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Sonora, Mexico 
Birds



Birds found during 
Focus On Nature Tours 
in Sonora noted with an (*) 

The following list of Sonora Birds 
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 WE HAVE BEEN DURING FONT TOURS 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)  

jan:   found during FONT Sonora tours in January
aug;  found during FONT Sonora tours in August
sep:  found during FONT Sonora tours in September    



Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Mexico & Central America  

A List & Photo Gallery of Mexico Birds, in 3 parts:
Part 1: Tinamous to Shorebirds
     Part #2: Jaegers to Woodpeckers  
Part #3: Manakins to Buntings

Mexican Mammals  (with some photos)      Mexican Butterflies  (with some photos)

Mexican Reptiles & Amphibians  (with some photos)  

Plants of the Desert & Some Nearby Habitats (with some photos)

Directory of Photos in this Website


 
Bird-List:

  1. Rufous-bellied Chachalaca  _____  (has been called "Wagler's Chachalaca")  
    Ortalis wagleri  

    The Rufous-bellied Chachalaca was considered conspecific with the West Mexican Chachalaca.

  2. Montezuma Quail  (MX3) (*)  _____   jan
    Crytonyx montezumae mearnsi 
    (has been called "Mearn's Quail"; this subspecies in northwest Mexico & southwest US) _____

  3. Northern Bobwhite  ______
    Colinus virginianus 
    (with 15 subspecies; more in Mexico than for any other bird)
    Colinus v. ridgwayi 
    "Masked Bobwhite"  (MX1)  ______   

  4. Scaled Quail  _____  
    Callipepla squamata

  5. Elegant Quail  (MXe) (*)  _____   jan  (has been called "Douglas Quail")
    Callipepla douglasii

  6. Gambel's Quail  (*)  _____  jan,aug,sep
    Callipepla gambelii

  7. Wild Turkey  (MX3) (*)  _____   jan
    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)   

  8. Fulvous Whistling Duck _____   (another name has been Fulvous Tree Duck)
    Dendrocygna bicolor

  9. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  (*) ______  (another name has been Black-bellied Tree Duck)
    Dendrocygna a. autumnalis

  10. Greater White-fronted Goose  _____   (was called White-fronted Goose)
    Anser albifrons

  11. Snow Goose _____  
    Chen
    (formerly Anser) caerulescens

  12. Ross's Goose _____  
    Chen
    (formerly Anser) rossii

  13. Brant Goose  (MX2) (*)  _____  jan   (has been simply "Brant", or "Black Brant")
    Branta bernicla nigricans

  14. Canada Goose _____  
    Branta canadensis

  15. Cackling Goose _____  
    Branta hutchinsii

  16. Green-winged Teal  (*) _____  jan
    Anas carolinensis

  17. Mallard _____  
    Anas platyrhynchos

  18. Mexican Duck  (MX2) (*)  _____   jan,aug,sep  (was considered conspecific with the Mallard)
    Anas diazi

  19. Northern Pintail _____  
    Anas acuta

  20. Blue-winged Teal______ 
    Anas discors 
    (monotypic)

  21. Cinnamon Teal _____  
    Anas cyanoptera

  22. Northern Shoveler  (*) _____  jan
    Anas clypeata

  23. Gadwall  (*)  _____  jan,aug  
    Anas strepera

  24. American Wigeon ______  
    Anas americana 
    (monotypic)

  25. Canvasback _____  
    Aythya valisineria

  26. Redhead _____  
    Aythya americana

  27. Ring-necked Duck  (*) _____  jan
    Aythya collaris

  28. Greater Scaup _____ 
    Aythya marila

  29. Lesser Scaup  (*) _____  jan
    Aythya affinis

  30. White-winged Scoter _____   (was conspecific with the Velvet Scoter, Melanitta fusca, of Europe)
    Melanitta deglandi

  31. Surf Scoter  (*) _____  jan
    Melanitta perspicillata 

  32. Common Goldeneye _____  
    Bucephala clangula

  33. Bufflehead  (*) _____  jan
    Bucephala albeola

  34. Hooded Merganser _____  
    Lophodytes
    (formerly Mergus) cucullatus

  35. Common Merganser _____  
    Mergus merganser americanus

  36. Red-breasted Merganser  (*) _____  jan
    Mergus serrator

  37. Ruddy Duck  (*) _____  jan
    Oxyura jamaicensis

  38. Pacific Loon  (*) _____  jan
    Gavia pacifica

  39. Common Loon  (*) _____  jan
    Gavia immer

  40. Black Storm Petrel  (*)  _____  aug
    Oceanodroma melania   

  41. Least Grebe  (MX3) (*)  ______   jan,aug 
    Tachybaptus dominicus brachypterus

  42. Pied-billed Grebe ______
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

  43. Horned Grebe  (*) _____  jan
    Podiceps auritus cornutus

  44. Black-necked Grebe  (*) _____  jan   (also called Eared Grebe)
    Poidiceps nigricollis californicus

  45. Western Grebe  (*) _____  jan
    Aechmophorus occidentalis ephemeralis 
    (south-central & west central Mexico)

  46. Clark's Grebe _____  
    Aechmophorus c. clarkii 
    (north & central Mexico)

  47. Wood Stork  (MX3)  ______    
    Mycteria americana 
    (monotypic) 

  48. American White Ibis  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Eudocimus albus 
    (monotypic)

  49. White-faced Ibis _____  
    Plegadis chihi 
    (monotypic)

  50. Roseate Spoonbill  ______  
    Platalea
    (formerly Ajaia) ajaja  (monotypic)

  51. Great Blue Heron (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Ardea h. herodia 

  52. Great Egret  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta

  53. Little Blue Heron  (*)  ______  jan 
    Egretta caerulea
      (monotypic)

  54. Snowy Egret  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Egretta thula 
    (two subspecies in Mexico)

  55. Tricolored Heron  (*) ______  jan,aug  (was at one time called Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor  

