Birds Of Mexico Welcome to Our ID Photo Bird Guide Endemic birds of Mexico are shown in Green. FAMILY SPECIES Anatidae Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) Cracidae Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri) West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala) Odontophoridae Elegant Quail (Callipepla douglasii) Cuculidae Lesser Ground-Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) Caprimulgidae Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis) Eared Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus mcleodii) Nyctibiidae Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis) Apodidae Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) White-fronted Swift (Cypseloides storeri) White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) White-naped Swift (Streptoprocne semicollaris) White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) Great Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) Trochilidae Mexican Hermit (Phaethornis mexicanus) Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird (Tilmatura dupontii) Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird (Cynanthus doubledayi) Tres Marias Hummingbird (Eupherusa ridgwayi) Golden-crowned Emerald (Chlorostilbon auriceps) Cozumel Emerald (Cynanthus forficatus) White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis) Mexican Woodnymph (Thalurania ridgwayi) Berylline Hummingbird (Saucerottia beryllina) Rallidae Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) Rufous-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides axillaris) Charadriidae Black-bellied Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris) Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Scolopacidae Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) Laridae Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) Ciconiidae Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Pelecanidae American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Ardeidae Great Egret (Ardea alba) Cathartidae Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Pandionidae Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Accipitridae Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Strigidae Whiskered Screech-Owl (Athene cunicularia) Balsas Screech-Owl (Megascops seductus) Colima Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium palmarum) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata) Cinereous Owl (Strix sartorii) Trogonidae Eared Quetzal (Euptilotis neoxenus) Citreoline Trogon (Trogon citreolus) Picidae Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys) Gray-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) Falconidae Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus) Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) Psittacidae Lilac-crowned Parrot (Amazona finschi) Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius) Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis) Tyrannidae Flammulated Flycatcher (Ramphotrigon flammulatum) Nutting's Flycatcher (Myiarchus nuttingi) Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) Thick-billed Kingbird (Tyrannus crassirostris) Vireonidae Golden Vireo (Vireo hypochryseus) Mangrove Vireo (Vireo pallens) Corvidae Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei) Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) San Blas Jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus) Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) Transvolcanic Jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina) Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae) Hirundinidae Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) Polioptilidae Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps) Troglodytidae Spotted Wren (Campylorhynchus gularis) Mimidae Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens) Turdidae Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis) Aztec Thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola) Frigillidae West Mexican Euphonia (Euphonia godmani) Passerellidae Black-chested Sparrow (Peucaea humeralis) Green-striped Brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps) Striped Sparrow (Oriturus superciliosus) Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow (Melozone kieneri) Collared Towhee (Pipilo ocai) Rufous-capped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pileatus) Parulidae Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala) Red Warbler (Cardellina rubra) Icteridae Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Cardinalidae Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala) Red-breasted Chat (Granatellus venustus) Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii) Thraupidae Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
