BIRDS OF PÁTZCUARO-MORELIA REGION,
MICHOACÁN, MEXICO - known sightings 2004 to present
Working checklist for Pátzcuaro birders. Some locations
included. List will be periodically
updated.
Prepared by Tracy Novinger; first post 6 July 2008; last updated
17 February 2009.
Key to Birding Site Locations
http://novinger.com/birdsites.htm
For notes on dates & locations
of recent sightings see
http://patzcuarobirder.blogspot.com/
Reports on birding in Patzcuaro region
http://birdpatzcuaro.blogspot.com/
The following data can be copied
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You will need to
resize the columns in Excel and possibly in Word.
Excel Spreadsheet
| English | Scientific | Spanish | Howell | Location Legend of locations at end of list. | |
| Grebes (Family Podicipedidae) | 2004 | ||||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Zambullidor Picogrueso | 95 | AB | |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Achichilique Piquiamarillo | 97 | ||
| Pelicans (Family Pelicanidae) | |||||
| American White Pelican | Pelicanus erythrorhynchos | Pelícano Blanco Americano | 126 | ||
| Herons, Bitterns (Family Ardeidae) | |||||
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Avetoro Americano | 136 | ||
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Avetorito Americano | 136 | ||
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Garzón Cenizo | 138 | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Garza Grande | 139 | AB | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Garza Nivea | 139 | FT, AB | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Garza Azul | 140 | AB | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Garza Tricolor | 140 | ||
| Cattle Egret | Bulbucus ibis | Garza Grande | 141 | ||
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Garza Verde | 142 | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nyticorax nycticorax | Garza-nocturna Coroninegra | 143 | ||
| Ibises, Spoonbills (Family Threskiornithidae) | |||||
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Ibis Blanco | 146 | ||
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | Ibis Cariblanco | 147 | AB | |
| Swans, Geese, and Ducks (Family Anatidae) | |||||
| Dabbling Ducks | |||||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Cerceta Aliverde | 159 | ||
| Mexican Duck [Mallard] | Anas (platyrhynchos?) diazi | Pato Mexicano | 160 | AB | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Pato Golondrino Norteno | 161 | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | Cerceta Aliazul | 162 | AB | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | Cereta Castaña | 162 | ||
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | Pato Cucharón Norteño | 163 | ||
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | Pato Pinto | 163 | ||
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | Pato Chalcuán | 164 | ||
| Pochards (Diving Ducks) | |||||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Pato Piquianillado | 166 | ||
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Pato-boludo Menor | 167 | ||
| Stiff-tailed Ducks (Diving Ducks) | |||||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Pato Tepalcate | 172/18 | ||
| New World Vultures (Family cathartidae) | |||||
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Zopilote Negro | 174/7 | CH, RC | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Aura Cabecirroja | 174/7 | AB, CH, RC | |
| Kites, Hawks, Eagles and Allies (Family Accipitridae) | |||||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Gavilán Pescador | 177 | ||
| White-tailed [Black Shouldered] Kite | Elanus leucurus majusculus | Milano Coliblanco | 181 | ||
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus hudsonius | Gavilán Rastrero | 185 | ||
| Accipiters | |||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Gavilán Pajarero | 186/13 | FT | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | Gavilán de Cooper | 188 | ||
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | Aguililla de Harris | 195 | ||
| Buteos | |||||
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | Aguililla Caminera | 197 | ||
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus | Aguililla Colicorta | 199/9 | ||
| White-tailed Hawk | Buteo albicaudatus | Aguililla Colblanca | 201/9 | ||
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | Aguililla Aura | 202/8 | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Aguililla Colirroja | 203 | ||
| Caracaras, Falcons (Family Falconidae) | |||||
| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Caracara Común | 213/7 | ||
