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Birds of Our Area

We are proud to exclaim that as of Nov 2011, 212 bird species have been formally documented in our region through the efforts of UAM Professor of Biology Alejandro Melendez Herrada and his biology students. We expect more birds will be documented in the future so do expect changes.

Below you will find a reliable gallery of birds you may encounter in the region of El Refugio, Laguna de Potosi, Playa Blanca and surrounds. We are interested in receiving high quality photos of birds to add to our web site. We ask that you submit one photo, with the bird identified and your permission to use the photo as needed in our field guides, web site, ecological park, e cards…etc. You will be given credit for your photos. We cannot guarantee that all photos will be used.

Additional information:
Birding Guerrero, Mexico: The Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Area and the Sierra Madre del Sur
By Nick Lethaby and Brad Waggoner

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL PHOTO AND ADDITIONAL IMFORMATION.
For more tips see the column on the right.

Dendrocygna autumnality	Anas discors	Anas crecca	Anas cyanoptera	Anas clypeata hembra	Anas clypeata macho
Anas americana	Anas acuta	Ortalis poliocephala	Gavia immer	tachybaptus dominicius*	Podylimbus podiceps
Pelecanus occidentalis	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	Phaethon aethereus*	Sula dactylatra	Sula leucogaster	Sula sula
Sula nebouxii°	Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Anhinga anhinga (hembra)	Anhinga anhinga (macho)	Fregata magnificens hembra	Fregata magnificens macho
Ardea herodias	Ardea alba	Egretta thula	Egretta caerulea	Egretta rufescens°	Egretta tricolor
Nycticorax nycticorax Juvenil	Nycticorax nycticorax	Nyctanassa violacea Juvenil	Nyctanassa violacea	Butorides virescens	Bubulcus ibis
Cochlearius cochlearius	Cochlearius cochlearius	Plegadis chihi	Eudocimus albus	Eudocimus albus Juvenil	Platalea ajaja
Platalea ajaja	Mycteria americana°	Coragyps atratus	Cathartes aura	Pandion haliaetus	Circus cyaneus hembra
Circus cyaneus macho	Caracara plancus	Micrastur semitorquatus°	Buteo magnirostris	Buteo nitidus	Buteo brachyurus
Buteo swainsoni°	Buteo platypterus°	Buteo albonotatus°	Buteogallus anthracinus°	Falco sparverius (macho)	Falco sparverius (macho)
Falco sparverius (hembra)	Falco peregrinus°	Aramides axilaris°	Porphyrio martinica	Gallinula chloropus	Fulica americana
Himantopus mexicanus	Recurvirostra americana	Jacana spinosa	Charadrius alexandrinus	Charadrius vociferus	Charadrius wilsonia
Charadrius semipalmatus	Actitis macularia	Tringa melanoleuca	Tringa flavipes	Tringa semipalmatus	Numenius phaeopus
Numenius americanus	Limosa fedoa	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Calidris minutilla	Leucophaeus atricilla	Leucophaeus pipixcan
Hydroprogne caspia	Sterna forsteri	sterna antillarum	Thalasseus maximus	Thalasseus elegans	Rynchops niger
Columba livia	Zenaida asiatica	Zenaida macroura	Columbina inca	Columbina passerina	Columbina talpacoti
Leptotila verreauxi	Amazona albifrons°	Amazona finschi°	Aratinga canicularis°	Piaya cayana	Morococcyx erythropygus
Crotophaga sulcirostris	Momotus mexicanus*	Tyto alba	Bubo virginianus	Glaucidium brasilianum	Glaucidium palmarun°
Strix virgata (Ciccaba virgata)	Chordeiles minor	Chordeiles acutipennis	Lampornis clemenciae	Cynanthus latirostris	Cynanthus latirostris
Cynanthus doubledayi*	Cynanthus doubledayi*	Cynanthus doubledayi*	Amazilia rutila	Amazilia rutila	Amazilia violiceps
Amazilia viridifrons	Hylocharis leucotis	Phaethornis longirostris	Heliomaster constantii	Heliomaster constantii	Heliomaster constantii
Anthracothorax prevostii	Anthracothorax prevostii	Chlorostilbon auriceps	Archilochus colubris	Archilochus alexandri	Trogon citreolus*
Megaceryle alcyon	Megaceryle torquata	Chloroceryle americana hembra	Chloroceryle americana macho	Melanerpes chrysogenys*	Dryocopus lineatus
Camptostoma imberbe	Empidonax hammondii	Empidonax minimus	Pyrocephalus rubinus	Myiopagis viridicata	Myiarchus nuttingi
Myiarchus tyrannulus	Myiarchus cinerascens	Myiarchus tubiculifer	Myiozetetes similis	Tyrannus melancholichus	Tyrannus crassirostris
Pitangus sulphuratus	Vireo bellii	Vireo hypochryseus*	Vireo gilvus	Vireo cassini	Vireo huttoni
Calocitta formosa	Stelgidopteryx serripennis	Campylorhynchus rufinucha	Uropsila leucogastra	Turdus rufopalliatus*	Catharus ustulatus
Mimus polyglottos	Polioptila caerulea	Oreothlypis ruficapilla	Setophaga petechia (Dendroica petechia)	Setophaga oronata (Dendroica coronata) macho	Setophaga coronata (Dendroica coronata) hembra
Mniotilta varia	Setophaga ruticilla (hembra)	Setophaga ruticilla (macho)	Parkesia noveboracensis	Geothlypis trichas	Geothlypis poliocephala
Geothlypis tolmiei° (Oporornis tolmiei)	Cardellina pusilla macho (Wilsonia pusilla)	Cardellina pusilla hembra (Wilsonia pusilla a)	Icteria virens	Volaitina jacarina	Euphonia afinnis
Sporophila torqueola	Aimophila ruficauda	Cardinalis cardinalis macho	Cardinalis cardinalis macho	Cardinalis cardinalis hembra	Passerina leclancherii*
Passerina caerulea macho		Passerina ciris° hembra	Passerina ciris° macho	Passerina cyanea	Quiscalus mexicanus macho
Quiscalus mexicanus (hembra)	Molothrus ater macho	Molothrus ater hembra	Icterus spurius	Icterus pustulatus	Icterus cucullatus macho
Icterus cucullatus hembra	icterus wagleri	Cacicus melanicterus*	Cacicus melanicterus*

Notes:

° Listed on the NOM-059 2010 as at risk, protected or endangered

* Endemic to this region

Macho = Male
Hembra = Female

Each image has the scientific, Spanish and English names and can be clicked through as a gallery.

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Pelecanus occidentalis Pelícano pardo Brown Pelican

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Platalea ajaja
Espátula rosada
Roseate Spoonbill

Sula leucogaster
Bobo café juvenil
Brown Booby Juvenile

Sula leucogaster
Egretta thula
Garceta pie-dorado
Snowy Egret