  56. Reddish Egret  (MX3) (*) ______  jan,aug
    Egretta rufescens

  57. Western Cattle Egret  ______  
    Bubulcus ibis

  58. Green Heron  (*)  ______  aug   
    Butorides virescens 

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

  59. Black-crowned Night Heron  (*)  ______  aug
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli

  60. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (MX2)  ______   
    Nyctanassa v. violacea 
    (the single member of its genus)

  61. Bare-throated Tiger Heron  (MX3)  ______   
    Tigrisoma mexicanum 
    (monotypic)

  62. American Bittern  (MX2)  ______   
    Botaurus lentiginosus

  63. Least Bittern   ______ 
    Ixobrychus exilis

  64. Magnificent Frigatebird  (*)   ____ _  aug
    Fregata magnificens 
    (now said to be monotypic)

  65. American White Pelican  (*) ______  jan
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 
    (monotypic)

  66. Brown Pelican  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Pelecanus occidentalis californicus 
    (subspecies in west Mexico) _____

  67. Nazca Booby _____  (was conspecific with the Masked Booby)
    Sula granti

  68. Blue-footed Booby  (*) _____  jan,aug
    Sula n. nebouxii

  69. Brown Booby  (*)  ____aug  
    Sula leucogaster brewsteri 
    (subspecies in west Mexico)   

  70. Neotropic Cormorant (*) ______  jan,aug  (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus  (formerly Phalacrocorax olivaceous)

  71. Double-crested Cormorant  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Phalacrocorax auritus 

  72. Brandt's Cormorant _____ 
    Phalacrocorax penicillatus

  73. Anhinga   ______
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster

  74. Black Vulture (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Coragyps atratus 
    (now said to be monotypic)  (the single member of its genus)

  75. Turkey Vulture (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Cathartes aura 
     

  76. Northern Crested Caracara  (*) ______  jan,aug   
    Caracara cheriway 
    (monotypic) 

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

  77. Laughing Falcon  ______  
    Herpetotheres cachinnans chapmani 
    (the single member of its genus)

  78. American Kestrel (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Falco sparverius 


  79. Merlin _____ 
    Falco columbarius

  80. Aplomado Falcon  (MX2)  ______   
    Falco femoralis

  81. Bat Falcon  ______
    Falco rufigularis 

  82. Peregrine Falcon  (MX3)  ______   
    Falco peregrinus
     

  83. Prairie Falcon  (MX2) (*) ______  jan
    Falco mexicanus

     
  84. Osprey  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Pandion haliaetus 
    (the single member of its genus)

  85. White-tailed Kite  ______   
    Elanus leucurus majusculus

  86. Bald Eagle  (MX1)  ______    
    Haliaeetus l. leucocephalus

  87. Northern Harrier  (*) _____  
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius

  88. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (*) _____  jan
    Accipiter striatus 

  89. Cooper's Hawk  (MX3) (*)  ______   sep
    Accipiter cooperii 
    (monotypic)

  90. Northern Goshawk  (MX2)  ______   
    Accipiter gentilis apache

  91. Crane Hawk  (MX2)  ______   
    Geranospiza caerulescens

  92. Harris's Hawk  (MX3)  ______   (also called Bay-winged Hawk)
    Parabuteo unicinctus

  93. Red-tailed Hawk (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Buteo jamaicensis  

  94. Swainson's Hawk  (MX3) (*) ______  sep
    Buteo swainsoni 
    (monotypic)  

  95. Zone-tailed Hawk  (MX3) (*) ______   sep
    Buteo a. albonotatus

  96. White-tailed Hawk  (MX3)  ______    
    Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius

  97. Short-tailed Hawk   ______ 
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus

  98. Gray Hawk  (*)  ______  aug  (now merged with more-southerly Gray-lined Hawk)
    Buteo nitida plagiata

  99. Ferruginous Hawk  (MX3) (*) _____  jan
    Buteo regalis

  100. Rough-legged Hawk  (MX3)  ______   
    Buteo lagopus sancti-johannis

  101. Common Black Hawk  (MX3)  ______    
    Buteogallus anthracinus

  102. Great Black Hawk  (MX3)  ______  
    Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi

  103. Montane Solitary Eagle  (nt) (MX1)  ______
    Harpyhaliaetus solitarius 

  104. Golden Eagle  (MX2)  ______   
    Aquila chrysaetos canadensis

  105. Ridgway's Rail  (MX3)  ______   
    Rallus obsoletus yumanensis:  Yuma Ridgway's Rail  ______

    Until 2014, the Ridgway's Rail was part of the more-easterly Clapper Rail, Rallus crepitans.

