Barra de Potosi and the surrounding area offer wonderful opportunities for birders with a large variety of hard-to-find species. Your life list is almost guaranteed to get longer. Even if you are just casually interested in what you see flying around, you probably will want to get a copy of A Guide to the Common Birds of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Barra de Potosi and Troncones. Copies are available at Enramda Teresita and Chiminiki’s store (on the right at the entrance to the village Barra de Potosi).
The best way to track down the feathered beauties is with a local guide. The easiest birding adventure is a boat tour either off shore or in the lagoon. Check the Boat Tour page for a list of boat guides and their contact information. The Laguna Potosi alone hosts over 100 bird species including the prized roseate spoonbill. An early morning kayak paddle into the mangroves is simply magical. A boat ride to Los Moros will yield boobies, pelicans, frigate birds and red-billed tropic birds. If you want to explore the the inland sites, a great starting point is El Refugio de Potosi described below. Further options are outlined in the book excerpt below.
In addition, every December 14th, a contingent of serious birders from the US and various parts of Mexico come here to participate in the Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. There is more info on this site under Various Stuff/Annual Events. If you are interested in participating, contact Laurel Patrick at laurel@elrefugiodepotosi.org.
Excerpt from Birding Guide
For an overview of the birding opportunities, this is an excerpt from a guide to birding in Guerrero–
Birding Guerrero, Mexico: The Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Area
and the Sierra Madre del Sur
By Nick Lethaby and Brad Waggoner
Last updated Dec 2017
Barra de Potosi
Account by Nick Lethaby, just five visits to this site
Highlights: Herons, Red-billed Tropicbird, shorebirds incl. Collared Plover, Lesser
Ground-Cuckoo, kingfishers, hummingbirds
Missing: Most thorn forest species
A good and relatively close area for wetland species, seabirds, and hummingbirds is
Barra de Potosi, about 20 KM SE of Ixtapa. To get here, take the main highway (Route
200) south out of Zihuatanejo and turn right in the village of Los Achotes.
There are five main areas to consider birding here. There are hotels here and a great selection of seafood
restaurants, as well as a beautiful long beach. This is nice location for those who prefer to experience a more authentic Mexican vacation. The village of Barra de Potosi lies at the end of the road.
There is an annual Christmas Bird Count held here around Dec 14 each year, which offers a good way to meet other birders and learn what is around.
#1 ‘Gallinule Pond’ at Los Llanitos. As you drive from Los Achotes to Barra de Potosi, you will see a shallow pond on yourright about 2 KM from the turnoff from Route 200. This typically holds water until
around early spring and is a good location to stop. Northern Jacana and Common Gallinule are here and there is usually a Purple Gallinule as well. Other birds include Sora, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, and White-faced Ibis.
#2 El Refugio de Potosi, founded by Laurel Patrick to increase awareness of the environment and local wildlife. El Refugio has exhibits featuring some of local wildlife species, including rehabilitated and injured individuals. El Refugio has fruit, seed, and hummingbird feeders as well as an artificial pond and stream that attract many of the local species. For details, visit the website at www.elrefugiodepotosi.org.
Currently El Refugio is closed to the public, but you can contact Laurel Patrick by email: laurel@elrefugiodepotosi.org for access by reservation. Laurel can also arrange access to Carrizo Lagoon.
The hummingbird feeders at El Refugio offer a good opportunity to see a number of the local
hummingbird species, although numbers can be very low in early winter (Nov-Dec) and occasionally throughout the winter:
Plain-capped Starthroat: This species is common from early April to late October or early November. Up to 50 can occur at the feeders at once. They are completely absent from November through March period both at the feeders and the rest of the Ixtapa area.
Cinnamon Hummers: Common year round at feeders.
Doubleday’s and Broad-billed Hummingbirds: Common year round but females are absent from approximately mid-June until about October. I believe I had males of both forms during an early April visit, as one bird was noticeably bluer (including forehead, crown, and underparts) but failed to verify whether it was also one of the birds that had white undertail coverts as at least two other males had. If both occur, the exact temporal distribution is currently unknown and should be studied by anyone visiting.
