OAXACA 2002 TRIP
September 5 - 12

My wife and I took a trip to Oaxaca in September of 2002. We arrived to Mexico City on the 31st of August and returned from Mexico City to Eagan, Minnesota on September 15. Although my wife's family is from Oaxaca and I had visited there a few times, this was our first trip since we had taken up birdwatching. That my wife and I are fluent in Spanish was, of course, very helpful. I should add that if you have any desire to either brush up or learn some Spanish, Mexico is a great place to do it as, in general, the populace is very forgiving when one is hacking up their language and more than willing to help out.

Preparing for the trip: We decided to fly to Mexico City as my wife's immediate family lives there. We would then take the bus to Oaxaca, rent a car with Alamo rent a car in Oaxaca City, take the bus back to Mexico City and then depart for home.

For background reading we primarily made use of the wonderful book 'A Bird-Finding Guide to Mexico' by Steve Howell and the superb book 'A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America' by Steve Howell and Sophie Webb. We also found the book 'The Ecotraveller's Wildlife Guide: Tropical Mexico' by Les Beletsky to be very interesting reading and we found the book 'Aves de Mexico' by Roger Peterson and Edward Chalif to be useful, although we didn't bring it with us, in that it has what I consider to be very good illustrations of all the birds you may encounter and doesn't exclude illustrations of those that you are likely to encounter in the United States.

In Oaxaca we stayed at Hostal de la Noria (www.lanoria.com), in Tuxtepec we stayed at Hotel Hacienda, which you can find on the web although they don't have their own web page, and in Puerto Escondido we stayed at Hotel Santa Fe (they have their own web page, easily found with a search). I recommend all three of these hotels, the latter in particular. The hotel reservations and the car rental, with Alamo, were done a few weeks in advance.

The temperatures were fine in Oaxaca City itself. In Tuxtepec I found it to be very warm in the morning and in Puerto Escondido to be very warm in the afternoon. Be sure to bring a hat as you may encounter long periods of time in direct and bright sunlight.

Oaxaca is one of the poorest states in Mexico and one of the culturally richest. Oaxaca City is a UNESCO world heritage site and there are several wonderful ruins due to the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, Monte Alban being the most notable.

Any endemics to Mexico and northern Central America I will put in bold font in the list. The trip overall was fantastic and some of the species were simply spectacular. Don't let my dry reporting style lead you to think otherwise; I did a great deal of jaw-dropping and ooh-aah ing. Also, I only listed the species whose id I was certain of.

MEXICO CITY

We did do some birding in the Mexico City area and I'll get that out of the way first.

My wife's family lives in the Colonia Unidad Modelo and either in front of their home or within walking distance we saw the following species: inca dove, house sparrow, house finch, broad-billed hummingbird, rock dove, rufous-backed thrush, bushtit, great-gailed grackle

On September 1st we took a trip to see the ruins at Xochicalco, passing through Cuernavaca en route. In the woods in Cuernavaca we saw: olive warbler, red warbler, grey silky flycatcher, house wren, brown creeper. At Xochicalco we saw: great-tailed grackle, mourning dove, thick-billed kingbird, streak-backed oriole, turkey vulture, black vulture, barn swallow

On September 2nd we visited my wife's aunt, where a woman on the street had her yellow-hooded parrot out and was talking and singing with it. We stopped at a park, the directions of which I will make explicit for it is certainly worthwhile to stop by in case one is short on time and nearby. In the park itself we saw rufous-backed thrush, canyon towhee and some type of myiarchus flycatcher. However, across the street from the park is the home of a man who has an impressive hummingbird feeder which was attracting about 30 hummingbirds while we were there in the early evening, including: broad-billed hummingbird, berylline hummingbird and white-eared hummingbird; all three easily and pleasantly observed from below the feeder. The park is in Colonia Nueva Santa Maria and is known as the Jardin 'Revolucion'. The road Plan de San Luis goes by the circular park and the road Clavelinas runs into the park. The church is on the corner of Plan de San Luis and Clavelinas. The home is next to the church on Clavelinas and the feeder is on the second story, near the church steps. The closest metro station is Metro Normal, on the blue line or 2, from which you may need to take a taxi.