  106. Virginia Rail  (MX3)  ______    
    Rallus limicola

  107. Sora _____  
    Porzana carolina

  108. Common Gallinule  ______
    Gallinula galeata

  109. Purple Gallinule______
    Porphyrula martinica 
    (monotypic)

  110. American Coot (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Fulica a. americana

  111. Sandhill Crane  (MX3) ______   
    Grus canadensis

  112. American Oystercatcher  (*) _____  jan,aug
    Haematopus palliatus

  113. Black Oystercatcher  (*) _____  jan
    Haematopus bachmani

  114. Black-necked Stilt  (*)   ______  aug   
    Himantopus mexicanus  

    The Black-necked Stilt has been said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World.

  115. American Avocet _____  
    Recurvirostra americana

  116. Black-bellied Plover  (*) ______  jan,aug  (also called Grey Plover)
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

  117. Snowy Plover  _____  
    Charadrius nivosus

  118. Piping Plover  (nt) (MX1) ______ 
    Charadrius melodus

  119. Wilson's Plover  (*) ______  aug
    Charadrius wilsonia 

  120. Killdeer  (*)______  jan,aug
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  121. Mountain Plover  (t3) (MX2)  ______
    Charadrius montanus

  122. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) ______  jan
    Tringa melanoleuca 
    (monotypic)

  123. Lesser Yellowlegs  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Tringa flavipes 
    (monotypic)

  124. Solitary Sandpiper  (*) ______  aug
    Tringa solitaria

  125. Willet  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Tringa semipalmatus

  126. Wandering Tattler _____ 
    Heteroscelus incanus

  127. Spotted Sandpiper  (*)  ______  aug 
    Actitis macularia 
    (monotypic)

  128. Upland Sandpiper _____ 
    Bartramia longicauda

  129. "American" Whimbrel  (*) ______   jan,aug
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus

     
  130. Long-billed Curlew  (nt) (*) _____ jan,aug
    Nymenius americanus

  131. Marbled Godwit  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Limosa fedoa

     
  132. Ruddy Turnstone  (*)  _____  aug 
    Arenaria interpres

  133. Black Turnstone _____ 
    Arenaria melanocephala

  134. Surfbird ______  
    Aphriza virgata

  135. Red Knot _____  
    Calidris canutus rufa

  136. Sanderling  (*)  ______  aug  
    Calidris alba

  137. Semipalmated Sandpiper______
    Calidris pusilla 
    (monotypic)

  138. Western Sandpiper  (*)  ______  aug
    Calidris mauri 
    (monotypic)

  139. Least Sandpiper______
    Calidris minutilla 
    (monotypic)

  140. Baird's Sandpiper ______  
    Calidris bairdii

  141. Pectoral Sandpiper______
    Calidris melanotos 
    (monotypic)

  142. Dunlin (*) ______  jan
    Calidris alpina

  143. Stilt Sandpiper______
    Calidris
    (formerly Micropalama) himantopus

  144. Short-billed Dowitcher  ______
    Limnodromus griseus 
    (3 subspecies can occur in Mexico)

     
  145. Long-billed Dowitcher  (*)  ______  aug  
    Limnodromus scolopaceus

  146. Wilson's Snipe ______  
    Gallinago delicata

  147. Wilson's Phalarope  (*)  ______  aug 
    Phalaropus tricolor

  148. Red-necked Phalarope ______  
    Phalaropus lobatus

  149. Laughing Gull  (*)  ______  aug 
    Leucophaeus
    (formerly Larus) atricilla 

  150. Franklin's Gull ______  
    Leucophaeus
    (formerly Larus) pipixcan
      (monotypic)

  151. Bonaparte's Gull  (*) _____   jan
    Chroicocephalus
    (formerly Larus) philadelphia

  152. Heermann's Gull  (MX3) (*) ______   jan,aug  (a Mexican endemic breeder)
    Larus heermanni 

  153. Ring-billed Gull  (*) ______  jan
    Larus delawarensis

     
  154. California Gull  (*) _____  jan
    Larus californicus

     
  155. "American" Herring Gull  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus

  156. Thayer's Gull _____  
    Larus thayeri

  157. Yellow-footed Gull  (*) ______  (MX3)  jan,aug
    Larus livens 

  158. Western Gull  ______  
    Larus occidentalis wymani
     
  159. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  
    Larus glaucescens

     
  160. Gull-billed Tern  ______  jan
    Gelochelidon
    (formerly Sterna) nilotica vanrossemi  

  161. Royal Tern  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Thalasseus
    (formerly Sterna) m. maxima

  162. Elegant Tern  (*) ______ (MX3)  jan,aug
    Thalasseus
    (formerly Sterna) elegans

  163. Caspian Tern  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Hydroprogne
    (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic) 

  164. Common Tern  (*)  ______  aug  
    Sterna h. hirundo

  165. Forster's Tern  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Sterna forsteri 

  166. Least Tern  (MX3) (*)   ______  (MX3)  aug  
    Sternula
    (formerly Sterna) antillarum browni  (MX1) ______ (MX1) ______  (subspecies in west Mexico & California)

