Site Report: Monte Alban
Elegant Euphonia (Chlorophonia elegantissima)
White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis)
Eastern Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus spinosus)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
Elegant Euphonia (Chlorophonia elegantissima) - Female
MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
Giant Cicada (Quesada gigas)
Longtail Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus siniferus)
Mexican Whiptail (Aspidoscelis mexicanus)
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Elegant Euphonia (Chlorophonia elegantissima)
White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis)
Eastern Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus spinosus)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
Elegant Euphonia (Chlorophonia elegantissima) - Female
MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
Giant Cicada (Quesada gigas)
Longtail Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus siniferus)
Mexican Whiptail (Aspidoscelis mexicanus)
Ancient Zapoten ruins
Visits
- 2024-03-26: After missing our connection in Mexico City, we found ourselves on a flight to Oaxaca with the mayor of Mexico City, who is running for presidente. All good, but we arrived in Oaxaca to a crowd of supporters. Anyway, the plan was to visit Monte Alban in the early morning, but instead we arrived at 4 in the afternoon. When we arrived, we found out that they close the gate to the park a hour before closing. We walked around on some paths on the lower part of the road, but the ruins would have to wait until another day.
- 2024-03-28:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (32 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Cicadas
- Giant Cicada (Quesada gigas)
Phylum: Chordates
(31 records)
Class: Birds
(28 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(22 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Elegant Euphonia (Chlorophonia elegantissima)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
- Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis)
- Family: Silky-flycatchers
- Gray Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus)
- Family: Swallows
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Pileated Flycatcher (Xenotriccus mexicanus)
- Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
- Family: Wrens
- Boucard's Wren (Campylorhynchus jocosus)
- Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
- Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(3 records)
- Family: North American Spiny Lizards
- Eastern Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus spinosus)
- Longtail Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus siniferus)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Mexican Whiptail (Aspidoscelis mexicanus)