On two occasions I went to Bosque del Tlalpan, on September 4th between 11:30am and 4pm and on September 14th between 5pm and 7:30pm. On the 4th I discovered that while the whole park is worth birding, I found one area to be quite birdy: When you face the park there are paths to the left, a central path and paths to the right. Take the rightmost large path. You will eventually be going up hill in such a way that the path stretches out in front of you for quite some ways up the hill. You will come to a wide path to your right, which, if followed will go very near some apartment buildings and offer a great view of the city. I didn't take the path to the end so don't know how it ends. When you first turn right onto this path, things were very active. At the park I saw: curve-billed thrasher, robin, house sparrow, scrub jay, bewick's wren, canyon towhee, blue-gray gnatcatcher, bushtits, wilson's warbler, black-headed grosbeak, olive warbler, lesser goldfinch, painted redstart, rufous-capped warbler, greater peewee, abeillei oriole, berylline hummingbird, white-eared hummingbird, rufous-capped brushfinch, barn swallow, black and white warbler, black-throated gray warbler, MacGillevray's warbler, buff-breasted flycatcher, rufous-crowned sparrow, olive-sided flycatcher, northern beardless tyrannulet, some type of woodpecker, and quite possibly a magnificent hummingbird.

OAXACA

We arrived to Oaxaca on September 5th.

OAXACA CITY
While in Oaxaca City we were often at my wife's aunt's house in the city. Around the house I saw: curve-billed thrasher, lesser goldfinch, vermillion flycatcher, say's phoebe, white-throated towhee.

LA CUMBRE
On September 6th we headed out very early and got to La Cumbre at about 7am. It didn't open til latter, 8am I believe, and we paid 200 pesos for four of us. This area is sponsored by the WWF. We saw: wilson's warbler, painted redstart, rose-throated becard, bewick's wren, white-eared hummingbird, grey-barred wren, brown backed solitaire, red warbler, crescent chested warbler, golden-crowned warbler, steller's jay, mexican chickadee, yellow-eyed junco, townsend and/or black-throated green warblers.

To TUXTEPEC via VALLE NACIONAL
We stayed at La Cumbre for 2-3 hours and then began driving to Tuxtepec. En route we saw the following: on Hwy 175 a little after La Cumbre: scrub jay. Near km 70, which is close to Valle Nacional, melodius black bird, yellow-winged tanager, great kiskadee. In Valle Nacional: brown jay, black phoebe, spotted sandpiper, little blue heron, snowy egret, black vulture. On 175, between Valle Nacional and Tuxtepec, golden-fronted woodpecker, neotropical cormorant on island in river. At a lagoon/swamp just before Tuxtepec, on the left hand side of Hwy 175: groove-billed ani, caracara, black-necked stilt, great egret, snowy egret, yellowlegs, spotted sandpiper, black-bellied whistling duck.

TUXTEPEC
We arrived to Tuxtepec in the evening of the 6th of September. There were many great-tailed grackles on the edge of the city. On the morning of the 7th we went to Camelia Roja. As described in Howell's book, on the way to the bridge there is a road which one may turn right onto (the river is on the left). We found the most productive sight not by turning right onto the road but at the hill on the right hand side just beyond where one would turn right onto the road. We then birded around the bridge. The bridge was out, having collapsed into the river and so we did not cross it and go on to the presa. In fact, we attempted to get to the presa but were unable to find it. We saw: social flycatcher, yellow-throated euphonia, grayish saltator, altamira oriole, crimson-collared tanager, blue-black grassquit, yellow-winged tanager, blue grosbeak, white-collared seedeater, sharp-shinned hawk, limpkin, black-necked stilt, great egret, green kingfisher, orchard oriole, lesser goldfinch, ruddy ground-dove, ridgway's rough-winged swallow; on the somewhat barren hills on dirt road to right recommended in Howell's book we saw: yellow-breasted chat, yellow-tailed oriole, ruddy ground-dove, white-collared seedeater.

