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List of Birds of Mexico Part 8 From Thrushes to Arbirds
Due to the large number of bird species and photographs, I have split the entire list into several parts:
Part 1 Introduction and travel itinerary is presented here.
Part 2 From Tinamu to Snake Neck is presented here.
Part 3 From American Vultures to Gulls is presented here.
Part 4 From Doves to Hummingbirds is presented here.
Part 5 From Trogons to Parrots is presented here.
Part 6 From Stoves to Tyrannos is presented here.
Part 7 From Manakins to Mockingbirds is presented here.
Part 9 From Corpses to Cardinals is presented here.
This part presents the Sparrow Birds.
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Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis)
Ground-feeding birds were seen in Tenam Puente (Chiapas) on 26 February.
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230 (961) Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana mexicana)
On March 9, a pair of birds (male and female) in the vicinity of the former Sima station in the suburbs of Mexico City (Estacion La Cima, Mexico City).
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231 (962) Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis occidentalis)
Synonym: Myadestes obscurus.
Endemic to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras.
On February 25, many birds were seen on the hills overgrown with dried thorny bushes, near the city of Comitan de Dominguez, Chiapas. In the evening, we observed current flights of males during the performance of songs, very similar to flights of bluethroats.
On March 4, we met in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
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Gray Hermit Thrush (Slate-colored Solitaire, Myadestes unicolor)
On March 7, we met in the town of La Cumbre (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca). Photo by Sergei Volkov.
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232 (963) Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris melpomene)
Synonym: Yellow-nosed short-billed thrush.
A bird was seen in the bushes at Tenam Puente (Chiapas) on 26 February.
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Brown-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Russet Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus occidentalis)
Synonym: Brown-headed short-billed thrush.
We met on March 5 in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca). I did not see.
Photo by Sergei Volkov.
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Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus frantzii)
Synonym: Mountain short-billed thrush.
On March 9, seen in a pine forest on a mountain in the vicinity of the former Sima station in the suburbs of Mexico City (Estacion La Cima, Mexico City).
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Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus)
Synonym: Short-billed thrush.
On March 4, we met in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
Without photo.
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Secretive Nightingale Thrush (Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus)
On March 4, we met in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
Without photo.
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233 (964) Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina)
Synonyms: American Woodbird, Woodbird, Catharus mustelinus.
On February 22nd, several birds in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. I managed to take only one photo.
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Guatemalan Thrush (Black Thrush, Turdus infuscatus)
Synonym: Issinya-blackbird.
On March 7, we met in the town of La Cumbre (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca). I did not see.
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234 (965) Clay-colored Thrush, Turdus grayi)
Synonyms: Graybird, Brownbird.
On 20 and 21 February, we saw birds feeding on the road east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
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White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis)
Synonym: Turdus albicollis assimilis.
On March 7, we met in the town of La Cumbre (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca). I did not see.
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Rufous-backed Thrush, Turdus rufopalliatus)
Seen on a tree in Huatulco (Oaxaca) on 3 March. Without photo.
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235 (966) Rufous-collared Robin, Turdus rufitorques)
February 28 in the morning at the beginning of the road to the summit of Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
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236 (1053) Wandering Thrush (American Robin, Turdus migratorius)
On March 9, one bird in a pine forest near the former Cima station in the suburbs of Mexico City (Estacion La Cima, Mexico City).
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237 House Sparrow Passer domesticus)
On February 24, we met the first sparrow in the town (Chiapas).
On March 9, we met at the Mexico City Ecopark (Parque Ecologico Xochimilco, Mexico D.F.)
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238 (967) Olive Warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus taeniatus)
Synonyms: Olive songbird, Olive American horse.
On February 27, we were met on the mountain near the San Cristobal airport (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas). Pine forest with oaks, height 2430 m.
On March 7, observed in La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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Trumpet Pipit (Buff-bellied Pipit, Anthus rubescens)
Spotted on 5 March in the Sierra Madre del Sur (Oaxaca) mountains.
I did not see.
