Checklist for Mexico

eBird Field Checklist

Mexico

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721 species (+68 other taxa) -

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Tinamous

Great Tinamou

Little Tinamou

Slaty-breasted Tinamou

Thicket Tinamou

Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Egyptian Goose

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Mexican Duck

Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)

Mallard/Mexican Duck

Redhead

Lesser Scaup

Surf Scoter

Masked Duck

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows

Plain Chachalaca

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

West Mexican Chachalaca

White-bellied Chachalaca

Crested Guan

Highland Guan

Great Curassow

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Long-tailed Wood-Partridge

Banded Quail

Northern Bobwhite

Black-throated Bobwhite

Scaled Quail

Elegant Quail

California Quail

Gambel's Quail

Montezuma Quail

Singing Quail

Spotted Wood-Quail

new world quail sp.

Wild Turkey

Ocellated Turkey

Ring-necked Pheasant

Flamingos

American Flamingo

Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Clark's Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Pale-vented Pigeon

Scaled Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon

Red-billed Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Short-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas sp.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Ruddy Ground Dove

Common/Ruddy Ground Dove

ground dove/Inca Dove

Blue Ground Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

White-tipped Dove

Caribbean Dove

Gray-chested Dove

Gray-headed Dove

Leptotila sp.

White-faced Quail-Dove

White-winged Dove

Zenaida Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Smooth-billed Ani

Groove-billed Ani

Striped Cuckoo

Pheasant Cuckoo

Lesser Ground-Cuckoo

Lesser Roadrunner

Greater Roadrunner

Lesser/Greater Roadrunner

Squirrel Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk

Common Pauraque

Eared Poorwill

Yucatan Poorwill

Common Poorwill

Yucatan Nightjar

Buff-collared Nightjar

Mexican Whip-poor-will

nightjar sp.

Potoos and Oilbird

Northern Potoo

Swifts

Black Swift

Chestnut-collared Swift

White-collared Swift

White-naped Swift

Vaux's Swift

White-throated Swift

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

White-necked Jacobin

Long-billed Hermit

Mexican Hermit

Stripe-throated Hermit

Mexican Violetear

Green-breasted Mango

Rivoli's Hummingbird

Long-billed Starthroat

Plain-capped Starthroat

Green-throated Mountain-gem

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

Blue-throated Mountain-gem

Garnet-throated Hummingbird

Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird

Mexican Sheartail

Lucifer Hummingbird

Beautiful Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Bumblebee Hummingbird

Selasphorus sp.

Dusky Hummingbird

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Tres Marias Hummingbird

Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird

Golden-crowned Emerald

Cozumel Emerald

Canivet's Emerald

White-eared Hummingbird

Xantus's Hummingbird

Wedge-tailed Sabrewing

Emerald-chinned Hummingbird

Violet Sabrewing

Mexican Woodnymph

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Violet-crowned Hummingbird

Green-fronted Hummingbird

Azure-crowned Hummingbird

Berylline Hummingbird

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

White-bellied Emerald

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Ridgway's Rail

Clapper Rail

Virginia Rail

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail

Russet-naped Wood-Rail

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

Ruddy Crake

Black Rail

Finfoots

Sungrebe

Limpkin

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Wilson's Plover

Snowy Plover

Northern Jacana

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Wandering Tattler

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Alcids

Craveri's Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Bonaparte's Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Yellow-footed Gull

Western Gull

Yellow-footed/Western Gull

California Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Black Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

Elegant Tern

Royal Tern

Elegant/Royal Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Storm-Petrels

Black Storm-Petrel

Least Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Pink-footed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Blue-footed Booby

booby sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Brandt's Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Boat-billed Heron

Agami Heron

Pinnated Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

King Vulture

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes sp.

new world vulture sp.

Osprey

White-tailed Kite

Hook-billed Kite

Gray-headed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Black Hawk-Eagle

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Black-collared Hawk

Snail Kite

Double-toothed Kite

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter sp.

