11 February - 04 March 1995

by Jeff Higgott
 

Diary:

11 Feb KLM flight arrived Mexico City.
12 Feb Base in Texcoco & Teotihuacan pyramids, D.F.
13 Feb CIMMYT Texcoco and bus to Angangueo, Michoacan, via Zitacuaro.
14 Feb Monarch butterfly reserve, Angangueo & bus to Tepic, Nayarit.
15 Feb Bus from Tepic to San Blas, Nayarit early am.
16 Feb San Blas and Singayti.
17 Feb San Blas.
18 Feb San Blas & bus to Mexico City via Tepic.
19 Feb Texcoco.
20 Feb Flight to Merida, Yucatan & drive to Chichen Itza, Yucatan.
21 Feb Drive to Felipe Carillo Puerto, Quitana Roo.
22 Feb Felipe Carillo Puerto.
23 Feb Drive to Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Coba, Quitana Roo.
24 Feb Coba
25 Feb Drive to Merida and flight to Mexico City.
26 Feb Pine forest near Texcoco.
27 Feb Bus to Zapotitlan via Tehuacan, Puebla.
28 Feb Zapotitlan and bus to Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
1 Mar Cerro San Fellipe, La Cumbre, Oaxaca.
2 Mar Monte Alban, Oax and bus to Mexico City.
3 Mar Texcoco and Mexico City.
4 Mar Texcoco and flight from Mexico City to Stansted

SPECIES LIST:
 

Least Grebe Podiceps dominica
    Fairly common at San Blas.
    1 Lake Coba 23/2.

Black-necked (Eared) Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
    c6 San Blas 17/2.

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    c10 San Blas 18/2.
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    4 Lake Coba 24/2.

White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    30 flew over Singayti, San Blas 16/2.
    30+ on lagoons in the mangroves 17/2.

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
    c40 were around the quay at San Blas.
    2 Playa del Carmen 23/2.

Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
    1 off San Blas 17/2.

Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
    1+ on the lagoons at San Blas 15/2.

Neotropic (Olivaceous) Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus
    Common at San Blas.
    1 Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Anhingha Anhingha anhingha
    Fairly common at San Blas
    1 over Lake Coba 24/2.

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
    Very common at San Blas - up to 40 on the air together.
    Several were seen at Tulum 23/2.

Great Blue Heron Ardea heriodias
    Common at San Blas.
    several Lake Coba 23-24/2.
    Occasionally seen between Texcoco and Mexico City.

Great (Common) Egret Casmerodius albus
    Several were seen between Texcoco and Mexico City.
    Common at San Blas.
    Several Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Snowy Egret Egretta thula
    Common at San Blas.
    One was seen between Texcoco and Mexico City 3/3.

Little Blue Heron Florida caerulea
    Fairly common at San Blas.
    2 Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Reddish Egret Dichromanassa rufescens
    Several seen at San Blas.

Tricoloured (Louisiana) Heron Hydranassa tricolor
    Fairly common at San Blas.
    2 Lake Coba 24/2.

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    Widespread and very common.
    c100 roosting in Tehuacan town centre trees 27/2.

Green-backed Heron Butorides virescens
    Fairly common at San Blas.
    2 Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    Fairly common in the mangroves at San Blas.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
    Fairly common in the mangroves at San Blas.

Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
    At least one immature and two adults were seen in the mangroves at San Blas on 17/2.

Boat-billed Heron Cochlearinus cochlearinus
    35+ seen in the mangroves at San Blas on 17/2, 15 on the morning boat trip and 20+ flushed from roost on the evening trip
    17/2.

Wood Stork Mycteria americana
    Fairly common at San Blas.

White Ibis Eudocimus albus
    Common at San Blas.

White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
    c10 were seen at Singayti 16/2.

Roseate Spoonbill Ajaja ajaja
    Up to 4 seen daily at San Blas.

Black-bellied Tree-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Common on the mangrove lagoons at San Blas 17/2.

Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis
    One male seen at San Blas 15/2.

Gadwall Anas strepera
    Common on the mangrove lagoons at San Blas.

American Wigeon Anas americana
    Fairly common on the mangrove lagoons at San Blas.

Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    One male seen by DH on a mangrove lagoon at San Blas 17/2.

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
    Common at San Blas.

Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
    Common at San Blas.

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
    Common on the lagoons at San Blas.

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    c10 San Blas 18/2.

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    Widespread and common. Up to 50 in the air together at several locations.

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    Common at San Blas and Yucatan peninsular.
    1 over Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    Several seen San Blas.
    Several Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
    1 female Monte Alban 2/3.

Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    1 between Zitacuaro and Tepic from bus 14/2
    1 Texcoco 19/2
    1 pine forest, Texcoco 26/2

Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    1 cirling over Oaxaca 1/3.

Bicoloured Hawk Accipiter bicolor
    1 perched in a tree Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
    3 over the estuary/quay, San Blas 16/2

Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
    2+ over Singayti 16/2.

Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus
    Several over Singayti 16/2.
    1 San Blas 18/2.

Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
    2 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
    4 San Blas 15/2
    1 immature from morning boat trip through mangroves 17/2.

White-tailed Hawk Buteo albacaudatus
    One over Lake Coba 24/2.

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    Several widespread sightings.

Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
    2 over Oaxaca City 28/2.
    1 Monte Alban 2/3.

Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    Widespread in small numbers.

Merlin Falco columbarius
    1 female perched in a tree on the evening boat trip through the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    Single sightings at San Blas on 15 & 16/2.

Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
    2 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    2 Tulum 23/2.

Limpkin Aramus guarauna
    3 Lake Coba 23/2 (evening).
    2 Lake Coba 24/2 (morning).
    1 Lake Coba 24/2 (evening).

Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
    2 Lake Coba 24/2 (morning).
    1 Lake Coba 24/2 (evening).

Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica
    1 Lake Coba 24/2.

American Coot Fulica americana
    Common at San Blas.

Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
    c15 San Blas 17/2.
    5+ at Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    2 in a ploughed field at CIMMYT 13/2.

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
    Common at San Blas.
    1 Lake Coba 24/2.

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
    2 roosted at Lake Coba 23/2.

Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
    Several were seen at San Blas.

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Dunlin Calidris alpina
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Sanderling Calidris alba
    6 were seen on the beach at Tulum 23/2.

Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus
    2 San Blas 17/2.

Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
    Several were seen at San Blas.

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
    Several were seen at San Blas.

Long-billed/Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus/griseus
    Common at San Blas.

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
    Common at San Blas.

American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
    Common at San Blas.

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
    1 at San Blas 15/2.

Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
    c50 on the estuary at San Blas.

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawerensis
    Several were seen at San Blas.

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
    1 first-winter at San Blas 15 & 18/2.

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
    5 at San Blas 18/2.

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Royal Tern Sterna maxima
    c10 Playa del Carmen 23/2.

Rock Dove Columba livia
    Fairly common around towns and cities.

Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris
    Several seen in the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.
    1 Coba 24/2

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    Widespread and fairly common.

White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
    Several on rough ground by the quay at San Blas 15/2.

Common Zapotitlan 27/2.
    Widespread in small numbers.

Inca Dove Scardafella inca
    Common in Mexico City and several seen in Texcoco and Oaxaca.
    Common Ground-dove Columbina passerina
    Widespread and common.

Ruddy Ground-dove Columbina talpacoti
    Several on rough ground by the quay at San Blas 15/2.

Blue Ground-dove Claravis pretiosa
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verrauxi
    1 Coba 24/4.

Aztec Parakeet Aratinga astec
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis
    1 Singayti 16/2.

Blue-rumped Parrotlet Forpus cyanopygius
    A flock of c40 seen at the ruined fort, San Blas 16/2

Yellow-lored (Yucatan) Parrot Amazona xantholora
    Several (20+) amazon parrots seen Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2 probably mainly of this species.

White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons
    2 in the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.

Lilac-crowned Parrot Amazona finschi
    4 at Singayti 16/2

Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
    1 in mangroves at San Blas 17/2
    Singles Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.
    1 Coba 23/2.

Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
    2 at Singayti 16/2.
    Several at San Blas.
    5+ Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    c6 Coba 24/2.

Barn Owl Tyto alba
    1 perched in the tree next to a Common Potoo on the evening mangrove trip at San Blas 17/2.

Common Potoo Nyctibus griseus
    4 seen on an evening boat trip through the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.

Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
    One was seen in a tree down to 1.5m from the boat on the evening mangrove trip at San Blas. Several nighthawks seen in
    flight at dusk from the same trip were probably of this species.

Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
    1 male was seen from the boat on the evening boat trip at San Blas 17/2.
    2 at Lake Coba at dusk on 23/2 and one was singing from the restaurant roof in Coba that night.

Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
    c20 San Blas beach 17/2.
    Several at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    c20 Lake Coba 24/2.
    50+ Coba 24/2.

White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
    c6 flew over Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis
    Fairly common at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    Fairly common Tulum 23/2.

Fork-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetti
    3 at Chichen Itza 20/2.

Dusky Hummingbird Cyanthus sordidus
    3 Zapotitlan 28/2.
    2 Monte Alban 2/3.

