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Birds Spotted at

Tarrales Natural Reserve

  1. TINAMIDAE

    1. Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus

  2. ANATIDAE

    1. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

  3. CRACIDAE

    1. White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra

    2. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens

    3. Highland Guan Penelopina nigra

    4. Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus

    5. Great Curassow Crax rubra

  4. ODONTOPHORIDAE

    1. Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys

    2. Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus

    3. Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus

  5. CICONIIDAE

    1. Wood Stork Mycteria americana

  6. FREGATIDAE

    1. Great Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

  7. ARDEIDAE

    1. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

    2. Great Egret Ardea alba

    3. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    4. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

    5. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

    6. Green Heron Butorides virescens

    7. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

    8. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea

    9. Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius

  8. CATHARTIDAE

    1. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

    2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

    3. King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa

  9. PANDIONIDAE

    1. Osprey Pandion haliaetus

  10. ACCIPITRIDAE

    1. Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis

    2. Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus

    3. Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis

    4. Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea

    5. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus

    6. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii

    7. Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus

    8. Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga

    9. Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius

    10. White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis

    11. Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris

    12. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

    13. Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus

    14. Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus

    15. Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni

    16. White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus

    17. Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus

    18. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

    19. Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus

    20. Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus

  11. RALLIDAE

    1. Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber

  12. HELIORNITHIDAE

    1. Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

  13. SCOLOPACIDAE

    1. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

    2. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

  14. LARIDAE

    1. Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan

  15. COLUMBIDAE

    1. Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris

    2. Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata

    3. Inca Dove Columbina inca

    4. Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti

    5. Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura

    6. Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

    7. White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi

    8. White-faced Quail-Dove Zentrygon albifacies

    9. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica

    10. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

  16. CUCULIDAE

    1. Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana

    2. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

    3. Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor

    4. Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus

    5. Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia

    6. Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox

    7. Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

  17. STRIGIDAE

    1. Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata

    2. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

    3. Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma

    4. Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps

    5. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

    6. Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata

    7. Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata

    8. Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens

    9. Stygian Owl Asio stygius

    10. Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi

  18. CAPRIMULGIDAE

    1. Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis

    2. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

    3. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis

    4. Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae

  19. NYCTIBIIDAE

    1. Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

  20. APODIDAE

    1. Black Swift Cypseloides niger

    2. Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila

    3. White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

    4. Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi

    5. White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis

    6. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis

  21. TROCHILIDAE

    1. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora

    2. Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus

    3. Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii

    4. Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae

    5. Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens

    6. Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris

    7. Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens

    8. Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus

    9. Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami

    10. Slender Sheartail Doricha enicura

    11. Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii

    12. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

    13. Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti

    14. Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus

    15. Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii

    16. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei

    17. Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus

    18. Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus

    19. White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida

    20. Azure-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala

    21. Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina

    22. Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura

    23. Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila

    24. Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae

    25. White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis

  22. TROGONIDAE

    1. Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus

    2. Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus

    3. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris

    4. Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno

  23. MOMOTIDAE

    1. Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula

    2. Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis

    3. Lesson's Motmot Momotus momota

    4. Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa

  24. ALCEDINIDAE

    1. Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

    2. Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

    3. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana

  25. RAMPHASTIDAE

    1. Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus

    2. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus

  26. PICIDAE

    1. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus

    2. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons

    3. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

    4. Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus

    5. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus

    6. Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus

    7. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

    8. Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus

    9. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis

  27. FALCONIDAE

    1. Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis

    2. Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus

    3. Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway

    4. Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

    5. American Kestrel Falco sparverius

    6. Merlin Falco columbarius

    7. Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis

    8. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

  28. PSITTACIDAE

    1. Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis

    2. Pacific Parakeet Psittacara strenuus

    3. Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola

    4. Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis

    5. White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons

    6. Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata

  29. THAMNOPHILIDAE

    1. Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus

  30. GRALLARIIDAE

    1. Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis

    2. Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus

    3. Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa

    4. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

    5. Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

    6. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis

    7. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps

    8. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rubiginosus

    9. Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax

  31. TYRANNIDAE

    1. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe

    2. Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata

    3. Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster

    4. Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii

    5. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus

    6. Guatemalan Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus

    7. Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare

    8. Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum

    9. Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

    10. Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens

    11. Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus

    12. Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus

    13. Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus

    14. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi

    15. Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax

    16. Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus

    17. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

