Site Report: Yagul

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

Boucard's Wren (Campylorhynchus jocosus)

Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)

Mexican Cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius)

Ancient Zapotec ruins

2024-03-27: After a night mingling with thousands of tourists in Central Oaxaca, we left early to visit the ancient site of Yagul. We got there to find another blocked off road, but this time we figured that we could walk around the gate to get higher up, following where a bird guide and his clients had gone. The other group was out of there before the gate opened, and they skipped out on paying the admission fee. This ruin was quite a bit different than Monte Alban as we were the only people visiting the place.

Kingdom: Animals (25 records)

Phylum: Chordates (25 records)

Class: Birds (24 records)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida)

Order: Perching Birds (17 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
- Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis)
- Family: Swallows
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Wrens
- Boucard's Wren (Campylorhynchus jocosus)
- Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)

Order: Vultures (2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Gray-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius)
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Lagomorpha (1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Mexican Cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius)