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Sonora,
Mexico
Birds
Those found during
FONT Birding &
Nature Tours
in Sonora noted with an (*)
The following list compiled by Armas Hill
Photo at right: two CACTUS WRENS
photographed during a FONT tour
in southern Arizona & Sonora, Mexico
(photo by Doris Potter)
FOLLOWING THIS BIRD-LIST ARE SOME
SCENERY PHOTOS
OF WHERE THE SEPT '08 FONT TOUR WAS IN SONORA
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
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)
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Bird-List:
-
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca _____ (has been called
"Wagler's Chachalaca") (was considered
conspecific with
West Mexican Chachalaca)
Ortalis wagleri
- Montezuma Quail (*) _____ (MX3)
Crytonyx montezumae mearnsi (has been called "Mearn's Quail"; this
subspecies in northwest Mexico & southwest US) _____
- Northern Bobwhite ______
Colinus virginianus (with 15 subspecies; more in Mexico than for any
other bird)
Colinus v. ridgwayi "Masked Bobwhite" ______ (MX1)
- Scaled Quail _____
Callipepla squamata
- Elegant Quail (*) _____ (MXe)
(has been called
"Douglas Quail")
Callipepla douglasii
- Gambel's Quail (*) _____
Callipepla gambelii
- Wild Turkey (*) _____ (MX3)
Meleagris gallopavo mexicana (northwest & north-central Mexico; this
subspecies known as the "Gould's Wild Turkey", with rectrices and
upper tail coverts tipped with white rather than cinnamon or buff) (SEE
PHOTO OF FEATHER BELOW)
A feather of a "Gould's Wild Turkey" found during the FONT tour
in Sonora, Mexico in September 2008
(photo by Doris Potter)
- Fulvous Whistling Duck _____ (another
name has been Fulvous Tree Duck)
Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (*)
______ (another name has been
Black-bellied Tree Duck)
Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose _____
(was called White-fronted Goose)
Anser albifrons
- Snow Goose _____
Chen
(formerly Anser) caerulescens
Ross's Goose _____
Chen
(formerly Anser) rossii
Brant Goose (*) _____ (MX2) (has
been simply "Brant", or "Black Brant")
Branta bernicla nigricans
Canada Goose _____
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose _____
Branta hutchinsii
Green-winged Teal (*) _____
Anas carolinensis
Mallard _____
Anas platyrhynchos
Mexican Duck (*) _____ (MX2)
(was
considered conspecific with the Mallard)
Anas diazi
Northern Pintail _____
Anas acuta
Blue-winged Teal______
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 _____
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup (*) _____
Aythya affinis
White-winged Scoter _____ (was
conspecific with the Velvet Scoter, Melanitta fusca,
of Europe)
Melanitta deglandi
Surf Scoter (*) _____
Melanitta perspicillata
Common Goldeneye _____
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead (*) _____
Bucephala albeola
Hooded Merganser _____
Lophodytes
(formerly Mergus) cucullatus
Common Merganser _____
Mergus merganser americanus
Red-breasted Merganser (*) _____
Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck (*) _____
Oxyura jamaicensis
Pacific Loon (*) _____
Gavia pacifica
Great Northern (or Common) Loon (*) _____
Gavia immer
Least Grebe (*) ______ (MX3)
Tachybaptus dominicus brachypterus
Least Grebe
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Pied-billed Grebe ______
Podilymbus p. podiceps
Horned Grebe (*) _____
Podiceps auritus cornutus
A Horned Grebe in non-breeding plumage
(photo by Kim Steininger)
Black-necked Grebe (*) _____ (has
been called Eared Grebe)
Poidiceps nigricollis californicus
A Black-necked (or Eared) Grebe
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Western Grebe (*) _____
Aechmophorus occidentalis ephemeralis
(south-central & west
central Mexico)
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe _____
Aechmophorus c. clarkii (north & central Mexico)
Wood Stork ______ (MX3)
Mycteria americana (monotypic)
American White Ibis (*) ______
Eudocimus albus (monotypic)
White-faced Ibis _____
Plegadis chihi (monotypic)
White-faced Ibis
(photo by Alex Tongas)
Roseate Spoonbill ______
Platalea (formerly
Ajaia) ajaja (monotypic)
Great Blue Heron (*) ______
Ardea h. herodia
Great Egret (*) ______
Ardea (formerly
Casmerodius) alba egretta
Little Blue Heron (*) ______
Egretta caerulea (monotypic)
Snowy Egret (*) ______
Egretta thula
(both subspecies
in Mexico)
Tricolored Heron (*) ______
(was at one time called Louisiana Heron)
Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret (*) ______ (MX3)
Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret ______
Bubulcus i. ibis
Green Heron ______
(was at one time considered
conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and
was then called Green-backed Heron)
Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron ______
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ (MX2)
Nyctanassa v. violacea (the
single member of its genus)
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ (MX3)
Tigrisoma mexicanum (monotypic)
American Bittern ______ (MX2)
Botaurus lentiginosus
Least Bittern ______
Ixobrychus exilis
Magnificent Frigatebird ______
Fregata magnificens
(now said to be monotypic)
American White Pelican (*) ______
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (monotypic)
Brown Pelican (*) ______
Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
(in west Mexico) _____
Above: Brown Pelicans in Sonora, Mexico along the
coast of the Sea of Cortez
Below: a closer look at the subspecies in Sonora, Pelecanus occidentalis
californicus,
with its bright red gular pouch in breeding plumage.