Green-breasted Mangos: Very uncommon but regular through from mid-August to mid-October, sometimes later. No more than 1-2 birds at the feeders at a time. Both males and females are seen though the males arrive first. Occasionally seen in about mid to late
April.
Green-fronted Hummingbird: Very uncommon but regular throughout the year with up to 3 at a time. This species is somewhat more regular during the dry months from November through April.
Golden-crowned Emerald: Very uncommon but regular throughout the year with up to 3 at a time. This species is somewhat more regular in the wet season.
Black-chinned and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds: Abundant from December through to the end of March. In my early April visit, the only males I saw were Ruby-throated so this species may linger later.
Other species regularly attracted to the fruit and seed feeders or to bathe and drink include West Mexican Chachalacas (very confiding here), Golden-Cheeked, Pale-Billed, and Lineated Woodpeckers, White Throated Magpie-Jay, Rufous-naped Wren, buntings, Yellow Grosbeak, and Yellow-winged Cacique. Lesser Ground-cuckoos are typically secretive but seen regularly either on the ground or in the lower bushes on the paths
(especially by the Heloderma) and around the little house.
The pond and stream are especially attractive to bathing and drinking birds towards the end of day bath when the recirculation pump has been turned off and there are little pools. Belted, Ringed, Green, and, very rarely, Amazon Kingfishers show up most days
around the pond or sometimes on the wires.
#3 Carrizo Lagoon
Immediately by the entrance to El Refugio de Potosi, a large freshwater lagoon known as Carrizo Lagoon is visible from the road (and also from the observation tower at El Refugio). This often holds large numbers of herons (including Boat-billed), Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, White and White-faced Ibises, Anhinga, American White Pelican, ducks, shorebirds, and terns, depending on the water levels (highest in November and
then dropping lower into the spring, when good for shorebirds). This lagoon proved a good spot for kingfishers (Ringed, Green, and Amazon) and shorebirds, including a Collared Plover and several Northern Jacanas, on an early April visit. To get good looks at the birds, you need to walk down through the fields to access the lakeside. I did this and had no problems. Alternately, you can gain access to Carrizo Lagoon via El Refugio de Potosi, where a few kayaks and a canoe are available. To do so, contact Laurel Patrick laurel@elrefugiodepotosi.org
#4 Laguna de Potosi. This is a large shallow seasonally (Oct-Mar) intertidal lagoon that holds waders,
shorebirds, gulls, terns, and kingfishers. I have done hour long kayak trips twice and found them limited in effect due to the size of the lagoon and running aground in the shallows. However, you can see Ringed and Green Kingfishers and various waders (Bare-throated Tiger-Heron has apparently been seen occasionally) this way. It might be better to try a boat up the lagoon although that will be limited by the shallow water as to how close it can get to the birds. If you are capable of enduring a long kayak session under the sun, you might enjoy more success. It is possible to drive or walk into the channels and mangroves areas on the N. side of the
lagoon (called Las Salinas) but I would not recommend this without a local guide and it is not possible to see very large concentrations of birds.
#5 Rocas de Potosi
These offshore rocks are also known simply as “Los Morros”. They are not visible directly from the village due to the headland but you can take a boat out to look around them. In 2017, the boat trip cost MX$1500. The boatman’s first name is Arturo and can be contacted by going to the restaurant called the Enramada Leticia in Potosi. The rocks have a huge (thousands) Brown Booby colony along with smaller numbers (many dozens) of Red-billed Tropic birds, Bridled Terns, and Brown Noddies. The terns are generally not present until into April. At least in winter, careful checking of the boobies should reveal a few Masked and Blue-footed Boobies. I saw both of these on my December trip, along with many displaying tropic birds.
Bird Count Results
This is a spreadsheet of the species sighted during the most recent annual December Audubon Bird Count. (164 different species in one day is a lot of birds).