Broad-billed Hummingbird Cyanthus latirostris
    1 female was regular at the feeder in the garden in Texcoco throughout.
    Several at Teotihuacan 12/2.

White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucostis
    Fairly common at Angangueo 14/2.
    Fairly common at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21-22/2.
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Several Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida
    Several at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    Common Tulum 23/2.

Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
    1 was seen at Singayti and several by the ruined fort at San Blas on 16/2
    1 Chichen Itza 20/2.

Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
    Several at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Magnificant Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
    1 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    One at Tulum 23/2.

Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
    1 was seen and several heard at Monte Alban 2/3.
    Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
    Fairly common at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    Several Coba 24/2.
    2 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    1 Tulum 23/2.

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    Fairly common at San Blas.
    1+ Lake Coba.

Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
    Fairly common at San Blas.

Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
    3 at Chichen Itza 20/2.
    1 at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
    2 perched in a tree at Zapotitlan 28/2.

Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota
    1 (black-crowned) Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    Others?

Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
    1 seen very briefly at Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
    3 at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2 and 5 on 22/2.

Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
    3 in the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.
    A pair were watched copulating at Tulum 23/2.

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Centurus chryogenys
    Several at Singayti 16.2.
    1 at ruined fort at San Blas 16/2.
    1 in mangroves at San Blas 17/2.

Gila Woodpecker Centurus uropygialis
    1 Singayti 16/2.
    Common Zapotitlan 27 & 28/2.

Golden-fronted Woodpecker Centurus aurifrons
    Common at Chichen Itza 20/2.
    1+ Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    Several Tulum 23/2.
    Singles Coba 23 & 24/2.

Red-vented (Yucatan) Woodpecker Cebturus pygmaeus
    1 seen by DH at Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Hairy Woodpecker Dendrocopus villosus
    1 in pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopus scalaris
    1 in the garden, Texcoco 19/2.
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    1 Zapotitlan 28/2.

Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatamalensis
    2 at Singayti 16/2.
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
    Two at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2 and one 22/2.
    Several Coba 24/2.

Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
    1 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
    1+ Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
    Two were seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
    Fairly common at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2. This is outside the range shown for this species in Howell and Webb.

Rose-throated Becard Platypsaris algaiae
    2+ at Singayti 16/2.
    1 Tulum 23/2.
    1 male Cerro San Felipe 1/3.
    1 Coba 24/2.

Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
    2 at Singayti 16/2.
    1 female Chichen Itza 20/2.
    2 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2 and several 22/2.

Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
    1 Teotihuacan 12/2.

Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
    Widespread and common.

Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
    Common around Mexico D. F.

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
    Common San Blas.
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto.
    Common Coba.

Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
    1 Singayti 16/2.

Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
    1+ Singayti 16/2.

Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
    Common at San Blas.
    Several at Singayti 16/2.
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
    Common at San Blas.

Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
    1 Zapotitlan 27/2.
    Several Monte Alban 2/3.

Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
    1 Chichen Itza 20/2.
    1 Zapotitlan 27/2.

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
    1 Singayti 16/2.

Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
    1 Texcoco 19/2.

Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
    1+ at Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
    1 at Singayti 16/2.

Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Empidonax sp
    1 Singayti 16/2.
    2 Chichen Itza 20/2.
    1 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
    2 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
    1 Zapotitlan 27/2.

Violet Green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
    10+ Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
    Fairly common at San Blas.
    1 Lake Coba 23/2 and 2 on 24.2.

Purple Martin Progne subis
    Fairly common Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
    Common at Singayti 16/2.
    Common San Blas.
    Common Lake Coba 23-24/2.

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    Widespread and fairly common.

Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    At least 1 at San Blas 16/2.

Common Raven Corvus corax
    2 Angangueo 14/2.
    1 Monte Alban2/3.

Mexican Crow Corvus imparatus
    "Sinaloa Crow" C. i. sinaloae common around San Blas.

Black-throated Magpie Jay Calocitta (formosa) collei
    2 from bus from Tepic to San Blas 15/2.
    6+ Singayti 16/2.
    7 on evening boat trip San Blas 17/2.

Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.

Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
    Several Coba 24/2.

San Blas Jay Cissilopha sanblasiana
    Three were seen briefly in the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.

Yucatan Jay Cissilopha yucatanica
    6+ Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    Several over the road between Felipe Carillo Puerto and Tulum 23/2.
    c6 Coba 24/2.

Purplish-backed Jay Cissilopha beecheii
    2 flew over the river through the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.

Grey-breasted Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina
    2 in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    c5 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Mexican Chickadee Parus sclateri
    2 in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
    Common in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    2 in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Grey-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus
    c10 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
    Fairly common at Teotihuacan 12/2.
    Fairly common Zapotialan 27-28/2.

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    1 "White-browed Wren" T. l. albinucha at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Spot-breasted Wren Thyothorus maculipectus
    1 was seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto on 21/2 and 1 on 22/2.

Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
    Regular in the garden in Texcoco.

House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    1 Texcoco 19/2.
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Grey-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucophrys
    1 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
    1 seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
    1 in Texcoco 12/2.
    Several Zapotitlan 27/2.
    Several at Monte Alban 2/3.

Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
    1 in the car park at Monte Alban 2/3.

Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
    Fairly common in Mexico D.F. in the garden at Texcoco.
    Fairly common Teotihuacan 12/2.
    Several seen Zapotillan 28/2.

Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
    1 Monte Alban 2/3

Black Catbird Melanoptila glabirostris
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    Common Tulum 23/2.

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottis
    1 by quay San Blas 15/2.
    Common Zapotitlan 27/2.

Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
    2 by quay San Blas 16/2.
    2+ Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    Common Tulum 23/2.

American Robin Turdus migratorius
    2+ Pine Forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Fairly common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus
    1 at San Blas 17/2.
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2

Clay-coloured Robin Turdus grayii
    2 Chichen Itza 20/2.

Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes obscurus
    Fairly common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    1 Tulum 23/2.

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    1 in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Veery Catharus fuscescens
    2 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Russet Nightingale-thrush Catharus occidentalis
    2 in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerula
    Several around the quay at San Blas 15/2.
    2+ Monte Alban 2/3.

White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
    Several Zapotitlan 27/2.

Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    Common pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Common Cerro San Falipe 1/3.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
    Common in garden at Texcoco.
    Common in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Common Cerro San Fellipe 1/3.

Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
    Several were in a ploughed field at CIMMYT 13/2.
    2 Monte Alban 2/3.

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedorum
    Flocks of up to 60 frequent throughout.

Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
    1 Zapotitlan 27/2.

Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptilogonys cinereus
    1 Angangueo 14/2.
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
    Widespread and common.

Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    1 Coba 24/2.

White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    1 Chichen Itza 21/2.
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 21-22/2

Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 21-22/2

Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius
    Several seen pine forest, Texcoco 26/2

Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
    Several were seen in mangroves at Tulum 23/2

Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
    2 Singayti 16/2.
    1 in mangroves at San Blas 17/2.
    2 Monte Alban 2/3.

Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
    1 female was seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    Singles seen in the garden, Texcoco 12 & 19/2.
    1 Singayti 16/2.
    Several Felilpe Carillo Puerto 21-22/2.
    Several Coba 24/2.

Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
    1 Coba 23/2 probably of this species.

Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
    One was seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2 and 2 on 22/2.

Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
    One was seen at San Blas 17/2.
    3 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.
    1 Monte Alban2/3.

Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
    One Singayti 16/2.
    Several runied fort, San Blas 16/2.
    1 in the garden Texcoco 19/2.
    2 Zapotitlan 28/2.

Lucy's Warbler Vermivora luciae
    1 by the ruined fort at San Blas on 16/2.

Crescent-chested Warbler Vermivora superciliosa
    c10 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Northern Parula Parula americana
    1 Chichen Itza 21/2.
    Several at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.
    Several Tulum 23/2.

Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
    1 or 2 Singayti 16/2.

Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
    Several pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    1 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
    1 Coba 23/2 and 2 24/2.

Mangrove Warbler Dendroica (petechia) erithachorides
    Fairly common in the mangroves at San Blas.

Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.
    Common Tulum 23/2.

Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata auduboni
    All individuals identified to subscecies were of the race auduboni.
    Common at CIMMYT 13/2.
    Common in the pine forest near Texcoco 26/2
    Common Oaxaca City 28/2.
    Fairly common Coba 23-24/2.

Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigriscens
    One was seen by DH by the ruined fort at San Blas on 16/2.

Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
    One Texcoco 19/2.
    Common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
    One male Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2 and 2 on 22/2
    1 Coba 24/2.

Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
    c5 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
    Single males Coba 23 & 24/2.

Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
    2 Coba 23/2.

Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21-22/2
    Common Coba 24/2.

Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboraciensis
    1 in mangroves by the quay at San Blas on 16/2.

MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
    1 by the quay San Blas 16/2.
    1 by the ruined fort at San Blas on 16/2.

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    1 in the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.
    1 San Blas 18/2.
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    Common Lake Coba 23/2.

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
    1 male seen Lake Coba 24/2.

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    Singles at San Blas 15, 16 & 17/2.

Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
    At least 2 (male and female) Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
    1 male Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
    Widespread and common.

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    A pair were seen in the mangroves at San Blas 17/2.
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.

Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
    1 male in the garden, Texcoco 19/2.
    Fairly common in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Fairly common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Red Warbler Ergaticus ruber
    Several seen pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Fairly common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Golden-browed Warbler Basiluterus belli
    1 Angangueo 14/2.
    1 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Rufous-capped Warbler Basiluterus rufifrons
    2 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.
    Fairly common Monte Alban 2/3.

House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    Widespread and common.

Yellow-winged Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
    6 at Singayti 16/2.
    2 by ruined fort, San Blas 16/2.
    57 left a roost in San Blas at dawn on 17/2.

Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
    Several Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.
    Several Coba 24/2.

Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
    Widespread and common.

Great-tailed Grackle Cassidix mexicanus
    Widespread and very common. Large roosts in town squares.

Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
    Several Chichen Itza 20/2.

Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
    1 seen by DH Monte Alban 2/3.

Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
    2 males Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    2 Tulum 23/2.
    Several Coba 23/2 24/2.

Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
    1 Coba 24/2.

Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
    c4 Coba 24/2.

Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
    2 Chichen Itza 20/2.
    2 Coba 24/2.

Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    1 male Lake Coba 23/2.

Abeille's Oriole Icterus abeillei
    1 female at CIMMYT 13/2.

Streak-backed Oriole Icterus sclateri
    Several by the quay at San Blas 15/2.
    1 Singayti 16/2.
    2 San Blas 18/2.

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeiceus
    2 San Blas 15/2.

Eastern or Western Meadowlark Sturnella magna or neglecta
    2 Texcoco 19/2.

Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
    3 Coba 23/2.

Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
    3 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    1 male Felipe Carillo Puerto 23/2.

Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
    2 males were seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    1 male and 1 female at Coba 24/2.

Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
    Regularly seen in the garden in Texcoco.
    A pair seen in Oaxaca 28/2.

White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
    2+ Oaxaca 28/2.
    1 male Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Red-crowned Ant-tanager Habia rubica
    c6 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Red-throated Ant-tanager Habia fuscicauda
    1 male was seen at Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.

Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
    c6 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.
    3 Coba 23/2.

Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
    1 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
    1 Singayti 16/2.

Red Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    c10 Felipe Carillo Puerto 22/2.

Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocaphalus
    Regular in the garden in Texcoco.
    Several in the conifer forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    1 Singayti 16/2.

Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerula
    Several Texcoco 12/2.
    Fairly common on rough ground by the quay at San Blas.
    Common Coba 24/2/

Blue Bunting Cyanocomposa parellina
    Several seen Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    c10 at Chichen Itza 20/2.
    c10 Coba 24/2.

Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
    Several by quay San Blas 15 & 16/2.

Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
    1 female seen Felipe Carillo Puerto 21/2.
    Fairly common Coba 24/2.

White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
    Fairly common San Blas.
    Common Coba 24/2.

Rufous-capped Brush-finch Atlapetes pileatus
    1 seen by DH pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    1 seen by DH Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
    Common Felipe Carillo Puerto 21 & 22/2.

Collared Towhee Pipilio ocai
    c6 Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilio erythrophthalamus
    Several "Olive-backed Towhees" P. e. macronyx seen in the pine forest,
    Texcoco 26/2.

Brown Towhee Pipilio fuscus
    Widespread and common.

White-throated Towhee Pipilio albicollis
    4+ Oaxaca 28/2.
    common Monte Alban2/3.

Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus
    Several Angangueo 14/2.
    Several in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Savannah or Sierra Madre Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis or Xenospiza baileyi
    Several in an open grassy area in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
    1 in rough ground by the quay at San Blas 15/2.

Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
    Texcoco 12/2.
    Common Texcoco 19/2.

Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
    Several seen on the hill beind the house, Texcoco 12/2.
    3 en route from the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Bridled Sparrow Aimophila mystacalis
    c5 Zapotitlan 27/2.

Oaxaca Sparrow Aimophila nostosticta
    c6 Monte Alban 2/3.

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    Several Texcoco 12/2.
    Several at CIMMMYT 13/2.
    Several pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Several Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
    Common Texcoco 19/2.

Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
    Common pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.
    Fairly common Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
    Widespread and common.

Pine Siskin Spinus spinus
    Fairly common in the pine forest, Texcoco 26/2.

Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
    Widespread and common.

Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
    5 over Cerro San Felipe 1/3.

Jeff Higgott
jeff.higgott@bt.com