Trip Report: Mexico, Veracruz (2007-10-10 - 2007-10-19)

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

I took a last minute flight to Veracruz to do some photography of warblers and tropical species.

Sites Visited

Country: Mexico (14 sites)

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (183 records)

Phylum: Chordates (183 records)

Class: Birds (181 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)

Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (6 records)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (13 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (9 records)
- Family: Swifts
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
- Family: Motmots
- Lessen's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)

Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana)
- White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis)
- Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)

Order: Pelicans (32 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Grebes
- Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

Order: Perching Birds (92 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Family: Cotingas
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Olive Warbler
- Olive Warbler (Peucedramus taeniatus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegaticeps)
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla anabatina)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
- Family: Royal Flycatchers and Allies
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
- Family: Silky-flycatchers
- Gray Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus)
- Family: Swallows
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Vireos
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Family: Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Family: Trogons
- Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
- Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus)

Order: Turkey-like birds (2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)

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

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (6 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker (Dryobates fumigatus)
- Family: Toucans
- Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
- Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Red-bellied Squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Snapping Turtles
- Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)