Birds
OM would like to help with our new listing of the birds of Moxviquil, OM and Huitepec those with interest of the bird populations of the Altos de Chiapas. OM is passionate about the preservation of habitats that attract birds to our botanical garden. The reserves of Moxviquil and Huitepec are important areas to observe many rare and endangered species that are rigorously protected to assure, for future generations, forests that allow all to commune with the wonders of a natural environment. We hope this list is beneficial for all who care to know more about the great biodiversity that OM strives to protect for the betterment of all.
Please, when you are in San Cristóbal, come for a visit to OM, and enjoy the birds, orchids and other natural and manmade wonders that will allow you to enjoy the harmony and nature that is Chiapas, and do not forget your binoculars.
Birds Observed at Orquídeas Moxviquil and Reserva Huitepec
Birds in red are endangered.
| Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | ||
| Accipiter striatus chionogaster | White-breasted Hawk | ||
| Aegolius ridgwayi | Unspotted Saw-whet Owl | *Huitepec only | |
| Aeronautes saxatalis | White-throated Swift | ||
| Aimophila rufescens | Rusty Sparrow | ||
| Archilochus colubris | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | ||
| Aspatha gularis | Blue-throated Motmot | ||
| Atlapetes albinucha | White-naped Brush-Finch | Atlapetes nuca blanca | ||
| Basileuterus belli | Golden-browed Warbler | ||
| Basileuterus culicivorus | Golden-crowned Warbler | *Huitepec only | |
| Basileuterus rufifrons | Rufous-capped Warbler | ||
| Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing | ||
| Buarremon brunneinucha | Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch | ||
| Buteo brachyurus | Short-tailed Hawk | Aguililla cola corta | ||
| Buteo jamaicensis | Red-tailed Hawk | ||
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk | ||
| Campylorhynchus zonatus restrictus | Band-backed Wren | Matraca tropical | ||
| Caprimulgus vociferus | Whip-poor-will | ||
| Cardellina rubrifrons | Red-faced Warbler | ||
| Carduelis atriceps | Black-capped Siskin | ||
| Carduelis notata | Black-headed Siskin | ||
| Carduelis pinus | Pine Siskin | ||
| Carduelis psaltria | Lesser Goldfinch | ||
| Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch | ||
| Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | Zopilote aura | ||
| Catharus frantzii | Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush | ||
| Catharus guttatus | Hermit Thrush | ||
| Catharus ustulatus | Swainson’s Thrush | ||
| Certhia americana | Brown Creeper | ||
| Chlorospingus ophthalmicus | Common Bush-Tanager | *Huitepec only | |
| Chordeiles acutipennis | Lesser Nighthawk | ||
| Ciccaba virgata | Mottled Owl | ||
| Claravis mondetoura | Maroon-chested Ground-Dove | ||
| Coccothraustes abeillei | Hooded Grosbeak | ||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | *Huitepec only | |
| Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker | ||
| Colibri thalassinus | Green Violet-ear | ||
| Columbina inca | Inca Dove | ||
| Contopus pertinax | Greater Pewee | ||
| Contopus virens | Eastern Wood-Pewee | *Huitepec only | |
| Coragyps atratus | Black Vulture | Zopilote común | ||
| Corvus corax | Common Raven | *Huitepec only | |
| Cyanocitta stelleri | Steller’s Jay | Chara crestada | ||
| Cyanolyca pumilo | Black-throated Jay | ||
| Cyclarhis gujanensis | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | ||
| Dactylortyx thoracicus | Singing Quail | ||
| Dendrocincla homochroa | Ruddy Woodcreeper | *Huitepec only | |
| Dendroica caerulescens | Black-throated Blue Warbler | ||
| Dendroica chrysoparia | Golden-cheeked Warbler | ||
| Dendroica coronata | Yellow-rumped Warbler | ||
| Dendroica dominica | Yellow-throated Warbler | *OM only | |
| Dendroica fusca | Blackburnian Warbler | ||
| Dendroica magnolia | Magnolia Warbler | ||
| Dendroica occidentalis | Hermit Warbler | ||
| Dendroica townsendi | Townsend’s Warbler | Chipe negro amarillo | ||
| Dendroica virens | Black-throated Green Warbler | ||
| Diglossa baritula | Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer | Picaflor canelo |
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| Dives dives | Melodious Blackbird | *OM only | |
| Dumetella carolinensis | Gray Catbird | Maullador gris | ||
| Empidonax flavescens | Yellowish Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax hammondii | Hammond's Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax minimus | Least Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax virescens | Acadian Flycatcher | *Huitepec only | |
| Ergaticus versicolor | Pink-headed Warbler | *Huitepec only | |
| Eugenes fulgens fulgens | Magnificent Hummingbird | Colibrí magnífico | ||
| Euphonia elegantissima | Elegant Euphonia | ||
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | ||
| Falco sparverius | American Kestrel | ||
| Fulica americana | American Coot | ||
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | ||
| Geococcyx velox | Lesser Roadrunner | ||
| Geothlypis trichas | Common Yellowthroat | ||
| Glaucidium gnoma | Northern Pygmy-Owl | *Huitepec only | |
| Grallaria guatimalensis | Scaled Antpitta | ||
| Helmitheros vermivorum | Worm-eating Warbler | *OM only | |
| Henicorhina leucophrys | Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | ||
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | ||
| Hylocharis leucotis | White-eared Hummingbird | Zafiro oreja blanca |
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| Hylocichla mustelina | Wood Thrush | *Huitepec only | |