(photos by Abram Fleishman)
Nazca Booby _____ (was
conspecific with the Masked Booby)
Sula granti
Blue-footed Booby (*) _____
Sula n. nebouxii
A Blue-footed Booby by the Sea of Cortez in
Sonora
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Brown Booby _____
Sula leucogaster
Neotropic Cormorant (*) ______
(was called Olivaceous
Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
mexicanus (formerly Phalacrocorax olivaceous)
Double-crested Cormorant (*) ______
Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus
Brandt's Cormorant _____
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Anhinga ______
Anhinga anhinga leucogaster
Black Vulture (*) ______
Coragyps atratus
(now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture (*) ______
Cathartes aura
Northern Crested Caracara (*) ______
(formerly conspecific with the now Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara
plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)
Caracara cheriway (monotypic)
Northern Crested Caracara
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Laughing Falcon ______
Herpetotheres cachinnans chapmani
(the
single member of its genus)
American Kestrel (*) ______
Falco sparverius
Merlin _____
Falco columbarius
Aplomado Falcon ______ (MX2)
Falco femoralis
Bat Falcon ______
Falco rufigularis
Peregrine Falcon ______ (MX3)
Falco peregrinus
Prairie Falcon (*) ______ (MX2)
Falco mexicanus
Osprey (*) ______
Pandion haliaetus
(the single member of its genus)
2 photographs of Ospreys in Sonora, Mexico along
the coast of the Sea of Cortez
as seen during our FONT tour in January 2009,
(photos by Abram Fleishman)
White-tailed Kite ______
Elanus leucurus majusculus
Bald Eagle ______ (MX1)
Haliaeetus l. leucocephalus
Northern Harrier (*) _____
Circus cyaneus hudsonius
Sharp-shinned Hawk (*) _____
Acipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk (*) ______ (MX3)
Accipiter cooperii (monotypic)
Northern Goshawk _____ (MX2)
Accipiter gentilis apache
Crane Hawk _____ (MX2)
Geranospiza caerulescens
Harris's Hawk ______ (MX3) (also called Bay-winged
Hawk)
Parabuteo unicinctus
Red-tailed Hawk (*) ______
Buteo jamaicensis
A dark morph of the Red-tailed Hawk, photographed
during a FONT tour.
This subspecies is the "Western Red-tailed Hawk",
Buteo
jamaicensis calurus.
It winters south into central Mexico. Other subspecies of the Red-tailed
Hawk
further south, in Central America, are also dark.
