Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz) with Legacy Tours
Peter R. Bono  10-25 July 2009


Great Tinamou   Tinamus major
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
h Slaty-breasted Tinamou   Crypturellus boucardi
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only; several individuals including one quite close
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
Thicket Tinamou   Crypturellus cinnamomeus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      heard only
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck   Dendrocygna autumnalis
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      6
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      10
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      20
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      1
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      6
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
Plain Chachalaca   Ortalis vetula
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      30; photo
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      4
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      5
West Mexican Chachalaca   Ortalis poliocephala
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      heard only
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1;photo
F White-bellied Chachalaca   Ortalis leucogastra
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2 seen at long range through telescope;heard
Crested Guan   Penelope purpurascens
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      10 seen very well; wild birds getting food handouts at zoo; photo
F Great Curassow   Crax rubra
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      6 females seen very well; wild birds gettingfood handouts at zoo; photo
Long-tailed Wood-Partridge   Dendrortyx macroura
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      heard only
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      heard only
Northern Bobwhite   Colinus virginianus
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      heard only
Singing Quail   Dactylortyx thoracicus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1 seen briefly as it scurried across our path in the woods; it was part of a covey that stayed out of sight
Least Grebe   Tachybaptus dominicus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2 on reservoir
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      4
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Catemaco Reservoir north of Vulcan San Martin      1
Brown Pelican   Pelecanus occidentalis
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Punta Arista (s of Arriaga)      6
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Malpaso Reservoir      2
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      1
Blue-footed Booby   Sula nebouxii
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      6 on offshore islet
Masked Booby   Sula dactylatra
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Punta Arista (s of Arriaga)      1
Brown Booby   Sula leucogaster
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      1 offshore
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Punta Arista (s of Arriaga)      2
Neotropic Cormorant   Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      10
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      3
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Malpaso Reservoir      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Catemaco Reservoir north of Vulcan San Martin      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      6
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
Anhinga   Anhinga anhinga
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Magnificent Frigatebird   Fregata magnificens
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      50
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Punta Arista (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
Great Blue Heron   Ardea herodias
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
Great Egret   Ardea alba
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      6
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Malpaso Reservoir      2
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Reddish Egret   Egretta rufescens
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Tricolored Heron   Egretta tricolor
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Little Blue Heron   Egretta caerulea
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Snowy Egret   Egretta thula
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Malpaso Reservoir      4
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
Green Heron   Butorides virescens
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      6
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Malpaso Reservoir      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      5
Black-crowned Night-Heron   Nycticorax nycticorax
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Boat-billed Heron   Cochlearius cochlearius
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron   Tigrisoma mexicanum
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      3
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
Wood Stork   Mycteria americana
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
White Ibis   Eudocimus albus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      2
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
White-faced Ibis   Plegadis chihi
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      1
Roseate Spoonbill   Platalea ajaja
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
Black Vulture   Coragyps atratus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      10
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      3
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      several
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      many
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      several
Turkey Vulture   Cathartes aura
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      6
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      10
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      several
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      several
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture   Cathartes burrovianus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Snail Kite   Rostrhamus sociabilis
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Sharp-shinned Hawk   Accipiter striatus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1 A.s.striatus
Cooper's Hawk   Accipiter cooperii
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
Common Black-Hawk   Buteogallus anthracinus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Harris's Hawk   Parabuteo unicinctus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
Black-collared Hawk   Busarellus nigricollis
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2 seen well;photo
Roadside Hawk   Buteo magnirostris
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      1
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      4
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      4
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      2
Gray Hawk   Buteo nitidus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Malpaso Reservoir      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      1
Short-tailed Hawk   Buteo brachyurus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      1
White-tailed Hawk   Buteo albicaudatus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
Zone-tailed Hawk   Buteo albonotatus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1 seen well; tail bands
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1 B.j.kriederi
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 Krider's race
Ornate Hawk-Eagle   Spizaetus ornatus
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 flying over meadow at top of mountain