Aves de la región de Playa Blanca | ||||||||||
Grupo | Especie / Species | Nombre Español | English Common Name | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
Patos Ducks | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Pijije alablanca | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 96 | 35 | 913 | 110 | 23 | 15 | 1 |
Anas discors | Cerceta alazul | Blue-winged Teal | 51 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | ||
Anas crecca | Cerceta alaverde | Green-winged Teal | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Anas clypeata | Pato cucharón norteño | Northern Shoveler | 4 | 2 | 21 | |||||
Aythya affinis | Lesser Scaup | 16 | ||||||||
Oxyura j. jamaicensis | Pato Tepalcate | Ruddy Duck | cw | 6 | 30 | |||||
Chachalacas | Ortalis poliocephala* | Chachalaca pálida* | West Mexican Chachalaca* | 18 | 34 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 3 |
Colimbos / Loons | Gavia immer | Colimbo mayor | Common Loon | 1 | ||||||
Zambullidores / Grebes | Tachybaptus dominicus° | Zambullidor menor° | Least Grebe° | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Rabijuncos / Tropicbirds | Phaethon aethereus° | Rabijunco pico-rojo° | Red-billed Tropicbird° | 200 | 84 | 280 | 35 | 235 | 12 | 1 |
Cigüeñas / Wood Stork | Mycteria americana° | Cigüeña americana° | Wood Stork° | 104 | 53 | 162 | 17 | 100 | 31 | 11 |
Fregata / Frigate Birds | Fregata magnificens | Fragata magnífica | Magnificent Frigatebird | 71 | 238 | 53 | 95 | 160 | 31 | 12 |
Bobos / Boobies | Sula dactylatra | Bobo enmascarado | Masked Booby | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Sula granti | Nazca Booby | 1 | ||||||||
Sula leucogaster | Bobo café | Brown Booby | 1251 | 8758 | 848 | 1122 | 2528 | 5031 | 36 | |
Sula sula | Bobo pata roja | Red-footed Booby | 2 | cw | ||||||
Sula nebouxii ° | Bobo pata azul° | Blue-footed Booby ° | 6 | cw | ||||||
Cormoranes / Cormorants | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Cormorán oliváceo | Neotropic Cormorant | 1537 | 613 | 1235 | 1943 | 178 | 465 | 85 |
Anhinga/Darters | Anhinga anhinga | Anhinga americana | Anhinga | 160 | 31 | 22 | 42 | 14 | 23 | 9 |
Pelicanos / Pelicas | Pelecanus occidentalis | Pelícano pardo | Brown Pelican | 146 | 319 | 425 | 201 | 250 | 211 | 69 |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Pelícano blanco | American-white Pelican | 180 | 522 | 303 | 32 | 35 | 17 | 30 | |
Garzas / Herons | Ardea herodias° | Garza morena° | Great Blue Heron° | 59 | 35 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 10 |
Ardea alba | Garza blanca | Great Egret | 504 | 296 | 155 | 127 | 68 | 154 | 44 | |
Egretta thula | Garceta pie-dorado | Snowy Egret | 206 | 256 | 575 | 97 | 42 | 81 | 15 | |
Egretta caerulea | Garceta azul | Little Blue Heron | 34 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 7 | |
Egretta rufescens° | Garceta rujiza° | Reddish Egret° | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Egretta tricolor | Garceta tricolor | Tricolored Heron | 38 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 8 | |
Bubulcus ibis | Garza ganadera | Cattle Egret | 91 | 24 | 27 | 293 | 6 | 18 | 2 | |
Butorides virescens | Garceta verde | Green Heron | 48 | 23 | 86 | 58 | 29 | 25 | 8 | |
Nycticorax nycticorax | Pedrete corona-negra | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 71 | 35 | 27 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 3 | |
Nyctanassa violacea | Pedrete corona-clara | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 27 | 6 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | |
Tigrisoma mexicanum | Garza-tigre Gorjinuda | Bare Throated Tiger Heron | 1 | |||||||
Cochlearius cochlearius | Garza cucharón | Boat-billed Heron | 8 | 1 | ||||||
Ibis y Espatulas Ibis & Spoonbills | Eudocimus albus | Ibis blanco | White Ibis | 159 | 45 | 82 | 60 | 51 | 45 | 23 |
Plegadis chihi | Ibis cara-blanca | White-faced Ibis | 20 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |
Platalea ajaja | Espátula rosada | Roseate Spoonbill | 217 | 87 | 62 | 20 | 42 | 26 | 14 | |
