Birds of Mexico:
CHIAPAS'S GULF LOWLANDS
& FOOTHILLS
(below 1500 meters, Palenque, Pichucalco areas; see map)
Adapted from distribution maps and descriptions in A Guide to The Birds of Mexico and Northern interior America by Steve Howell & Sophie Webb

*** 420 species on this tentative list ***

Order Tinamiformes

Tinamous (Family Tinamidae)

  • Slaty-breasted Tinamou, Crypturellus boucardi -- permanent
  • Thicket Tinamou, Crypturellus cinnamomeus -- permanent
  • Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui meserythrus -- permanent
  • Great Tinamou, Tinamus major -- permanent

Order Podicipediformes

Grebes (Family Podicipedidae)

  • Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps podiceps -- winter
  • Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus -- permanent

Order Pelecaniformes

Pelicans (Family Pelecanidae)

  • American White Pelican, Pelecanus eryhrorhynchos -- winter

Cormorants (Family Phalacrocoracidae)

  • Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus -- permanent

Anhingas (Family Anhingidae)

  • Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga leucogasgter -- permanent

Order Ciconiiformes

Herons, Egrets, etc. (Family Ardeidae)

  • Agami Heron, agamia agami -- permanent
  • Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias -- winter
  • American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus -- winter
  • Pinnated Bittern, Botaurus pinnatus caribaeus -- permanent
  • Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis ibis -- permanent
  • Green Heron, Butorides virescens -- winter
  • Boat-billed Heron, Cochlearius cochlearius -- permanent
  • Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea -- winter
  • Great Egret, Egretta alba egretta -- permanent
  • Snowy Egret, Egretta thula -- permanent
  • Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor -- winter
  • Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis -- winter
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli -- permanent
  • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax violaceus -- permanent
  • Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum -- permanent

Ibises & Spoonbills (Family Threskiornithidae)

  • Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja -- migrant
  • Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus -- permanent in east

Storks (Family Ciconiidae)

  • Jabiru, Jabiru mycteria -- permanent in east
  • Wood Stork, Mycteria americana -- winter

New World Vultures (Family Cathartidae)

  • Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura -- permanent
  • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes burrovianus burrovianus -- permanent
  • Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus -- permanent
  • King Vulture, Sacrcoramphus papa -- permanent

Order Anseriformes

Ducks, Geese & Swans (Family Anatidae)

  • Northern Pintail, Anas acuta acuta -- winter
  • American Wigeon, Anas americana -- winter
  • Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca carolinensis -- winter
  • Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata -- winter
  • Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium -- winter
  • Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors -- winter
  • Gadwall, Anas strepera -- winter
  • Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis -- winter
  • Redhead, Aythya americana -- winter
  • Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris -- winter
  • Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata -- permanent
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis autumnalis -- permanent
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor -- permanent
  • Masked Duck, Oxyura dominica -- permanent

Order Falconiformes

Hawks, Eagles & Kites (Family Accipitridae)

  • Bicolored Hawk, Accipiter bicolor -- permanent
  • Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperi -- winter
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus -- winter
  • Black-collared Hawk, Busarellus nigricollis nigricollis -- permanent
  • White-tailed Hawk, Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius -- permanent in east
  • Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus -- permanent
  • Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis -- winter
  • Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris -- permanent
  • Gray Hawk, Buteo nitidus -- permanent
  • Common Black Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus -- permanent
  • Great Black Hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi -- permanent
  • Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus -- permanent
  • Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus hudsonius -- winter
  • Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus -- migrant, maybe summer
  • White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus majusculus -- permanent
  • Crane Hawk, Geranospiza caerulescens -- permanent
  • Double-toothed Kite, Harpagus bidentatus fasciatus -- permanent
  • Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis -- migrant
  • Plumbeous Kite, Ictinia plumbea -- summer
  • Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis -- permanent
  • White Hawk, Leucopternis albicollis -- permanentt
  • Osprey, Pandion haliaetus -- winter
  • Snail Kite, Rostrahamus sociabilis -- permanent
  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus ornatus vicarius -- permanent
  • Black Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus serus -- permanent
  • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle, Spizastur melanoleucus -- permanent

