquisitor fraserii

  130. Tropical Kingbird ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

  131. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
    Megarynchus pitangua

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

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

  134. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ hc
    Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)

  135. Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ hc
    Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens

  136. Greater Pewee ______ hc  (formerly called Coue's Flycatcher)
    Contopus p. pertinax

  137. Western Wood-Pewee ______ hc
    Contopus sordidulus

  138. Tropical Pewee ______ ly,cs
    Contopus cinereus brachytarsus

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

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

  141. Least Flycatcher ______ hc,cs
    Empidonax minimus  (monotypic)

  142. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher ______ cs  (formerly conspecific with what's now Whiskered Flycatcher in South America)
    Myiobius sulphureipygius

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

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

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

  146. Mountain Elaenia ______ hc
    Elaenia frantzii ultima

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

  148. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs
    Mionectes oleagineus assimilis

  149. Lovely Cotinga ______ cs
    Cotinga amabilis  (monotypic)

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

  151. Brown Jay ______ hc,ly,cs
    Cyanocorax m. morio

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

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

  154. Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______ hc
    Cyclarhis gujanensis

  155. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ cs
    Vireo flavifrons  (monotypic)

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

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

  158. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush ______ hc
    Catharus aurantiirostris

  159. Wood Thrush ______ hc,ly,cs
    Hylocichia (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and now the single member of its genus) 

  160. Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) ______ hc,ly,cs,sp
    Turdus grayi megas

  161. Tropical Mockingbird ______ hc
    Mimus gilvus gracils

  162. Gray Catbird ______ ly,cs
    Dumetella carolinensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

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

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

  165. Barn Swallow ______ hc,ly
    Hirundo rustica 

  166. Rufous-naped Wren ______ ly,sp
    Campylorhynchus rufinucha castaneus

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

  168. Plain Wren ______ hc
    Thryothous modestus

  169. White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ cc,cs
    Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca

  170. White-lored Gnatcatcher ______ hc
    Polioptila albiloris

  171. Tropical Gnatcatcher ______ cs
    Polioptila plumbea

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

  173. Worm-eating Warbler ______ cs
    Helmitheros vermivorus 

  174. Golden-winged Warbler ______ cs
    Vermivora chrysoptera

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

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

  177. Tropical Parula ______ ly
    Parula pitiayumi nigrilora

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

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

  180. Grace's Warbler ______ hc
    Dendroica graciae remota

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

  182. Chestnut-sided Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Dendroica pensylvanica  (monotypic)

  183. Black-throated Green Warbler ______ hc
    Dendroica virens  (now said to be monotypic)

  184. Ovenbird ______ cs
    Seiurus aurocapillus  (2 subspecies winter in Central America)

  185. Northern Waterthrush ______ ly,cc
    Seiurus noveboracensis  (now said to be monotypic)

  186. Louisiana Waterthrush ______ cs
    Seiurus motacilla

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

  188. Kentucky Warbler ______ cs
    Oporornis formosus  (monotypic)

  189. Wilson's Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Wilsonia pusilla  (3 subspecies winter in Central America)

  190. Hooded Warbler ______ ly,cs
    Wilsonia citrina  (monotypic)

  191. Yellow-breasted Chat ______ cs
    Icteria virens

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

  193. Painted Whitestart (or Redstart) ______ hc
    Myioborus pictus

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

  195. Golden-crowned Warbler ______ hc
    Basileuterus culicivorus

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

  197. Green Honeycreeper ______ cc,cs
    Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis

  198. Shining Honeycreeper ______ cs
    Cyanerpes lucidus

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

  200. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cc,cs
    Habia fuscicauda salvini

  201. Hepatic Tanager ______ hc
    Piranga hepatica

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

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

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

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

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

  207. Scrub Euphonia ______ hc
    Euphonia a. affinis

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

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

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

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

  212. Buff-throated Saltator ______ cs
    Saltator maximus magnoides

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

  214. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ hc
    Pheucticus ludovicianus

  215. "Black" Variable Seedeater ______ cs
    Sporophila aurita corvina

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

  217. Blue-black Grassquit ______ hc
    Volatinia jacarina splendens  (the single member of its genus)

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

  219. Rusty Sparrow ______ hc,hs
    Aimophila rufescens

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

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

  222. Altamira Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus gularis gigas

  223. Streak-backed Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus pustulatus alticola

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

  225. Baltimore Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
    Icterus galbula  (monotypic)

  226. Orchard Oriole ______ hc,ly,cs
    Icterus s. spurius

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

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

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

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

 

Mammals & Other Nature during FONT Tours in Honduras

(in December 2002)
 

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