A Checklist of the Birds of
MICHOACAN & PATZCUARO, MEXICO

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
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  1998 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Pied-billed Grebe   x x x x x
Western Grebe           x
American White Pelican x   x x x  
American Bittern x x   x   x
Least Bittern x x   x x x
Great Blue Heron x x x x x x
Great Egret x x x x x x
Snowy Egret x x x x x x
Little Blue Heron x x x x x x
Tricolored Heron x x x x x x
Cattle Egret x x x x x x
Green Heron x x x x x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x         x
White Ibis         x x
White-faced Ibis x x x x x x
Mallard (Mexican Duck) x     x    
Blue-winged Teal   x x x x x
Northern Pintail x x x   x x
Cinnamon Teal     x x x x
Green-winged Teal           x
Northern Shoveler     x x   x
Gadwall x   x x   x
American Wigeon x x x x x x
Ring-necked Duck   x x x   x
Lesser Scaup       x    
Ruddy Duck           x
Black Vulture x x x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x x x
Osprey         x x
White-tailed Kite   x x x x x
Northern Harrier x x x   x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x   x x x x
Cooper's Hawk x x x   x x
Harris's Hawk   x        
Roadside Hawk x x   x x  
White-tailed Hawk     x      
Zone-tailed Hawk x x   x x x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x x
American Kestrel x x x x x x
Merlin           x
Peregrine Falcon x x        
Long-tailed Wood Partridge (E)         x  
King Rail       x    
Virginia Rail       x x x
Sora x x x x x x
Common Moorhen x x x x x x
American Coot x x x x x x
Killdeer x x x x x x
Northern Jacana x x x x x x
Black-necked Stilt         x x
Lesser Yellowlegs           x
Spotted Sandpiper x x x x x x
Least Sandpiper           x
Wilson's Snipe x   x x x x
Forster's Tern       x    
Ring-billed Gull x x x x x x
Rock Pigeon x x x x x x
Mourning Dove         x x
Inca Dove x x x x x x
Common Ground-Dove   x        
White-tipped Dove   x x      
Groove-billed Ani   x     x x
Mountain(Northern) Pygmy-Owl x   x   x h
Lesser Nighthawk     x x x  
Pauraque x          
Black Swift x          
White-throated Swift x          
small swift sp.   x        
Green Violet-ear x x x x x h
Broad-billed Hummingbird   x x   x x
White-eared Hummingbird x x x x x x
Berylline Hummingbird x x x x x x
Blue-throated Hummingbird x x     x x
Magnificent Hummingbird x x x x x x
Plain-capped Starthroat   x        
Calliope Hummingbird   x        
Broad-tailed Hummingbird x x x x x x
Rufous Hummingbird x x x x x x
Black-chinned Hummingbird     x x    
Allen's Hummingbird   x        
Mountain Trogon (E)       x x  
Belted Kingfisher x x x x x x
Green Kingfisher         x x
Acorn Woodpecker x x x x   x
Golden-fronted Woodpecker x x x x x x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x   x x x x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker x x x x x x
Hairy Woodpecker x     x    
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker x x x x x  
White-striped Woodcreeper (E) x     x    
Tufted Flycatcher x x x x x x
Greater Pewee x x x x x x
Hammond's Flycatcher x   x      
Gray Flycatcher x          
White-throated Flycatcher         x x
Pine Flycatcher (E) x x x x x x
Pileated Flycatcher (E)   x   x    
Dusky Flycatcher     x      
Cordilleran Flycatcher x       x x
Buff-breasted Flycatcher x x x x x x
Black Phoebe x x x x x x
Say's Phoebe x x        
Vermilion Flycatcher x x x x x x
Dusky-capped Flycatcher x x x x   h
Brown-crested Flycatcher x          
Great Kiskadee   x   x x x
Social Flycatcher   x x x x  
Tropical Kingbird   x       x
Cassin's Kingbird x x x x x x
Rose-throated Becard       x x  
Tree Swallow x x        
Violet-green Swallow x x x x x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x x x x
Barn Swallow x x   x x x
Steller's Jay       x x  
Mexican Jay x x x x   x
Common Raven x x x x x x
Mexican Chickadee x x x x x x
(Black-eared) Bushtit x x x x x x
Brown Creeper x   x x    
Gray-barred Wren (E)   x   x x x
Spotted Wren (E)     x      
Canyon Wren x x x x x x
Happy Wren (E) x x        
Bewick's Wren x x x x x x
House Wren x x x x x x
Sedge Wren     x      
Marsh Wren x x x x x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x     h
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x x x x x