Falcons & Allies (Family Falconidae)

  • Crested Caracara, Caracara plancus -- permanent
  • Merlin, Falco columbarius -- winter
  • Orange-breasted Falcon, Falco deiroleucus -- permanent
  • Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis -- permanent
  • Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus -- winter
  • Bat Falcon, Falco rufigularis -- permanent
  • American Kestrel, Falco sparverius -- winter
  • Laughing Falcon, Herpetotheres cachinnans -- permanent
  • Barred Forest-Falcon, Micrastur ruficollis -- permanent
  • Collared Forest-Falcon, Micrastur semitorquatus naso -- permanent

Order Galliformes

Chachalacas & Allies (Family Cracidae)

  • Great Curassow, Crax rubra -- permanent
  • Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula -- permanent
  • Crested Guan, Penelopina purpurascens purpurascens -- permanent

Turkeys & Quail (Family Phasianidae)

  • Spotted Wood-Quail, Odontophorus guttatus -- permanent
  • Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus -- permanent

Order Gruiformes

Rails, Gallinules & Coots (Family Rallidae)

  • Uniform Crake, Amaurolimnas concolor -- permanent
  • Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Aramides cajanea -- permanent
  • American Coot, Fulica americana americana -- winter
  • Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans -- permanent
  • Ruddy Crake, Laterallus ruber -- permanent
  • Purple Gallinule, Porphyrula martinica -- permanent
  • Sora, Porzana carolina -- winter
  • Yellow-breasted Crake, Porzana flaviventer woodi -- permanent
  • Spotted Rail, Rallus maculatus insolitus -- permanent

Finfoots (Family Heliornithidae)

  • Sungrebe, Heliornis fulica -- permanent

Limpkins (Family Aramidae)

  • Limpkin, Aramus guarauna dolosus -- permanent

Order Charadriiformes

Thick-knees (Family Burhinidae)

  • Double-striped Thick-knee, Burhinus bistriatus bistriatus -- permanent

Plovers: (Family Charadriidae)

  • Collared Plover, Charadrius collaris -- permanent
  • Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus vociferus -- winter
  • American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominica -- migrant

Stilts & Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae)

  • Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus -- permanent
  • American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana -- winter

Jacanas (Family Jacanidae)

  • Northern Jacana, Jacana spinosa spinosa -- permanent

Sandpipers & Allies (Family Scolopacidae)

  • Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia -- winter
  • Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda -- migrant
  • Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus -- winter
  • Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotus -- migrant
  • Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii -- migrant
  • White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis -- migrant
  • Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri -- winter
  • Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla -- winter
  • Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago delicata -- winter
  • Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus -- winter
  • Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus -- winter
  • Wilson's Phalarope, Steganopus tricolor -- migrant
  • Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes -- winter
  • Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca -- winter
  • Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria -- winter
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis -- migrant

Gulls & Terns (Family Laridae)

  • Black Tern, Chlidonias niger surinamensis -- migrant
  • Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla -- winter
  • Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis -- winter
  • Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan -- migrant in west
  • Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger niger -- winter
  • Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia -- winter
  • Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri -- winter
  • Gull-billed Tern, Sterna nilotica -- winter

Order Columbiformes

Doves & Pigeons (Family Columbidae)

  • Blue Ground-Dove, Claravis pretiosa -- permanent
  • Pale-vented Pigeon, Columba cayennensis pallidicrissa -- permanentr
  • Red-billed Pigeon, Columba flavirostris -- permanent
  • Feral Pigeon, Columba livia -- permanent
  • Short-billed Pigeon, Columba nigrirostris -- permanent
  • Scaled Pigeon, Columba speciosa -- permanent
  • Inca Dove, Columbina inca -- permanent in west
  • Plain-breasted Ground-Dove, Columbina minuta interrupta -- permanent
  • Ruddy Ground-dove, Columbina talpacoti -- permanent
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geotrygon montana montana -- permanent
  • Gray-headed Dove, Leptotila plumbeiceps plumbeiceps -- permanent
  • White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi -- permanent
  • White-winged Dove, Zenaida aasiatica -- permanent
  • Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura -- winter