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Cernícalo Americano | 215/13 | ||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Esmerejón | 216/13 | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Halcón Peregrino | 218/13 | ||
| Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows ( Family Cracidae) | |||||
| West Mexican Chachalaca | Ortalis poliocephala | Chachalaca mexicana | 221/14 | AF | |
| New World Quails (Family Odontophoridae) | |||||
| Long-tailed Wood Partridge (E) | Dendrortyx macroura | Gallina-de-monte Coluda | 226/15 | ||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Family Rallidae) | |||||
| King Rail | Rallus longirostris or elegans | Rascón Real | |||
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | Rascón de Virginia | |||
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Polluela Sora | |||
| Common Moorhen | Gallinuila cholorpus cachinnans | Gallineta Común | AB | ||
| American Coot | Fulica a. americana | Gallareta Americana | |||
| Lapwings, Plovers (Family Charadriidae) | |||||
| Killdeer | Charadrius v. vociferus | Chorlito Tildío | OA | ||
| Jacanas (Family Jacanidae) | |||||
| Northern Jacana (Mesoamericana) | Jacana spinosa | Jacana Mesoamericana | AB | ||
| Stilts, Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae) | |||||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Candelero Americano | |||
| Sandpipers, Phalaropes ( Family Scolopacidae) | |||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa falvipes | Patamarilla Menor | 265 | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | Playero Alzacolita | 267 | ||
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Playerito Mínimo | 275 | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Costurero Piquilargo | 281 | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Agachona de Wilson | |||
| Gulls, Terns and Skimmers (Family Laridae) | |||||
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Gaviota Piquianillada | |||
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | Golondrina-marina de F. | |||
| Pigeons and Doves (Family Columbidae) | |||||
| Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) | Columba livia | Paloma Doméstica | |||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Paloma Huilota | AB | ||
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | Tórtola Colilarga | AB, RC | ||
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina | Tórtola Común | |||
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Paloma Arroyera | |||
| Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis ( Family Cuculidae) | |||||
| Lesser Roadrunner | Geococcyx velox | Correcaminos Menor | CD, RC | ||
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | RC | |||
| Owls (Families Tytonidae and Strigidae) | |||||
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Búho cornudo | 359/26 | ||
| Mountain [Northern] Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium gnoma | Tecolotito Serrano | 360/25 | ||
| Elf Owl | Micrathene whitneyi | Tecolotito Enano | 363 | FT | |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia sartorii | Búho Barrado | 366 | ||
| Nighthawks and Nightjars (Family Caprimulgidae) | |||||
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Chotacabras Menor | |||
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | Tapacaminos Picuyo | |||
| Swifts (Family Apodidae) | |||||
| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Vencejo Negro | |||
| White-naped Swift | Streptoprocne semicollaris | Vencejo Nuquiblanco | 387/28 | RC | |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | Vencejo Gorjiblanco | |||
| Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae) | |||||
| Green Violet-ear Hummingbird | Colibri t. thalassinus | Orejavioleta Verde | 398/31 | CD | |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Colibri latirostris | Colibri Piquiancho | AB,CD | ||
| White-eared Hummingbird | Basilinna leucotis | Colibri Orejiblanco | 407/31 | CD | |
| Berylline Hummingbird | Amazilia beryllina | Colibri de Berilo | 410/30 | CD | |
| Violet-crowned Hummingbird | Amaziia violiceps | Colibri Corona-violeta | 413/31 | CD, RC | |
| Blue-throated Hummingbird | Lampornis amethystinus | C-serrano Gorjiamatisto | CD | ||
| Magnificent (Rivoli's) Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | Colibri Magnífico | CD | ||
| Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | Picolargo Coronioscuro | |||
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | Colibri Barbinegro | |||
| Calliope Hummingbird | Archilochus calliope | Colibri de Caliope | |||