To OAXACA CITY via VALLE NACIONAL
On the 7th, leaving Tuxtepece and on the way to Valle Nacional we saw, along the highway and by stopping at one or two bridges over rivers: cassin's kingbird, summer tanager, snowy egret, little blue heron, red-billed pigeon, great-tailed grackle, melodius blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, blue-grey tanager, brown jay, kiskadee, boat-billed flycatcher, bat falcon, amazon kingfisher, mangrove swallow, couch's kingbird, social flycatcher, red-lored parrot (in a cage).

We spent the afternoon and evening of the 7th in Valle Nacional after discovering the belt on our rent a car had broken. We stopped at the house of what was supposedly the only mechanic in town and he actually had to go on public transporation back to Tuxtepec to get the belt. After he finished up, we wound up going back to Tuxtepec as it was quite late when the belt was replaced and the only hotel we found in Valle Nacional was sub-standard.

The following morning, September 8th, we headed out early to get back to Oaxaca City. On Hwy 175 not far from ValleNacional, just heading into the cloud forest, we saw: common ground dove, tree swallow, olive-sided flycatcher, collared trogon, a myarichas flycatcher and some type of swift. At El Mirador, a lookout point in the cloud forest, we saw: grey silky flycatchers, mexican chickadee, acorn woodpecker, and a very golden colored hawk.

TEOTITLAN DE VALLE
On September 9th I headed out to Teotitlan de Valle, stopping along the dirt road from the highway to the city itself, spending a couple hours around the reservoir and then driving a little up the hills along the same road which goes to the reservoir. On this trip I saw: between highway and city: white-throated towhee, boucard's wren, grey-breasted woodpecker; at or very near reservoir: blue grosbeak, least grebe, spotted sandpiper, least sandpiper, lesser goldfinch, black phoebe, wilson's warbler, white-collared seedeater, vermillion flycatcher, green heron, rufous-capped warbler, painted redstart, nashville warbler, bushtit, townsend's warbler, blue-gray gnatcatcher, cassin's kingbird, northern beardless tyrannulet; beyond reservoir: bridled titmouse, oaxaca sparrow (heard very clearly but didn't see), white-winged dove, quite possibly heard ocellated thrasher.

OAXACA CITY to PUERTO ANGEL via HWY 17 (before mountains)
We headed to Puerto Escondido on the 10th. Before getting to the formidable mountains which drop to the pacific ocean we saw loggerhead shrike and lesser goldfinch on the wires on the roadside.

OAXACA CITY to PUERTO ANGEL (near KM 149 in mountains)
We stopped at a nice turn out with a spectacular view towards the pacific. We heard some bird activity on the hillside below and saw: hermit warbler, spot-crowned creeper, ruby-crowned kinglet, mexican chickadee, yellow-breasted chat. Also saw some type of trogan, a very bright green and blue hummer, some type of myiarchius flycatcher, heard brown-backed thrush singing, and saw what seemed to be a raven. I also hiked down the trail at La Soledad where I only saw a wren deep in a bush.

PUERTO ANGEL
Upon finally arriving at the coast we stopped at Puerto Angel and went out on the pier. Here, soaring right over head were magnificent frigate bird and brown booby. It was quite hot, and still had some traveling to do, so we didn't look around as much as we would have liked to.

Bridge between PUERTO ANGEL and PUERTO ESCONDIDO
Taking the coastal highway between these two cities you will cross various large, at least in width, rivers emptying into the ocean. We stopped at one to get great views of tri-colored heron, white ibis, snowy egreat, great egreat. Too far off to i.d. were some shorebirds.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO
Arriving at the Santa Fe on the afternoon of September 10th, we hit the beach and then hit the sack. On some rocks just offshore in the ocean was a wandering tattler and buzzing around one of the two swimming pools in the hotel was a cinnamon hummingbird. Walking up the hill from the hotel there is a weedy empty lot and a pauraque was singing in it in the early evening.