Order Psittaciformes

Parrots & Parakeets (Family Psittacidae)

  • White-fronted Parrot, Amazona albifrons -- permanent
  • Red-lored Parrot, Amazona autumnalis autumnalis -- permanent
  • Mealy Parrot, Amazona farinosa -- permanent
  • Yellow-headed Parrot, Amazona oratrix -- permanent
  • Aztec Parakeet, Aratinga astec -- permanent
  • Brown-hooded Parrot, Pionopsitta haemototis haematotis -- permanent
  • White-crowned Parrot, Pionus senilis -- permanent

Order Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, Anis & Roadrunners (Family Cuculidae)

  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus -- migrant
  • Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus -- migrant
  • Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris -- permanent
  • Pheasant Cuckoo, Dromococcyx phasianellus rufigularis -- permanent
  • Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana -- permanent
  • Striped Cuckoo, Tapera naevia excellens -- permanent

Order Strigiformes

Barn Owl (Family Tytonidae)

  • Barn Owl, Tyto alba -- permanent

Typical Owls (Family Strigidae)

  • Striped Owl, Asio clamator forbesi -- permanent in west
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-owl, Glaucidum brasilianum -- permanent
  • Central American Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps -- permanent
  • Crested Owl, Lophostrix cristata stricklandi -- permanent in foothills
  • Vermiculated Screech-Owl, Otus guatemalae -- permanent
  • Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata saturata -- permanent in foothills
  • Black-and-white Owl, Strix nigrolineata -- permanent
  • Mottled Owl, Strix virgata -- permanent

Order Caprimulgiformes

Goatsuckers (Family Caprimulgidae)

  • Chuck-will's-Widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis -- winter & migrant
  • Spot-tailed Nightjar, Caprimulgus maculicaudus -- summer
  • Northern Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus -- winter
  • Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis -- winter
  • Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor -- migrant
  • Pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis -- permanent

Potoos (Family Nyctibiidae)

  • Northern Potoo, Nyctibius jamaicensis -- permanent

Order Apodiformes

Swifts (Family Apodidae)

  • Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica -- migrant
  • Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi -- permanent in foothills
  • Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Panyptila cayennensis -- permanent in foothills

Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)

  • White-bellied Emerald, Amazilia candida -- permanent
  • Azure-crowned Hummingbird, Amazilia cyanocephala -- permanent in foothills
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl -- permanent
  • Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Amazilia yucatenensis -- permanent
  • Green-breasted Mango, Anthracothorax prevostii -- permanent
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris -- winter
  • Violet Sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus hemileucurus -- permanent in foothills
  • Canivet's Emerald, Chlorostilbon canivetii -- permanent
  • Stripe-tailed Hummingbird, Eupherusa eximia -- permanent in foothills
  • White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora mellivora -- permanent
  • Purple-crowned Fairy, Heliothryx barroti -- permanent in east
  • Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris -- permanent
  • Black-crested Coquette, Lophornis helenae -- permanent
  • Long-tailed Hermit, Phaethornis superciliosus -- permanent
  • Little Hermit, Pygmornis longuemareus -- permanent

Order Trogoniformes

Trogons (Family Trogonidae)

  • Collared Trogon, Trogon collaris -- permanent
  • Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena massena -- permanent
  • Black-headed Trogon, Trogon melanocephalus melanocephalus -- permanent
  • Violaceous Trogon, Trogon violaceus braccatus -- permanent

Order Coraciiformes

Motmots (Family Momotidae)

  • Blue-throated Motmot, Aspatha gularis -- permanent
  • Keel-billed Motmot, Electron carinatu -- permanent in foothills
  • Tody Motmot, Hylomanes momotula -- permanent
  • Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota -- permanent

Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae)

  • Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon -- winter
  • Ringed Kingfisher, Ceryle torquata torquata -- permanent
  • Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea stictoptera -- permanent
  • Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana -- permanent
  • Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona mexicana -- permanent

Puffbirds (Family Bucconidae)

  • White-necked Puffbird, Notharchus macrorhynchos -- permanent
  • White-whiskered Puffbird, Malacoptila panamensis inornata -- permanent in east

Jacamars (Family Galbulidae)

  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda melanogenia -- permanent

Toucans (Family Ramphastidae)

  • Emerald Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus -- permanent in east
  • Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus -- permanent
  • Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratusulacorhynchus prasinus -- permanent

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

  • Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis -- permanent
  • Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Celeus castaneus -- permanent
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Centurus aurifrons -- permanent
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Centurus pucherani perileucus -- permanent
  • Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus -- permanent
  • Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus -- permanent
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Picoides scalaris -- permanent
  • Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus -- permanent in east
  • Golden-olive Woodpecker, Piculus rubiginosus -- permanent
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius -- winter
  • Smoky-brown Woodpecker, Veniliornis fumigatus -- permanent

Order Passeriformes

Ovenbirds (Family Furnariidae)

  • Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Automolus ochrolaemus -- permanent
  • Scaly-throated Leaftosser, Sclerurus guatemalensis guatemalensis -- permanent
  • Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis erythrothorax -- permanent
  • Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus mexicanus -- permanent

Woodcreepers (Family Dendrocolaptidae)

  • Tawny-winged Woodcreepr, Dendrocincla anabatina -- permanent
  • Ruddy Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla homochroa homochroa -- permanent
  • Barred Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes certhia -- permanent
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus spirurus pectoralis -- permanent
  • Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii -- permanent
  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus -- permanent
  • Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus flavigaster -- permanent

Antbirds (Family Formicariidae)

  • Dusky Antbird, Cercomacra tyrannina crepera -- permanent
  • Mexican Antthrush, Formicarius moniliger -- permanent
  • Scaled Antpitta, Grallaria guatimalensis -- permanent
  • Dot-winged Antwren, Microrhipias quixensis -- permanent
  • Great Antshrike, Taraba major melanocrissa -- permanent
  • Russet Antshrike, Thamnistes anabatinus anabatinus -- permanent
  • Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus -- permanent

Tyrant Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)

  • Bright-rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus -- permanent
  • Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe -- permanent
  • Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus -- permanent
  • Eastern Pewee, Contopus virens -- migrant
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster subpagana -- permanent
  • White-throated Flycatcher, Empidonax albigularis -- winter
  • Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum -- migrant
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris -- winter
  • Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus -- winter
  • Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii -- migrant
  • Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens -- migrant
  • Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius variegatus -- summer
  • Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon amaurocephalus pileatus -- permanent
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua -- permanent
  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleoginus assimilis -- permanent
  • Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus -- winter
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer -- permanent
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus -- permanent
  • Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, Myiobius sulphureipygius sulphureipygius -- permanent
  • Sulphur-bellied Flycatacher, Myiodynastes luteiventris -- summer
  • Streaked Flycatacher, Myiodynastes maculatus insolens -- summer
  • Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis veridicata -- permanent
  • Social Flycatacher, Myiozetetes similis -- permanent
  • Northern Bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare -- permanent
  • Royal Flycatcher, Onychorhynchus coronatus mexicanus -- permanent
  • Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet, Ornithion semiflavum -- possibly in south
  • Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus -- permanent
  • Stub-tailed Spadebill, Platyrinchus cancrominus -- permanent
  • Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus -- permanent
  • Eye-ringed Flatbill, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris -- permanent
  • Rufous Mourner, Rhytiptrna holerythra holerythra -- permanent in south
  • Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans -- permanent in foothills
  • Common Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum -- permanent
  • Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum sylvia schistaceiceps -- permanent
  • Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps -- permanent
  • Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii -- permanent
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus -- winter
  • Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus -- permanent
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana monachus -- permanent
  • Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus -- migrant

