This checklist includes all bird species found in Villahermosa , 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 2021. 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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Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | |
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Torrent Duck | Merganetta armata | |
Andean Teal | Anas andium | |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea | |
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Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
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Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
Tolima Dove | Leptotila conoveri | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
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Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
Dwarf Cuckoo | Coccycua pumila | |
Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
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Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris | |
Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Near-threatened |
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Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | |
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Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila | |
White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
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White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | |
Tawny-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus | |
Long-billed Hermit | Phaethornis longirostris | |
Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis | |
Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae | |
Sparkling Violetear | Colibri coruscans | |
Lesser Violetear | Colibri cyanotus | |
Tourmaline Sunangel | Heliangelus exortis | |
Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | |
Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii | |
Mountain Avocetbill | Opisthoprora euryptera | |
Green-tailed Trainbearer | Lesbia nuna | |
Purple-backed Thornbill | Ramphomicron microrhynchum | |
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani | |
Buffy Helmetcrest | Oxypogon stuebelii | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | |
Viridian Metaltail | Metallura williami | |
Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita | |
Black-thighed Puffleg | Eriocnemis derbyi | Near-threatened |
Golden-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera | |
Shining Sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis | |
Bronzy Inca | Coeligena coeligena | |
Collared Inca | Coeligena torquata | |
Buff-winged Starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae | |
Mountain Velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi | |
Sword-billed Hummingbird | Ensifera ensifera | |
Great Sapphirewing | Pterophanes cyanopterus | |
Buff-tailed Coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens | |
Booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii | |
Gorgeted Woodstar | Chaetocercus heliodor | |
Red-billed Emerald | Chlorostilbon gibsoni | Endemic (country/region) |
Tolima Blossomcrown | Anthocephala berlepschi | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
White-vented Plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii | |
Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | |
Steely-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia saucerottei | |
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | |
Andean Emerald | Uranomitra franciae | |
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Gray-cowled Wood-Rail | Aramides cajaneus | |
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Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | |
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Jameson's Snipe | Gallinago jamesoni | |
Noble Snipe | Gallinago nobilis | Near-threatened |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
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Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus | Vulnerable |
King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | |
Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |
Variable Hawk | Geranoaetus polyosoma | |
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | |
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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White-throated Screech-Owl | Megascops albogularis | |
Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | |
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
Andean Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium jardinii | |
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Crested Quetzal | Pharomachrus antisianus | |
Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus | |
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Andean Motmot | Momotus aequatorialis | |
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Moustached Puffbird | Malacoptila mystacalis | |
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Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus albivitta | |
Crimson-rumped Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus haematopygus | |
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan | Andigena hypoglauca | Near-threatened |
Black-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena nigrirostris | |
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Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | |
Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | |
Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Dryobates fumigatus | |
Bar-bellied Woodpecker | Dryobates nigriceps | |
Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus | |
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker | Colaptes rivolii | |
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Carunculated Caracara | Phalcoboenus carunculatus | |
Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | |
Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
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Rufous-fronted Parakeet | Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis | |
Bronze-winged Parrot | Pionus chalcopterus | |
Scaly-naped Parrot | Amazona mercenarius | |
Spectacled Parrotlet | Forpus conspicillatus | |
Golden-plumed Parakeet | Leptosittaca branickii | |
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Bar-crested Antshrike | Thamnophilus multistriatus | |
Black-crowned Antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha | |
Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | |
Checker-throated Stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla fulviventris | |
Streak-headed Antbird | Drymophila striaticeps | |
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Undulated Antpitta | Grallaria squamigera | |
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta | Grallaria ruficapilla | |
Chestnut-naped Antpitta | Grallaria nuchalis | |
Equatorial Antpitta | Grallaria saturata | |
Tawny Antpitta | Grallaria quitensis | |
Brown-banded Antpitta | Grallaria milleri | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Slate-crowned Antpitta | Grallaricula nana | |
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Ash-colored Tapaculo | Myornis senilis | |
Paramo Tapaculo | Scytalopus opacus | |