LAGUNA MANIALTEPEC
About 20-30 minutes south of Puerto Escondido is Laguna Manialtepec, and it is here we went to early on September 11th. We arrived at about 7:30 am and made the rounds of the four or five establishments which will take you out on the lagoon. There was only one that was willing and ready to take us out this early in the morning. It was named Puesta del Sol. Don't confuse the sign with the sign for Sol beer which some of the other establishments have. My wife and I paid $40 for a roughly three hour trip in a boat with a very knowledgeable young man. He was terrific at spotting birds. My only regret was not to bring my scope and any books, for when you get to the sandbars between the lagoon and the ocean and get out of the boat there are plenty of terns and shorebirds across a channel and at a bit of a distance. In and around the lagoon we saw: crested caracara, tiger heron, snowy egret, great egret, mangrove swallow, brown pelican, black-bellied duck, black-crowned night heron, great blue heron, green heron, tri-colored heron, little blue heron, boat-billed heron, osprey, west mexican chachalaca, spotted sandpiper, great kiskadee, stork, ringed kingfisher, green kingfisher, black-bellied plover, semi-palmated plover, wilson's plover, ruddy turnstone, whimbrel, black-necked stilt, sanderling, willet, snowy plover, least sandpiper, black vultures, anhinga, ivory-billed creeper, royal tern, caspian tern, sandwich tern, herring gull, marbled godwit, collared plover.

HWY 13: PUERTO ESCONDIDO to OAXACA CITY (and Zaachila)
On the afternoon of September 11th we headed back to Oaxaca from Puerto Escondido on Highway 135. Until very recently this highway would have not been taken, but improvements and repairs have made it comparable to the Highway from Oaxaca to Puerto Angel; still a challenge but with gorgeous scenery. On both highways you must exercise much caution as the drive is a four or more hour drive on windy mountain roads with the occasional collection of rocks either partially or totally blocking one or more lanes. Going from Oaxaca City to Puerto Angel and returning to Oaxaca City from Puerto Escondido worked in our favor this time since it was always the other lane that had the rocks in it and no one from the other lane crossed our path whenever rocks were present. In the hills we came upon a tree a little ways down the hill from the road covered with about seven yellow-winged caciques, stopping for about ten minutes to soak in their fabulous colors. We then had a white-throated magpie jay cross the path of the car and stopped, enabling us to get about five full minutes of a pair yelling back and forth from one side of the road to the other, one on a nearby leafless treetop! On September 12th we went to La Capilla restaurant. This is a great restaurant on the left hand side of the road from Oaxaca City to Zaachila just as you are entering the latter village. We had our wedding reception at La Capilla on August 10th, 1996, after being married in La Soledad in Oaxaca City. They have wonderful food, a very relaxed outdoor eating area and are not expensive. Several of Mexico's Presidents have eaten here. Here, in the parking lot I watched, both before and after eating, a few broad-tailed hummingbirds drinking from flowers on the trees. Also present were orange-fronted parakeet and white-fronted parrot, both in cages.

We left Oaxaca to head back to Mexico City via bus on September 12th, at midnight.

The list: 151, 17 endemics (I had originally counted 19 endemics but on a second look only see 17) (the 4 parrots were pets)

PODICIPEDIDAE

(Tachybaptus dominicus) least grebe (zambullidor menor)

SULIDAE

(Sula leucogaster) brown booby (bobo vientre-blanco)

PELICANIDAE

(Pelecanus occidentalis) brown pelican (pelicano cafe)

PHALACROCORACIDAE

(Phalacrocorax brasilianus) neotropical cormorant (cormorant neotropical)

ANHINGIDAE

(Anhinga anhinga) anhinga (anhinga americana)

FREGATIDAE

(Fregata magnificens) magnificent frigate bird (fragata magnifica)