Crested Caracara   Caracara cheriway
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      4
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
Laughing Falcon   Herpetotheres cachinnans
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
Collared Forest-Falcon   Micrastur semitorquatus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1 male and 1 female;photo
Bat Falcon   Falco rufigularis
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Peregrine Falcon   Falco peregrinus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
Limpkin   Aramus guarauna
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Ruddy Crake   Laterallus ruber
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      heard only (seen by others)
Virginia Rail   Rallus limicola
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      heard only
Purple Gallinule   Porphyrio martinica
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
Common Moorhen   Gallinula chloropus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      4
American Coot   Fulica americana
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      4
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      4
Northern Jacana   Jacana spinosa
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      3
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
Black-necked Stilt   Himantopus mexicanus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
F Double-striped Thick-knee   Burhinus bistriatus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      3 seen well in plowed field;photo
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
Marbled Godwit   Limosa fedoa
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      20
Whimbrel   Numenius phaeopus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Greater Yellowlegs   Tringa melanoleuca
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Willet   Tringa semipalmata
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1 Western race
Lesser Yellowlegs   Tringa flavipes
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Laughing Gull   Leucophaeus atricilla
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Catemaco Reservoir north of Vulcan San Martin      8
Gull-billed Tern   Gelochelidon nilotica
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      4
Common Tern   Sterna hirundo
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Royal Tern   Thalasseus maximus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      6
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Punta Arista (s of Arriaga)      8
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      20
Black Skimmer   Rynchops niger
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Punta Arista (s of Arriaga)      1
Rock Pigeon   Columba livia
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      10
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      6
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      6
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
Band-tailed Pigeon   Patagioenas fasciata
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      2
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      2
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
Red-billed Pigeon   Patagioenas flavirostris
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      3
Short-billed Pigeon   Patagioenas nigrirostris
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
Eurasian Collared-Dove   Streptopelia decaocto
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1 seen well on telephone wire near Paredon village; neck marking seen; very pale; cannot rule out Ringed Turtle-Dove
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      2 near tolls booths off cuota
Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      2
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      2
White-winged Dove   Zenaida asiatica
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      6
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Common Ground-Dove   Columbina passerina
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      8
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove   Columbina minuta
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Ruddy Ground-Dove   Columbina talpacoti
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      4
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      2
Inca Dove   Columbina inca
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      4
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      6
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      several
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Blue Ground-Dove   Claravis pretiosa
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2 on road; seen very well
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
White-tipped Dove   Leptotila verreauxi
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      heard only
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      heard only
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      heard only
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
Gray-headed Dove   Leptotila plumbeiceps
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
F Tuxtla Quail-Dove   Geotrygon carrikeri
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 seen briefly but well at fairly close range as it flew across road;heard
Green Parakeet   Aratinga holochlora
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      12
F Pacific Parakeet   Aratinga strenua
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      10 seen well flying by and perched at a distance
Orange-fronted Parakeet   Aratinga canicularis
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      6
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      20
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      15
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
Orange-chinned Parakeet   Brotogeris jugularis
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
White-fronted Parrot   Amazona albifrons
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      20
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      3
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      20
Lilac-crowned Parrot   Amazona finschi
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      10
Red-lored Parrot   Amazona autumnalis
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
Yellow-naped Parrot   Amazona auropalliata
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
Mealy Parrot   Amazona farinosa
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      6 flying by at dusk
Squirrel Cuckoo   Piaya cayana
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Groove-billed Ani   Crotophaga sulcirostris
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Striped Cuckoo   Tapera naevia
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      heard only
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo   Morococcyx erythropygus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      heard only
F Pacific Screech-Owl   Megascops cooperi
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      heard only (Oaxaca race)
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1 seen well spotlighted at dawn; Cooper's race
h Bearded Screech-Owl   Megascops barbarus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      heard only; came in fairly close but could not find in deep thicket
Mottled Owl   Ciccaba virgata
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      heard only
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      1 seen briefly at dusk flying away from fence post
Colima Pygmy-Owl   Glaucidium palmarum
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      heard only
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl   Glaucidium brasilianum
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      heard only
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Lesser Nighthawk   Chordeiles acutipennis
