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BIRDS IDENTIFIED BY
Jim Conrad
during a brief visit to the cloudforest area of Pantepec, Chiapas, southern Mexico, last week in February, 2005

Order Falconiformes

Hawks, Eagles & Kites (Family Accipitridae)

• Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus -- winter visitor
• Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis -- permanent resident

Order Ciconiiformes

Herons & Bitterns (Family Ardeidae)

• Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis -- permanent resident

New World Vultures (Family Cathartidae)

• Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura -- permanent resident
• Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus -- permanent resident

Order Apodiformes

Swifts (Family Apodidae)

• Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi -- permanent resident

Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris -- winter visitor
• Magnificent Hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens -- permanent resident
• White-eared Hummingbird, Hylocharis leucotis -- permanent resident

Order Trogoniformes

Trogons (Family Trogonidae)

• Mountain Trogon, Trogon mexicanus -- permanent resident

Order Columbiformes

Doves & Pigeons (Family Columbidae)

• Inca Dove, Scardafella inca -- permanent resident
• White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica -- permanent resident

Order Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, Anis & Roadrunners (Family Cuculidae)

• Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana -- permanent resident

Order Psittaciformes

Parrots & Parakeets (Family Psittacidae)

• White-fronted Parrot, Amazona albifrons -- permanent resident

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

• Flicker, Colaptes auratus -- permanent resident
• Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus -- permanent resident
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius -- wiinter resident

Order Passeriformes

Woodcreepers (Family Dendrocolaptidae)

• Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus -- permanent resident
• Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus -- permanent resident

Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)

• Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus -- permanent resident
• Social Flycatacher, Myiozetetes similis -- permanent resident

Jays & Crows (Family Corvidae)

• Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas -- permanent resident
• Black-throated Jay, Cyanolyca pumilo -- permanent resident

Swallows (Family Hirundinidae)

• Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor -- permanent resident

Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)

• Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus -- permanent resident
• House Wren (Tropical), Troglodytes musculus -- permanent resident

Gnatcatachers (Family Sylviidae)

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea -- winter visitor

Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds (Family Turdidae)

• Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes obscurus -- permanent resident
• Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis -- permanent resident
• Rufous-collared Robin, Turdus rufitorques -- permanent resident

Mockingbirds & Thrashers (Family Mimidae)

• Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus -- permanent resident

Silky-flycatchers (Family Ptilogonatidae)

• Gray Silky-flycatcher, Ptilogonys cinereus -- permanent resident

Peppershrikes (Family Cyclarhidae)

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis -- permanent resident

Vireos (Family Vireonidae)

• Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius -- winter visitor

Wood Warblers (Family Parulidae)

• Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi -- winter visitor
• Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens -- winter visitor
• Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Geothlypis poliocephala -- permanent resident
• Slate-throated Restart, Myioborus miniatus -- permanent resident
• Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus -- winter visitor
• Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla -- winter visitor
• Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla -- winter visitor

Emberizids (Family Emberizidae)

• Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivacea -- permanent resident

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, etc. (Family Cardinalidae)

• Hooded Grosbeak, Hesperiphona abeillei -- permanent resident
• Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra -- permanent resident
• Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyana -- winter visitor
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus -- winter visitor
• Dark-backed (Lesser) Goldfinch, Spinus psaltria -- permanent resident
• White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola -- permanent resident
• Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis -- permanent resident

Blackbirds & Orioles (Family Icteridae)

• Montezuma Oropendola, Gymnostinops montezuma -- permanent resident
• Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus -- permanent resident