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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

Birds of Mexico, Part 1: Tinamous to Shorebirds  (with some photos) 

Birds of Mexico, Part 2: Jaegers to Woodpeckers  (with some photos)

Birds of Mexico, Part 3: Manakins to Buntings (with some photos)

Mexican Mammals  (with some photos)

Mexican Reptiles & Amphibians  (with some photos)

Butterflies in Central America  (with some photos)

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

Directory of Photos in this Website, in this list & others


 Bird-List:

  1. Rufous-bellied Chachalaca  _____  (has been called "Wagler's Chachalaca") (was considered conspecific with West Mexican Chachalaca) 
    Ortalis wagleri
  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  (was at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron) 
    Butorides virescens
  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      (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   
  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  (formerly conspecific with the now Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon) 
    Caracara cheriway      (monotypic)
  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. Clapper Rail  (MX3)  ______   
    Rallus longirostris yumanensis
  106. Virginia Rail  (MX3)  ______    
    Rallus limicola
  107. Sora _____  
    Porzana carolina
  108. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
  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  (was said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World) 
    Himantopus mexicanus 
  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) ______  (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. Barn Owl ______
    Tyto alba      
  193. Flammulated Owl ______
    Megascops     (formerly Otus) flammeolus
  194. Western Screech Owl ______  
    Megascops     (formerly Otus) kennicottii
     