  167. Black Tern  (*)  ______  aug  
    Chlidonias niger surinamensis

  168. Black Skimmer ______ 
    Rynchops n. niger

  169. Craveri's Murrelet  (*)  ______  jan
    Synthliboramphus craveri

  170. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Columba livia

  171. Red-billed Pigeon  ______ 
    Patagioenas
    (formerly Columba) flavirostris

  172. Band-tailed Pigeon______  
    Patagioenas
    (formerly Columba) fasciata
    Patagioenas faciata vioscae 
    (MX3) ______ 

  173. Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*) _____  jan,aug,sep
    Streptopelia decocto    

  174. White-winged Dove (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Zenaida a. asiatica 


  175. Mourning Dove (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Zenaida macroura 

  176. Inca Dove  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Columbina
    (or said by some to Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)

  177. Common Ground Dove (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Columbina passerina pallescens

  178. Ruddy Ground Dove   ______ 
    Columbina taipacoti 

  179. White-tipped Dove  ______ (was called White-fronted Dove)
    Leptotila verreauxi 
      

  180. Military Macaw  (MX1)  ______
    Ara militaris mexicanus

  181. Green Parakeet  (MX2)  ______ 
    Aratinga holochlora 

  182. Thick-billed Parrot  (MX1) (MXe)  ______
    Rhynchopsitta pachyhyncha

  183. Mexican Parrotlet  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Forpus cyanopygius

  184. White-fronted Amazon  ______
    Amazona albifrons 
     

  185. Lilac-crowned Parrot  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
    Amazona finschi

  186. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Coccyzus americanus 
    (now monotypic)

  187. Mangrove Cuckoo   ______  
    Coccyzus minor

  188. Squirrel Cuckoo______
    Piaya cayana 

  189. Groove-billed Ani  ______
    Crotophaga sulcirostris 
    (now monotypic, as a "second form" that was in Mexico is now extinct)

  190. Lesser Roadrunner  ______ 
    Geococcyx velox 
    (now monotypic)

  191. Greater Roadrunner  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Geococcyx californianus

  192. American Barn Owl ______
    Tyto furcata 
     

    The American Barn Owl has been part of the Barn Owl of Eurasia & Africa, Tyto alba.
    But Tyto furcata is a heavier bird, with a larger and stouter head and body, and much more powerful talons.   

  193. Flammulated Owl ______
    Philoscops
    (formerly Otus) flammeolus

  194. Western Screech Owl ______  
    Megascops
    (formerly Otus) kennicottii

     
  195. Guatemalan Screech Owl ______   
    Megascops
    (formerly Otus) guatemalae 

    Megascops guatemalae was part of the Vermiculated Screech Owl, now Megascops vermiculatus, and prior to that part of what was the "Variable Screech Owl" of Central America & south America. 

  196. Whiskered Screech Owl ______  
    Megascops
    (formerly Otus) trichopsis

  197. Great Horned Owl______
    Bubo virginianus pallescens 
    (paler than the nominate subspecies)  

  198. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl   ______     
    Glaucidium (brasilianum) ridgwayi 

  199. Colima Pygmy Owl  (MX3) (MXe)  ______  
    Glaucidium palmarum

    Glaucidium palmarum
    was considered a subspecies of what was an expanded Least Pygmy Owl, when it was said to be in both Central America & South America.
    Subsequently, both the Colima Pygmy Owl and the Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl of eastern Mexico were for a while alos part of the now more-southerly Central American Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps. 
     
     
  200. Northern Pygmy Owl  ______
    Glaucidium californicum pinicola

    Glaucidium californicum pinicola
    was treated as part of the Mountain Pygmy Owl (below).
    Some DNA evidence supports its being a distinct species, but more research is needed as its biology and ecology.    

  201. Mountain Pygmy Owl ______  
    Glaucidium gnoma 
    (monotypic)  

  202. Elf Owl  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Micrathene whitneyi sandfordi

  203. Burrowing Owl  ______
    Athene cunicularia hypugaea

  204. Mexican Wood Owl   ______
    Strix squamulata 

    Strix squamulata
    was part of the Mottled Owl, Strix virgata, now of South America. 

  205. Spotted Owl  (MX2)  ______
    Strix occidentalis lucida: 
    the "Mexican Spotted Owl"   

  206. Long-eared Owl ______
    Asio otus wilsonianus

  207. Short-eared Owl  (MX3)  ______
    Asio f. flammeus

  208. Northern Saw-whet Owl _____
    Aegolius a. acadicus

  209. Common Nighthawk  ______
    Chordeiles minor 
    (as many as 8 subspecies occur in Mexico as migrants) 

  210. Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______  sep
    Chordeiles acutipennis 
     

  211. Pauraque  ______
    Nyctidromus albicollis 
    (the single member of its genus)  

  212. Common Poorwill  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

  213. Eared Poorwill   (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Nyctiphrynus meleodii

  214. Buff-collared Nightjar (or "Cookacheea") (*) ______  aug
    Antrostomus
    (formerly Caprimulgus) ridgwayi 

  215. Mexican Whip-poor-will ______   
    Antrostomus
    (formerly Caprimulgus) arizonae 

    Antrostomus arizonae was conspecific with the Eastern Whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus. 