Eastern Bluebird x x x x x x
Western Bluebird   x x      
Brown-backed Solitaire x x x   x  
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush     x x x x
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush           x
Mountain Robin x          
White-throated Robin x x   x x x
Rufous-backed Robin x x x x x x
American Robin x x     x x
Aztec Thrush     x      
Blue Mockingbird x x x x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x     x x
Curve-billed Thrasher x x x x x x
Cedar Waxwing x   x      
Gray Silky-Flycatcher x x x x x x
Loggerhead Shrike x x x x x x
European Starling           x
Warbling Vireo     x   x x
Cassin's Vireo x x   x x x
Hutton's Vireo   x        
Red-eyed Vireo           x
Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo           x
Tennessee Warbler x     x x x
Orange-crowned Warbler x x x x x x
Nashville Warbler x x x x x x
Virginia's Warbler   x        
Crescent-chested Warbler x x x x x x
Yellow Warbler   x   x x x
Yellow-rumped (Aud's) Warbler x x x x x x
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler   x   x    
Black-throated Gray Warbler x x x x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler   x x   x x
Townsend's Warbler x x x x x x
Hermit Warbler x x x x x x
Cape May Warbler         x  
Blackburnian Warbler x         x
Grace's Warbler x x   x x x
Black-and-white Warbler x x x x x x
Prothonotary Warbler       x    
Northern Waterthrush     x x   x
Louisiana Waterthrush         x  
Mourning Warbler   x        
MacGillivray's Warbler x x x   x  
Common Yellowthroat x x x x x x
Black-polled Yellowthroat (E) x x x x x x
Wilson's Warbler x x x x x x
Red Warbler (E)     x x x x
Painted Redstart x     x    
Slate-throated Redstart x x x x x x
Rufous-capped Warbler x x   x   x
Golden-browed Warbler       x    
Olive Warbler x x x   x x
Red-breasted Chat   x        
Hepatic Tanager x x x x x  
Summer Tanager x x x x x x
Western Tanager   x   x x x
Flame-colored Tanager   x   x x x
White-winged Tanager x          
Red-headed Tanager (E) x          
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     x     x
Black-headed Grosbeak x x x x x x
Blue Grosbeak   x       x
Indigo Bunting x x   x   x
Varied Bunting   x        
Painted Bunting x x        
Collared Towhee (E)   x   x x  
Spotted (Olive-backed) Towhee     x   x x
Canyon Towhee x x x x x x
White-collared(Cin-rum)Seedeater x x x x x x
Blue-black Grassquit   x        
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer x       x  
Chipping Sparrow x x x x x x
Savannah Sparrow   x        
Clay-colored Sparrow   x        
Song Sparrow x x x x x x
Lincoln's Sparrow x x x x x x
Striped Sparrow (E)   x   x   x
Yellow-eyed Junco x x x x x x
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch (E)   x   x   x
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x x x
Yellow-headed Blackbird x x   x x x
Eastern Meadowlark x x     x x
Melodious Blackbird   x   x x  
Brewer's Blackbird x x x x x x
Great-tailed Grackle x x x x x x
Bronzed Cowbird x   x      
Bown-headed Cowbird x x x x   x
Hooded Oriole x x x x x  
Black-vented Oriole x x x      
Bullock's Oriole x x x x x x
Black-backed(Abeille's) Oriole (E) x x x x x x
Baltimore Oriole       x    
Scott's Oriole x x x x x x
Bar-winged Oriole   x        
House Finch x x x x x x
Black-headed Siskin x     x x  
Pine Siskin     x   x x
Lesser Goldfinch x x x x x x
Red Crossbill           x
House Sparrow x x x x x x
             
Total Species 146 157 134 146 147 158
             
(E) = Endemic to Mexico            

x = observed     d = dead
  Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec
  1998 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
MAMMALS            
             
Gray Squirrel x x x x x x
Rock Squirrel x x   x x x
Mexican Ground Squirrel   x x   s s
Weasel sp. x          
Virginia Opossum   d       d
Striped Skunk   d   d   s
Raccoon     x   d  
Cottontail sp     x   x  
Coyote         x x
             
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS            
             
Clark's Spiny Lizard       x x  
(Orange) Spiny Lizard       x    
Water Snake sp       x    
Toad sp.         x  
             
BUTTERFLIES            
             
Monarch (Millions!) x x x x x x
Whites       x x x
Fritillary sp       x x x
Cloudless Sulphur       x x x
Common Buckeye       x