  195. 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 
  196. Whiskered Screech Owl ______  
    Megascops     (formerly Otus) trichopsis
  197. Great Horned Owl______
    Bubo virginianus       
  198. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl   ______     
    Glaucidium brasilianum ridgwayi 
  199. 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
  200. Mountain Pygmy Owl ______  
    Glaucidium gnoma  
  201. Elf Owl  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Micrathene whitneyi
  202. Burrowing Owl  ______
    Athene cunicularia
  203. Mottled Owl   ______
    Strix virgata 
  204. Spotted Owl  (MX2)  ______
    Strix occidentalis
  205. Long-eared Owl ______
    Asio otus wilsonianus
  206. Short-eared Owl  (MX3)  ______
    Asio f. flammeus
  207. Northern Saw-whet Owl _____
    Aegolius a. acadicus
  208. Common Nighthawk  ______
    Chordeiles minor      (as many as 8 subspecies occur in Mexico as migrants) 
  209. Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______  sep
    Chordeiles acutipennis       
  210. Pauraque  ______
    Nyctidromus albicollis      (the single member of its genus)  
  211. Common Poorwill  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
  212. Eared Poorwill   (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Nyctiphrynus meleodii
  213. Buff-collared Nightjar (or "Cookacheea") (*) ______  aug
    Caprimulgus ridgwayi 
  214. Whip-poor-will______   
    Caprimulgus vociferus 
  215. American Black Swift______ 
    Cypseloides niger 
  216. Vaux's Swift   ______ 
    Chaetura vauxi  
  217. White-throated Swift______
    Aeronautes saxatalis 
  218. White-eared Hummingbird _____ 
    Basilinna leucotis
  219. Broad-billed Hummingbird  (*) _____  jan
    Cynanthus latirostris
  220. Berylline Hummingbird  (*) ______  aug
    Amazilia beryllina 
  221. Violet-crowned Hummingbird _____
    Amazilia violiceps
  222. Blue-throated Mountaingem ______  (has been called Blue-throated Hummingbird)
    Lampornis clemenciae
  223. "Rivoli's" Magnificent Hummingbird______   
    Eugenes f. fulgens  
  224. Plain-capped Starthroat ______
    Heliomaster constantii 
  225. Lucifer Sheartail ______  (has been called Lucifer Hummingbird)
    Calothorax lucifer
  226. Black-chinned Hummingbird  (*)  ______  sep
    Archilochus alexandri
  227. Anna's Hummingbird ______  
    Archilochus anna
  228. Costa's Hummingbird ______  
    Archilochus costae
  229. Calliope Hummingbird _____ 
    Archilochus calliope
  230. Broad-tailed Hummingbird______ 
    Selasphorus platycercus      (monotypic, as S. p. guatemalae now merged)
  231. Rufous Hummingbird ______  
    Selasphorus rufus
  232. Allen's Hummingbird ______
    Selasphorus sasin
  233. Eared Quetzal  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
    Euptilotis neoxenus
  234. Mountain Trogon______ (another name has been "Mexican Trogon")
    Trogon m. mexicanus
  235. Elegant Trogon  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Trogon elegans
  236. Belted Kingfisher  (*) _____  jan
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
  237. Green Kingfisher  (*) _____  jan
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
  238. Russet-crowned Motmot______ 
    Momotus mexicanus 
  239. Lewis's Woodpecker ______ 
    Melanerpes lewis
  240. Acorn Woodpecker (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Melanerpes formicivorus 
  241. Gila Woodpecker (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus) uropygialis
  242. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker______
    Sphyrapicus varius      (monotypic)
  243. Red-naped Sapsucker ______ 
    Sphyrapicus nuchalis
  244. Red-breasted Sapsucker ______  
    Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti
  245. Williamson's Sapsucker ______
    Sphyrapicus thyroideus
  246. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*)  ______  sep
    Picoides scalaris
  247. Hairy Woodpecker______
    Picoides villosus 
  248. Arizona Woodpecker ______ 
    Picoides arizonae
  249. Gray-crowned Woodpecker  (MXe)  ______
    Piculus auricularis
  250. Northern Flicker ______   
    Colaptes auratus 
  251. Gilded Flicker  (*)  ______  jan
    Colaptes chrysoides
  252. Lineated Woodpecker  ______ 
    Dryocopus lineatus 
  253. Masked Tityra   ______
    Tityra semifasciata 
  254. Rose-throated Becard  (*) ______  sep
    Pachyramphus aglaiae 
  255. Gray-collared Becard ______ 
    Pachyramphus major 
  256. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet   ______ 
    Camptostoma i. imberbe
  257. Black Phoebe  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Sayornis nigricans  
  258. Say's Phoebe  (*)  _____  jan,sep
    Sayornis saya
  259. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ______  
    Tyrannus forficatus      (monotypic)
  260. Western Kingbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Tyrannus verticalis      (monotypic)
  261. Tropical Kingbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep  
    Tyrannus melancholicus 
  262. Cassin's Kingbird  (*)  ______  jan,aug
    Tyrannus v. vociferans
  263. Thick-billed Kingbird  (MXqe) (*)  ______  sep
    Tyrannus crassirostris
  264. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher  (*) ______  sep
    Myiodynastes luteiventris      (monotypic)
  265. Social Flycatcher  ______
    Myiozetetes similis texensis
  266. Great Kiskadee  ______
    Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
  267. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (*)  ______  aug
    Myiarchus tuberculifer 
  268. Brown-crested Flycatcher  (*)  ______  aug
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
  269. Nutting's Flycatcher ______
    Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior
  270. Ash-throated Flycatcher  (*) ______  jan
    Myiarchus c. cinerascens