ARDEIDAE (9)

(Tigrisoma mexicanum) bare-throated tiger heron (garza-tigre gorjinuda)

(Ardea herodias) great blue heron (garzon cenizo)

(Egretta thula) snowy egret (garza nivea)

(Egretta alba egretta) great egret (garza grande)

(Egretta tricolor) tri-colored heron (garza tricolor)

(Egretta caerulea) little blue heron (garza azul)

(Butorides virescens) green heron (garza verde)

(Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) black-crowned night-heron (garza-nocturna coroninegra)

(Cochlearius cochlearius) boat-billed heron (garza cucharon)

THRESKIORNITHIDAE

(Eudocimus albus) white ibis (ibis blanco)

CICONIIDAE

(Mycteria americana) stork (ciguena americana)

ANATIDAE

(Dendrocygna a. autumnalis) black-bellied whistling duck (pijiji aliblanco)

CATHARTIDAE (2)

(Cathartes aura) turkey vulture (aura cabeirroja)

(Coragyps astratus) black vulture (zopilote negro)

ACCIPITRIDAE (2)

(Pandion haliaetus) osprey (gavilan pescador)

(Accipiter striatus) sharp-shinned hawk (gavilan pajarero)

FALCONIDAE (2)

(Caracara plancus) caracara (carcara comun)

(Falco rufigularis) bat falcon (halcon murcielaguero)

CRACIDAE

(Ortalis poliocephala) west mexican chachalaca (chachalaca mexicana)

ARAMIDAE

(Aramus guarauna dolusus) limpkin (carao)

CHARADRIIDAE (5)

(Pluvialis squatarola) black-bellied plover (chorlo gris)

(Charadrius semipalmatus) semi-palmated plover (chorlito semipalmado)

(Charadrius alexandrinus) snowy plover (chorlito niveo)

(Charadrius wilsonia) wilson's plover (chorlito piquigrueso)

(Charadrius collaris) collared plover (chorlito collarejo)

RECURVIROSTRIDAE

(Himantopus m. mexicanus) black-necked stilt (candelero americano)

SCOLOPACIDAE (8)

(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) willet (playero pihuihui)

(Heteroscelus incanus) wandering tattler (playero vagabundo)

(Actitus macularia) spotted sandpiper (playero alzacolita)

(Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus) whimbrel (zarapito trinador)

(Limosa fedoa) marbled godwit (picopando canela)

(Arenaria interpres) ruddy turnstone (vuelvepiedras rojizo)

(Calidris alba) sanderling (playero blanco)

(Calidris minutilla) least sandpiper (playerito minimo)

LARIDAE (4)

(Larus argentatus smithsonianus) herring gull (gaviota plateada)

(Sterna caspia) caspian tern (golondrina-marina caspica)

(Sterna m. maxima) royal tern (golondrina-marina real)

(Sterna sandvicensis) sandwich tern (golondrina-marina de sandwich)

COLUMBIDAE (7)

(Columba livia) rock dove (paloma domestica)

(Columba flavirostris) red-billed pigeon (paloma morada)

(Zenaida macroura) mourning dove (paloma huilota)

(Zenaida asiatica) white-winged dove (paloma aliblanca)

(Columbina inca) inca dove (tortola colilarga)

(Columbina passerina) common ground-dove (tortola comun)

(Columbina talpacoti) ruddy ground-dove (tortola rojiza)

PSITTACIDAE (4)

(Amazona a. autumnalis) red-lored parrot (loro cachete-amarilla)

(Amazona oratrix) yellow-headed parrot (loro cabeciamarillo)

(Aratinga canicularis) orange-fronted parakeet (perico frentinaranja)

(Amazona albifrons) white-fronted parrot (loro frentiblanco)

CUCULIDAE

(Crotophaga sulcirostris) groove-billed ani (garrapatero pijuy)

CAPRIMULGIDAE

(Nyctidromus albicollis) pauraque (tapacminos picuyo)

TROCHILIDAE (5)