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239 (968) Mexican Lentils (House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus)
Synonym: Carpodacus mexicanus.
Seen in the fields of the Sierra Madre del Sur (Oaxaca) mountains on 5 March.
6 March several birds near Monte Alban (Oaxaca).
On March 9, we met at the Mexico City Ecopark (Parque Ecologico Xochimilco, Mexico D.F.).
Saw in the center of Mexico City on 10 March.
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340 (969) Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra)
We met on February 27 in the forest near San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
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241 (1054) Mexican siskin (Lesser Goldfinch, Spinus psaltria)
AND Spinus psaltria colombiana
Synonym: Small siskin, Carduelis psaltria.
On February 26 we met in Tenam Puente (Chiapas).
B Spinus psaltria psaltria
Seen in the fields of the Sierra Madre del Sur (Oaxaca) mountains on 5 March.
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242 (970) Pine Siskin, Spinus pinus)
Synonym: Carduelis pinus.
March 10 met in a pine forest in the vicinity of the former Sima station in the suburbs of Mexico City (Estacion La Cima, Mexico City).
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Black-headed Siskin, Spinus notata)
Synonym: Black-breasted siskin, Carduelis notata.
On February 26, we met near Tenam Puente (Chiapas). I did not see.
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243 (971) Scrub Euphonia, Euphonia affinis)
AND Euphonia affinis affinis
On February 18, a couple was observed in a forest south of Cancun (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo).
B Euphonia affinis olmecorum
On 1 March male is clothed in a tree near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
8 March, one male in a tree (Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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244 (972) Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea hirundinacea)
Synonym: Yellow-throated euphony
On February 22, we met at a reservoir with an eagle near Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
Sighted in Yaxchilan (Chiapas) on 24 February.
On February 28, we met birds on the way to the summit of Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
On March 8, we met on the edge of a forest on the Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre (Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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245 (973) Elegant Euphonia, Euphonia elegantissima elegantissima)
On February 26, one male at the top of a tree in Tenam Puente (Chiapas).
On 6 March, one female in a tree near Monte Alban, Oaxaca.
On March 8, a female was observed at the edge of a forest on the Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre (Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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246 (974) Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus)
Synonyms: Golden-headed Thrush Songbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
On 18 February, a couple was observed on a walkway in the Botanical Gardens (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo).
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White-browed ridge songbird (Louisiana Waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla)
River Singer (Northern Waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis)
Synonym: River thrush songbird, Seiurus noveboracensis.
As a result of the discussion, the species of the bird was clarified.
Sighted at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on 22 February.
Photo by Sergei Volkov. I did not see.
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Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera)
Synonyms: Blue-winged chiffchaff songbird, Vermivora pinus, Helminthophila pinus.
Sighted at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on 22 February. Without photo.
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247 (975) Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia)
Synonym: Spotted Warbler, Black and White Arboreal
18 February in a forest south of Cancun (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo).
February 22nd in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
On February 25, we met in a pine forest in Montebello (Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas).
Seen in a clearing near Tenam Puente (Chiapas) on 26 February.
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
On 6 March, one bird near Monte Alban (Oaxaca).
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248 (976) Crescent-chested Warbler, Oreothlypis superciliosa superciliosa)
Synonym: Parula superciliosa, Vermivora superciliosa.
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
On March 7, observed in La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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249 (977) Green Warbler (Tennessee Warbler, Leiothlypis peregrina)
Synonyms: Tennessee Arboretum, Vermivora peregrina, Oreothlypis peregrina.
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
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Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata)
Synonyms: Red-headed arboreal tree, Vermivora celata, Helminthophila celata.
On March 7, we met in the town of La Cumbre (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca). I did not see.
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250 (978) Red-capped Warbler (Nashville Warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
Synonyms: Vermivora ruficapilla, Oreothlypis ruficapilla.
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
On the morning of February 28, we met in a tree next to the road along the Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
Seen in flowers on top of a tree in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca on 4 March.
