Trip Report: Mexico, Veracruz (2007-10-10 - 2007-10-19)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis) Female
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) dubius ssp.
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) 1st Winter
Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) Female
Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Red-faced Warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) Nonbreeding
Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes brunneinucha)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) Female Mexico
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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis) Female
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) dubius ssp.
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) 1st Winter
Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) Female
Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Red-faced Warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) Nonbreeding
Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes brunneinucha)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) Female Mexico
I took a last minute flight to Veracruz to do some photography of warblers and tropical species.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (183 records,
91 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(183 records,
91 images)
Class: Birds
(181 records,
89 images)
- 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)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (6 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(13 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
- Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
- White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
- Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(9 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
- Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa)
- Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Pampa curvipennis)
- White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida)
- Family: Swifts
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Family: Motmots
- Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(32 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Grebes
- Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
- Family: Herons
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Order: Perching Birds
(92 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
- Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
- 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)
- Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
- Crescent-chested Warbler (Oreothlypis superciliosa)
- Golden-browed Warbler (Basileuterus belli)
- Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala)
- Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
- MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Red-faced Warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons)
- Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- 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
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegaticeps)
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla anabatina)
- Family: Royal Flycatchers and Allies
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
- Family: Silky-flycatchers
- Gray Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio aurantius)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Morelet's Seedeater (Sporophila morelleti)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
- Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
- Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Family: Vireos
- Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Family: Wrens
- Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Spot-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius maculipectus)
- Veracruz Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha)
- White-bellied Wren (Uropsila leucogastra)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Family: Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (6 records)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Red-bellied Squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Snapping Turtles
- Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)