  271. 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)
  272. Bright-rumped Attila ______
    Attila spadiceus 
  273. Olive-sided Flycatcher  (nt) (*)  ______  aug   (an alternate name could be "Boreal Pewee") 
    Contopus cooperi     (formerly genus Nuttallornis, previous scientific name borealis) (monotypic)
  274. 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
  275. Western Wood Pewee  (*) ______  aug,sep
    Contopus sordidulus      (4 subspecies migrate thru Mexico)
  276. Willow Flycatcher  (*) ______  sep
    Empidonax t. trailii
  277. Least Flycatcher ______
    Empidonax minimus      (monotypic)
  278. Hammond's Flycatcher _____
    Empidonax hammondii      (monotypic)
  279. Dusky Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
    Empidonax oberholseri
  280. Gray Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
    Empidonax wrightii
  281. Cordilleran Flycatcher  (*)  ______  jan
    Empidonax occidentalis 
  282. Buff-breasted Flycatcher______ 
    Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps
  283. Northern Tufted Flycatcher ______ 
    Mitrephanes p. phaeocercus
  284. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper ______ 
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster  
  285. White-striped Woodcreeper  (MXe)  ______  
    Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
  286. Loggerhead Shrike  (*)  ______  jan
    Lanius ludovicianus
  287. Mangrove Vireo  (MX3)  ______
    Vireo pallens   
  288. Bell's Vireo  (nt) (MX2) (*)  ______   aug,sep
    Vireo b. bellii  
  289. Black-capped Vireo  (MX1) ______ 
    Vireo atricapillus
  290. Gray Vireo ______
    Vireo vicinior
  291. Cassin's Vireo ______  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo cassini
  292. Plumbeous Vireo  (*)  ______  sep  (was part of Solitary Vireo)
    Vireo plumbeus 
  293. Hutton's Vireo______
    Vireo huttoni 
  294. Golden Vireo  (MXe)  ______
    Vireo hypochryseus
  295. Yellow-green Vireo  ______
    Vireo flavoviridis       
  296. Warbling Vireo______ 
    Vireo gilvus      
  297. Black-throated Magpie-Jay ______ 
    Calocitta colliei
  298. Purplish-backed Jay  (MX2) (MXe)  ______
    Cyanocorax beecheii
  299. Western Scrub Jay ______ 
    Aphelocoma coerulescens
  300. Mexican Jay  (*)  ______  jan,sep  (has also been called the Gray-breasted Jay)
    Aphelocoma ultramarina
  301. Pinyon Jay ______ 
    Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
  302. Steller's Jay______ 
    Cyanocitta stelleri 
  303. Clark's Nutcracker  (MX1)  ______
    Nucifraga columbiana
  304. American Crow ______  
    Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis
  305. Sinaloa Crow  (MXe) (*) ______   jan
    Corvus sinaloae
  306. Chihuahuan Raven  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Corvus cryptoleucus
  307. Northern Raven  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Corvus corax
  308. Cedar Waxwing______
    Bombycilla cedrorum      (now monotypic)
  309. Gray Silky Flycatcher ______
    Ptilogonys cinereus 
  310. Phainopepla  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Phainopepla nitens
  311. Mexican Chickadee ______ 
    Poecile     (formerly Parus) sclateri
  312. Bridled Titmouse  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Baeolophus     (formerly Parus) wollweberi
  313. Verdin  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Auriparus flaviceps
  314. Purple Martin  (*)  ______  aug
    Progne subis  
  315. Sinaloa Martin  (MX3) ______  (another name has been the Snowy-bellied Martin) (was considered as conspecific with Caribbean Martin, Progne domincensis)
    Progne sinaloae  (monotypic)
  316. Tree Swallow  (*) ______  jan
    Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)
  317. Mangrove Swallow  (*)  ______  aug
    Tachycineta albilinea      (monotypic)
  318. 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)
  319. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin) ______ 
    Riparia r. riparia
  320. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______  aug
    Stelgidopteryx serripennis  
  321. Barn Swallow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
  322. American Cliff Swallow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Petrochelidon     (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota 
  323. 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)

  324. Horned Lark  (*)  ______  aug 
    Eremophila alpestris
  325. Spotted Wren  (MXe)  ______
    Campylorhynchus gularis
  326. Cactus Wren  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
  327. Rock Wren  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Salpinctes obsoletus
  328. Canyon Wren  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Catherpes mexicanus
  329. Happy Wren  (MXe)  ______
    Thryothous felix
  330. Sinaloa Wren  (MXe) (*)  ______   aug,sep
    Thryothous sinaloa
  331. Bewick's Wren  (*)  _____  jan
    Thryomanes bewickii
  332. House Wren  (*)  _____  jan  (including "Brown-throated Wren" & "Northern House Wren") 
    Troglodytes aedon

