Bird list for La Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro

Bird list for La Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit, Mexico

The following list is based on winter observations over a period of about five years. The frequency of occurence and the ease of seeing the birds is indicated by a letter and a number. The letter indicates observed status; the number, the ease of finding the bird.

R = winter resident, migrating birds that have been staying here every winter, for the past five years.

V = visitors, birds that may or may not appear at any time during the winter. You need some luck to see them.

M = migrants, birds only passing through, in the late fall or early spring.

Ease of finding. This is based on observation in the birds preferred habitat, and doesn't apply elsewhere.

1 =Abundant, seen on every or almost all outings.

2 = Easy to find, seen on most outings.

3 = Not so easy, but seen on several outings each winter.

4 = Difficult, A rare or very retiring bird, you need to know its habitat and you need patience and perseverance, or just plain luck.

5 = You need a lot of luck for this one, seen only once or twice, but sometimes not seen, each winter.

Grebes		Hummingbirds		Vireos
Least grebe	R 2	Broad-billed hummingbird	R 2	Blackcapped vireo	R 4
Pied billed grebe	R 2	Mexican woodnymph	R 4	Solitary vireo	R 2
Eared grebe	V	White-eared hummingbird	R 4	Golden vireo	R 3
Pelicans		Beryline hummingbird	R 4	Warbling vireo	R 2
White pelican	V	Cinnamon hummingbird	R 3	Wood warblers
Cormorants		Violet-crowned hummingbird	R 2	Orange-crowned warbler	R 2
Olivacious cormorant	R 1	Blue-throated hummingbird	R 3	Nashville warbler	R 2
Herons		Magnificent hummingbird	R 4	Virginia's warbler	M
Great blue heron	R 2	Plain-capped starthroat	R 4	Lucy's warbler	R 5
Great egret	R 1	Sparkling-tailed hummingbird	R 5	Northern parula	R 5
Snowy egret	R 2	Black-chinned hummingbird	R 3	Tropical parula	R 4
Little blue heron	R 2	Broad-tailed hummingbird	R 4	Yellow warbler	R 3
Tri-colored heron	V	Trogons		Yellow-rumped (Aud.) warbler	R 3
Cattle egret	R 3	Citreoline trogon	V 5	Yellow-rumped(Myrtle) warbler	M
Green heron	R 2	Mountain trogon	V 5	Black-throated grey warbler	R 3
Black-crowned night heron	R 2	Elegant trogon	V 5	Townsend's warbler	R 5
Ducks		Motmots		Black and white warbler	R 3
Blue-winged teal	V	Russet-crowned motmot	R 4	Oven bird	M
Northern shoveler	V	Kingfishers		Louisiana waterthrush	R 4
Gadwall	V	Belted kingfisher	R 1	MacGillivray's warbler	R 2
Ring-necked duck	V	Green kingfisher	R 3	Common yellowthroat	R 2
Greater scaup	R	Neotropical creepers		Grey-crowned yellowthroat	R 4
Lesser scaup	R 1	Ivory-billed creeper	R 3	Wilson's warbler	R 2
Ruddy duck	V	Flycatchers		Painted redstart	R 4
Vultures		Greenish eleania	R 4	Slate-throated redstart	R 5
Black vulture	R 1	Tufted flycatcher	R 3	Fan-tailed warbler	R 5
Turkey vulture	R 1	Greater pewee	R 3	Rufous-capped warbler	R 3
Ospreys		Cordilleran flycatcher	R 2	Golden-browed warbler	R 5
Osprey	R 3	Black phoebe	R 4	Yellow-breasted chat	R 5
Hawks etc.		Say's phoebe	M	Red-breasted chat	R 5
Northern harrier	V	Vermillion flycatcher	R 1	Tanagers
Sharp-shinned hawk	V	Bright-rumped atilla	V	Blue-hooded euphonia	R 2
