Site Report: Taxco, Mexico

Black-chested Sparrow (Aimophila humeralis)

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)

Bridled Titmouse (Parus wollweberi)

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)

Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)

Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)

Taxco is possibly the most touristy town in Mexico, and it is loud to boot.

Map of Site Report: Taxco, Mexico

2010-02-21: Barbara and I arrived here in the early evening, and after an early morning walk near the golf course, we were on our way.

Kingdom: Animals (25 records)

Phylum: Chordates (25 records)

Class: Birds (25 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Inca Dove (Columbina inca)

Order: Perching Birds (21 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
- Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-chested Sparrow (Peucaea humeralis)
- Collared Towhee (Pipilo ocai)
- Family: Swallows
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax)
- Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
- Family: Vireos
- Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
- Family: Wrens
- Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
- 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 (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

No trip reports available.