  216. American Black Swift______ 
    Cypseloides niger 


  217. Vaux's Swift   ______ 
    Chaetura vauxi  

  218. White-throated Swift______
    Aeronautes saxatalis 

  219. White-eared Hummingbird _____ 
    Basilinna leucotis

  220. Broad-billed Hummingbird  (*) _____  jan
    Cynanthus latirostris

  221. Berylline Hummingbird  (*) ______  aug
    Amazilia beryllina 

  222. Violet-crowned Hummingbird _____
    Amazilia violiceps

  223. Blue-throated Mountain-gem ______  (also called Blue-throated Hummingbird)
    Lampornis clemenciae

  224. "Rivoli's" Magnificent Hummingbird______   
    Eugenes f. fulgens  

  225. Plain-capped Starthroat ______
    Heliomaster constantii 

  226. Lucifer Sheartail ______  (also called Lucifer Hummingbird)
    Calothorax lucifer

  227. Black-chinned Hummingbird  (*)  ______  sep
    Archilochus alexandri

  228. Anna's Hummingbird ______  
    Archilochus anna

  229. Costa's Hummingbird ______  
    Archilochus costae

  230. Calliope Hummingbird _____ 
    Archilochus calliope

  231. Broad-tailed Hummingbird______ 
    Selasphorus platycercus 
    (monotypic, as S. p. guatemalae now merged)

  232. Rufous Hummingbird ______  
    Selasphorus rufus

  233. Allen's Hummingbird ______
    Selasphorus sasin

  234. Eared Quetzal  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
    Euptilotis neoxenus

  235. Mountain Trogon______ (another name has been "Mexican Trogon")
    Trogon m. mexicanus

  236. Elegant Trogon  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Trogon elegans

    The northern population of Trogon elegans was called the "Coppery-tailed Trogon".

  237. Belted Kingfisher  (*) _____  jan
    Megaceryle
    (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)

  238. Green Kingfisher  (*) _____  jan
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis

  239. Russet-crowned Motmot______ 
    Momotus mexicanus 

  240. Lewis's Woodpecker ______ 
    Melanerpes lewis

  241. Acorn Woodpecker (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Melanerpes formicivorus 

  242. Gila Woodpecker (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Melanerpes
    (formerly Centurus) uropygialis

  243. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker______
    Sphyrapicus varius 
    (monotypic)

  244. Red-naped Sapsucker ______ 
    Sphyrapicus nuchalis

  245. Red-breasted Sapsucker ______  
    Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti

  246. Williamson's Sapsucker ______
    Sphyrapicus thyroideus

  247. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*)  ______  sep
    Picoides scalaris

  248. Hairy Woodpecker______
    Picoides villosus 

  249. Arizona Woodpecker ______ 
    Picoides arizonae

  250. Gray-crowned Woodpecker  (MXe)  ______
    Piculus auricularis

  251. Northern Flicker ______   
    Colaptes auratus 

  252. Gilded Flicker  (*)  ______  jan
    Colaptes chrysoides

  253. Lineated Woodpecker  ______ 
    Dryocopus lineatus 

  254. Masked Tityra   ______
    Tityra semifasciata 

  255. Rose-throated Becard  (*) ______  sep
    Pachyramphus aglaiae 

  256. Gray-collared Becard ______ 
    Pachyramphus major 

  257. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet   ______ 
    Camptostoma i. imberbe


  258. Black Phoebe  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Sayornis nigricans  

  259. Say's Phoebe  (*)  _____  jan,sep
    Sayornis saya

  260. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ______  
    Tyrannus forficatus 
    (monotypic)

  261. Western Kingbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Tyrannus verticalis 
    (monotypic)

  262. Tropical Kingbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep  
    Tyrannus melancholicus 

  263. Cassin's Kingbird  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Tyrannus v. vociferans

  264. Thick-billed Kingbird  (MXqe) (*)  ______  sep
    Tyrannus crassirostris

  265. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher  (*) ______  sep
    Myiodynastes luteiventris 
    (monotypic)

  266. Social Flycatcher  ______
    Myiozetetes similis texensis

  267. Great Kiskadee  ______
    Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis

  268. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (*)  ______  aug
    Myiarchus tuberculifer 

  269. Brown-crested Flycatcher  (*)  ______  aug
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi

  270. Nutting's Flycatcher ______
    Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior

  271. Ash-throated Flycatcher  (*) ______  jan
    Myiarchus c. cinerascens

  272. Vermilion Flycatcher  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Pyrocephalus rubinus 
    (now with the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands split, no longer the single member of its genus)

  273. Bright-rumped Attila ______
    Attila spadiceus 

  274. Olive-sided Flycatcher  (nt) (*)  ______  aug   (an alternate name could be "Boreal Pewee"
    Contopus cooperi
    (formerly genus Nuttallornis, previous scientific name borealis) (monotypic)

  275. Greater Pewee  (*) ______  jan  (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

  276. Western Wood Pewee  (*) ______  aug,sep
    Contopus sordidulus 
    (4 subspecies migrate thru Mexico)

  277. Willow Flycatcher  (*) ______  sep
    Empidonax t. trailii

  278. Least Flycatcher ______
    Empidonax minimus 
    (monotypic)

  279. Hammond's Flycatcher _____
    Empidonax hammondii 
    (monotypic)

  280. Dusky Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
    Empidonax oberholseri

  281. Gray Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
    Empidonax wrightii

  282. Cordilleran Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
    Empidonax occidentalis 

  283. Buff-breasted Flycatcher______ 
    Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps

  284. Northern Tufted Flycatcher ______ 
    Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus

  285. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper ______ 
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster  