Crane Hawk

Common Black Hawk

Great Black Hawk

Roadside Hawk

Harris's Hawk

White-tailed Hawk

Gray Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Whiskered Screech-Owl

Middle American Screech-Owl

Western Screech-Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Colima Pygmy-Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Elf Owl

Burrowing Owl

Mottled Owl

Cinereous Owl

Stygian Owl

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Eared Quetzal

Resplendent Quetzal

Slaty-tailed Trogon

Black-headed Trogon

Citreoline Trogon

Gartered Trogon

Elegant Trogon

Mountain Trogon

Collared Trogon

new world trogon sp.

Motmots

Tody Motmot

Blue-throated Motmot

Russet-crowned Motmot

Blue-capped Motmot

Lesson's Motmot

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Kingfishers

Ringed Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Amazon Kingfisher

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Puffbirds and Jacamars

White-necked Puffbird

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Barbets and Toucans

Northern Emerald-Toucanet

Collared Aracari

Keel-billed Toucan

Woodpeckers

Acorn Woodpecker

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker

Gray-breasted Woodpecker

Yucatan Woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Melanerpes sp.

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

Strickland's Woodpecker

Arizona Woodpecker

Dryobates sp.

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Lineated Woodpecker

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Gray-crowned Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Gilded Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Laughing Falcon

Collared Forest-Falcon

Barred Forest-Falcon

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Aplomado Falcon

Bat Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Barred Parakeet

Monk Parakeet

Orange-chinned Parakeet

White-crowned Parrot

Red-crowned Parrot

Lilac-crowned Parrot

Red-lored Parrot

Yellow-naped Parrot

Yellow-headed Parrot

White-fronted Parrot

Yellow-lored Parrot

Amazona sp.

Mexican Parrotlet

Thick-billed Parrot

Maroon-fronted Parrot

Olive-throated Parakeet

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Military Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Green Parakeet

Pacific Parakeet

parrot sp.

Antbirds

Barred Antshrike

Dusky Antbird

Antthrushes

Mayan Antthrush

Woodcreepers

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Ruddy Woodcreeper

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper

Northern Barred-Woodcreeper

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper

Spotted Woodcreeper

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

White-striped Woodcreeper

Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

Ovenbirds

Plain Xenops

Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner

Ruddy Foliage-gleaner

Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner

Rufous-breasted Spinetail

Manakins

Long-tailed Manakin

White-collared Manakin

Red-capped Manakin

Becards, Tityras, and Allies

Black-crowned Tityra

Masked Tityra

Northern Schiffornis

Gray-collared Becard

Rose-throated Becard

Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies

Tropical Royal Flycatcher

Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies

Stub-tailed Spadebill

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Northern Bentbill

Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Eye-ringed Flatbill

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Greenish Elaenia

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Caribbean Elaenia

Guatemalan Tyrannulet

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Pileated Flycatcher

Tufted Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Greater Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee

Northern Tropical Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Willow Flycatcher

White-throated Flycatcher

Pine Flycatcher

Western Flycatcher

Yellowish Flycatcher

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Flammulated Flycatcher

Bright-rumped Attila

Rufous Mourner

Yucatan Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Nutting's Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus sp.

Great Kiskadee

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Streaked Flycatcher

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

Couch's Kingbird

Tropical/Couch's Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird

Thick-billed Kingbird

Western Kingbird

yellow-bellied kingbird sp.

Gray Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus sp.

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo

Green Shrike-Vireo

Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Lesser Greenlet

Golden Vireo

Slaty Vireo

Black-capped Vireo

Dwarf Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

Mangrove Vireo

Cozumel Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Brown-capped Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Yucatan Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Dwarf Jay

Azure-hooded Jay

Black-throated Magpie-Jay

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Brown Jay

Tufted Jay

Green Jay

San Blas Jay

Yucatan Jay

Purplish-backed Jay

Steller's Jay

California Scrub-Jay

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Mexican Jay

Transvolcanic Jay

Unicolored Jay

American Crow

Tamaulipas Crow

Sinaloa Crow

Chihuahuan Raven

Common Raven

raven sp.