(Cynanthus latirostris) broad-billed hummingbird (colibri piquiancho)

(Bailinna leucotis) white-eared hummingbird (colibri orejiblanco)

(Amazilia beryllina) berylline hummingbird (colibri de berilo)

(Amazilia rutila) cinnamon hummingbird (colibri canelo)

(Selasphorus playcercus) broad-tailed hummingbird (zumbador coliancho)

TROGONIDAE

(Trogon collaris) collared trogon (trogon collarejo)

ALCEDINIDAE (3)

(Ceryle t. torquata) ringed kingfisher (martin-pescador collarejo)

(Chloroceryle amazona mexicana) amazon kingfisher (martin-pescador amazona)

(Chloroceryle americana) green kingfisher (martin-pescador verde)

PICIDAE (3)

(Melanerpes formicivorus) acorn woodpecker (carpintero arlequin)

(Centurus hypopolius) grey-breasted woodpecker (carpintero pechigris)

(Centurus aurifrons) golden-fronted woodpecker (carpintero frentidorado)

DENDROCOLAPTIDAE (2)

(Xiphorhynchus flavigaster) ivory-billed woodcreeper (trepatroncos piquiclaro)

(Lepidocolaptes affinis) spot-crowned woodcreeper (trepatroncos corona-punteada)

TYRANNIDAE (13)

(Camptostoma imberbe) northern beardless tyrannulet (mesquerito lampino norteno)

(Contopus borealis) olive-sided flycatcher (pibi boreal)

(Contopus pertinax) greater pewee (pibi mayor)

(Empidonax fulvifrons) buff-breasted flycatcher (mosquero pechicanelo)

(Sayornis nigricans) black phoebe (mosquero negro)

(Sayornis saya) say's phoebe (mosquero llanero)

(Pyrocephalus rubinus) vermillion flycatcher (mosquero cardenal)

(Pitangus sulphuratus) great kiskadee (luis grande)

(Megarynchus pitangua) boat-billed flycatcher (luis piquigrueso)

(Myiozetetes similis) social flycatcher (luis gregario)

(Tyrannus couchii) couch's kingbird (tirano de Couch)

(Tyrannus crassirostris) thick-billed kingbird (tirano piquigrueso)

(Tyrannus vociferans) cassin's kingbird (tirano de Cassin)

COTINGIDAE

(Pachyramphus aglaiae) rose-throated becard (cabezon degollado)

HIRUNDINIDAE (4)

(Tachycineta a. albilinea) mangrove swallow (golondrina manglera)

(Tachycineta bicolor) tree swallow (golondrina arbolera)

(Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi) ridgway's rough-winged swallow (golondrina-aliserrada yucateca)

(Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) barn swallow (golondrina ranchera)

CORVIDAE (4)

(Cyanocitta stelleri) steller's jay (chara de steller)

(Calocitta formosa) white-throated magpie jay (urraca-hermosa cariblanca)

(Cyanocorax morio) brown jay (chara papan)

(Aphelocoma coerulescens) scrub jay (chara azuleja)

PARIDAE (2)

(Parus sclateri) mexican chickadee (paro mexicano)

(Parus wollweberi) bridled titmouse (paro embridado)

AEGITHALIDAE

(Psaltriparus minimus) bushtit (sastrecillo)

CERTHIDAE

(Certhia americana) brown creeper (trepador americano)

TROGLODYTIDAE (4)

(Campylorhynchus megalopterus) grey-barred wren (matraca-barrada serrana)

(ampylorhynchus jocosus) boucard's wren (matraca del balsas)

(Thryomanes bewickii) bewick's wren (saltapared de bewick)

(Troglodytes brunneicollis) brown-throated wren (saltapared-continental gorjicafe)

SYLVIIDAE (2)

(Regulus calendula) ruby-crowned kinglet (reyezuelo sencillo)

(Polioptila caerulea) blue-gray gnatcatcher (perlita grisilla)

TURDIDAE (3)

