Birds during the FONT 
Birding & Nature Tour
in HONDURAS 

in February 2007

List compiled by Armas Hill,
leader of the tour


 Dates:

 February 11-20
 
  

Codes:

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

hs: in an area of highlands, including pine & cloud forests west of 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 Central America Tour Itineraries

Photo Gallery of Tropical Latin American Birds & Nature

 

 Bird-List:
  1. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ly,cc
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

  2. Least Grebe ______ ly,cc
    Tachybaptus     (formerly Podiceps) dominicus
  3. Eared Grebe ______ ly
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus

  4. Brown Pelican ______ cc
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

  5. Neotropic (formerly called Olivaceous) Cormorant ______ cc
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus      (formerly P. olivaceous)

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

  7. Cattle Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Bubulcus i. ibis      (the single member of its genus)
  8. 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

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

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

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

  12. Great Egret ______ hc,ly,cc
    Ardea     (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta 
  13. Great Blue Heron ______ ly,cc
    Ardea h. herodias

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

  15. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ hc
    Nyctocorax nyctocorax hoactli

  16. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ cc
    Nyctanassa v. violacea      (the single member of its genus)
  17. Wood Stork ______ hc,cc
    Mycteria americana      (monotypic)

  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. American Wigeon ______ly
    Anas americana      (monotypic)
  22. Ring-necked Duck ______ ly
    Aythya collaris      (monotypic)
  23. Turkey Vulture ______ hc,ly,cc
    Cathartes a. aura   

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

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

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

  27. Hook-billed Kite ______ cc
    Chrondrohierax u. uncinatus
  28. Snail Kite ______ ly
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 

  29. Bicolored Hawk ______ ly
    Accipiter b. bicolor
  30. Common Black Hawk ______ cc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus

  31. Gray Hawk ______ hc,cc  (best merged with the more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk)
    Asturina     (formerly Buteo) plagiata  (if merged, would be Asturina nitida plagiata & the single member of its genus)

     
  32. Roadside Hawk ______ hc,cc
    Buteo magnirostris griseocauda

  33. Broad-winged Hawk ______ hc,ly
    Buteo p. platypterus      (migrant that breeds further north in North America)
  34. 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)
     
  35. 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)

  36. Bat Falcon ______ cc,sp
    Falco rufigularis petoensis
  37. Highland Guan ______ hs
    Penelope nigra      (monotypic)

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

  39. Sora ______ ly
    Porzana carolina      (monotypic)

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

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

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

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

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

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

  46. Killdeer ______ ly,cc
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  47. 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

  48. "American" Whimbrel ______ ly,cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
  49. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ly,cc
    Tringa flavipes      (monotypic)
  50. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba rubida
  51. Wilson's Snipe ______ hc
    Gallinago delicata      (monotypic)
  52. Laughing Gull ______ cc
    Larus atricilla megalopterus

  53. Royal Tern ______ cc
    Sterna m. maxima

  54. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i) ______ ly,cc
    Columba livia

  55. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ ly,cc,cs
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
  56. Mourning Dove ______ ly
    Zenaida macroura marginella
  57. White-winged Dove ______ sp,ly
    Zenaida a. asiatica

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

  59. Inca Dove ______ hc,cc
    Columbina     (or said by some to be Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)
  60. White-tipped (formerly White-fronted) Dove ______ hc,ly
    Leptotila verreauxi bangsi

  61. Scarlet Macaw ______ hc
    Ara macao cyanopterus

  62. Aztec Conure (or Parakeet) ______ hc,cs  (has been considered conspecific with the Jamaican Conure, or Parakeet, of the West Indies; when so, was called the Olive-throated Conure, or Parakeet) )
    Aratinga a. astec

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

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

  68. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ ly,cs
    Piaya cayana thermophila

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

  71. Pauraque ______ hs,cc
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens
  72. Long-billed Hermit ______ cs  (formerly part of a wider-ranging Long-tailed Hermit; that species now restricted to South America)
    Phaethornis l. longirostris

  73. 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)  

  74. Violet Sabrewing ______ cs
    Campylopterus h. hemileucurus
  75. White-necked Jacobin ______ cs
    Florisuga m. mellivora
  76. Green-breasted Mango ______ hc,cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 

  77. White-eared Hummingbird ______ hs
    Basilinna l. leucotis
  78. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ______ hs
    Abeillia a. abeillei      (the single member of its genus) 

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

  80. Blue-throated Sapphire ______ ly  (has been called Blue-throated Goldentail) 
    Hylocharis e. eliciae
  81. Azure-crowned Hummingbird ______ cc,hc
    Amazilia c. cyanocephala
  82. Berylline Hummingbird ______ hc
    Amazilia beryllina devillei
  83. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ hc,ly
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris

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

  85. Green-throated Moutnain-gem ______ hs
    Lampornis v. viridipallens
  86. Resplendent Quetzal ______ hs
    Pharomachrus m. mocinno
  87. Slaty-tailed Trogon ______ cc
    Trogon m. massena

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

  89. Collared Trogon ______ hs
    Trogon collaris puella
  90. Northern Violaceous Trogon ______ hc
    Trogon caligatus     (formerly violaceus) braccatus
  91. Belted Kingfisher ______ ly,cc
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)