  333. Sedge Wren  ______
    Cistothorus platensis
  334. Marsh Wren ______ 
    Cistothorus palustris
  335. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (*) ______  jan,aug,sep
    Polioptila caerulea  
  336. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  (*)  ______  aug
    Polioptila melanura
  337. Black-capped Gnatcatcher  (MXe) (*) _____  jan
    Polioptila nigriceps
     
  338. White-breasted Nuthatch ______ 
    Sitta carolinensis
  339. Pygmy Nuthatch ______ 
    Sitta pygmaea
  340. Brown Creeper ______ 
    Certhia americana
  341. Common Starling  (*) _____  jan,aug
    Sturnus vulgaris
  342. American Robin ______  
    Turdus migratorius
  343. Rufous-backed Robin  (MXe)  ______
    Turdus rufopalliatus
  344. White-throated Thrush  ______ (has been considered conspecific with the White-necked Thrush and the Dagua Thrush, both of South America)
    Turdus assimilis 
  345. Varied Thrush ______  
    Zoothera naevia meruloides
  346. Aztec Thrush  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Zoothera pinicola
  347. Townsend's Solitaire   ______
    Myadestes townsendi
  348. Brown-backed Solitaire  (MXe) ______ 
    Myadestes occidentalis 
  349. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush______ 
    Catharus aurantiirostris 
  350. Swainson's Thrush______
    Catharus ustulatus      
  351. Hermit Thrush ______ 
    Catharus guttatus
  352. Eastern Bluebird______ 
    Sialia sialis 
  353. Western Bluebird  (*)  ______  jan 
    Sialia mexicana
  354. Mountain Bluebird  (*)  ______  jan
    Sialia currucoides
  355. Sage Thrasher ______  
    Oreoscoptes montanus
  356. Bendire's Thrasher  (*) ______  jan
    Toxostoma bendirei
  357. Curve-billed Thrasher  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Toxostoma curvirostre
  358. Crissal Thrasher ______ 
    Toxostoma crissale
  359. LeConte's Thrasher ______  
    Toxostoma lecontei
  360. Blue Mockingbird  (MX3) (MXe)  ______
    Melanotis caerulescens
     