Swainson's Hawk (*) ______ (MX3)
Buteo swainsoni (monotypic)
Zone-tailed Hawk (*) ______ (MX3)
Buteo a. albonotatus
White-tailed Hawk ______ (MX3)
Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius
Short-tailed Hawk ______
Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus
Gray Hawk ______
(now merged with
more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk)
Buteo nitida
plagiata
Gray Hawk
(photo by Alan Brady)
Ferruginous Hawk (*) _____ (MX3)
Buteo regalis
Ferruginous Hawk
(photo by Rick Greenspun)
Roughleg _____ (MX3)
Buteo lagopus sancti-johannis
Common Black Hawk ______ (MX3)
Buteogallus anthracinus
Common Black Hawk
(photo by Dick Tipton)
Great Black Hawk ______ (MX3)
Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi
Montane Solitary Eagle ______ (nt) (MX1)
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
Golden Eagle ______ (MX2)
Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
Clapper Rail _____ (MX3)
Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Virginia Rail _____ (MX3)
Rallus limicola
Sora _____
Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule (or Moorhen)
______
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
Purple Gallinule______
Porphyrula martinica (monotypic)
American Coot (*) ______
Fulica a. americana
Sandhill Crane _____ (MX3)
Grus canadensis
American Oystercatcher (*) _____
Haematopus palliatus
Black Oystercatcher (*) _____
Haematopus bachmani
Black-necked Stilt ______
(was said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged
Stilt of the Old World)
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet _____
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover (*) ______
(also
called Grey Plover)
Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
Snowy Plover _____
Charadrius nivosus
Snowy Plover
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Piping Plover _____ (nt) (MX1)
Charadrius melodus
Wilson's Plover______
Charadrius wilsonia
Killdeer (*)______
Charadrius v. vociferus
Mountain Plover _____ (MX2)
Charadrius montanus
Greater Yellowlegs (*) ______
Tringa melanoleuca
(monotypic)
Lesser Yellowlegs (*) ______
Tringa flavipes
(monotypic)
Solitary Sandpiper______
Tringa solitaria
Willet (*) ______
Tringa semipalmatus
Wandering Tattler _____
Heteroscelus incanus
Spotted Sandpiper ______
Actitis macularia (monotypic)
Upland Sandpiper _____
Bartramia longicauda
"American" Whimbrel (*) ______
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
A Whimbrel along the coast of the Sea of Cortez in
Sonora
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Long-billed Curlew (nt) (*) _____
Nymenius americanus
A Long-billed Curlew in Sonora, Mexico
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Marbled Godwit (*) ______
Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone _____
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone _____
Arenaria melanocephala
Surfbird ______
Aphriza virgata
Red Knot _____
Calidris canutus rufa
Sanderling ______
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper______
Calidris pusilla
(monotypic)
Western Sandpiper ______
Calidris mauri
(monotypic)
Least Sandpiper______
Calidris minutilla
(monotypic)
Baird's Sandpiper ______
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper______
Calidris melanotos (monotypic)
Dunlin (*) ______
Calidris alpina
Stilt Sandpiper______
Calidris (formerly
Micropalama) himantopus
Short-billed Dowitcher ______
Limnodromus griseus (3
subspecies can occur in Mexico)
Long-billed Dowitcher ______
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe ______
Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Phalarope _____
Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope ______
Phalaropus lobatus
Laughing Gull ______
Larus atricilla
Franklin's Gull ______
Larus pipixcan
(monotypic)
Bonaparte's Gull (*) _____
Larus philadelphia
Heermann's Gull (*) ______ (MX3) (a Mexican endemic breeder)
Larus heermanni
Heermann's Gull
(photo by Armas Hill)
Ring-billed Gull (*) ______
Larus delawarensis
A Ring-billed Gull in Sonora, Mexico along the coast
of the Sea of Cortez
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
California Gull (*) _____
Larus californicus
A California Gull
(photo by Howard Eskin)
"American" Herring Gull (*)
______
Larus argentatus smithsonianus
Thayer's Gull _____
Larus thayeri
Yellow-footed Gull (*) ______ (MX3)
Larus livens
An adult Yellow-footed Gull.
As a breeding bird, this species is nearly restricted to the area of
the
Sea of Cortez, that's also known as the Gulf of California.
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Western Gull ______
Larus occidentalis wymani
Glaucous-winged Gull ______
Larus glaucescens
Gull-billed Tern ______
Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna)
nilotica
vanrossemi
Royal Tern (*) ______
Thalasseus (formerly
Sterna) m. maxima
Elegant Tern (*) ______ (MX3)
Thalasseus
(formerly Sterna) elegans
Caspian Tern (*) ______
Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia
(monotypic)
A Caspian Tern in flight.
Photographed in Sonora, Mexico, along the coast of the Sea of Cortez.
