Adapted from Jim Conrad's online book
A Birding Trip through Mexico

BIRDS BELOW THE TREELINE ON NEVADO DE TOLUCA

October 28, latitude 19º06'N, longitude 99º46'W

MEXICO: Mexico State; Nevado de Toluca Volcano ±16 air-kms south of Toluca; elev. ±3,800 m (±12,500 feet); not far below the treeline

RESIDENCY STATUS:
permanent resident
winter resident
not found in the USA
  1. Sharp-shinned Hawk
  2. Hairy Woodpecker
  3. Common Raven
  4. Mexican Chickadee
  5. Brown Creeper
  6. Pygmy Nuthatch
  7. White-breasted Nuthatch
  8. American Robin
  9. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  10. Olive Warbler
  11. Orange-crowned Warbler
  12. Red Warbler
  13. Yellow-eyed (Mexican) Junco

The above list's Red Warbler deserves a remark. Northern birders know that warblers are simply not red. American warblers are typically combinations of yellow, black and white, but the Red Warbler's entire body is very red, except for white cheek-patches, which only accentuate the red. This bird is red red. The species is even more special because it's endemic only to the pine forests of Mexico's high mountains, not even making it across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec into Chiapas.