Trip Report: Mexico, Nayarit (2008-01-05 - 2008-01-10)

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys) Male

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys) Male

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

I took a last minute flight to Puerto Vallarta where I rented a car and checked out some nearby natural areas.

Sites Visited

Country: Mexico (13 sites)

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (159 records)

Phylum: Chordates (159 records)

Class: Birds (154 records)

Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Order: Boobies (1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (6 records)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
- Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (5 records)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
- Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis)
- Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius)
- White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons)

Order: Pelicans (32 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

Order: Perching Birds (67 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Yellow-winged Cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus)
- Streak-backed Oriole (Icterus pustulatus)
- Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
- Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Black-headed Siskin (Spinus notatus)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Cotingas
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- San Blas Jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Cyanocorax colliei)
- Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
- Family: Silky-flycatchers
- Gray Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus)
- Family: Swallows
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata)
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (Saltator grandis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- Rufous-backed Robin (Turdus rufopalliatus)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Vireos
- Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
- Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus)
- Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
- Family: Wrens
- Spotted Wren (Campylorhynchus gularis)
- Happy Wren (Pheugopedius felix)
- Sinaloa Wren (Thryophilus sinaloa)
- Family: Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (10 records)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Family: Trogons
- Citreoline Trogon (Trogon citreolus)
- Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri)

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

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (5 records)

Class: Mammals (2 records)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Procyonidae
- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

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

Class: Reptiles (3 records)

Order: Alligators and Crocodiles (1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Iguanas
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Ornate Slider (Trachemys ornata)