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Common Tern ______
Sterna h. hirundo
Forster's Tern (*) ______
Sterna forsteri
Forster's Tern
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Least Tern ______
(MX3)
Sternula antillarum browni ______ (MX1) (in west Mexico &
California)
Black Tern ______
Chlidonias niger surinamensis
Black Tern
(photo by Kim Steininger)
Black Skimmer ______
Rynchops n. niger
Craveri's Murrelet (*) _____
Synthliboramphus craveri
Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______
Columba livia
Red-billed Pigeon ______
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) flavirostris
Band-tailed Pigeon______
Patagioenas (formerly
Columba) fasciata
Patagioenas faciata vioscae ______
(MX3)
Band-tailed Pigeon
(photo by Fred Lesser)
Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*) _____
Streptopelia decocto
White-winged Dove (*) ______
Zenaida a. asiatica
White-winged Dove
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Mourning Dove (*) ______
Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove (*) ______
Columbina (or said by some to Scardafella)
inca (monotypic)
Inca Doves
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Common Ground Dove (*) ______
Columbina passerina pallescens
Ruddy Ground Dove ______
Columbina taipacoti
White-tipped Dove ______
(was called White-fronted
Dove)
Leptotila verreauxi
Military Macaw ______ (MX1)
Ara militaris mexicanus
Green Parakeet ______ (MX2)
Aratinga holochlora
Thick-billed Parrot _____ (MX1) (MXe)
Rhynchopsitta pachyhyncha
Mexican Parrotlet _____ (MX3) (MXe)
Forpus cyanopygius
White-fronted Amazon ______
Amazona albifrons
Lilac-crowned Parrot ______ (MX2) (MXe)
Amazona finschi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*) ______
Coccyzus americanus
(now monotypic)
Mangrove Cuckoo ______
Coccyzus minor
Squirrel Cuckoo______
Piaya cayana
Groove-billed Ani ______
Crotophaga sulcirostris (now
monotypic, as a "second form" that was in Mexico is now extinct)
Lesser Roadrunner ______
Geococcyx velox (now
monotypic)
Greater Roadrunner (*) ______
Geococcyx californianus
Barn Owl ______
Tyto alba
Flammulated Owl ______
Megascops
(formerly Otus) flammeolus
Western Screech Owl ______
Megascops (formerly Otus) kennicottii
Western Screech Owl
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Vermiculated Screech Owl ______ (was
at one time considered part of what was then the "Variable
Screech Owl" of Central America & South America)
Megascops
(formerly Otus) g.
guatemalae
Whiskered Screech Owl ______
Megascops
(formerly Otus) trichopsis
Great Horned Owl______
Bubo virginianus
"Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl ______
Glaucidium brasilianum ridgwayi
Ferrruginous Pygmy Owl
(photo
by Alan Brady)
Colima Pygmy Owl ______ (MX3) (MXe)
(was part of the Central American Pygmy Owl, but this species, the Colima
Pygmy Owl
in western Mexico, & the Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl
in eastern
Mexico, are now distinct) (The Central American Pygmy Owl
was, at one time,
part of a wide-ranging Least Pygmy Owl, in both Central & South
America.)
Glaucidium palmarum
Mountain Pygmy Owl ______
Glaucidium gnoma
Elf Owl (*) ______
Micrathene whitneyi
Burrowing Owl ______
Athene cunicularia
Mottled Owl ______
Strix virgata
Spotted Owl ______ (MX2)
Strix occidentalis
A "Mexican" Spotted Owl photographed
during a FONT tour
Long-eared Owl ______
Asio otus wilsonianus
Short-eared Owl ______ (MX3)
Asio f. flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl _____
Aegolius a. acadicus
Common Nighthawk ______
Chordeiles minor (as
many as 8 subspecies occur in Mexico as migrants)
Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______
Chordeiles acutipennis
Pauraque ______
Nyctidromus albicollis (the
single member of its genus)
Pauraque
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Common Poorwill (*) ______
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Eared Poorwill ______ (MX3) (MXe)
Nyctiphrynus meleodii
Buff-collared Nightjar (or "Cookacheea")
______
Caprimulgus ridgwayi
Whip-poor-will______
Caprimulgus vociferus
American Black Swift______
Cypseloides niger
Vaux's Swift ______
Chaetura vauxi
White-throated Swift______
Aeronautes saxatalis
White-eared Hummingbird _____
Basilinna leucotis
Broad-billed Hummingbird (*) _____
Cynanthus latirostris
Berylline Hummingbird______
Amazilia beryllina
Violet-crowned Hummingbird _____
Amazilia violiceps
Blue-throated Mountain-gem ______ (has been called
Blue-throated
Hummingbird)
Lampornis clemenciae
"Rivoli's" Magnificent
Hummingbird______
Eugenes f. fulgens
Plain-capped Starthroat ______
Heliomaster constantii
Lucifer Sheartail ______ (has been
called Lucifer Hummingbird)
Calothorax lucifer
Black-chinned Hummingbird (*) ______
Archilochus alexandri
A female Black-chinned
Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird ______
Archilochus anna
Costa's Hummingbird ______
Archilochus costae
Costa's Hummingbird
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Calliope Hummingbird _____
Archilochus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird______
Selasphorus platycercus (monotypic, as
S. p. guatemalae
now merged)
Rufous Hummingbird ______
