Mexico
Birds
a complete list
minus pelagics & vagrants
those found during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours noted with an (*)
The following list compiled by Armas Hill
Photo at right: the RESPLENDENT QUETZAL,
a name from an Aztec word, "Quetzalli", meaning "precious"
or "beautiful"
Codes:
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.
(MXe): a species endemic to Mexico
bc: found in Baja California
yp: found on the Yucatan Peninsula
The birds in the list below are coded as to their status IN MEXICO:
(MX1): endangered
(MX2): threatened
(MX3): of special concern (or near-threatened)
A fine book, "Jungle of the
Maya" has recently been published (in 2006) by the University of Texas
Press. In it, there some very good photographs of wildlife in Belize, and in
nearby Guatemala & Mexico. In the following lists, pages in that book with
photos of particular species are referred to with a (p. xx)
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- Great Tinamou ______ (MX3)
Tinamus major
- Little Tinamou ______ (MX3)
Crypturellus soui
- Slaty-breasted Tinamou ______
(MX3)
(another name has been "Boucard's Tinamou")
Crypturellus boucardi
- Thicket Tinamou ______
ypt
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Plain Chachalaca ______ yp
Ortalis vetula
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca _____
Ortalis wagleri
- West Mexican Chachalaca _____
Ortalis poliocephala
- White-bellied Chachlaca ______ (MX3)
Ortalis leucogastra
(monotypic)
- Crested Guan______ (MX2) yp (p. 47)
Penelope purpurascens
A Crested Guan photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
- Highland Guan ______ (MX2)
Penelopina nigra
- Horned Guan (t2) ______ (MX1) (the
global population was estimated to be less than 1,000 birds in the 1970's;
it's said to have declined since)
Oreophasis derbianus (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
A photo of 1 of 2 Horned Guans seen during a FONT tour in July 2007 in
Guatemala
- Great Curassow ______ (MX2) yp
(p. 47)
Crax rubra
- Long-tailed Wood Partridge _____ (MX3)
Dendrortyx macroura
- Bearded Wood Partridge ______ (MX1)
Dendrortyx barbatus
- Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge ______
(MX2)
Dendrortyx leucophyrs
- Spotted Wood Quail ______ (MX3)
Odontophorus guttatus (monotypic)
- Singing Quail ______ (MX3)
Dactylortyx thoracicus dolichonyx
(the single member of its genus)
- Montezuma Quail _____ (MX3)
Crytonyx montezumae
- Ocellated Quail (nt)______ (MX2) (closely
related to Montezuma Quail, Cytonyx montezumae, of North America)
Cytonyx ocellatus (monotypic)
- Spot-bellied
Bobwhite ______ (has
been said, by some, to be conspecific with the Crested Bobwhite, Colinus cristatus, of northern South America &
southern Central America)
Colinus leucopogon
- Northern Bobwhite ______
Colinus virginianus
Colinus v. ridgwayi "Masked Bobwhite" ______ (MX1)
- Yucatan Bobwhite ______ yp
Colinus nigrogularis
- Banded Quail _____
Philotyx fasciatus
- Scaled Quail _____
Callipepla squamata
- Elegant Quail _____
Callipepla douglasii
- Gambel's Quail _____
Callipepla gambelii
- California Quail _____ bc
Callipepla californica
- Mountain Quail _____ bc
Oreortyx pistus
- Ocellated Turkey (nt)______ (MX2) yp (p. 12 & 117)
Meleagris ocellata (monotypic)
An Ocellated Turkey photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
- Wild Turkey _____ (MX3)
Meleagris gallopavo
- Fulvous Whistling Duck _____
Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck______ yp
Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Tundra Swan ______ (MX1)
Cygnus columbianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose _____
Anser albifrons
- Snow Goose _____
Chen caerulescens
- Ross's Goose _____
Chen rossii
- Brant Goose _____ (MX2)
Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose _____
Branta canadensis
- Muscovy Duck ______ (MX1)
yp
Cairina moschata (monotypic, and
the single member of its genus)
- Wood Duck _____
Aix sponsa
- Green-winged Teal _____
Anas carolinensis
- Mallard _____
Anas platyrhynchos
- Mexican Duck _____ (MX2)
Anas diazi
- Mottled Duck ______ (MX2)
Anas fulvigula
- Northern Pintail _____
Anas acuta
- Blue-winged Teal______ yp
Anas discors
(monotypic)
- Cinnamon Teal _____
Anas cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler _____
Anas clypeata
- Gadwall _____
Anas strepera
- American Wigeon______
Anas americana
(monotypic)
- Canvasback _____
Aythya valisineria
- Redhead _____
Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck _____
Aythya collaris
- Greater Scaup _____ bc
Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup _____ yp
Aythya affinis
- Surf Scoter ______ bc
Melanitta perspicillata
- Common Goldeneye _____
Bucephala clangula
- Bufflehead _____
Bucephala albeola
- Common Merganser _____
Mergus merganser americanus
- Red-breasted Merganser _____
Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck _____
Oxyura jamaicensis
- Masked Duck ______ (MX2) yp
Nomonyx dominicus
- Least Grebe ______ (MX3)
yp
Tachybaptus dominicus
Least Grebe
(photo by Howard Eskin)