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | Zumbador Coliancho | |||
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Zumbador Rufo | |||
| Allen's Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | Zumbador de Allen | |||
| Trogons (Family Trogonidae) | |||||
| Mountain Trogon | Trogon mexicanus | Trogón Mexicano | 433/33 | FT-Heard unidentified Trogon | |
| Elegant Trogon | RM | ||||
| Motmots (Family Momotidae) | |||||
| Russet-crowned Motmot (E) | Momotus mexicanue | Momoto Coronicafé | 438/34 | AF | |
| Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae) | |||||
| Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon | Martín-pescador Norteño | |||
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | Martín-pescador Verde | |||
| Piculets and Woodpeckers (Family Picidae) | |||||
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | Carpintero Arlequin | 450/36 | FT, CH | |
| Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (E) | Centurus chrysogoenys | Carpintero Catheticdorado | 451/35 | AF | |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Centurus aurifrons | Carpintero Frentidorado | Lj, OA | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Chupasavia Vientre-amarillo | |||
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picoides scalaris | Carpintero Listado | |||
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | Carpintero-velloso Mayor | |||
| Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Carpintero Collarejo | |||
| Woodcreepers (Family Dendrocolaptidae) | |||||
| White-striped Woodcreeper (E) | Lepidocolaptes leucogaster | Trepatroncos Blanquirrayado | |||
| Tyrant-Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae) | |||||
| Pileated Flycatcher | Xenotriccus mexicanus | Mosquero del Balsas | |||
| Tufted Flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus | Mosquero Penachudo | 501/40 | RM | |
| Greater Pewee | Contopus pertinax | Pibí Mayor | FT | ||
| White-throated Flycatcher | Empidonax albiregularis | Mosquero gorjiblanco | |||
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | Mosquero de Hammond | |||
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | Mosquero Oscuro | |||
| Grey Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | Mosquero Gris | |||
| Pine Flycatcher (E) | Empidonax affinis | Mosquero Pinero | FT, RM | ||
| Cordilleran (Western) Flycatcher | Empid.(difficilis?) occidentalis | Mosquero Barranqueño | 501/40 | Lj | |
| Buff-breasted Flycatcher | Empidonax fulvifrons | Mosquero Pechicanelo | |||
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | Mosquero Negro | AB, RC, OA | ||
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | Mosquero Llanero | |||
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Mosquero Cardenal | FT, AB, Lj, RC | ||
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | Copetón Triste | |||
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrrannulus | Copetón Tirano | Lj | ||
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Luis Grande | RC | ||
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | Luis Gregario | OA, AB | ||
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Tirano Tropical | |||
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Tirano de Cassin | 515/42 | FT, RC, AE | |
| Cotingas (Family Cotingidae) | |||||
| Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | Cabezón Degollado | 521/43 | RC | |
| Larks (Family Alaudidae) | |||||
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Alondra Cornuda | 528 | ||
| Swallows (Family Hirundinidae) | |||||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster | Golondrina Ranchera | FT, Lj, RC | ||
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundo fulva | Golonddrina Pueblera | 535/44 | AB | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopterix serripennis | Gol.-aliserrada Norteña | FT, AB | ||
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Golondrina Arbolera | 531 | ||
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Golondrina Cariblanca | FT | ||
| Jays and Crows (Family Corvidae) | |||||
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | Chara de Steller | |||
| Grey-breasted (Mexican) Jay | Aphelocoma ultramarina | Chara Pechigris | |||
| Northern (Common) Raven | Corvus corax | Cuervo Grande | FT | ||
| Chickadees and Titmice (Family Paridae) | |||||
| Mexican Chickadee | Parus sclateri | Paro Mexicano | 548/47 | FT | |
| Verdins (Family Remizidae) | |||||
| Verdin | Auriparus flaviceps | Baloncillo | 551/47 | ||
| Nuthatches ( Family Sittidae) | |||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sita carolinensis | Saltapalos Pechiblanco | 553/36 | CH | |