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird ______
Selasphorus sasin
Eared Quetzal ______ (MX2) (MXe)
Euptilotis neoxenus
Mountain Trogon______ (another name
has been "Mexican Trogon")
Trogon m. mexicanus
Elegant Trogon (*) ______
Trogon elegans
Belted Kingfisher (*) _____
Megaceryle (formerly
Ceryle) alcyon (monotypic)
Green Kingfisher (*) _____
Chloroceryle americana
septentrionalis
Russet-crowned Motmot______
Momotus mexicanus
Lewis's Woodpecker ______
Melanerpes lewis
Acorn Woodpecker (*) ______
Melanerpes formicivorus
Gila Woodpecker (*) ______
Melanerpes
(formerly Centurus) uropygialis
Gila Woodpecker
(photo by Howrd Eskin)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker______
Sphyrapicus varius
(monotypic)
Red-naped Sapsucker ______
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-naped Sapsucker
(photo by Rick Greenspun)
Red-breasted Sapsucker ______
Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti
Williamson's Sapsucker ______
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*) ______
Picoides scalaris
A Ladder-backed Woodpecker photographed in
Sonora, Mexico
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Hairy Woodpecker______
Picoides villosus
Arizona Woodpecker ______
Picoides arizonae
Gray-crowned Woodpecker ______ (MXe)
Piculus auricularis
Northern Flicker ______
Colaptes auratus
Gilded Flicker (*) ______
Colaptes chrysoides
Lineated Woodpecker ______
Dryocopus lineatus
Masked Tityra ______
Tityra semifasciata
Rose-throated Becard (*) ______
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Gray-collared Becard ______
Pachyramphus major
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet ______
Camptostoma i. imberbe
Black Phoebe (*) ______
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe (*) _____
Sayornis saya
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ______
Tyrannus forficatus (monotypic)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
(photo by Kim Steininger)
Western Kingbird (*) ______
Tyrannus verticalis (monotypic)
Tropical Kingbird (*) ______
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird (*) ______
Tyrannus v. vociferans
Thick-billed Kingbird (*)
______ (MXqe)
Tyrannus crassirostris
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (*) ______
Myiodynastes luteiventris
(monotypic)
Social Flycatcher ______
Myiozetetes similis texensis
Great Kiskadee ______
Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
Dusky-capped Flycatcher______
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Brown-crested Flycatcher ______
Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
Nutting's Flycatcher______
Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior
Ash-throated Flycatcher (*) ______
Myiarchus c. cinerascens
Ash-throated Flycatcher
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Vermilion Flycatcher (*) ______
Pyrocephalus rubinus
(now with the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands split, no longer
the single member of its genus)
Vermilion Flycatcher
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Bright-rumped Attila______
Attila spadiceus
Olive-sided Flycatcher ______ (nt)
(an alternate name could be "Boreal Pewee")
Contopus cooperi (formerly
genus Nuttallornis, previous scientific name borealis)
(monotypic)
Greater Pewee (*) ______ (a former
name was the "Coue's Flycatcher") (this species, and
the Dark Pewee of southern Central America, were previously considered
conspecific with the Smoke-colored Pewee of South America)
Contopus p. pertinax
Western Wood Pewee (*) ______
Contopus sordidulus
(4 subspecies migrate thru Mexico)
Willow Flycatcher (*) ______
Empidonax t. trailii
Least Flycatcher _____
Empidonax minimus (monotypic)
Hammond's Flycatcher _____
Empidonax hammondii
(monotypic)
Dusky Flycatcher (*) _____
Empidonax oberholseri
Dusky Flycatcher
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Gray Flycatcher (*) ______
Empidonax wrightii
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*) ______
Empidonax occidentalis
Buff-breasted Flycatcher______
Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps
Northern Tufted Flycatcher ______
Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper ______
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
White-striped Woodcreeper ______ (MXe)
Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
Loggerhead Shrike (*) ______
Lanius ludovicianus
Mangrove Vireo ______ (MX3)
Vireo pallens
Bell's Vireo (*) ______ (nt)
(MX2)
Vireo b. bellii
Black-capped Vireo ______ (MX1)
Vireo atricapillus
Black-capped Vireo
Gray Vireo ______
Vireo vicinior
Cassin's Vireo ______ (was part of
Solitary Vireo)
Vireo cassini
Plumbeous Vireo (*) ______
(was part of Solitary Vireo)
Vireo plumbeus
Hutton's Vireo______
Vireo huttoni
Golden Vireo ______ (MXe)
Vireo hypochryseus
Yellow-green Vireo ______
Vireo flavoviridis
Warbling Vireo______
Vireo gilvus
Black-throated Magpie-Jay ______
Calocitta colliei
Purplish-backed Jay ______ (MX2) (MXe)
Cyanocorax beecheii
Western Scrub Jay ______
Aphelocoma coerulescens
Mexican Jay (*) ______ (has also been called the Gray-breasted
Jay)
Aphelocoma ultramarina
The Mexican Jay is one of 17 species of jays in Mexico.