Coopers hawk	V	Myiarchus flyc.,Kingbirds		Scrub euphonia	R 2
Grey hawk	R 1	Ash-throated flycatcher	R 4	Summer tanager	R 2
Short-tailed hawk	V	Brown-crested flycatcher	R 4	Hepatic tanager	R 2
Zone-tailed hawk	V	Dusky-capped(olivaceous)f.	R 3	Western tanager	R 2
Red-tailed hawk	V	Flammulated flycatcher	M 3	Flame-colored tanager	R 5
Falcons		Great kiskadee	R 1	Rosy thrush tanager	R 5
Laughing falcon	V	Social flycatcher	R 1	Grosbeaks and buntings
Collared forest falcon	V	Tropical kingbird	R 2	Grayish saltater	R 3
American kestrel	R 2	Cassin's kingbird	R 2	Yellow grosbeak	R 3
Chachalacas		Thick-billed kingbird	R 2	Black-headed grosbeak	R 2
Rufous-bellied chachalaca	R 3	Western kingbird	V	Blue bunting	R 5
Railes, gallinules		Cotingas		Blue grosbeak	R 2
Sora rail	R 4	Grey-collared becard	R 4	Lazuli bunting	R 5
Common moorhen	R 2	Rose-throated becard	R 4	Indigo bunting	R 4
American coot	R 1	Masked tityra	R 3	Varied bunting	R 2
Sandpipers		Swallows		Painted bunting	R 1
Spotted sandpiper	R 2	Violet-green swallow	R 1	Seedeaters and sparrows
Caspian tern	V	N. Rough-winged swallow	R 1	Rusty-crowned ground sparrow	R 3
Pigeons, doves		Cliff's swallow	M 4	Green-tailed towhee	V
Red-billed pigeon	R 2	Bank's swallow	M 4	Spotted towhee	V
White-winged dove	R 1	Barn's swallow	M 2	Blue-black grassquit	R 2
Mourning dove	R 3	Crows and jays		White-collared seedeater	R 2
Inca dove	R 1	Black-throated magpie jay	R 2	Ruddy-breasted seedeater	V
Common ground-dove	R 1	White-throated magpie jay	V 5	Five-striped sparrow	V
Ruddy ground-dove	R 2	Green jay	V	Stripe-headed sparrow	R 2
White-tipped dove	R 3	Wrens		Botten's sparrow	M
Parrots		Spotted wren	R 4	Rufous-crowned sparrow	M
Orange-fronted parakeet	R 3	Canyon wren	R 5	Chipping sparrow	M
Mex. blue-rumped parrotlet	R 2	Sinaloa(bar-vented) wren	R 4	Clay-colored sparrow	M
Cuckoos, anis		Happy wren	R 3	Brewer's sparrow	M
Squirrel cuckoo	R 2	Northern house-wren	R 3	Lark sparrow	M
Lesser ground cuckoo	R 5	Gnatcatchers		Savannah sparrow	M
Leser roadrunner	R 4	Blue-grey natcatcher	R 1	Sierra Madre sparrow	M
Groove-billed ani	R 1	Thrushes and allies		Lincoln sparrow	M
Owls		Rufous-backed thrush	R 2	Blackbirds,Orioles
Western screech owl	V	White-throated thrush	R 3	Red-winged blackbird	M
Mountain pygmy owl	V	Brown-backed solitair	R 3	Great-tailed grackle	V
Least pygmy owl	V	Orange-billed nightingale thr.	R 3	Bronzed cowbird	V
Ferruginous pygmy owl	R 3	Mockingbirds		Brown-headed cowbird	V
Mottled owl	R 2	Northern mockingbird	R 3	Orchard oriole	R 3
Woodpeckers		Blue mockingbird	R 2	Hooded oriole	R 3
Gila	R 1	Waxwings and silkies		Black-vented oriole	R 4
Yellow-bellied sapsucker	R 3	Cedar waxwing	M	Streak-backed oriole	R 1
Ladder-backed sapsucker	R 4	Grey silky	R 3	Northern(Bullock's) oriole	R 4
Smokey-brown woodpecker	V	Shrikes		Yellow-winged cacique	R 1
Lineated woodpecker	R 3	Loggerhead shrike	R 3	Finches
Pale-billed woodpecker	R 3			House finch	R 4
				Lesser goldfinch	R 3

Updated 20 January 2000--------

------------------------ List compiled by Ben Wassink, :- Home address: 277 Bruyere St. Ottawa, Ontario, KIN 5E5, Canada. -------------------------------Address in Mexico: - Koala Club, La Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit, C.P.63830.