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1
Common Nighthawk   Chordeiles minor
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      1
Pauraque   Nyctidromus albicollis
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      12 on road
F Spot-tailed Nightjar   Caprimulgus maculicaudus
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      2 seen briefly but well on road; smaller than Pauraque and showing no large white areas on tail; compared with Pauraque
White-collared Swift   Streptoprocne zonaris
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
Vaux's Swift   Chaetura vauxi
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      2
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      2
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
Long-billed Hermit   Phaethornis longirostris
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1 P.l.mexicanus (Mexican Hermit)
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing   Campylopterus curvipennis
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 seen very briefly flying up a gully and across the road; fide Michael Carmody
F Long-tailed Sabrewing   Campylopterus excellens
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2 seen fairly well; fide Michael Carmody
Black-crested Coquette   Lophornis helenae
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 seen fairly well perched in poor light but silhouette distinctive
Canivet's Emerald   Chlorostilbon canivetii
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 male
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      4
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
F Blue-capped Hummingbird   Eupherusa cyanophrys
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      1 seen well in good light
Dusky Hummingbird   Cynanthus sordidus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1 male at lunch stop
Broad-billed Hummingbird   Cynanthus latirostris
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1 Doubleday's race
White-eared Hummingbird   Hylocharis leucotis
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      4
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird   Amazilia tzacatl
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird   Amazilia yucatanensis
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Cinnamon Hummingbird   Amazilia rutila
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
White-bellied Emerald   Amazilia candida
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
F Azure-crowned Hummingbird   Amazilia cyanocephala
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2 seen well; perched
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Green-fronted Hummingbird   Amazilia viridifrons
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1 A.v.wagneri (Cinnamon-sided)
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1 A.v.viridifrons
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Berylline Hummingbird   Amazilia beryllina
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      4 A.b.beryllina
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      2
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Blue-throated Hummingbird   Lampornis clemenciae
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      3
Amethyst-throated Hummingbird   Lampornis amethystinus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2 Guatemalan race
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
Magnificent Hummingbird   Eugenes fulgens
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1
Long-billed Starthroat   Heliomaster longirostris
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
F Slender Sheartail   Doricha enicura
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 female seen briefly, but distinctly along road; fide Michael Carmody
Bumblebee Hummingbird   Atthis heloisa
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      3 seen very well;photo
F Wine-throated Hummingbird   Atthis ellioti
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      1 female seen well feeding on thistle flowers in meadow near town;distant photo;fide Michael Carmody
Broad-tailed Hummingbird   Selasphorus platycercus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      2 males in thistle meadow
Black-headed Trogon   Trogon melanocephalus
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      1
Citreoline Trogon   Trogon citreolus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      4
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
Violaceous Trogon   Trogon violaceus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2;photo
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
Mountain Trogon   Trogon mexicanus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2;photo
Collared Trogon   Trogon collaris
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
Ringed Kingfisher   Megaceryle torquata
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
Green Kingfisher   Chloroceryle americana
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
F Tody Motmot   Hylomanes momotula
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2 seen very well at close range;calling
F Blue-throated Motmot   Aspatha gularis
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1 seen fairly well in deep forest in early morning light; heard
Russet-crowned Motmot   Momotus mexicanus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      3
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      several; photo
Blue-crowned Motmot   Momotus momota
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
Emerald Toucanet   Aulacorhynchus prasinus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      heard only;A.p.wagleri
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only Wagler's race
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 A.p.prasinus
Keel-billed Toucan   Ramphastos sulfuratus
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      4
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Acorn Woodpecker   Melanerpes formicivorus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      1
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker   Melanerpes chrysogenys
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      3
Gray-breasted Woodpecker   Melanerpes hypopolius
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      2
Golden-fronted Woodpecker   Melanerpes aurifrons
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      10 Oaxaca race
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      4 Oaxaca race
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker   Picoides scalaris
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1
Smoky-brown Woodpecker   Veniliornis fumigatus
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
Gray-crowned Woodpecker   Colaptes auricularis
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
Golden-olive Woodpecker   Colaptes rubiginosus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
Northern Flicker   Colaptes auratus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      heard only
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2 Guatemalan race
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      4 Guatemalan race
Lineated Woodpecker   Dryocopus lineatus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      heard only
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      2
Pale-billed Woodpecker   Campephilus guatemalensis
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2
F Rufous-breasted Spinetail   Synallaxis erythrothorax
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 male seen extremely well at close range ingood light;singing;photo
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner   Anabacerthia variegaticeps
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 seen well
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner   Automolus ochrolaemus
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2 seen well