  286. White-striped Woodcreeper  (MXe)  ______  
    Lepidocolaptes leucogaster

  287. Loggerhead Shrike  (*)  ______  jan
    Lanius ludovicianus

  288. Mangrove Vireo  (MX3)  ______
    Vireo pallens   

  289. Bell's Vireo  (nt) (MX2) (*)  ______   aug,sep
    Vireo b. bellii  

  290. Black-capped Vireo  (MX1) ______ 
    Vireo atricapillus

  291. Gray Vireo ______
    Vireo vicinior

  292. Cassin's Vireo ______  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo cassini

  293. Plumbeous Vireo  (*)  ______  sep  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo plumbeus 

  294. Hutton's Vireo______
    Vireo huttoni 

  295. Golden Vireo  (MXe)  ______
    Vireo hypochryseus

  296. Yellow-green Vireo  ______
    Vireo flavoviridis 
     

  297. Warbling Vireo______ 
    Vireo gilvus 
     

  298. Black-throated Magpie-Jay ______ 
    Calocitta colliei

  299. Purplish-backed Jay  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
    Cyanocorax beecheii

  300. Western Scrub Jay ______ 
    Aphelocoma coerulescens

  301. Mexican Jay  (*)  ______  jan,sep  (has also been called the Gray-breasted Jay)
    Aphelocoma ultramarina

  302. Pinyon Jay ______ 
    Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

  303. Steller's Jay______ 
    Cyanocitta stelleri 

  304. Clark's Nutcracker  (MX1)  ______
    Nucifraga columbiana

  305. American Crow ______  
    Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis

  306. Sinaloa Crow  (MXe) (*) ______   jan
    Corvus sinaloae

  307. Chihuahuan Raven  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Corvus cryptoleucus

  308. Northern Raven  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Corvus corax

  309. Cedar Waxwing______
    Bombycilla cedrorum 
    (now monotypic)

  310. Gray Silky Flycatcher ______
    Ptilogonys cinereus 

  311. Phainopepla  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Phainopepla nitens

  312. Mexican Chickadee ______ 
    Poecile
    (formerly Parus) sclateri

  313. Bridled Titmouse  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Baeolophus
    (formerly Parus) wollweberi

  314. Verdin  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Auriparus flaviceps

  315. Purple Martin  (*)  ______  aug
    Progne subis  

  316. Sinaloa Martin  (MX3) ______  (another name has been the Snowy-bellied Martin) (was considered as conspecific with Caribbean Martin, Progne domincensis)
    Progne sinaloae  (monotypic)

  317. Tree Swallow  (*) ______  jan
    Tachycineta bicolor 
    (monotypic)

  318. Mangrove Swallow  (*)  ______  aug
    Tachycineta albilinea 
    (monotypic)

  319. 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)

  320. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin______ 
    Riparia r. riparia

  321. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______  aug
    Stelgidopteryx serripennis  

  322. Barn Swallow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

  323. American Cliff Swallow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Petrochelidon
    (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota 

  324. 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)

  325. Horned Lark  (*)  ______  aug 
    Eremophila alpestris

  326. Spotted Wren  (MXe)  ______
    Campylorhynchus gularis

  327. Cactus Wren  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

  328. Rock Wren  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Salpinctes obsoletus

  329. Canyon Wren  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Catherpes mexicanus

  330. Happy Wren  (MXe)  ______
    Thryothous felix

  331. Sinaloa Wren  (MXe) (*)  ______   aug,sep
    Thryothous sinaloa

  332. Bewick's Wren  (*)  _____  jan
    Thryomanes bewickii

  333. House Wren  (*)  _____  jan  (including "Brown-throated Wren" & "Northern House Wren"
    Troglodytes aedon

  334. Sedge Wren  ______
    Cistothorus platensis

  335. Marsh Wren ______ 
    Cistothorus palustris

  336. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Polioptila caerulea  

  337. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  (*)  ______  aug
    Polioptila melanura

  338. Black-capped Gnatcatcher  (MXe) (*) _____  jan
    Polioptila nigriceps

     
  339. White-breasted Nuthatch ______ 
    Sitta carolinensis

  340. Pygmy Nuthatch ______ 
    Sitta pygmaea

  341. Brown Creeper ______ 
    Certhia americana

  342. Common Starling  (*) _____  jan,aug
    Sturnus vulgaris

  343. American Robin ______  
    Turdus migratorius

  344. Rufous-backed Robin  (MXe)  ______
    Turdus rufopalliatus

  345. White-throated Thrush  ______ (has been considered conspecific with the White-necked Thrush and the Dagua Thrush, both of South America)
    Turdus assimilis 

  346. Varied Thrush ______  
    Zoothera naevia meruloides

  347. Aztec Thrush  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Zoothera pinicola

  348. Townsend's Solitaire   ______
    Myadestes townsendi

  349. Brown-backed Solitaire  (MXe) ______ 
    Myadestes occidentalis 

  350. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush______ 
    Catharus aurantiirostris 