| Bushtits (Family Aegithalidae) | |||||
| (Black-eared) Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus | Sastrecillo | 552 | FT, Lj | |
| Treecreepers (Family Certhiidae) | |||||
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | Trepador Americano | FT, Lj | ||
| Wrens (Family Troglodytidae) | |||||
| Gray-barred Wren (E) | Campilorhyncus megalopterus | Matraca-barrada Serrana | 557/48 | ||
| Spotted Wren (E) | Campilorhyncus gularis | Matraca Manchada | CH | ||
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus | Saltapared Barranquero | Lj, CH, RC, AF | ||
| Happy Wren (E) | Thryothorus felix | Saltapared Feliz | |||
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | Saltapared de Bewick | FT, Lj | ||
| Northern House (House) Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Saltap.-continental Norteño | |||
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | Saltapared Sabanero | |||
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | Saltapared Pantanero | |||
| Old World Warblers, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers (Family Sylviidae) | |||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | Reyezuelo Corona-dorada | 576 | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | Reyezuelo Sencillo | |||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Perlita Grisilla | |||
| Thrushes and Allies (Family Turdidae) | |||||
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | Azulejo Gorjicanelo | 581/50 | FT,AE, Lj, RC | |
| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana | Azulejo Gorjiazul | |||
| Brown-backed Solitaire | Myadestes occidentalis | Clarín Jilguero | Lj | ||
| Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris | Zorzalito Piquinaranja | 584 | Lj | |
| Russet Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus occidentalis | Zorzalito Piquipardo | 585/50 | ||
| Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus frantzii | Zorzalito de Frantzius | |||
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ursulatus | Zorzalito de Swainson | 587 | ||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatis | Zorzalito Colirrufo | 588 | ||
| Mountain Thrush/Robin | Turdus plebejus | Zorzal Serrano | 589/51 | ||
| White-throated Thrush/Robin | Turdus assimilis | Zorzal Gorjiblanco | AF | ||
| Grayson's [Rufous-backed] Thrush | Turdus (rufopalliatus?) graysoni | Zorzal de Grayson | FT, Lj, AF | ||
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Zorzal Petirrojo | Lj, AF | ||
| Aztec Thrush | Zoothera pinicola | Zorzal Azteca | |||
| Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies (Family Mimidae) | |||||
| Blue Mockingbird | Melanotis caerulescens | Mulato Azul | 597/52 | FT, Lj, AF | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos leucopterus | Cenzontle Norteño | |||
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | Cuitlacoche Piquicurvo | 602/52 | AB | |
| Wagtails and Pipits (Family Motacillidae) | |||||
| American [Water] Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Bisbita Americana | 606/39 | ||
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthu spragueii | Bisbita de Sprague | 607 | ||
| Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae) | |||||
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Ampelis Americano | |||
| Silkies (Family Ptilogonatidae) | |||||
| Gray Silky (Silky-Flycatcher) | Ptilogonys cinereus | Capulinero Gris | Lj | ||
| Shrikes (Family Laniidae) | |||||
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Lanio Americano | |||
| Starlings ( Family Sturnidae) | |||||
| European Starling | Sturnus v. vulgaris | Estornino Europeo | |||
| Vireos (Family Vireonidae) | |||||
| Golden Vireo | Vireo hypochryseus | Vireo Dorado | 620 | Lj | |
| Cassin's [Solitary] Vireo | Vireo (solitarius?) cassini | Vireo de Cassin | |||
| Hutton's Vireo | Vireo huttoni | Vireo de Hutton | |||
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Vireo Gorjeador | |||
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Vireo Ojorrojo | |||
| Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius melitophrys | Vireón Pechicastaño | |||
| Wood-Warblers (Family Parulinae) | |||||
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina | Chipe Peregrino | 628 | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata | Chipe Corona-naranja | 629 | ||
| Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla | Chipe de Nashville | 630 | ||
| Virginia's Warbler | Vermivora virginiae | Chipe de Virginia | 630 | ||
| Crescent-chested Warbler+B149 | Vermivora superciliosa | Chipe Cejiblanco | |||