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

  93. Green Kingfisher ______ cs
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis

  94. Turquoise-browed Motmot ______ cc,cs
    Eumomota superciliosa

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

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

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

  99. "Guatemalan" Northern Flicker ______ hs
    Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
  100. Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi
  101. Lineated Woodpecker ______ hc,cc
    Dryocopus lineatus similis
  102. Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cc
    Campephilus g. guatemalensis
  103. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ hc,cs
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris

  104. Cocoa (formerly part of Buff-throated) Woodcreeper ______ cc
    Xiphorhynchus susurrans confinis
  105. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper ______ hs  (was considered conspecific with what's now the Montane Woodcreeper in South America, L. lacrymiger)
    Lepidocolaptes a. affinis

  106. Tawny-throated Leaftosser ______ hs
    Sclerurus m. mexicanus

     
  107. Barred Antshrike ______ ly,cc
    Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius
  108. Rose-throated Becard ______ hc
    Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti

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

  110. Fork-tailed Flycatcher ______ hc,ly
    Tyrannus savana monachus
  111. Tropical Kingbird ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

  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. Black Phoebe ______ hc
    Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
  118. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cs,hc,ly
    Empidonax flaviventis      (monotypic)
  119. White-throated Flycatcher ______ ly
    Empidonax a. albigularis

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

  121. Yellowish Flycatcher ______ hs
    Empidonax flavescens salvini

  122. Northern Tufted-Flycatcher ______ hs
    Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus

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

     
  124. Greenish Elaenia ______ hc,cc
    Myiopagis viridicata placens

  125. Lovely Cotinga ______ cs
    Cotinga amabilis      (monotypic)

  126. Snowy Cotinga ______ cs
    Carpodectes nitidus      (monotypic)

  127. Azure-hooded Jay ______ hs
    Cyanolyca cucullata hondurensis

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

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

  130. Green Jay ______ hs,ly
    Cyanocorax yncas centralis
  131. Blue-headed (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hs
    Vireo s. solitarius

  132. Plumbeous (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo ______ hc
    Vireo plumbeus montanus

  133. Brown-capped Vireo ______ hs  (was at one time said to be conspecific with the Warbling Vireo of North America) 
    Vireo leucophrys amauronotus
  134. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet ______ cs
    Hylophilus d. decurtatus

  135. Slate-colored Solitaire ______ hs
    Myacestes u. unicolor

  136. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ______ hs
    Catharus d. dryas

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

  139. Tropical Mockingbird ______ hc
    Mimus gilvus gracilis

  140. Gray Catbird ______ ly,cs
    Dumetella carolinensis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  141. Gray-breasted Martin ______ sp
    Progne c. chalybea

  142. Tree Swallow ______ hc
    Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)
  143. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ hc,ly
    Stelgidopteryx serripennis

  144. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow ______ ly
    Stelgidopteryx (serripennis) ridgwayi
  145. Rufous-naped Wren ______ ly,sp
    Campylorhynchus rufinucha castaneus

    146.
  146. (Southern) House Wren ______ hc
    Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius
  147. White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ cc,cs
    Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca

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

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

  150. Prothonotary Warbler ______ cc
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  151. Blue-winged Warbler ______ cs
    Vermivora pinus      (monotypic)

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

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

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

  155. Grace's Warbler ______ hc
    Dendroica graciae remota

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

  157. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ cc
    Dendroica c. coronata
  158. Black-throated Green Warbler ______ hc
    Dendroica virens      (now said to be monotypic)
  159. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) ______ hs
    Dendroica chrysoparia      (monotypic)

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

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

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

  163. Kentucky Warbler ______ cs
    Oporornis formosus      (monotypic)
  164. Wilson's Warbler ______ hc,ly,cs
    Wilsonia pusilla      (3 subspecies winter in Central Amercia)
  165. Hooded Warbler ______ ly,cs
    Wilsonia citrina      (monotypic)

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

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

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

  169. Green Honeycreeper ______ cc,cs
    Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis

  170. Shining Honeycreeper ______ cs
    Cyanerpes lucidus

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

  172. Common Bush-Tanager ______ hs
    Chlorospingus ophthalmicus honduratius
  173. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager ______ cs
    Habia rubica rubicoides
  174. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cc,cs
    Habia fuscicauda salvini

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

  176. Passerini's  (formerly part of Scarlet-rumped) Tanager ______ cc
    Ramphocelus passerinii      (monotypic)
  177. Blue-gray Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs,sp
    Thraupis episcopus cana

  178. Yellow-winged Tanager ______ hc,ly,cc,cs
    Thraupis abbas      (monotypic)
  179. Scrub Euphonia ______ hc
    Euphonia a. affinis

  180. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia ______ cs
    Chorophonia occipitalis      (monotypic)

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

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

  183. "Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ ly
    Saltator coerulescens grandis
  184. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ hc
    Pheucticus ludovicianus

  185. Blue Grosbeak ______ ly
    Passerina     (formerly Guiraca) caerulea
  186. Indigo Bunting ______ hc
    Passerina cyanea      (monotypic)

  187. Variable Seedeater ______ cs
    Sporophila aurita corvina

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

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

  191. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch ______ hs
    Buarremon     (formerly Atlapetes) brunneinuchus macrourus
  192. Rusty Sparrow ______ hc,hs
    Aimophila rufescens

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

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

  195. Altamira Oriole ______ hc
    Icterus gularis gigas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  203. Eastern Meadowlark ______ hc
    Sturnella magna
  204. Red Crossbill ______ hs 
    Loxia curvirostra mesamericana

 

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