Soaring birds

Brown pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown booby

Sula leucogaster

Blue-footed booby

Sula nebouxii

Magnificent frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Duck-like birds

Least grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

Black-bellied whistling-duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Northern shoveler

Anas clypeata

Blue-winged teal

Anas discors

Upright perching water birds

Anhinga (Darter)

Anhinga anhinga

Neotropic cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Brandt's cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Long-legged waders

Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Great egret

Ardea alba

Little blue heron

Egretta caerulea

Snowy egrett

Egretta thula

Green heron

Butorides virescens

Tricolored heron

Egretta tricolor

Yellow-crowned night heron

Nycticorax violaceus

Black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle egret

Bubulcus ibis

Roseate spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Boat-billed heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

White ibis

Eudocimus albus

White-faced ibis

Plegadis chihi

Bare-throated tiger heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

Wood stork

Mycteria americana

Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

Raptor-like birds

Black vulture

Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Common black-hawk

Buteogallus anthracinus

Golden eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Grey hawk

Buteo plagiatus

Bat falcon

Falco rufigularis

American kestrel

Falco sparverius

White-tailed kite

Elanus leucurus

Snail kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Harris's hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

Crested caracara

Caracara cheriway

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Turkey-like birds

Elegant quail

Callipepla douglasii

Rufous-bellied chachalaca

Ortalis wagleri

West Mexican chachalaca

Ortalis poliocephala

Crested guan

Penelope purpurascens

Chicken-like water birds

Purple gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

American coot

Fulica americana

Northern jacana

Jacana spinosa

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Lesser yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Long-billed dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Black-necked stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

American avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Western sandpiper

Calidris mauri

Spotted sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

American oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Gull-like birds

Laughing gull

Larus atricilla

Heermann's gull

Larus heermanni

Elegant tern

Thalasseus elegans

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Dove-like birds

Ruddy ground-dove

Columbina talpacoti

Inca dove

Columbina inca

White-winged dove

Zenaida asiatica

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Parrots

Mexican parrotlet

Forpus cyanopygius

Orange-fronted parakeet

Aratinga canicularis

Lilac-crowned parrot

Amazona finschi

Military macaw

Ara militaris

White-fronted parrot

Amazona albifrons

Owls

Great horned owl

Bubo virginianus

Colima pygmy-owl

Glaucidium palmarum

Mottled owl

Strix virgata

Woodpeckers

Lineated woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Pale-billed woodpecker

Campephilus guatemalensis

Golden-cheeked woodpecker

Melanerpes chrysogenys

Acorn woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus

Gila woodpecker

Melanerpes uropygialis

Hummingbirds

Broad-billed hummingbird

Cynanthus latirostris

Cinnamon hummingbird

Amazilia rutila

Violet-crowned hummingbird

Amazilia violiceps

Plain-capped starthroat

Heliomaster constantii

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Black-chinned hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri

Berylline hummingbird

Amazilia beryllina

Cuckoos

Groove-billed ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Squirrel cockoo

Piaya cayana

Lesser roadrunner

Geococcyx velox

Kingfishers

Green kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Belted kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Ringed kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Perching birds

Lesser nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

Russet-crowned motmot

Momotus mexicanus

Citreoline trogon

Trogon citreolus

Elegant trogon

Trogon elegans

Ivory-billed woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

Happy wren

Pheugopedius felix

Vermilion flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Nutting's flycathcher

Myiarchus nuttingi

Great kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Social flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Boat-billed flycatcher

Megarhynchus pitangua

Masked tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Tropical kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Sulphur-bellied flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

White-throated magpie jay

Calocitta formosa

Black-throated magpie jay

Calocitta colliei

San blas jay

Cyanocorax sanblasianus

Green jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Sinaloa crow

Corvus sinaloae

Northern rough-winged swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Mangrove swallow

Tachycineta albilinea

Summer tanager

Piranga rubra

Western tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Yellow warbler

Dendroica petechia

White-throated thrush

Turdus assimilis

Rufous-backed thrush

Turdus rufopalliatus

Yellow grosbeak

Pheucticus chrysopeplus

Blue grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

White-collared seedeater

Sporophila torqueola

Black-headed siskin

Spinus notatus

Northern mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

Greyish saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Lark sparrow

Chondestes grammacus

Stripe-headed sparrow

Peucaea ruficauda

Blue bunting

Cyanocompsa parellina indigotica

Painted bunting

Passerina ciris

Orange-breasted bunting

Passerina leclancherii

Bullock's oriole

Icterus bullockii

Streak-backed oriole

Icterus pustulatus

Hooded oriole

Icterus cucullatus

Eastern meadowlark

Sturnella magna

Great-tailed grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Bronzed cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

Yellow-winged cacique

Cacicus melanicterus

Red-winged blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Cedar waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Scrub euphonia

Euphonia affinis

Black-vented oriole

Icterus wagleri

Rose-throated becard

Pachyramphus aglaiae

Varied bunting

Passerina versicolor

Black-headed grosbeak

Pheucticus melanocephalus

Orchard oriole

Icterus spurius

Thick-billed kingbird

Tyrannus crassirostris

Sinaloa wren

Thryophilus sinaloa

Painted redstart

Myioborus pictus

Northern potoo

Nyctibius jamaicensis

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