Pinyon Jay ______
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Steller's Jay______
Cyanocitta stelleri
Clark's Nutcracker ______ (MX1)
Nucifraga columbiana
American Crow ______
Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis
Sinaloa Crow (*) ______ (MXe)
Corvus sinaloae
Chihuahuan Raven (*) ______
Corvus cryptoleucus
Northern Raven (*) ______
Corvus corax
Cedar Waxwing______
Bombycilla cedrorum (now
monotypic)
Cedar Waxwing
(photo by Ed Kendall)
Gray Silky Flycatcher ______
Ptilogonys cinereus
Phainopepla (*) ______
Phainopepla nitens
Mexican Chickadee ______
Poecile
(formerly Parus) sclateri
Bridled Titmouse (*) ______
Baeolophus
(formerly Parus) wollweberi
Verdin (*) ______
Auriparus flaviceps
A Verdin in Sonora, Mexico, as seen during our FONT
tour in January 2009
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Purple Martin______
Progne subis
Sinaloa Martin ______ (MX3)
(another name has been the Snowy-bellied Martin) (was considered as
conspecific with Caribbean Martin, Progne domincensis)
Progne sinaloae (monotypic)
Tree Swallow (*) ______
Tachycineta bicolor (monotypic)
Mangrove Swallow ______
Tachycineta albilinea (monotypic)
Violet-green Swallow ______
Tachycineta thalassina (2
subspecies: one, T. t. thalassina, said to winter south to Costa
Rica; the other, T. t. brachyptera, said to winter south to southwest
Mexico)
Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin) ______
Riparia r. riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn Swallow (*) ______
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
American Cliff Swallow (*) ______
Petrochelidon (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota
Nests of American Cliff Swallows on a cliff in Sonora, Mexico
(photographed during a FONT tour by Doris Potter)
American Bushtit ______ (has
been called Common Bushtit)
Psaltriparus minimus (in the same family as what's been the Long-tailed
Tit, now the Long-tailed Bushtit, and
some other Eurasian species)
Horned Lark ______
Eremophila alpestris
Spotted Wren ______ (MXe)
Campylorhynchus gularis
Cactus Wren (*) ______
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Cactus Wren
(photo by
Howard Eskin)
Rock Wren (*) ______
Salpinctes obsoletus
Canyon Wren (*) ______
Catherpes mexicanus
Happy Wren ______ (MXe)
Thryothous felix
Sinaloa Wren (*) ______ (MXe)
Thryothous sinaloa
Bewick's Wren (*) _____
Thryomanes bewickii
House Wren (*) _____ (including
"Brown-throated Wren" & "Northern House Wren")
Troglodytes
aedon
Sedge Wren ______
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren ______
Cistothorus palustris
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*) ______
Polioptila caerulea
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher ______
Polioptila melanura
Black-capped Gnatcatcher (*) _____ (MXe)
Polioptila nigriceps
White-breasted Nuthatch ______
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch ______
Sitta pygmaea
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper ______
Certhia americana
Common Starling (*) _____
Sturnus vulgaris
American Robin ______
Turdus migratorius
Rufous-backed Robin ______ (MXe)
Turdus rufopalliatus
White-throated Thrush ______
(has been considered conspecific with the White-necked Thrush
and the Dagua Thrush, both of South America)
Turdus assimilis
Varied Thrush ______
Zoothera naevia meruloides
Aztec Thrush ______ (MX3) (MXe)
Zoothera pinicola
Townsend's Solitaire ______ (MXe)
Myadestes townsendi
Brown-backed Solitaire______ (MXe)
Myadestes occidentalis
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush______
Catharus aurantiirostris
Swainson's Thrush______
Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush ______
Catharus guttatus
Eastern Bluebird______
Sialia sialis
Western Bluebird (*) ______
Sialia mexicana
Mountain Bluebird (*) ______
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird
(photo by Rick Greenspun)
Sage Thrasher ______
Oreoscoptes montanus
Bendire's Thrasher (*) ______
Toxostoma bendirei
Curve-billed Thrasher (*)
______
Toxostoma curvirostre
Curve-billed Thrasher
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Crissal Thrasher ______
Toxostoma crissale
LeConte's Thrasher ______
Toxostoma lecontei
Blue Mockingbird ______ (MX3) (MXe)
Melanotis caerulescens
Northern Mockingbird (*) ______
Mimus polyglottos leucopterus
American Dipper ______ (MX3)
Cinclus mexicanus
Golden-crowned Kinglet ______
Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*) ______
Regulus calendula
House Sparrow (i) (*) ______
Passer domesticus
Buff-bellied (or American) Pipit ______
Anthus rubescens
Sprague's Pipit ______
Anthus spragueii
Olive Warbler ______
(called a warbler, but not a warbler at all; not in the same
family as the New World (or the Old World) Warblers. Taxonomically placed
between accentors and pipits.)