  361. Northern Mockingbird  (*)  ______  jan,aug  
    Mimus polyglottos leucopterus
  362. American Dipper  (MX3)  ______
    Cinclus mexicanus
  363. Golden-crowned Kinglet ______
    Regulus satrapa
  364. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (*) ______  jan
    Regulus calendula
  365. House Sparrow (i) (*) ______  jan,aug
    Passer domesticus
  366. American (or Buff-bellied) Pipit ______ 
    Anthus rubescens
  367. Sprague's Pipit ______
    Anthus spragueii
  368. 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)  
  369. 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
  370. Scrub Euphonia  ______
    Euphonia affinis
  371. Purple Finch ______  
    Carpodacus purpureus californicus
  372. Cassin's Finch ______  
    Carpodacus cassinii
  373. House Finch  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Carpodacus mexicanus
  374. Red Crossbill ______  
    Loxia curvirostra 
  375. Pine Siskin ______  
    Carduelis pinus
  376. Black-headed Siskin ______ 
    Carduelis notata       
  377. Lawrence's Goldfinch ______  
    Carduelis lawrenci
  378. American Goldfinch ______  
    Carduelis tristis
  379. Lesser Goldfinch  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Carduelis psaltria 
  380. Evening Grosbeak ______  
    Coccothraustes vespertinus montana
  381. Black-and-white Warbler______ 
    Mniotilta varia      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
  382. Prothonotary Warbler ______ 
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  383. Tennessee Warbler______ 
    Vermivora peregrina      (monotypic)
  384. Orange-crowned Warbler  (*) _____  jan
    Vermivora celata
  385. Nashville Warbler  (*)  ______  aug 
    Vermivora ruficapilla
  386. Virginia's Warbler ______ 
    Vermivora virginiae
  387. Lucy's Warbler ______
    Vermivora luciae
  388. Northern Parula______
    Parula americana      (monotypic)
  389. Tropical Parula  (MX3)  ______
    Parula pitiayumi
  390. Crescent-chested Warbler ______ 
    Parula     (formerly Vermivora) s. superciliosa 
  391. Yellow Warbler  (*) ______  aug,sep
    Dendroica petechia 
  392. Mangrove Warbler   ______ 
    Dendroica erithachoriides
  393. Magnolia Warbler ______
    Dendroica magnolia
  394. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______
    Dendroica c. coronata
  395. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (*)  ______  jan 
    Dendroica coronata auduboni
  396. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ 
    Dendroica caerulescens
  397. Black-throated Gray Warbler  (*)  ______  jan
    Dendroica nigrescens
  398. Townsend's Warbler______
    Dendroica townsendi
  399. Hermit Warbler______  
    Dendroica occientalis      (monotypic)
  400. Palm Warbler ______
    Dendroica palmarum
  401. Grace's Warbler______ 
    Dendroica graciae 
  402. Chestnut-sided Warbler______
    Dendroica pensylvanica
  403. Ovenbird______
    Seiurus aurocapillus
  404. Northern Waterthrush ______
    Seiurus noveboracensis
  405. Louisiana Waterthrush ______
    Seiurus motacilla
  406. Wilson's Warbler  (*)  ______  sep
    Wilsonia canadensis
  407. Hooded Warbler ______
    Wilsonia citrina
  408. Kentucky Warbler ______
    Oporornis formosus
  409. MacGillivray's Warbler  (MX2)  ______ 
    Oporornis tolmiei
  410. Common Yellowthroat  (*) ______  jan
    Geothlypis t. trichas
  411. Red-faced Warbler ______
    Cardellina rubrifrons      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  412. American Redstart______
    Setophaga ruticilla      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  413. Painted Whitestart  (*) ______  jan  (has been called Painted Redstart)
    Myioborus pictus 
  414. Slate-throated Whitestart ______ (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
    Myioborus miniatus       
  415. Fan-tailed Warbler ______  
    Basileuterus lachrymosa 
  416. Rufous-capped Warbler  (*)  ______  aug,sep  (closely related to the more-southerly Chestnut-capped Warbler)
    Basileuterus rufifrons
  417. Yellow-breasted Chat______
    Icteria virens auricollis      (the single member of its genus; the family uncertain, as now said not to be a warbler)
  418. Yellow-winged Cacique  (MXqe)  ______   
    Cacicus melanicterus     (monotypic)
  419. Brown-headed Cowbird  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Molothrus ater
  420. Bronzed Cowbird  (*)  ______  jan,sep  (an alternate name would be "Red-eyed Cowbird")
    Molothrus aeneus
  421. Great-tailed Grackle  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Quiscalus mexicanus
  422. Brewer's Blackbird  (*)  ______  jan 
    Euphagus cyanocephalus
  423. Red-winged Blackbird  (*)  ______  aug
    Agelaius phoeniceus  
  424. Yellow-headed Blackbird ______  
    Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  425. Baltimore Oriole ______ (for a while was considered conspecific with Bullock's Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole)
    Icterus galbula      (monotypic)
  426. 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)
  427. Scott's Oriole  (*)  ______  aug 
    Icterus parisorum
     