| Icterus chrysater | Yellow-backed Oriole | ||
| Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole | Bolsero de Baltimore | ||
| Icterus wagleri | Black-vented Oriole | *OM only | |
| Junco phaeonotus | Yellow-eyed Junco | *Huitepec only | |
| Lampornis amethystinus | Amethyst-throated Hummingbird | ||
| Lampornis viridipallens | Green-throated Mountain-gem | ||
| Lamprolaima rhami | Garnet-throated Hummingbird | ||
| Lepidocolaptes affinis | Spot-crowned Woodcreeper | ||
| Leptotila verreauxi | White-tipped Dove | ||
| Loxia curvirostra | Red Crossbill | *Huitepec only | |
| Megascops barbarus | Bearded Screech-Owl | *Huitepec only | |
| Megascops trichopsis | Whiskered Screech-Owl | *Huitepec only | |
| Melanerpes formicivorus | Acorn Woodpecker | Carpintero bellotero | ||
| Melanotis hypoleucus | Blue-and-white Mockingbird | ||
| Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln’s Sparrow | ||
| Mimus gilvus gracilis | Tropical Mockingbird | Centzontle tropical | ||
| Mitrephanes phaeocercus | Tufted Flycatcher | ||
| Mniotilta varia | Black-and-white Warbler | ||
| Molothrus aeneus | Bronzed Cowbird | *Huitepec only | |
| Myadestes occidentalis | Brown-backed Solitaire | Clarín jilguero | ||
| Myiarchus tuberculifer | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | ||
| Myioborus miniatus miniatus | Slate-throated Redstart | ||
| Myioborus pictus | Painted Redstart | *Huitepec only | |
| Notiochelidon pileata | Black-capped Swallow | ||
| Oporornis formosus | Kentucky Warbler | *Huitepec only | |
| Oporornis tolmiei | MacGillivray’s Warbler | ||
| Pachyramphus aglaiae | Rose-throated Becard | ||
| Parula americana | Northern Parula | *Huitepec only | |
| Parula superciliosa | Crescent-chested Warbler |
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| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | ||
| Patagioenas fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon | ||
| Peucedramus taeniatus | Olive Warbler | ||
| Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Picogrueso pechirrosa | ||
| Picoides villosus | Hairy Woodpecker | ||
| Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee | Toquí pinto | ||
| Piranga flava | Hepatic Tanager | ||
| Piranga ludoviciana | Western Tanager | Tángara capucha roja | ||
| Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager | ||
| Polioptila caerulea | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | ||
| Protonotaria citrea | Prothonotary Warbler | *Huitepec only | |
| Psaltriparus minimus | Bushtit | Sastrecillo | ||
| Ptilogonys cinereus | Gray Silky-flycatcher | ||
| Pyrocephalus rubinus | Vermilion Flycatcher | ||
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | Zanate mexicano | ||
| Regulus calendula | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ||
| Sayornis nigricans | Black Phoebe | ||
| Seiurus aurocapilla | Ovenbird | ||
| Seiurus motacilla | Louisiana Waterthrush | ||
| Seiurus noveboracensis | Northern Waterthrush | ||
| Selasphorus platycercus | Broad-tailed Hummingbird | *Huitepec only | |
| Sialia sialis | Eastern Bluebird | ||
| Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | ||
| Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow | ||
| Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | ||
| Streptoprocne zonaris | White-collared Swift | ||
| Sturnella magna | Eastern Meadowlark | *Huitepec only | |
| Tachycineta thalassina | Violet-green Swallow | ||
| Troglodytes aedon | House Wren | ||
| Troglodytes rufociliatus | Rufous-browed Wren | ||
| Trogon collares | Collared Trogon | *Huitepec only | |
| Trogon mexicanus | Mountain Trogon | ||
| Turdus infuscatus | Black Robin | ||
| Turdus plebejus | Mountain Robin | *Huitepec only | |
| Turdus rufitorques | Rufous-collared Robin | Mirlo cuello rufo |
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| Vermivora celata | Orange-crowned Warbler | *Huitepec only | |
| Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler | ||
| Vermivora peregrina | Tennessee Warbler | ||
| Vermivora ruficapilla | Nashville Warbler | ||
| Vireo bellii | Bell’s Vireo | ||
| Vireo flavifrons | Yellow-throated Vireo | ||
| Vireo gilvus | Warbling Vireo | ||
| Vireo huttoni | Hutton’s Vireo | Vireo reyezuelo | ||
| Vireo solitarius | Blue-headed Vireo | ||
| Wilsonia canadensis | Canada Warbler | ||
| Wilsonia pusilla | Wilson’s Warbler | Chipe corona negra | ||
| Xiphorhynchus erythropygius | Spotted Woodcreeper | *Huitepec only | |
| Zenaida asiatica | White-winged Dove | ||
| Zonotrichia capensis | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Gorrión chingolo |
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Efraín Castillejos-Castellanos and his Lista de aves de Huitepec y San José Bocomtenelté.
Photos by Francesca Albini. A personal note from Francesca:
Francesca's life changed one morning when she had a casual encounter with a Mountain Trogon (a relative of the Resplendent Quetzal) while she was hiking in a pine forest next to her home in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Since that moment she developed a huge passion for birds; this provided her with a link to the natural world, a connection she strongly felt in her heart and had always sought since she was a very small child. She now hopes to use her skills as a bird photographer and illustrator to provide an opportunity for other people to enjoy the variety and harmony of the avian world too. Birds are beautiful, elegant, sometimes endangered creatures that can teach us invaluable lessons about the world we all inhabit.