Peucedramus taeniatus (the single member of its genus
& family)
Elegant Euphonia ______
(was part of the Blue-hooded Euphonia that also included the Antillean
Euphonia of West Indies & the Golden-rumped Euphonia
of South America)
Euphonia elegantissma
Scrub Euphonia ______
Euphonia affinis
Purple Finch ______
Carpodacus purpureus californicus
Cassin's Finch ______
Carpodacus cassinii
House Finch (*) ______
Carpodacus mexicanus
Red Crossbill ______
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin ______
Carduelis pinus
Black-headed Siskin ______
Carduelis notata
Lawrence's Goldfinch ______
Carduelis lawrenci
American Goldfinch ______
Carduelis tristis
Lesser Goldfinch (*) ______
Carduelis psaltria
Evening Grosbeak ______
Coccothraustes vespertinus montana
Black-and-white Warbler______
Mniotilta varia
(monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
Prothonotary Warbler ______
Protonotaria citrea (monotypic, and the single member of its
genus)
Tennessee Warbler______
Vermivora peregrina (monotypic)
Orange-crowned Warbler (*) ______
Vermivora celata
Nashville Warbler ______
Vermivora ruficapilla
Virginia's Warbler ______
Vermivora virginiae
Lucy's Warbler ______
Vermivora luciae
Northern Parula______
Parula americana
(monotypic)
Tropical Parula ______ (MX3)
Parula pitiayumi
Crescent-chested Warbler ______
Parula (formerly
Vermivora) s. superciliosa
American Yellow Warbler (*) ______
Dendroica petechia
Mangrove Warbler ______
Dendroica erithachoriides
Magnolia Warbler ______
Dendroica magnolia
"Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______
Dendroica c. coronata
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler
(*) ______
Dendroica coronata auduboni
Black-throated Blue Warbler ______
Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*) ______
Dendroica nigrescens
Townsend's Warbler______
Dendroica townsendi
Hermit Warbler______
Dendroica occientalis (monotypic)
Palm Warbler ______
Dendroica palmarum
Grace's Warbler______
Dendroica graciae
Chestnut-sided Warbler______
Dendroica pensylvanica
Ovenbird______
Seiurus aurocapillus
Northern Waterthrush ______
Seiurus noveboracensis
Louisiana Waterthrush ______
Seiurus motacilla
Wilson's Warbler (*) ______
Wilsonia canadensis
Hooded Warbler ______
Wilsonia citrina
Kentucky Warbler ______
Oporornis formosus
MacGillivray's Warbler ______ (MX2)
Oporornis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat (*) ______
Geothlypis t. trichas
Red-faced Warbler ______
Cardellina rubrifrons (monotypic,
and the single member of its genus)
American Redstart______
Setophaga ruticilla
(monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
Painted Whitestart (*) ______
(has been called Painted
Redstart)
Myioborus pictus
Painted Whitestart
Slate-throated Whitestart ______ (has
been called Slate-throated Redstart)
Myioborus miniatus
Fan-tailed Warbler ______
Basileuterus lachrymosa
Rufous-capped Warbler (*) ______
(closely related to the more-southerly Chestnut-capped
Warbler)
Basileuterus rufifrons
Yellow-breasted Chat______
Icteria virens auricollis (the
single member of its genus; the family uncertain, as now said not to be a
warbler)
Yellow-winged Cacique ______ (MXqe)
Cacicus melanicterus (monotypic)
Brown-headed Cowbird (*) ______
Molothrus ater
Bronzed Cowbird (*) ______ (an
alternate name would be "Red-eyed Cowbird")
Molothrus aeneus
Great-tailed Grackle (*) ______
Quiscalus mexicanus
Brewer's Blackbird (*) ______
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Red-winged Blackbird _____
Agelaius phoeniceus
Yellow-headed Blackbird ______
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Baltimore Oriole ______ (for a
while was considered conspecific with Bullock's Oriole and was
then called the Northern Oriole)
Icterus galbula (monotypic)
Bullock's Oriole ______ (for a
while was considered conspecific witn the Baltimore Oriole and
was then called the Northern Oriole.) (Includes the "Abeille's",
or "Black-backed", Oriole of Mexico)
Icterus bullockii (monotypic)
Scott's Oriole ______
Icterus parisorum
Scott's Oriole
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Orchard Oriole______
Icterus spurius
Hooded Oriole ______
Icterus cucullatus
Black-vented Oriole ______
Icterus wagleri
Streak-backed Oriole (*) ______
Icterus pustulatus
Eastern Meadowlark (*) ______
Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark ______
