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Emiliano Zapata
This checklist includes all bird species found in Emiliano Zapata , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Emiliano Zapata [map]
Number of species: 326
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2026-02-17
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2026-02-17
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| Thicket Tinamou | Crypturellus cinnamomeus | |
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Mexican Duck | Anas diazi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
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| West Mexican Chachalaca | Ortalis poliocephala | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Long-tailed Wood-Partridge | Dendrortyx macroura | Endemic (country/region) |
| Banded Quail | Philortyx fasciatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Near-threatened |
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| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | |
| Lesser Roadrunner | Geococcyx velox | |
| Mexican Squirrel-Cuckoo | Piaya mexicana | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
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| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| Buff-collared Nightjar | Antrostomus ridgwayi | |
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| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Vulnerable |
| Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila | |
| White-naped Swift | Streptoprocne semicollaris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | |
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| Mexican Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | |
| Rivoli's Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | |
| Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | |
| Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis amethystinus | |
| Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | |
| Lucifer Hummingbird | Calothorax lucifer | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Near-threatened |
| Bumblebee Hummingbird | Selasphorus heloisa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Hummingbird | Phaeoptila sordida | Endemic (country/region) |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | |
| Golden-crowned Emerald | Cynanthus auriceps | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-eared Hummingbird | Basilinna leucotis | |
| Violet-crowned Hummingbird | Ramosomyia violiceps | |
| Berylline Hummingbird | Saucerottia beryllina | |
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| Aztec Rail | Rallus tenuirostris | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
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| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | |
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| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | |
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| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
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| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Astur cooperii | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |
| Gray Hawk | Buteo plagiatus | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | |
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| Flammulated Owl | Psiloscops flammeolus | |
| Whiskered Screech-Owl | Megascops trichopsis | |
| Balsas Screech-Owl | Megascops seductus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Western Screech-Owl | Megascops kennicottii | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium gnoma | |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| Elf Owl | Micrathene whitneyi | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
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| Coppery-tailed Trogon | Trogon ambiguus | |
| Mountain Trogon | Trogon mexicanus | |
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| Russet-crowned Motmot | Momotus mexicanus | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | |
| Golden-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysogenys | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray-breasted Woodpecker | Melanerpes hypopolius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates scalaris | |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
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| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | Introduced species |
| White-fronted Amazon | Amazona albifrons | Uncertain origin |
| Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis | Vulnerable |
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| Scaled Antpitta | Grallaria guatimalensis | |
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| Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | |
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| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | |
| Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | |
| Pileated Flycatcher | Xenotriccus mexicanus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |
| Greater Pewee | Contopus pertinax | |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
| White-throated Flycatcher | Empidonax albigularis | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
| Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |
| Pine Flycatcher | Empidonax affinis | |
| Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | |
| Buff-breasted Flycatcher | Empidonax fulvifrons | |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | |
| Nutting's Flycatcher | Myiarchus nuttingi | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | |
| Thick-billed Kingbird | Tyrannus crassirostris | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | |
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| Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius melitophrys | |
| Golden Vireo | Vireo hypochryseus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Slaty Vireo | Vireo brevipennis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dwarf Vireo | Vireo nelsoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | |
| Hutton's Vireo | Vireo huttoni | |
| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | |
| Eastern Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
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| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Near-threatened |
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| White-throated Magpie-Jay | Cyanocorax formosus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Mexican Chickadee | Poecile sclateri | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea | |
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| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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| Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | |
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus | |
| Northern House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Grass Wren | Cistothorus platensis | |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | |
| Gray-barred Wren | Campylorhynchus megalopterus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Boucard's Wren | Campylorhynchus jocosus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Happy Wren | Pheugopedius felix | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sinaloa Wren | Thryophilus sinaloa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Banded Wren | Thryophilus pleurostictus | |
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| Blue Mockingbird | Melanotis caerulescens | Endemic (country/region) |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana | |
| Brown-backed Solitaire | Myadestes occidentalis | |
| Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris | |
| Russet Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus occidentalis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus frantzii | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| Aztec Thrush | Ridgwayia pinicola | Endemic (country/region) |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
| Rufous-backed Robin | Turdus rufopalliatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-throated Thrush | Turdus assimilis | |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| Gray Silky-flycatcher | Ptiliogonys cinereus | |
| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens | |
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| Olive Warbler | Peucedramus taeniatus | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Elegant Euphonia | Chlorophonia elegantissima | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | Vulnerable |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
| Black-headed Siskin | Spinus notatus | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
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| Stripe-headed Sparrow | Peucaea ruficauda | |
| Black-chested Sparrow | Peucaea humeralis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Botteri's Sparrow | Peucaea botterii | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| Black-chinned Sparrow | Spizella atrogularis | |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
| Green-striped Brushfinch | Arremon virenticeps | Endemic (country/region) |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
| Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow | Melozone kieneri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rusty Sparrow | Aimophila rufescens | |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps | |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | |
| Rufous-capped Brushfinch | Atlapetes pileatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
| Yellow-winged Cacique | Cassiculus melanicterus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-vented Oriole | Icterus wagleri | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | |
| Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Black-backed Oriole | Icterus abeillei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Near-threatened |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Crescent-chested Warbler | Oreothlypis superciliosa | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
| Virginia's Warbler | Leiothlypis virginiae | |
| Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Yellowthroat | Geothlypis nelsoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Northern Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-capped Warbler | Basileuterus rufifrons | |
| Golden-browed Warbler | Basileuterus belli | |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
| Red Warbler | Cardellina rubra | Endemic (country/region) |
| Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus | |
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| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |
| Flame-colored Tanager | Piranga bidentata | |
| Yellow Grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Orange-breasted Bunting | Passerina leclancherii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Varied Bunting | Passerina versicolor | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
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| Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer | Diglossa baritula | |
| Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater | Sporophila torqueola | |
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