(Myadestes occidentalis) brown backed solitaire (clarin jilguero)

(Turdus rufopalliatus) rufous-backed thrush (zorzal dorsirrufo)

(Turdus migratorius) robin (zorzal petirrojo)

MIMIDAE

(Toxostoma curvirostre) curve-billed thrasher (cuitlacoche piquicurvo)

PTILOGONATIDAE

(Ptilogonys cinereus) grey silky (capulinero gris)

LANIIDAE

(Lanius ludovicianus) loggerhead shrike (lanio americano)

PARULINAE (15)

(Vermivora ruficapilla) nashville warbler (chipe de nashville)

(Vermivora superciliosa) crescent chested warbler (chipe cejiblanco)

(Dendroica nigrescens) black-throated gray warbler (chipe negrigris)

(Dendroica townsendi) townsend's warbler (chipe de townsend)

(Dendroica occidentalis) hermit warbler (chipe cabeciamarillo)

(Dendroica virens) black-throated green warbler (chipe dorsiverde)

(Mniotilta varia) black and white warbler (chipe trepador)

(Oporornis tolmiei) macgillivray's warbler (chipe de tolmie)

(Wilsonia pusilla) wilson's warbler (chipe de wilson)

(Ergaticus ruber) red warbler (chipe rojo)

(Myioborus pictus) painted redstart (pavito aliblanco)

(Basileuterus culicivorus) golden-crowned warbler (chipe corona-dorado)

(Basileuterus rufifrons) rufous-capped warbler (chipe gorrirrufo)

(Icteria virens) yellow-breasted chat (griton pechiamarillo)

(Peucedramus taeniatus) olive warbler (chipe ocotero)

THRAUPINAE (5)

(Euphonia hirundinacea) yellow-throated euphonia (eufonia gorjiamarillo)

(Thraupis episcopus cana) blue-grey tanager (tangara azuligris)

(Thraupis abbas) yellow-winged tanager (tangara aliamarilla)

(Piranga rubra) summer tanager (tangara roja)

(Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta) crimson-collared tanager (tangara cuellirroja)

CARDINALINAE (3)

(Saltator coerulescens) grayish saltator (saltador grisaceo)

(Pheucticus melanocephalus) black-headed grosbeak (picogrueso tigrillo)

(Passerina caerulea) blue grosbeak (picogrueso azul)

EMBERIZINAE (8)

(Atlapetes pileatus) rufous-capped brushfinch (salton gorrirrufo)

(Pipilo fuscus) canyon towhee (rascador arroyero)

(Pipilo albicollis) white-throated towhee (rascador oaxaqueno)

(Volatinia jacarina spendens) blue-black grassquit (semillero brincador)

(Sporophila torqueola) white-collared seedeater (semillero collarejo)

(Aimophila ruficeps) rufous-crowned sparrow (zacatonero coronirrufo)

(Aimophila notosticta) oaxaca sparrow (heard) (zacatonero oaxacqueno)

(Junco phaeonotus) yellow-eyed junco (junco ojilumbre)

ICTERIDAE (9)

(Dives dives) melodius blackbird (tordo cantor)

(Quiscalus mexicanus) great-gailed grackle (zanate mayor)

(Molothrus ater) brown-headed cowbird (vaquero cabecicafe)

(Icterus spurious) orchard oriole (bolsero castano)

(Icterus m. mesomelas) yellow-tailed oriole (bolsero coliamarillo)

(Icterus pustulatus) streak-backed oriole (bolsero dorsirrayado)

(Icterus gularis) altamira oriole (bolsero de altamira)

(Icterus bullockii) abeillei oriole (bolsero de bullock)

(Amblycercus melanicterus) yellow-winged cacique (cacique mexicano)

FRINGILLIDAE (2)

(Capodacus mexicanus) house finch (fringilido mexicano)

(Carduelis psaltria) lesser goldfinch (cominico dorsioscuro)

PASSERIDAE

(Passer d. domesticus) house sparrow (gorrion domestico)