    18. Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus

    19. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris

    20. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens

    21. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

    22. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus

    23. Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii

    24. Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis

    25. Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens

    26. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans

    27. Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer

    28. Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens

    29. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus

    30. Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus

    31. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus

    32. Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua

    33. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis

    34. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris

    35. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

    36. Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

    37. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

    38. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus

  32. TITYRIDAE

    1. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata

    2. Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major

    3. Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae

  33. PIPRIDAE

    1. Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis

  34. VIREONIDAE

    1. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus

    2. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons

    3. Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus

    4. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

    5. Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni

    6. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

    7. Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys

    8. Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

    9. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

    10. Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis

    11. Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus

    12. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys

    13. Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus

    14. Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

  35. CORVIDAE

    1. Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo

    2. White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa

    3. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus

    4. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri

  36. HIRUNDINIDAE

    1. Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

    2. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

    3. Black-capped Swallow Notiochelidon pileata

    4. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis

    5. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

    6. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

  37. CERTHIIDAE

    1. Brown Creeper Certhia americana

  38. TROGLODYTIDAE

    1. House Wren Troglodytes aedon

    2. Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus

    3. Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus

    4. Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha

    5. Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus

    6. Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus

    7. Cabinis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus

    8. White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta

    9. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys

  39. POLIOPTILIDAE

    1. Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus

    2. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

  40. TURDIDAE

    1. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

    2. Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis

    3. Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor

    4. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris

    5. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii

    6. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas

    7. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

    8. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

    9. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

    10. Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus

    11. Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus

    12. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi

    13. White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis

    14. Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

  41. MIMIDAE

    1. Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus

    2. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

    3. Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus

  42. BOMBYCILLIDAE

    1. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

  43. PTILIOGONATIDAE

    1. Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus

  44. PEUCEDRAMIDAE

    1. Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus

  45. PARULIDAE

    1. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

    2. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum

    3. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla

    4. Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis

    5. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera

    6. Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera

    7. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

    8. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea

    9. Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa

    10. Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina

    11. Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla

    12. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala

    13. MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei

    14. Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia

    15. Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa

    16. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

    17. Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina

    18. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

    19. Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina

    20. Northern Parula Setophaga americana

    21. Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia

    22. Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca

    23. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia

    24. Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

    25. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

    26. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

    27. Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi

    28. Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis

    29. Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia

    30. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens

    31. Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus

    32. Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons

    33. Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli

    34. Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus

    35. Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis

    36. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla

    37. Pink-headed Warbler Cardellina versicolor

    38. Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus

    39. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus

    40. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

  46. THRAUPIDAE

    1. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus

    2. Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas

    3. Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi

    4. Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus

    5. Incertae Sedis

    6. Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps

    7. Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens

  47. EMBERIZIDAE

    1. Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina

    2. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta

    3. Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila torqueola

    4. Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus

    5. Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula

    6. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Arremon brunneinucha

    7. White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha

    8. Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens

    9. White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis

    10. White-faced Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuata

    11. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

    12. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

    13. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

    14. Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus

    15. Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus

  48. CARDINALIDAE

    1. Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava

    2. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

    3. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

    4. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana

    5. Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata

    6. White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera

    7. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica

    8. Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda

    9. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

    10. Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor

    11. Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina

    12. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea

    13. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

    14. Painted Bunting Passerina ciris

  49. ICTERIDAE

    1. Melodious Blackbird Dives dives

    2. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus

    3. Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus

    4. Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri

    5. Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus

    6. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius

    7. Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater

    8. Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis

    9. Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis

    10. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula

    11. Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus

  50. FRINGILLIDAE

    1. Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis

    2. Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea

    3. Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima

    4. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis

    5. Black-capped Siskin Spinus atriceps

    6. Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus

    7. Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria

    8. Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei

  51. PASSERIDAE

    1. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

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