  351. Swainson's Thrush______
    Catharus ustulatus 
     

  352. Hermit Thrush ______ 
    Catharus guttatus

  353. Eastern Bluebird______ 
    Sialia sialis 

  354. Western Bluebird  (*)  ______  jan 
    Sialia mexicana

  355. Mountain Bluebird  (*)  ______  jan
    Sialia currucoides

  356. Sage Thrasher ______  
    Oreoscoptes montanus

  357. Bendire's Thrasher  (*) ______  jan
    Toxostoma bendirei

  358. Curve-billed Thrasher  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Toxostoma curvirostre

  359. Crissal Thrasher ______ 
    Toxostoma crissale

  360. LeConte's Thrasher ______  
    Toxostoma lecontei

  361. Blue Mockingbird  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Melanotis caerulescens

     
  362. Northern Mockingbird  (*)  ______  jan,aug  
    Mimus polyglottos leucopterus

  363. American Dipper  (MX3)  ______
    Cinclus mexicanus

  364. Golden-crowned Kinglet ______
    Regulus satrapa

  365. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (*) ______  jan
    Regulus calendula

  366. House Sparrow (i) (*) ______  jan,aug
    Passer domesticus

  367. American (or Buff-bellied) Pipit ______ 
    Anthus rubescens

  368. Sprague's Pipit ______
    Anthus spragueii

  369. 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)  

  370. 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

  371. Scrub Euphonia  ______
    Euphonia affinis

  372. Purple Finch ______  
    Carpodacus purpureus californicus

  373. Cassin's Finch ______  
    Carpodacus cassinii

  374. House Finch  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Carpodacus mexicanus

  375. Red Crossbill ______  
    Loxia curvirostra 

  376. Pine Siskin ______  
    Carduelis pinus

  377. Black-headed Siskin ______ 
    Carduelis notata 
     

  378. Lawrence's Goldfinch ______  
    Carduelis lawrenci

  379. American Goldfinch ______  
    Carduelis tristis

  380. Lesser Goldfinch  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Carduelis psaltria 

  381. Evening Grosbeak ______  
    Coccothraustes vespertinus montana

  382. Black-and-white Warbler______ 
    Mniotilta varia 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

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

  384. Tennessee Warbler______ 
    Vermivora peregrina 
    (monotypic)

  385. Orange-crowned Warbler  (*) _____  jan
    Vermivora celata

  386. Nashville Warbler  (*)  ______  aug 
    Vermivora ruficapilla

  387. Virginia's Warbler ______ 
    Vermivora virginiae

  388. Lucy's Warbler ______
    Vermivora luciae

  389. Northern Parula______
    Parula americana 
    (monotypic)

  390. Tropical Parula  (MX3)  ______
    Parula pitiayumi

  391. Crescent-chested Warbler ______ 
    Parula
    (formerly Vermivora) s. superciliosa 

  392. Yellow Warbler  (*) ______  aug,sep
    Dendroica petechia 

  393. Mangrove Warbler   ______ 
    Dendroica erithachoriides

  394. Magnolia Warbler ______
    Dendroica magnolia

  395. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______
    Dendroica c. coronata

  396. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (*)  ______  jan 
    Dendroica coronata auduboni

  397. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ 
    Dendroica caerulescens

  398. Black-throated Gray Warbler  (*)  ______  jan
    Dendroica nigrescens

  399. Townsend's Warbler______
    Dendroica townsendi

  400. Hermit Warbler______  
    Dendroica occientalis 
    (monotypic)

  401. Palm Warbler ______
    Dendroica palmarum

  402. Grace's Warbler______ 
    Dendroica graciae 

  403. Chestnut-sided Warbler______
    Dendroica pensylvanica

  404. Ovenbird______
    Seiurus aurocapillus

  405. Northern Waterthrush ______
    Seiurus noveboracensis

  406. Louisiana Waterthrush ______
    Seiurus motacilla

  407. Wilson's Warbler  (*)  ______  sep
    Wilsonia canadensis

  408. Hooded Warbler ______
    Wilsonia citrina

  409. Kentucky Warbler ______
    Oporornis formosus

  410. MacGillivray's Warbler  (MX2)  ______ 
    Oporornis tolmiei

  411. Common Yellowthroat  (*) ______  jan
    Geothlypis t. trichas

  412. Red-faced Warbler ______
    Cardellina rubrifrons 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  413. American Redstart______
    Setophaga ruticilla 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  414. Painted Whitestart  (*) ______  jan  (has been called Painted Redstart)
    Myioborus pictus 

  415. Slate-throated Whitestart ______ (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
    Myioborus miniatus 
     

  416. Fan-tailed Warbler ______  
    Basileuterus lachrymosa 

  417. Rufous-capped Warbler  (*)  ______  aug,sep  (closely related to the more-southerly Chestnut-capped Warbler)
    Basileuterus rufifrons

  418. Yellow-breasted Chat______
    Icteria virens auricollis 
    (the single member of its genus; the family uncertain, as now said not to be a warbler)