Zopilotes / Vultures | Coragyps atratus | Zopilote común | Black Vulture | 206 | 391 | 169 | 129 | 117 | 160 | 118 |
Cathartes aura | Zopilote aura | Turkey Vulture | 83 | 183 | 70 | 47 | 87 | 264 | 167 | |
Aguilillas y Gavilanes Osprey, Kites & Hawks | Pandion haliaetus | Gavilán pescador | Osprey | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Chondrohierax uncinatus | Milano piquiganchudo | Hooked Billed Kite | cw | 1 | 1 | |||||
Circus cyaneus | Gavilán rastrero | Northern Harrier | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Accipter striatus | Gavilán pechiblanco | Sharp Skinned Hawk | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Buteogallus anthracinus ° | Aguililla negra menor° | Common Black Hawk° | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Buteo magnirostris | Aguililla caminera | Roadside Hawk | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |
Parabuteo unicinctus | Harris’s Hawk | 1 | ||||||||
Buteo nitidus | Aguililla gris | Gray Hawk | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Buteo brachyurus | Aguililla cola-corta | Short-tailed Hawk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Buteo swainsoni° | Aguililla de swainson° | Swainson´s Hawk° | cw | 1 | 1 | |||||
Buteo jamaicensis | Aguilla colirroja | Red Tailed Hawk | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Buteo platypterus° | Aguililla ala ancha° | Broad-winged Hawk° | cw | 1 | ||||||
Buteo albonotatus° | Aguililla aura° | Zone-tailed Hawk° | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Accipter cooperi | Gavilan de Cooper | Coopers Hawk | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Caracara plancus | Caracara quebrantahuesos | Crested Caracara | 3 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
Halcones Falcons & Caracara | Falco sparverius | Cernícalo americano | American Kestrel | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Falco peregrinus° | Halcón peregrino ° | Peregrine Falcon° | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Falco columbarius | Esmerejon | Merlin | 1 | |||||||
Falco rufigularis | Halcon Murcielaguero | Bat Falcon | 10 | |||||||
Micrastur semitorquatus° | Halcon selvatico Collarejo° | Collared Forest Falcon° | 1 | |||||||
Turkeys & Quail | Colinus virginianus | Codorniz-cotui Norteña | Northern Bobwhite | 8 | ||||||
Philortyx fasciatus | Codorniz Barrada | Banded Quail | cw | 6 | ||||||
Gallinules y Rascones Gallinules Coots & Rails | Porphyrio martinica | Gallineta morada | Purple Gallinule | 1 | 2 | cw | 6 | 5 | ||
Gallinula galeata | Gallineta común | Common Gallinule | 4 | cw | 2 | 3 | ||||
Amaurolimnas concolor | Polluela café | Sora | 5 | |||||||
Fulica americana | Gallareta americana | American Coot | 19 | 9 | 24 | 67 | 5 | 5 | 101 | |
Chorlos / Plovers | Charadrius alexandrinus | Chorlo nevado | Snowy Plover | 1 | 1 | |||||
Charadrius wilsonia | Chorlo pico grueso | Wilson´s Plover | 4 | |||||||
Charadrius vociferus | Chorlo tildío | Killdeer | 2 | cw | 4 | |||||
Charadrius semipalmatus | Semipalmated Plover | 64 | ||||||||
Pluvialis squatarola | Chorio Gris | Black Bellied Plover | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Avocetas / Stilts & Avocets | Himantopus mexicanus | Candelero americano | Black-necked Stilt | 80 | 58 | 13 | 35 | 25 | 33 | 43 |
Recurvirostra americana | Avoceta americana | American Avocet | 14 | 250 | 5 | 24 | ||||
Jacanas | Jacana spinosa | Jacana norteña | Northern Jacana | 19 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Playeros / Sandpipers & Allies | Tringa semipalmatus | Playero pihuiui | Willet | 13 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 3 |
Tringa flavipes | Patamarilla menor | Lesser Yellowlegs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
Tringa melanoleuca | Patamarilla mayor | Greater Yellowlegs | 2 | cw | ||||||
Numenius phaeopus | Zarapito trinador | Whimbrel | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 44 | |||