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner   Automolus rubiginosus
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only; several individuals
Olivaceous Woodcreeper   Sittasomus griseicapillus
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      1
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper   Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
Spotted Woodcreeper   Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper   Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
Barred Antshrike   Thamnophilus doliatus
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      1 male and 1 female seen well;singing
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
Dusky Antbird   Cercomacra tyrannina
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1 male and 1 female seen well
Black-faced Antthrush   Formicarius analis
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only; Mexican race; all distant
Greenish Elaenia   Myiopagis viridicata
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      4
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia   Elaenia flavogaster
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
F Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet   Ornithion semiflavum
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen very well;photo
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet   Camptostoma imberbe
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Northern Bentbill   Oncostoma cinereigulare
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      2 seen very well;singing
Yellow-olive Flycatcher   Tolmomyias sulphurescens
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
F Belted Flycatcher   Xenotriccus callizonus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2 seen very well;photo
Pileated Flycatcher   Xenotriccus mexicanus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      2
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
White-throated Flycatcher   Empidonax albigularis
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      1 seen very well in meadow near town;photo
Cordilleran Flycatcher   Empidonax occidentalis
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Yellowish Flycatcher   Empidonax flavescens
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1
Greater Pewee   Contopus pertinax
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Western Wood-Pewee   Contopus sordidulus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      15
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      many
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      several
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
Tufted Flycatcher   Mitrephanes phaeocercus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1
Black Phoebe   Sayornis nigricans
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      2
Vermilion Flycatcher   Pyrocephalus rubinus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      many
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      many
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      8
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      2
Piratic Flycatcher   Legatus leucophaius
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2 seen well
Social Flycatcher   Myiozetetes similis
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Great Kiskadee   Pitangus sulphuratus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher   Myiodynastes luteiventris
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
Streaked Flycatcher   Myiodynastes maculatus
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Boat-billed Flycatcher   Megarynchus pitangua
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1;photo
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Tropical Kingbird   Tyrannus melancholicus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Couch's Kingbird   Tyrannus couchii
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
Cassin's Kingbird   Tyrannus vociferans
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      10
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      8
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      4
Thick-billed Kingbird   Tyrannus crassirostris
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher   Myiarchus tuberculifer
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1 M.t.olivaceous
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2 M.t.olivaceous
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 Lawrence's race
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
Nutting's Flycatcher   Myiarchus nuttingi
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      6
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
Flammulated Flycatcher   Deltarhynchus flammulatus
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Bright-rumped Attila   Attila spadiceus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      2
Masked Tityra   Tityra semifasciata
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      2
Black-crowned Tityra   Tityra inquisitor
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
F Gray-collared Becard   Pachyramphus major
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 male and 1 female seen exceptionally well in great light at close range for a long time;photos
Rose-throated Becard   Pachyramphus aglaiae
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1 female
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      4
F Black-capped Swallow   Atticora pileata
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      10 seen very well;below eye-level near top of mountain road near microwave tower
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2 Ridgway's race
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2 Ridgway's race
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
Gray-breasted Martin   Progne chalybea
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      many
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
Mangrove Swallow   Tachycineta albilinea
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
Barn Swallow   Hirundo rustica
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      6
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      6
Cliff Swallow   Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      2
Cave Swallow   Petrochelidon fulva
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      many P.f.mexicanus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      2
Gray Silky-flycatcher   Ptilogonys cinereus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      4
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      3
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      8
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      2
Band-backed Wren   Campylorhynchus zonatus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      3
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
Gray-barred Wren   Campylorhynchus megalopterus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      6 with Unicolored, Steller's, and Dwarf Jays
F Giant Wren   Campylorhynchus chiapensis
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      10 seen well in good light
Rufous-naped Wren   Campylorhynchus rufinucha
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      heard only
Boucard's Wren   Campylorhynchus jocosus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      heard only
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      5
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
Canyon Wren   Catherpes mexicanus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      2
F Sumichrast's Wren   Hylorchilus sumichrasti
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1 seen well in very dark understory on limestone hills;singing
F Nava's Wren   Hylorchilus navai
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen very well at close range in good light;singing;photo;seen flying into limestone cavity (nest hole?)
Happy Wren   Thryothorus felix
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      heard only
Spot-breasted Wren   Thryothorus maculipectus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
Banded Wren   Thryothorus pleurostictus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      2
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
Sinaloa Wren   Thryothorus sinaloa
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
Plain Wren   Thryothorus modestus
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      1
Bewick's Wren   Thryomanes bewickii
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      2
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      1
House Wren   Troglodytes aedon
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      2 T.a.bruneicollis (Brown-throated race)
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      heard only; brown-throated race
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 Southern race (T.a.musculus)
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      heard only Southern race
F Rufous-browed Wren   Troglodytes rufociliatus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1 seen very well;photo
White-breasted Wood-Wren   Henicorhina leucosticta
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren   Henicorhina leucophrys
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      heard only
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      heard only
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
Northern Mockingbird   Mimus polyglottos
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      2
Tropical Mockingbird   Mimus gilvus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      1
Curve-billed Thrasher   Toxostoma curvirostre
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1 T.c.curirostre
Blue Mockingbird   Melanotis caerulescens
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      2
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      3
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      3
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      3
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
F Blue-and-white Mockingbird   Melanotis hypoleucus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen briefly but clearly; fide Michael Carmody
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1 seen briefly but clearly
Eastern Bluebird   Sialia sialis
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      20
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      10
Brown-backed Solitaire   Myadestes occidentalis
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      2
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      heard only
F Slate-colored Solitaire   Myadestes unicolor
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen well; perched and singing
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2 seen;singing
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush   Catharus aurantiirostris
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      heard only
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      heard only
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1 seen and heard singing
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      heard only
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      heard only
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
Russet Nightingale-Thrush   Catharus occidentalis
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      2
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush   Catharus frantzii
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      1 seen well
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      heard only
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush   Catharus mexicanus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen well
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      4
Black Thrush   Turdus infuscatus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1 male and 1 female feeding on cherries
Clay-colored Thrush   Turdus grayi
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      several
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      several
White-throated Thrush   Turdus assimilis
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      5
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      6
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      several
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      several
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Rufous-backed Robin   Turdus rufopalliatus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      1 in tree near ruins; brooding female
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      heard only
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
F Rufous-collared Robin   Turdus rufitorques
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      2 seen well;photo
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      20 seen very well;photo
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      10;photo
American Robin   Turdus migratorius
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      many
F Aztec Thrush   Ridgwayia pinicola
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      3 seen very well feeding on cherries in village
Long-billed Gnatwren   Ramphocaenus melanurus
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
White-lored Gnatcatcher   Polioptila albiloris
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
Tropical Gnatcatcher   Polioptila plumbea
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Bushtit   Psaltriparus minimus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      10 Black-eared race
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      4 Black-eared race
Mexican Chickadee   Poecile sclateri
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      4
Brown Creeper   Certhia americana
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1
Loggerhead Shrike   Lanius ludovicianus
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
Steller's Jay   Cyanocitta stelleri
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      heard only
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      30
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      6
White-throated Magpie-Jay   Calocitta formosa
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      6
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      8
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      many
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      many
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      10
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
Green Jay   Cyanocorax yncas
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      2
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Brown Jay   Cyanocorax morio
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      3
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
F Azure-hooded Jay   Cyanolyca cucullata
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2 seen briefly but fairly well flying across road; heard calling
F Black-throated Jay   Cyanolyca pumilo