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Mexican Chickadee

Bridled Titmouse

Oak Titmouse

Black-crested Titmouse

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Verdin

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Mangrove Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Tree/Violet-green Swallow

Purple Martin

Sinaloa Martin

Gray-breasted Martin

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit

Bushtit

Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies

Wrentit

Kinglets

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

Long-billed Gnatwren

Yucatan Gnatcatcher

White-browed Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

California Gnatcatcher

Black-capped Gnatcatcher

White-lored Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren

Nava's Wren

House Wren

Rufous-browed Wren

Grass Wren

Marsh Wren

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

Band-backed Wren

Gray-barred Wren

Giant Wren

Rufous-naped Wren

Spotted Wren

Boucard's Wren

Yucatan Wren

Cactus Wren

Spot-breasted Wren

Happy Wren

Sinaloa Wren

Banded Wren

Cabanis's Wren

White-bellied Wren

White-breasted Wood-Wren

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Blue Mockingbird

Blue-and-white Mockingbird

Black Catbird

Curve-billed Thrasher

Ocellated Thrasher

Long-billed Thrasher

Gray Thrasher

California Thrasher

Crissal Thrasher

Tropical Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Western Bluebird

bluebird sp.

Townsend's Solitaire

Brown-backed Solitaire

Slate-colored Solitaire

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Russet Nightingale-Thrush

Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush

Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush

Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush

White-throated Thrush

Clay-colored Thrush

Black Thrush

American Robin

Rufous-backed Robin

Rufous-collared Robin

Turdus sp.

thrush sp.

Silky-flycatchers

Gray Silky-flycatcher

Phainopepla

Olive Warbler

Estrildids

Scaly-breasted Munia

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Elegant Euphonia

Blue-crowned Chlorophonia

West Mexican Euphonia

Scrub Euphonia

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Olive-backed Euphonia

Hooded Grosbeak

Evening Grosbeak

House Finch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Black-headed Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

Lawrence's Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Spinus sp.

Thrush-Tanager

Rosy Thrush-Tanager

New World Sparrows

Common Chlorospingus

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Stripe-headed Sparrow

Black-chested Sparrow

Bridled Sparrow

Botteri's Sparrow

Cassin's Sparrow

Olive Sparrow

Green-backed Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow

Five-striped Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Orange-billed Sparrow

Green-striped Brushfinch

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Yellow-eyed Junco

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Striped Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Sierra Madre Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow

Canyon Towhee

White-throated Towhee

Abert's Towhee

California Towhee

White-eared Ground-Sparrow

Rusty Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Oaxaca Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Collared Towhee

Spotted x Collared Towhee (hybrid)

towhee sp.

Rufous-capped Brushfinch

White-naped Brushfinch

Spindalises

Western Spindalis

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

Chihuahuan Meadowlark

Yellow-billed Cacique

Yellow-winged Cacique

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Montezuma Oropendola

Black-vented Oriole

Black-cowled Oriole

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Yellow-backed Oriole

Yellow-tailed Oriole

Streak-backed Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Orange Oriole

Spot-breasted Oriole

Altamira Oriole

Audubon's Oriole

Black-backed Oriole

Bullock's/Black-backed Oriole

Scott's Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird

Giant Cowbird

Melodious Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Wood-Warblers

Crescent-chested Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Colima Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Black-polled Yellowthroat

Belding's Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Yellowthroat

Tropical Parula

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Grace's Warbler

Fan-tailed Warbler

Rufous-capped Warbler

Golden-browed Warbler

Golden-crowned Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Red-faced Warbler

Red Warbler

Pink-headed Warbler

Painted Redstart

Slate-throated Redstart

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Rose-throated Tanager

Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanager

Western Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager

White-winged Tanager

Red-headed Tanager

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Red-crowned Ant-Tanager

Red-throated Ant-Tanager

ant-tanager sp.

Crimson-collared Grosbeak

Black-faced Grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia

Yellow Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-breasted Chat

Gray-throated Chat

Blue-black Grosbeak

Blue Bunting

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Orange-breasted Bunting

Varied Bunting

Painted Bunting

Tanagers and Allies

Gray-headed Tanager

Crimson-collared Tanager

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

Yellow-winged Tanager

Azure-rumped Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Green Honeycreeper

Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer

Grassland Yellow-Finch

Blue-black Grassquit

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

Variable Seedeater

Morelet's Seedeater

Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater

Morelet's/Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater

Bananaquit

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Buff-throated Saltator

Black-headed Saltator

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.