Numenius americanus | Zarapito pico largo | Long-billed Curlew | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Actitis macularia | Playero alzacolita | Spotted Sandpiper | 45 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
Calidris alba | Sanderling | 15 | 16 | |||||||
Calidris minutilla | Playero chichicuilote | Least Sandpiper | 17 | cw | 9 | 8 | 1 | 46 | ||
Limnodromus griseus | Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 | ||||||||
Tringa solitaria | Playero solitario | Solitary Sandpiper | cw | 4 | ||||||
Limosa fedoa | Picopando canelo | Marbled Godwit | 5 | 15 | 11 | 13 | ||||
Phalaropus lobatus | Falarapo cuellirrojo | Red Necked Phalarope | 1 | |||||||
Limnodromus scolopaceus | Costurero pico largo | Long-billed Dowitcher | 2 | |||||||
Gaviotas / Gulls | Leucophaeus atricilla | Gaviota reidora | Laughing Gull | 23 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
Leucophaeus pipixcan | Gaviota de Franklin | Franklin´s Gull | 19 | 20 | 38 | 5 | ||||
Charranes y Esternas Terns & Skimmers | Hydroprogne caspia | Charrán caspia | Caspian Tern | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
Sterna forsteri | Charrán de forster | Forster´s Tern | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Sterna antillarum | Charrán minimo | Least Tern | 1 | 18 | ||||||
Thalasseus maximus | Charrán real | Royal Tern | 12 | 178 | 173 | 100 | 88 | 12 | 58 | |
Thalasseus elegans | Charrán elegante | Elegant Tern | 49 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 110 | 1 | |
Rynchops niger | Rayador americano | Black Skimmer | 56 | 40 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 50 | ||
Palomas / Pigeons & Doves | Columba livia | Paloma domestica | Rock Pigeon | 3 | cw | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||
Zenaida asiatica | Paloma alablanca | White-winged Dove | 264 | 313 | 103 | 94 | 113 | 87 | 12 | |
Zenaida macroura | Paloma huilota | Mourning Dove | 10 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | |||
Columbina inca | Tórtola cola larga | Inca Dove | 57 | 52 | 129 | 51 | 24 | 90 | 50 | |
Columbina passerina | Tórtola coquita | Common Ground-Dove | 13 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | |
Columbina talpacoti | Tórtola rojiza | Ruddy Ground-Dove | 25 | 16 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 20 | |
Leptotila verreauxi | Paloma arroyera | White-tipped Dove | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||
Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian Collared Dove | 5 | ||||||||
Pericos / New World Parrots | Amazona albifrons° | Loro frente blanca ° | White-fronted Parrot ° | 2 | 17 | 1 | ||||
Aratinga canicularis° | Perico frente naranja° | Orange fronted parakeet° | 12 | |||||||
Cucos / Cuckoos | Piaya cayana | Cuclillo canela | Squirrel Cuckoo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Coccyzus minor | Cuco Manglero | Mangrove Cuckoo | 1 | |||||||
Morococcyx erythropygus | Cuclillo terrestre | Lesser Ground-cuckoo | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Crotophaga sulcirostris | Garrapatero pijuy | Groove-billed Ani | 179 | 114 | 75 | 104 | 16 | 100 | 47 | |
Buhos / Owls | Bubo virginianus | Buho Cornudo | Great Horned owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Glaucidium brasilianum | Tecolote bajeño | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Glaucidium palmarun° | Tecolote colimense° | Colima Pygmy-Owl° | 2 | |||||||
Strix virgata (Ciccaba virgata) | Búho café | Mottled Owl | cw | 1 | 1 | |||||
Chotacabras / Night-hawks & Nightjars | Nyctidromus albicolis | Tapacaminos Picuyo | Pauraque | 9 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | ||
Chordeiles minor | Chotacabras mayor | Common Nighthawk | 1 | |||||||
Chordeiles acutipennis | Chotacabras menor | Lesser Nighthawk | 24 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Swifts | Streptoprocne zonaris | Vencejo Cuelliblanco | White Collared Swift | 2 | ||||||
Chaetura vauxi | Vencejo de Vaux | Vaux’s Swift | 60 | 44 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 74 | 5 | |
