Site Report: Lerma Marshes

Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)

Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)

Lerma Marsh is one of the areas featured in Howell's A Bird Finding Guide To Mexico as a good place to see black-polled yellowthroats. A new addition to the area is an ecological park near the town of Almoloya del Rio.

Visits

No visit reports available.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (18 records)

Phylum: Chordates (18 records)

Class: Birds (18 records)

Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Family: Herons
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Order: Perching Birds (7 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Black-polled Yellowthroat (Geothlypis speciosa)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Lifelists

Trips

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