Sturnella neglecta
Yellow-throated Brush-Finch ______
Atlapetes gutturalis
Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow ______ (MXe)
Melozone kieneri
Green-tailed Towhee ______
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee ______
(was part of the "Rufous-sided Towhee";
considered conspecific with the "Olive-sided Towhee"
of Mexico, "Socorro Towhee" of Mexico, and formerly
so with the Eastern Towhee of North America)
Pipilo maculatus
Canyon Towhee (*) ______
Pipilo fuscus
Canyon Towhee
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Abert's Towhee _____ (in Mexico only
in a very limited area near the Colorado River)
Pipilo aberti
Five-striped Sparrow (*) ______
(MXqe)
Aimophila quinquestriata
Rusty Sparrow______
Aimophila rufescens
Botteri's Sparrow (*) ______
Aimophila botteri
Cassin's Sparrow ______
Aimophila cassinii
Rufous-winged Sparrow (*)
______
Aimophila carpalis
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*)
______
Aimophila ruficeps
Black-throated Sparrow (*) ______
Amphispiza bilineata
Black-throated Sparrow
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Sage Sparrow ______
Amphispiza belli
Chipping Sparrow (*) _____
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow ______
Spizella pallida
Brewer's Sparrow (*) _____
Spizella b. breweri
Field Sparrow ______
Spizella pusilla arenacea
Black-chinned Sparrow ______
Spizella atrogularis
Vesper Sparrow ______
Poocetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow (*) _____
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Sparrow
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Lark Bunting (*) ______
Calamospiza melanocorys
Baird's Sparrow ______
Ammodramus bairdii
Grasshopper Sparrow ______
Ammodramus savannarum
Savannah Sparrow _____
Passerculus
(formerly Ammodramus) sandwichensis
Song Sparrow ______
Melospiza melodia
Lincoln's Sparrow ______
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow ______
Melospiza georgiana
Fox Sparrow ______
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow ______
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow ______
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow (*) ______
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Dark-eyed Junco ______
Junco hyemalis
Yellow-eyed Junco ______
Junco phaeonotus
McCown's Longspur ______
Calcarius mccownii
Chestnut-collared Longspur ______
Calcarius ornatus
Hepatic Tanager ______
Piranga hepatica
Summer Tanager (*) ______
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager ______
Piranga ludoviciana
(monotypic)
Flame-colored Tanager ______ (has
also been called Streak-backed Tanager)
Piranga bidentata
Blue-black Grassquit ______
Volatinia jacarina spendens (the
single member of its genus)
Dickcissel ______
Spiza americana
Northern Cardinal (*) ______
Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia (*) ______
Cardinalis sinuatus
Pyrrhuloxia
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Mexican Yellow Grosbeak (*) ______
(was called Northern Yellow-Grosbeak, with the closely-related
species in South America called the Southern Yellow-Grosbeak, Pheucticus
chrysogaster. The Black-thighed Grosbeak of Central
America, Pheucticus tibialis, is also
closely related.)
Pheucticus chrysopeplus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______
Pheucticus ludovicianus
(monotypic)
Black-headed Grosbeak (*) ______
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue Grosbeak (*) ______
Passerina (formerly Guiraca) caerulea
Blue Grosbeak
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Lazuli Bunting ______
Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting______
Passerina cyanea
(monotypic)
Varied Bunting (*) ______
Passerina versicolor
Painted Bunting (nt) ______
Passerina ciris
A female Painted Bunting
(photo by Howard Eskin)
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SOME VIEWS OF THE DESERT IN SONORA
WHERE WE WERE
DURING THE FONT TOUR IN SEPTEMBER 2008
In the middle one of
these three photos,
is the canyon where during our tour,
by the hot springs, we saw the Rufous-capped Warbler,
and where, about two years earlier,
there was a pair of Military Macaws,
the closest occurrence of that species to the US border.
More commonly, the beautiful song
of the Canyon Wren echoes through the canyon.
(photos courtesy of
Manuel Valenzuela)