Colibríes / Hummingbirds | Cynanthus latirostris | Colibrí pico ancho | Broad-billed Hummingbird | 15 | 42 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 42 | 13 |
Amazilia rutila | Colibrí canela | Cinnamon Hummingbird | 15 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 13 | |
Amazilia violiceps | Colibrí corona violeta | Violet-crowned Hummingbird | 1 | |||||||
Amazilia viridifrons | Colibri Corona verde | Green Fronted Hummngbird | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||
Heliomaster constantii | Picolargo Coronioscuro | Plain-capped Starthroat | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Anthracothorax prevostii | Mango Pechiverde | Green Breasted Mango | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Chlorostilbon auriceps | Esmeralda Mexicana | Golden crowned (Fork Tailed) Emerald | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Archilochus colubris | Colibri Gorjirrubi | Ruby-Throated Hummingbird | 4 | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||||
Archilochus alexandri | Colibrí barba negra | Black-chinned Hummingbird | 3 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 1 | |
Trogones | Trogon citreolus* | Trogón citrino* | Citreoline Trogon* | 9 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Martínes pescador Kingfishers | Megaceryle alcyon | Martín-pescador norteño | Belted Kingfisher | 37 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
Megaceryle torquata | Martín-pescador de collar | Ringed Kingfisher | 15 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
Chloroceryle americana | Martín-pescador verde | Green Kingfisher | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
Carpinteros Woodpeckers | Melanerpes chrysogenys* | Carpintero enmascarado* | Golden-cheeked Woodpecker* | 30 | 47 | 36 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 21 |
Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker | 1 | ||||||||
Campephilus guatemalensis | Carpintero piquiclaro | Pale Billed Woodpecker | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Dryocopus lineatus | Carpintero lineado | Lineated Woodpecker | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris | Trepatroncos piquiclaro | Ivory billed woodcreeper | 1 | |||||||
Tiranos y Mosqueros Tyrants & Flycatshers | Camptostoma imberbe | Mosquero lampiño | Northern Beardless Tyrannulet | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||
Mitrephanes phaeocercus | Tufted Flycatcher (Mexican) | 1 | ||||||||
Empidonax traillii | Willow Flycatcher | 1 | ||||||||
Empidonax hammondii | Mosquero de Hammond | Hammond´s Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Empidonax minimus | Mosquero minimo | Least Flycatcher | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||||
Empidonax difficilis | Pacific-slope(Western) Flycatcher | 1 | ||||||||
Pyrocephalus rubinus | Mosquero cardenal | Vermilion Flycatcher | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
Myiarchus cinerascens | Papamoscas cenizo | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 4 | |
Myiarchus tubiculifer | Papamoscas triste | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | 2 | 5 | cw | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Myiarchus nuttingi | Papamoscas de nutting | Nutting´s Flycatcher | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
Myiarchus tyrannulus | Papamoscas tirano | Brown-crested Flycatcher | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||
Pitangus sulphuratus | Luis bienteveo | Great Kiskadee | 41 | 18 | 61 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 8 | |
Myiozetetes similis | Luis gregario | Social Flycatcher | 33 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | |
Tyrannus melancholichus | Tirano tropical | Tropical Kingbird | 59 | 88 | 238 | 56 | 12 | 29 | 21 | |
Tyrannus crassirostris | Tirano pico grueso | Thick-billed Kingbird | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | |
Coatingas | Pachyramphus aglaiae | Cabezon Degollado | Rose Throated Becard | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Vireos | Vireo bellii | Vireo de bell | Bell´s Vireo | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
Vireo cassini | Vireo de Cassin | Cassin´s Vireo | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Vireo hypochryseus* | Vireo dorado* | Golden Vireo* | cw | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
Vireo solitarius plumbeus | Solitary Vireo | 1 | ||||||||
Vireo gilvus | Vireo gorjeador | Warbling Vireo | 7 | 11 | cw | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Vireo huttoni | Vireo reyerzuelo | Hutton´s Vireo | 1 | 13 | ||||||
Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Lanio Americano | Loggerhead Shrike | cw | 1 | |||||
Urracas / Jays | Calocitta formosa | Urraca-hermosa cara blanca | White-throated Magpie-Jay | 16 | 43 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 6 |
Golondrinas / Swallows | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Golondrina aliaserrada | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2578 | 322 | 76 | 168 | 46 | 67 | 24 |
Progne chalybea | Martin Pechigris | Grey-breasted Martin | cw | 10 | ||||||
Tachycineta a. albilinea | Golondrina manglera | Mangrove Swallow | 23 | 7 | ||||||
Tachycineta bicolor | Golondrina arbolera | Tree Swallow | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Saltaparedes / Wrens | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | Matraca nuca rufa | Rufous-naped Wren | 4 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
Thryothorus felix | Happy Wren | 1 | ||||||||
Uropsila leucogastra | Chivirín vientre blanco | White-bellied Wren | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | |
Perlitas / Gnatcatchers | Polioptila caerulea | Perlita azul-gris | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 28 | 40 | 43 | 39 | 18 | 43 | 47 |
Polioptila albiloris | White-lored Gnatcatcher | 3 | ||||||||
Mirlos y Zorzales / Robin | Turdus rufopalliatus* | Mirlo dorso rufo* | Rufous-backed Thrush/Robin* | 21 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Catharus ustulatus | Zorzal de Swainson | Swainson´s Thrush | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cenzontles / Mockingbirds | Mimus polyglottos | Centzontle norteño | Northern Mockingbird | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
Dumetella carolinensis | Pajaro gato gris | Grey Catbird | 1 | |||||||
Chipes / Warblers | Parkesia noveboracensis | Chipe charquero | Northern Waterthrush | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Mniotilta varia | Chipe trepador | Black and White Warbler | 8 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 1 | |
Oreothlypis ruficapilla | Chipe de coronilla | Nashville Warbler | 6 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | |
Chamaethlypis poliocephala | Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | 3 | ||||||||
Geothlypis tolmiei ° | Chipe de tolmie ° | MacGillivray´s Warbler ° | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Geothlypis trichas | Mascarita común | Common Yellowthroat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Setophaga ruticilla | Chipe flameante | American Redstart | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 1 | |
Setophaga petechia | Chipe amarillo | Yellow Warbler | 57 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 22 | 15 | |
Setophaga petechia | Mangrove (Yellow) Warbler | 1 | ||||||||
setophaga magnolia | Chipe de magnolia | Magnolia Warbler | 1 | cw | ||||||
Setophaga coronata | Chipe coronado | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
Dendroica dominica | Chipe Gorjiamarillo | Yellow throated warbler | 2 | cw | 1 | |||||
Basileuterus lachrymosus | Chipe Roquero | Fan Tailed Warbler | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Cardellina pusilla | Chipe de Wilson | Wilson’s Warbler | 5 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 6 | |
Vermivora celata | Chipe Corona naranja | Orange Crowned Warbler | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||