We met on March 5 in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
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Virginia's Warbler (Virginia's Warbler, Leiothlypis virginiae)
Synonym: Virginia Warbler, Vermivora virginiae.
We met on March 6 near Monte Alban (Oaxaca). I did not see.
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251 (979) Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Geothlypis poliocephala palpebralis)
Synonym: Meadow mask songstress.
On March 8, we met in a forest on the Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre (Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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252 (980) MacGillivray's Warbler, Geothlypis tolmei)
Synonyms: Shrub Masked Songbird, Geothlypis macgillivrayi, Oporornis tolmiei.
On 26 February, one bird in a bush in a clearing near Tenam Puente (Chiapas).
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253 (981) Common Yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas)
AND Geothlypis trichas
Synonym: Yellow-throated masked songwriter.
On February 21, we met in a community of birds feeding near a column of leaf-cutter ants, 5 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
B Geothlypis trichas melanops
On March 9, we met at the Mexico City Ecopark (Parque Ecologico Xochimilco, Mexico D.F.).
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Gray-fronted yellow-breasted (Hooded Yellowthroat, Geothlypis nelsoni)
Synonym: Dark-browed mask songstress. I did not see.
On March 9, we met at the Mexico City Ecopark (Parque Ecologico Xochimilco, Mexico D.F.).
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254 (982) Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina)
Synonym: Hooded Wilsonian, Wilsonia citrina.
On February 21, we met in a community of birds feeding near a column of leaf-cutter ants, 5 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
On March 8, we met on the Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre (Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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255 (983) American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla)
Seen in the forest south of Cancun (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo) on 18 February.
On February 22nd, photographed the male in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
February 23, female near the entrance to Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas).
On February 25 and 26, a female was observed in the small garden of the Laureles Hotel in Comitan de Dominguez, Chiapas.
On March 1, we met on the outskirts of the village on the shore of the lagoon near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
A female was seen on a tree on 8 March (Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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256 (984) White-eyed arboreal tree (Northern Parula, Setophaga americana)
Synonyms: Northern arboretum, White-eyed parula, Parula americana.
On 19 February we saw many birds on the road near Parque Natural Ria Lagartos (Ria Lagartos, Yucatan).
On the morning of February 28, we met in a tree next to the road along the Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
Sighted in trees on 8 March (Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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257 (985) Black-eyed arboreal tree (Tropical Parula, Setophaga pitiayumi)
Synonyms: Black-eyed parula, Parula pitiayumi.
On 19 February we met several birds on the road near Parque Natural Ria Lagartos (Ria Lagartos, Yucatan).
We met in Calakmul (Calakmul Biosphere Reserve) on February 22nd.
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258 (986) Magnolia Warbler, Setophaga magnolia)
Synonyms: Magnolia forest songbird, Dendroica magnolia.
On February 21, we met one bird on a road 5 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
Photographed in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on February 22nd.
On the morning of February 28, we met in a tree next to the road along the Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas). One bird with nesting material in its beak.
On March 1, we met on the outskirts of the village on the shore of the lagoon near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
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259 (987) American Yellow Warbler, Setophaga aestiva)
Synonyms: Golden forest songstress, Setophaga petechia, Dendroica petechia.
On March 1, we met in the trees near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
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260 (988) Myrtle Warbler, Setophaga coronata)
Synonyms: Myrtle Songbird, Myrtle Forest Songwriter, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronate, Dendroica coronata coronate.
On February 22nd, birds were seen in coastal bushes in the bog in Calakmul (Calakmul Biosphere Reserve).
Sighted in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca) on 5 March.
On March 9, we met at the Mexico City Ecopark (Parque Ecologico Xochimilco, Mexico D.F.).
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261 (989) Myrtle Wood (??) (Audubon's Warbler, Setophaga auduboni auduboni)
Synonyms: Myrtle forest songwriter, Setophaga coronata auduboni, Yellow-rumped warbler.