Cotingas (Family Cotingidae)

  • Lovely Cotinga, Cotinga amabilis -- permanent
  • Speckled Mourner, Laniocera rufescens rufescens -- permanent in foothills
  • Rufous Piha, Lipaugus unirufus unirufus -- permanent in east
  • Cinnamon Becard, Pachyramphus cinnamoneus fulvidior -- permanent in east
  • Gray-collared Becard, Pachyramphus major -- permanent in east
  • Rose-throated Becard, Pachyramphus aglaiae -- permanent
  • Thrushlike Mourner, Schiffornis turdinus veraepacis -- permanent
  • Black-crowned Tityra, Tityra inquisitor fraserii -- permanent
  • Masked Tityra, Tityra semifasciata -- permanent

Manakins (Family Pipridae)

  • White-collared Manakin, Manacus candei -- permanent in east
  • Red-capped Manakin, Pipra mentalis mentalis -- permanent

Swallows (Family Hirundinidae)

  • Cliff Swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota -- migrant
  • Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster -- migrant
  • Gray-breasted Martin, Progne chalybea -- summer
  • Purple Martin, Progne subis -- migrant
  • Bank Swallow, Riparia riparia riparia -- migrant
  • Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi -- permanent in east
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis -- winter
  • Mangrove Swallow, Tachycineta albilinea albilinea -- permanent
  • Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor -- winter

Jays & Crows (Family Corvidae)

  • Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio -- permanent
  • Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas -- permanent
  • Yucatan Jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus -- permanent

Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)

  • Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus -- permanent
  • Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis -- permanent
  • White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta -- permanent
  • Spot-breasted Wren, Thryothorus maculipectus -- permanent
  • Southern House Wren, Troglodytes aedon -- permanent
  • White-bellied Wren, Uropsila leucogastra -- permanent

Gnatcatachers & Allies (Family Sylviidae)

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea -- permanent
  • Tropical Gnatcatcher, Polioptila plumbea brodkorbi -- permanent
  • Long-billed Gnatwren, Ramphocaenus melanurus -- permanent

Thrushes, Robins, Solitaires & Bluebirds (Family Turdidae)

  • Veery, Catharus fuscescens -- migrant
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus -- migrant
  • Wood Thrush, Catharus mustelinus -- winter
  • Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus -- migrant
  • Clay-colored Thrush, Turdus grayi -- permanent

Mockingbirds & Thrashers (Family Mimidae)

  • Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis -- winter
  • Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus -- permanent
  • Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos leucopterus -- winter in west

Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)

  • Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum -- winter

Shrikes (Family Laniidae)

  • Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus -- irregular

Vireos (Family Vireonidae)

  • Leser Greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus decurtatus -- permanent
  • Tawny-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus ochraceiceps ochraceiceps -- permanent
  • Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons -- winter
  • Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis -- summer
  • White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus -- winter
  • Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus -- migrant
  • Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus -- winter
  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis -- permanent in west

Wood Warblers (Family Emberizidae, Subfamily Parulinae)

  • Golden-crowned Warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus -- permanent
  • Rufous-capped Warbler, Basileuterus rufifrons -- permanent in west
  • Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Chamaethlypis poliocephala -- permanent
  • Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea -- migrant
  • Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea -- migrant
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata -- winter
  • Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica -- winter & migrant
  • Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca -- migrant
  • Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica magnolia -- winter
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica -- winter
  • Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia -- winter
  • Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens -- winter
  • Common Yellowthroat, Geothlypis tricas -- winter
  • Gray-throated Chat Warbler, Granatellus sallaei -- permanent
  • Swainson's Warbler, Helmitheros swainsonii -- migrant
  • Worm-eating Warbler, Helmitheros vermivorus -- winter
  • Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens -- winter
  • Black-and-white Warbler, Mniotilta varia -- winter
  • Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus -- winter
  • Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia -- migrant
  • Northern Parula, Parula americana -- winter in west
  • Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea -- migrant
  • Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus -- winter
  • Louisiana Waterthrush, Seiurus motacilla -- winter
  • Northern Waterthrush, Seiurus noveboracensis -- winter
  • American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla -- winter
  • Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera -- migrant
  • Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora pinus -- winter
  • Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina -- winter
  • Canada Warbler, Wilsonia canadensis -- migrant
  • Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina -- winter
  • Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla -- winter