Vermivora luciae | Lucy’s Warbler | cw | ||||||||
Protonotaria citrea | Chipe protonotario | Prothonotary Warbler | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Seiurus aurocapillus | Chipe-suelero Coronado | Ovenbird | 1 | |||||||
Piranga rubra | Tangara roja | Summer Tanager | cw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Piranga ludoviciana | Western Tanager | 1 | ||||||||
Piranga flava | Tanara encinera | Hepatic Tanager | 1 | cw | 1 | |||||
Parula americana | Parula Norteña | Northern Parula | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Parula pitiayumi | Parula tropical | Tropical Parula | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Icteria virens | Buscabreña | Yellow-breasted Chat | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
Granatellus venustus | Granatelo Mexicano | Red-breasted Chat | 2 | cw | ||||||
Gorriones / Grassquits, Seedeaters & Sparrows | Volaitina jacarina | Semillero brincador | Blue-black Grassquit | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
Euphonia afinnis | Eufonia garganta negra | Scrub Euphonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Sporophila torqueola | Semillero de collar | White-collared Seedeater | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
Saltator coerulescens | Grayish Saltator | cw | ||||||||
Arremonops rufivirgatus | Gorrion olivaceo | Olive Sparrow | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Passer d domesticus | Gorrion Domestico | House Sparrow | 2 | |||||||
Chondestes grammacus | Gorrion arlequin | Lark Sparrow | 46 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 2 | |||
Aimophila ruficauda | Zacatonero corona rayada | Stripe-headed Sparrow | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||
Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln’s Sparrow | cw | ||||||||
Picogordos y Colorines / Buntings & Grosbeaks | Cardinalis cardinalis | Cardenal rojo | Northern Cardinal | 17 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Spiza americana | Arrocero americano | Dickcissel | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||
Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Picogrueso amarillo | Yellow Grosbeak | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Passerina caerulea | Picogordo azul | Blue Grosbeak | cw | 2 | 6 | |||||
Passerina leclancherii* | Colorín pecho naranja* | Orange-breasted Bunting* | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |
Passerina ciris ° | Colorín siete colores ° | Painted Bunting ° | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
Passerina versicolor | Colorín Morado | Varied Bunting | 2 | cw | 1 | 1 | ||||
Passerina cyanea | Colorín azul | Indigo Bunting | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Tordos y Bolseros / Blackbirds & Orioles | Quiscalus mexicanus | Zanate mexicano | Great-tailed Grackle | 290 | 454 | 277 | 141 | 133 | 66 | 44 |
Molothrus ater | Tordo cabeza café | Brown-headed Cowbird | 171 | 241 | 410 | 25 | 30 | 320 | ||
Molothrus aeneus | Vaquero ojirrojo | Bronzed (Red eyed) Cowbird | 3 | 1 | 380 | 3 | ||||
Icterus spurius | Bolsero castaño | Orchard oriole | 58 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 9 | |
Icterus pustulatus | Bolsero dorso rayado | Streak-backed Oriole | 9 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 | ||
Icterus cucullatus | Bolsero encapuchado | Hooded Oriole | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
Icterus wagleri | Bolsero de Wagler | Black-vented Oriole | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
Icterus bullockii | Bolsero de Bullock | Bullock’s Oriole | cw | 1 | ||||||
Agelaius phoeniceus | Tordo Sargento | Redwinged Blackbirds | 25 | |||||||
Cacicus melanicterus* | Cacique mexicano* | Yellow-winged Cacique* | 12 | 197 | 62 | 27 | 22 | 55 | 16 | |
Total Individuals | 10491 | 15362 | 8200 | 6345 | 5115 | 8706 | 2022 | |||
Total Species | 164 | 159 | 142 | 135 | 118 | 140 | 132 | |||
Participants | 68 | 54 | 45 | 39 | 20 | 40 | 33 |