  428. Orchard Oriole______
    Icterus spurius
  429. Hooded Oriole  (*)  ______  aug 
    Icterus cucullatus
      
  430. Black-vented Oriole ______ 
    Icterus wagleri
  431. Streak-backed Oriole  (*) ______  jan
    Icterus pustulatus  
  432. Eastern Meadowlark  (*)  ______  jan
    Sturnella magna  
  433. Western Meadowlark ______
    Sturnella neglecta
  434. Yellow-throated Brush-Finch ______ 
    Atlapetes gutturalis
  435. Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow  (MXe)  ______  
    Melozone kieneri
  436. Green-tailed Towhee ______
    Pipilo chlorurus
  437. 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  
  438. Canyon Towhee (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Pipilo fuscus
  439. Abert's Towhee _____  (in Mexico only in a very limited area near the Colorado River)
    Pipilo aberti
     
  440. Five-striped Sparrow  (MXqe) (*)  ______   sep
    Aimophila quinquestriata
  441. Rusty Sparrow______ 
    Aimophila rufescens  
  442. Botteri's Sparrow  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Aimophila botteri 
  443. Cassin's Sparrow ______  
    Aimophila cassinii
  444. Rufous-winged Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan,sep
    Aimophila carpalis
  445. Rufous-crowned Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Aimophila ruficeps
  446. Black-throated Sparrow  (*) ______  jan,aug
    Amphispiza bilineata
  447. Sage Sparrow ______ 
    Amphispiza belli
  448. Chipping Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
    Spizella passerina 
  449. Clay-colored Sparrow  (*) ______  aug
    Spizella pallida
        
  450. Brewer's Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
    Spizella b. breweri
  451. Field Sparrow ______
    Spizella pusilla arenacea
  452. Black-chinned Sparrow ______
    Spizella atrogularis
  453. Vesper Sparrow ______  
    Poocetes gramineus
  454. Lark Sparrow  (*)  _____  jan
    Chondestes grammacus
  455. Lark Bunting  (*)  ______  sep
    Calamospiza melanocorys
  456. Baird's Sparrow ______
    Ammodramus bairdii
  457. Grasshopper Sparrow ______
    Ammodramus savannarum
  458. Savannah Sparrow _____
    Passerculus     (formerly Ammodramus) sandwichensis
  459. Song Sparrow ______
    Melospiza melodia
  460. Lincoln's Sparrow  (*)  ______  jan
    Melospiza lincolnii
  461. Swamp Sparrow ______
    Melospiza georgiana
  462. Fox Sparrow ______ 
    Passerella iliaca
  463. White-throated Sparrow ______
    Zonotrichia albicollis

  464. Golden-crowned Sparrow ______ 
    Zonotrichia atricapilla
  465. White-crowned Sparrow  (*) ______  jan
    Zonotrichia leucophrys
  466. Dark-eyed Junco ______
    Junco hyemalis
  467. Yellow-eyed Junco ______   
    Junco phaeonotus 
  468. McCown's Longspur ______
    Calcarius mccownii
  469. Chestnut-collared Longspur ______ 
    Calcarius ornatus
  470. Hepatic Tanager ______ 
    Piranga hepatica 
  471. Summer Tanager  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Piranga rubra         
  472. Western Tanager  (*)  ______  aug
    Piranga ludoviciana      (monotypic)
  473. Flame-colored Tanager ______ (has also been called Streak-backed Tanager) 
    Piranga bidentata 
  474. Blue-black Grassquit   ______
    Volatinia jacarina spendens      (the single member of its genus)
  475. Dickcissel ______ 
    Spiza americana
  476. Northern Cardinal  (*)  ______  jan,aug,sep
    Cardinalis cardinalis
  477. Pyrrhuloxia  (*)  ______  jan,sep
    Cardinalis sinuatus
  478. 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  
  479. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______
    Pheucticus ludovicianus      (monotypic)
  480. Black-headed Grosbeak  (*) ______  jan
    Pheucticus melanocephalus
  481. Blue Grosbeak  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Passerina     (formerly Guiraca) caerulea  
      
  482. Lazuli Bunting ______
    Passerina amoena
  483. Indigo Bunting______
    Passerina cyanea      (monotypic)
  484. Varied Bunting  (*)  ______  aug,sep
    Passerina versicolor 
  485. 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)