Tanagers (Family Emberizidae, Subfamily Thraupinae)

  • Green Honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis -- permanent in east
  • Red-legged Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes -- permanent
  • Gray-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata pallida -- permanent
  • Scrub Euphonia, Euphonia affinis -- permanent
  • Olive-backed Euphonia, Euphonia gouldi gouldi -- permanent
  • Yellow-throated Euphonia, Euphonia hirundinacea -- permanent
  • Red-throated Ant-Tanager, Habia fuscicauda -- permanent
  • Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica -- permanent
  • Black-throated Shrike-Tanager, Lanio aurantius -- permanent
  • Crimson-collared Tanager, Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta sanguinolenta -- permanent
  • Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana -- winter
  • Scarlet Tanager, Piranga olivacea -- migrant
  • Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra -- winter
  • Scarlet-rumped Tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii -- permanent
  • White-winged Tanager, Spermagra leucoptera leucoptera -- permanent in western foothills
  • Golden-hooded Tanager, Tangara larvata -- permanent
  • Yellow-wingted Tanager, Thraupis abbas -- permanent
  • Blue-gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopus cana -- permanent

Grosbeaks & Buntings (Family Emberizidae, Subfamily Cardinalinae)

  • Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis -- permanent
  • Black-faced Grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster poliogaster -- permanent
  • Blue-black Grosbeak, Cyanocompsa cyanoides concreta -- permanent
  • Blue Bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina -- permanent
  • Blue Grosbeak, Passerina caerulea -- winter
  • Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris -- winter
  • Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea -- winter
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus -- winter
  • Black-headed Saltator, Saltator atriceps -- permanent
  • Grayish Saltator, Saltator coerulescens -- permanent
  • Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus-- permanent
  • Dickcissel, Spiza americana -- winter

Emberizids (Family  Emberizidae, Subfamily Emberizinae)

  • Botteri's Sparrow, Aimophila botterii -- permanent
  • Rusty Sparrow, Aimophila rufescens -- permanent
  • Savannah Sparrow, Ammodramus sandwichensis -- winter in west
  • Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum -- permanent
  • Orange-billed Sparrow, Arremon aurantiirostris -- permanent
  • Green-backed Sparrow, Arremonops chloronotus -- permanent in east
  • Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii -- winter
  • Thick-billed Seedfinch, Oryzoborus funereus -- permanent
  • Rufous-sided Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus -- permanent in north
  • Grassland Yellow-Finch, Sicalis luteola -- permanent
  • Variable Seedeater, Sporophila aurita corvina -- permanent
  • White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola -- permanent
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivacea -- permanent
  • Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina spendens -- permanent

Blackbirds & Orioles (Family Icteridae)

  • Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus -- permanent
  • Yellow-billed Cacique, Amblycercus holosericeus holosericeus -- permanent
  • Melodious Blackbird, Dives dives -- permanent
  • Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus -- permanent
  • Black-cowled Oriole, Icterus dominicensis prosthemelas -- permanent
  • Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula -- winter
  • Altamira Oriole, Icterus gularis -- permanent
  • Yellow-tailed Oriole, Icterus mesomelas mesomelas -- permanent
  • Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius -- winter
  • Bronzed Cowbird, Molothrus aeneus -- permanent
  • Montezuma Oropendola, Psarocolius montezuma -- permanent
  • Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Psarocolius wagleri wagleri -- permanent
  • Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus -- permanent
  • Giant Cowbird, Scaphidura oryzivora impacifica -- permanent
  • Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna -- permanent

Old World Sparrows (Family Passeridae)

  • House Sparrow, Passer domesticus -- permanent