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      3 seen very well
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1 seen very well by road;photo
F Dwarf Jay   Cyanolyca nana
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      12 seen fairly well under overcast skies
White-throated Jay   Cyanolyca mirabilis
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      1 seen briefly but clearly; poor photo
Western Scrub-Jay   Aphelocoma californica
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      12 A.c. sumachrasti
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      heard only
F Unicolored Jay   Aphelocoma unicolor
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      3 seen very well in good light
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 seen well;photo
House Sparrow   Passer domesticus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      30
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      several
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      many
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      several
F Slaty Vireo   Vireo brevipennis
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1 great closeup view
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      heard only
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1 seen very well
F Dwarf Vireo   Vireo nelsoni
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2 seen well in scrub by side of road
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      heard only
Hutton's Vireo   Vireo huttoni
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      6
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      3
Brown-capped Vireo   Vireo leucophrys
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
Golden Vireo   Vireo hypochryseus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      8
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      heard only
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
Yellow-green Vireo   Vireo flavoviridis
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      2
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Lesser Greenlet   Hylophilus decurtatus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      4
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
F Green Shrike-Vireo   Vireolanius pulchellus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen very well;photo
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen very well;photo
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      heard only
Rufous-browed Peppershrike   Cyclarhis gujanensis
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Scrub Euphonia   Euphonia affinis
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2
Yellow-throated Euphonia   Euphonia hirundinacea
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      4
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      4;photo
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2
Elegant Euphonia   Euphonia elegantissima
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      4 including one striking pair feeding on mistletoe berries
House Finch   Carpodacus mexicanus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      10
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      several
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      many
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      10
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      10
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      5
Red Crossbill   Loxia curvirostra
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      12 flying over in one flock
Pine Siskin   Carduelis pinus
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2 seen well in tree in a milpa
Black-headed Siskin   Carduelis notata
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      4
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      3
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2 in a tree in a milpa
Lesser Goldfinch   Carduelis psaltria
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      4
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      6
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      6
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      10
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      2
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      6
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      many
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      several
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
Olive Warbler   Peucedramus taeniatus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      3
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
Crescent-chested Warbler   Parula superciliosa
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
Tropical Parula   Parula pitiayumi
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1 P.p.tamaulipas
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1 P.p.chiama
Black-and-white Warbler   Mniotilta varia
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 female
Louisiana Waterthrush   Seiurus motacilla
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat   Geothlypis poliocephala
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
F Hooded Yellowthroat   Geothlypis nelsoni
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      1 male and 1 female seen well; photo
Red Warbler   Ergaticus ruber
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      10 including some very close looks
F Pink-headed Warbler   Ergaticus versicolor
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2 seen extremely well in great light;photo
Slate-throated Redstart   Myioborus miniatus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      3
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      4
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      8
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      1
Fan-tailed Warbler   Euthlypis lachrymosa
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
Golden-crowned Warbler   Basileuterus culicivorus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      4
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2 seen very well;photo
Rufous-capped Warbler   Basileuterus rufifrons
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      6 B.r.rufifrons
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      2
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      heard only
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 Salvin's race
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Golden-browed Warbler   Basileuterus belli
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      10 including some very close looks
Red-breasted Chat   Granatellus venustus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1;photo
Bananaquit   Coereba flaveola
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
Common Bush-Tanager   Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 Tuxtla or Wetmore's race
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 Tuxtla or Wetmore's race
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 Brown-headed race