  419. Yellow-winged Cacique  (MXqe)  ______   
    Cacicus melanicterus 
    (monotypic)

  420. Brown-headed Cowbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Molothrus ater

  421. Bronzed Cowbird  (*)  ______  jan,sep  (an alternate name would be "Red-eyed Cowbird")
    Molothrus aeneus

  422. Great-tailed Grackle  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Quiscalus mexicanus

  423. Brewer's Blackbird  (*)  ______  jan 
    Euphagus cyanocephalus

  424. Red-winged Blackbird  (*)  ______  aug
    Agelaius phoeniceus  

  425. Yellow-headed Blackbird ______  
    Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

  426. Baltimore Oriole ______ (for a while was considered conspecific with Bullock's Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole)
    Icterus galbula 
    (monotypic)

  427. 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)

  428. Scott's Oriole  (*)  ______  aug 
    Icterus parisorum

     
  429. Orchard Oriole______
    Icterus spurius

  430. Hooded Oriole  (*)  ______  aug 
    Icterus cucullatus
     
  431. Black-vented Oriole ______ 
    Icterus wagleri

  432. Streak-backed Oriole  (*) ______  jan
    Icterus pustulatus  

  433. Eastern Meadowlark  (*)  ______  jan
    Sturnella magna  

  434. Western Meadowlark ______
    Sturnella neglecta


  435. Yellow-throated Brush-Finch ______ 
    Atlapetes gutturalis

  436. Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow  (MXe)  ______  
    Melozone kieneri

  437. Green-tailed Towhee ______
    Pipilo chlorurus

  438. 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  

  439. Canyon Towhee (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Pipilo fuscus

  440. Abert's Towhee _____  (in Mexico only in a very limited area near the Colorado River)
    Pipilo aberti

     
  441. Five-striped Sparrow  (MXqe) (*)  ______   sep
    Aimophila quinquestriata

  442. Rusty Sparrow______ 
    Aimophila rufescens  

  443. Botteri's Sparrow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Aimophila botteri 


  444. Cassin's Sparrow ______  
    Aimophila cassinii

  445. Rufous-winged Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan,sep
    Aimophila carpalis

  446. Rufous-crowned Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Aimophila ruficeps

  447. Black-throated Sparrow  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Amphispiza bilineata

  448. Sage Sparrow ______ 
    Amphispiza belli

  449. Chipping Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
    Spizella passerina 

  450. Clay-colored Sparrow  (*) ______  aug
    Spizella pallida

        
  451. Brewer's Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
    Spizella b. breweri

  452. Field Sparrow ______
    Spizella pusilla arenacea

  453. Black-chinned Sparrow ______
    Spizella atrogularis

  454. Vesper Sparrow ______  
    Poocetes gramineus

  455. Lark Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
    Chondestes grammacus

  456. Lark Bunting  (*)  ______  sep
    Calamospiza melanocorys

  457. Baird's Sparrow ______
    Ammodramus bairdii

  458. Grasshopper Sparrow ______
    Ammodramus savannarum

  459. Savannah Sparrow _____
    Passerculus
    (formerly Ammodramus) sandwichensis

  460. Song Sparrow ______
    Melospiza melodia

  461. Lincoln's Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan
    Melospiza lincolnii

  462. Swamp Sparrow ______
    Melospiza georgiana

  463. Fox Sparrow ______ 
    Passerella iliaca


  464. White-throated Sparrow ______
    Zonotrichia albicollis


  465. Golden-crowned Sparrow ______ 
    Zonotrichia atricapilla

  466. White-crowned Sparrow  (*) ______  jan
    Zonotrichia leucophrys

  467. Dark-eyed Junco ______
    Junco hyemalis

  468. Yellow-eyed Junco ______   
    Junco phaeonotus 

  469. McCown's Longspur ______
    Calcarius mccownii

  470. Chestnut-collared Longspur ______ 
    Calcarius ornatus

  471. Hepatic Tanager ______ 
    Piranga hepatica 

  472. Summer Tanager  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Piranga rubra 
       

  473. Western Tanager  (*)  ______  aug
    Piranga ludoviciana 
    (monotypic)

  474. Flame-colored Tanager ______ (has also been called Streak-backed Tanager
    Piranga bidentata 

  475. Blue-black Grassquit   ______
    Volatinia jacarina spendens 
    (the single member of its genus)

  476. Dickcissel ______ 
    Spiza americana

  477. Northern Cardinal  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Cardinalis cardinalis

  478. Pyrrhuloxia  (*)  ______  jan,sep
    Cardinalis sinuatus

  479. 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  

  480. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______
    Pheucticus ludovicianus 
    (monotypic)

  481. Black-headed Grosbeak  (*) ______  jan
    Pheucticus melanocephalus

  482. Blue Grosbeak  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Passerina
    (formerly Guiraca) caerulea  
      
  483. Lazuli Bunting ______
    Passerina amoena

  484. Indigo Bunting______
    Passerina cyanea
      (monotypic)

  485. Varied Bunting  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Passerina versicolor 

  486. Painted Bunting  (nt) ______
    Passerina ciris   


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SOME VIEWS OF THE DESERT IN SONORA
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
DURING FONT TOURS


In the middle one of these three photos,
is the canyon where during our tour,
by the hot springs, we've seen Rufous-capped Warblers
during two of our tours,
and where, a few years ago,
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)