We met on March 5 in the fields on the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Teotitlan del Valle, Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
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262 (990) Yellow-throated Warbler, Setophaga dominica albilora)
Synonyms: Yellow-throated Songbird, Yellow-throated Forest Songbird, Dendroica dominica, Dendroica dominica albilora.
On February 21, we met one bird near a reservoir on the way to Xpujil, Campeche.
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263 (1055) Grace's Warbler, Setophaga graciae)
Synonyms: Arizona Woodland Songbird, Dendroica graciae.
Seen in Montebello (Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas) on 25 February.
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264 (991) Townsend's Warbler, Setophaga townsendi)
Synonym: Shy forest songwriter, Dendroica townsendi.
February 26 in the trees in Tenam Puente (Chiapas).
On March 4, met in a tree in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca.
On March 7, they were photographed in the place of La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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265 (992) Black-throated Green Warbler, Setophaga virens)
Synonym: Green forest songstress, Dendroica virens.
18 February in a forest south of Cancun (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo).
February 22nd in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
Photographed in Montebello (Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas) on February 25.
February 26 on the pines in Tenam Puente (Chiapas).
We met on February 28 on the way to the summit of Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
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266 (993) Yellow-headed Arboreal (Hermit Warbler, Setophaga occidentalis)
Synonyms: Yellow-headed Forest Songbird, Dendroica occidentalis.
On February 25, we met in Montebello (Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas).
On March 7, observed at La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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267 (994) Golden-cheeked Warbler, Setophaga chrysoparia)
Synonyms: Golden-cheeked forest songstress, Dendroica chrysoparia.
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
On 7 March observed in the evening near the Valle Nacional (San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
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Chestnut-sided Warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica)
Synonym: Yellow-capped forest songstress, Dendroica pensylvanica.
On February 23, we met in Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas).
I did not see.
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Fan-tailed Warbler, Basileuterus lachrymosus)
Synonym: Edged-tailed songbird, Euthlypis lachrymosa, Neotropical Fan-tailed Warbler.
Seen in trees along the lagoon near Arista on 1 March (Arista, Chiapas). Without photo.
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268 (995) Rufous-capped Warbler, Basileuterus rufifrons rufifrons)
Synonym: Red-headed king-songwriter.
On 26 February, birds scurried about in dry grass and bushes in a clearing near Tenam Puente, Chiapas.
6 March several birds near Monte Alban (Oaxaca).
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269 (996) Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli)
Synonym: Golden-browed king-songwriter.
On March 4, there is a record of a meeting in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca). Without photo.
On March 7, observed at La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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Golden-crowned Warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus)
Synonym: Golden-headed king-songwriter.
We met on March 5 in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca). I did not see.
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270 (997) Wilson's Warbler, Cardellina pusilla)
Synonym: Wilsonia pusilla.
Seen in fields in the Sierra Madre del Sur (Oaxaca) mountains on 5 March.
Sighted in trees on 8 March (Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca).
On March 9, they met in the Mexico City Ecopark (Parque Ecologico Xochimilco, Mexico D.F.).
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271 (998) Red Warbler Cardellina rubra)
Synonyms: Purple Tanager Songbird, Ergaticus ruber.
On March 4, we met in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
On March 7, observed at La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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272 (999) Pink-headed Warbler, Cardellina versicolor)
Synonyms: Pink tanager songstress, Ergaticus versicolor.
Endemic to the highlands of Chiapas in Mexico and Western Guatemala.
On 27 February observed on a mountain near San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. Pine forest with oaks, height 2430 m.
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273 (1000) Gray-throated White-tailed (Slate-throated Redstart, Myioborus miniatus)
Synonyms: Lesser red-tart songbird, Red-black red-tart songbird.
On February 25, we met in a pine forest in Montebello (Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas).
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
We met on March 5 in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (La Neveria, Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
On March 7, observed in La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca).
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Red-faced Warbler, Cardellina rubrifrons)
Synonym: Tricolor cardellina.
We met on February 27 in the forest near San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas). Without photo.
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Icteria (Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens)
We met on March 5 in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca). I did not see.
Photo by Sergei Volkov.
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