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager   Habia rubica
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 male and 1 female;photo
Red-throated Ant-Tanager   Habia fuscicauda
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      6
Hepatic Tanager   Piranga flava
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      2
Flame-colored Tanager   Piranga bidentata
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 Lafresnaye's race
White-winged Tanager   Piranga leucoptera
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 male and 1 female
F Red-headed Tanager   Piranga erythrocephala
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      5 seen well; males and females; feeding on fruit trees in village
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      1 female
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1 male
Crimson-collared Tanager   Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 male;photo
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
Blue-gray Tanager   Thraupis episcopus
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
Yellow-winged Tanager   Thraupis abbas
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      4
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      6
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      6
Golden-hooded Tanager   Tangara larvata
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
Red-legged Honeycreeper   Cyanerpes cyaneus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      6
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      20
Blue-black Grassquit   Volatinia jacarina
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Variable Seedeater   Sporophila corvina
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      6
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
White-collared Seedeater   Sporophila torqueola
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      8 S.t.torqueola
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2 S.t.morrelleti
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many S.t.morrelleti
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      several S.t.morrelleti
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several S.t.morrelleti
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      several S.t.morrelleti
F Ruddy-breasted Seedeater   Sporophila minuta
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      4 seen exceptionally well at close range in good light; photo
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      4
Thick-billed Seed-Finch   Oryzoborus funereus
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
F Blue Seedeater   Amaurospiza concolor
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen very well;perched;singing;photo
Yellow-faced Grassquit   Tiaris olivaceus
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      10
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer   Diglossa baritula
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      1 male and 1 female
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      4; photo
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      2
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      2
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
White-naped Brush-Finch   Atlapetes albinucha
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      3 seen well;photo
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch   Atlapetes pileatus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      4
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch   Arremon brunneinucha
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      2 A.b.suttoni
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1 Tuxtla race
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2 Tuxtla race
Olive Sparrow   Arremonops rufivirgatus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2 A.r.acapulco
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Collared Towhee   Pipilo ocai
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      3
Spotted Towhee   Pipilo maculatus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      4
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      2
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      1
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
F White-throated Towhee   Pipilo albicollis
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      6 see well
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      10
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      4
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      4
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
F Bridled Sparrow   Aimophila mystacalis
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1 male seen well; singing
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      3
Stripe-headed Sparrow   Aimophila ruficauda
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1 Colima race
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1 A.r.ruficauda
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      3 A.r.ruficauda
F Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow   Aimophila sumichrasti
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huuctleo Beach (40km e. of Huatulco)      1 seen very well in good light at close range;photo; heard singing
Botteri's Sparrow   Aimophila botterii
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow   Aimophila ruficeps
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
F Oaxaca Sparrow   Aimophila notosticta
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1 seen well; singing
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      3
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      1
Rusty Sparrow   Aimophila rufescens
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      4
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Rufous-collared Sparrow   Zonotrichia capensis
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      3
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      4
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      6
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      20
Yellow-eyed Junco   Junco phaeonotus
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      8 J.p.mexicanus
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      several
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: San Jose del Pacifico (2500m)      several
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Cerre de Huitepec      1 Chiapas race
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      4 Chiapas race
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2 Chiapas race
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      2
Grayish Saltator   Saltator coerulescens
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2
Buff-throated Saltator   Saltator maximus
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      2
Black-headed Saltator   Saltator atriceps
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2 Tuxtla race
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      1 Tuxtla race
Black-faced Grosbeak   Caryothraustes poliogaster
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2;photo
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      6
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
Northern Cardinal   Cardinalis cardinalis
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2 long-crested race
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1
Yellow Grosbeak   Pheucticus chrysopeplus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 Orange-colored race
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Thorn scrub rancho off cuota (22km w of Tuxtla)      2
Black-headed Grosbeak   Pheucticus melanocephalus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1 female
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1 male
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- village and road above (2500-3000m)      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      2
Blue Bunting   Cyanocompsa parellina
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2 turquoise-fronted race
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 turqoise-fronted race
Blue-black Grosbeak   Cyanocompsa cyanoides
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
Blue Grosbeak   Passerina caerulea
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      1
F Rose-bellied Bunting   Passerina rositae
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      10 including several pairs; seen very well at extremely close range;photo
Orange-breasted Bunting   Passerina leclancherii
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
Varied Bunting   Passerina versicolor
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
Red-winged Blackbird   Agelaius phoeniceus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      2
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      1
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- meadow near town      several
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      6
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: Los Choapas      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      several
Eastern Meadowlark   Sturnella magna
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      heard only
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      2
Melodious Blackbird   Dives dives
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve (Rt190 n of Arriaga)      1
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      1
Great-tailed Grackle   Quiscalus mexicanus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Mitla      6
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Yagul archeological site      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      6
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco City      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/15/2009   Chiapas: from Chiapas state line to Arriaga      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      many
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: Tuxtla Guttierez Zoo grounds      many
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      many
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      many
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      many
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      many
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      many
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      many
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      many
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      several
Bronzed Cowbird   Molothrus aeneus
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      8
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      10
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      Violaceous
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- town      many
    7/21/2009   Veracruz: along Hwy 180D to Coatzacoalcos      several
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      several
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: Sierra Los Tuxtlas Reserve -- Ruiz Cortinez road      2
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      several
Yellow-backed Oriole   Icterus chrysater
    7/19/2009   Chiapas: San Cristobal des las Casas -- Dos Lagunas (2750m)      2
Altamira Oriole   Icterus gularis
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      1
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      2
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      6
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      1
Streak-backed Oriole   Icterus pustulatus
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      1
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
Orchard Oriole   Icterus spurius
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      1 male
    7/23/2009   Veracruz: lowland driving between San Andres and Tuxtepec      3
Black-cowled Oriole   Icterus prosthemelas
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      1 male
Black-vented Oriole   Icterus wagleri
    7/10/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan--road above (1800-2050m)      1
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: Teotitlan -- road above (1600-1950m)      2
    7/11/2009   Oaxaca: lower part of Highway 175 (1800 m)      1
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section of road (1500-2000m)      2
    7/12/2009   Oaxaca: city and Monte Alban road      1
    7/13/2009   Oaxaca: Guacamaya -- lower section (1500-2000m)      heard only
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (high elevation)      1
Audubon's Oriole   Icterus graduacauda
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2 I.g.dickeae (Dickey's race)
F Bar-winged Oriole   Icterus maculialatus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      10 including males, females, and immatures; seen very well;photo
Yellow-billed Cacique   Amblycercus holosericeus
    7/18/2009   Chiapas: El Sumidero Canyon (nr. Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      2
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      1
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      heard only
    7/25/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 175 -- upper Valle National road (800-3000m)      heard only
Yellow-winged Cacique   Cacicus melanicterus
    7/14/2009   Oaxaca: Highway 175 -- Sierra Madre del Sur (low elevation)      2
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: Huatulco -- Playa Cacaluta      several
    7/15/2009   Oaxaca: en route from Huatulco to Chiapas state line      several
    7/16/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
    7/17/2009   Chiapas: Savannas near Paredon (s of Arriaga)      several
Montezuma Oropendola   Psarocolius montezuma
    7/20/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      heard only
    7/21/2009   Chiapas: Silva del Ocote (40km west of Tuxtla Guttierez)      1 seen displaying;calling;photo
    7/22/2009   Veracruz: Hwy 180 around San Andres de Tuxtla      10
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: Vega del Sol - Zuzul (35 km s. of Tuxtepec)      4
    7/24/2009   Veracruz: lowlands near Tuxtepec      10

1129 sightings; 368 species seen or heard; 47 life birds (including 2 heard only).