White-crowned Tapaculo | Scytalopus atratus | |
Blackish Tapaculo | Scytalopus latrans | |
Spillmann's Tapaculo | Scytalopus spillmanni | |
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Strong-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus | |
Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans | |
Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | |
Montane Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger | |
Plain Xenops | Xenops minutus | |
Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | |
Streaked Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii | |
Chestnut-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes albidiventris | |
Stout-billed Cinclodes | Cinclodes excelsior | |
Montane Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia striaticollis | |
Streak-capped Treehunter | Thripadectes virgaticeps | |
Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger | |
Andean Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura andicola | |
White-browed Spinetail | Hellmayrea gularis | |
Many-striped Canastero | Asthenes flammulata | |
White-chinned Thistletail | Asthenes fuliginosa | |
Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura | |
Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | |
Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | |
Rufous Spinetail | Synallaxis unirufa | |
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Green-and-black Fruiteater | Pipreola riefferii | |
Red-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristatus | |
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Cinereous Becard | Pachyramphus rufus | |
Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus | |
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Streak-necked Flycatcher | Mionectes striaticollis | |
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | |
Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon superciliaris | |
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant | Phylloscartes ophthalmicus | |
Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant | Pseudotriccus ruficeps | |
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus | |
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus ruficeps | |
Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |
Cinnamon Flycatcher | Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus | |
Ornate Flycatcher | Myiotriccus ornatus | |
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | |
White-tailed Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus poecilocercus | |
White-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus stictopterus | |
White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys | |
Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus minor | |
Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis | |
Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii | |
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias griseiceps | |
Black-capped Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias nigrocapillus | |
Golden-faced Tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops | |
Flavescent Flycatcher | Myiophobus flavicans | |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Near-threatened |
Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus | |
Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus | |
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | |
Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | |
Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola alpinus | |
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes striaticollis | |
Smoky Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes fumigatus | |
Crowned Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca frontalis | |
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca diadema | |
Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris | |
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca rufipectoralis | |
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca fumicolor | |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
Pale-edged Flycatcher | Myiarchus cephalotes | |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis | |
Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
Golden-crowned Flycatcher | Myiodynastes chrysocephalus | |
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |
Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
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Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
Black-billed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis nigrirostris | |
Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | |
Rufous-naped Greenlet | Pachysylvia semibrunnea | |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys | |
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Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata | |
Black-chested Jay | Cyanocorax affinis | |
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Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | |
Pale-footed Swallow | Orochelidon flavipes | |
Brown-bellied Swallow | Orochelidon murina | |
Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus | |
Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea | |
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Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | |
House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis | |
Grass Wren | Cistothorus platensis | |
Band-backed Wren | Campylorhynchus zonatus | |
Whiskered Wren | Pheugopedius mystacalis | |
Speckle-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius sclateri | |
Bay Wren | Cantorchilus nigricapillus | |
Rufous Wren | Cinnycerthia unirufa | |
Sharpe's Wren | Cinnycerthia olivascens | |
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys | |
Chestnut-breasted Wren | Cyphorhinus thoracicus | |
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White-capped Dipper | Cinclus leucocephalus | |
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Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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Andean Solitaire | Myadestes ralloides | |
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris | |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas | |
Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis | |
Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater | |
Glossy-black Thrush | Turdus serranus | |
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Golden-rumped Euphonia | Chlorophonia cyanocephala | |
Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea | |
Velvet-fronted Euphonia | Euphonia concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | |
Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
Andean Siskin | Spinus spinescens | |
Hooded Siskin | Spinus magellanicus | |
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Rosy Thrush-Tanager | Rhodinocichla rosea | |
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Common Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus | |
Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris | |
Black-headed Brushfinch | Arremon atricapillus | |
Gray-browed Brushfinch | Arremon assimilis | |
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Arremon brunneinucha | |
Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
White-naped Brushfinch | Atlapetes albinucha | |
Yellow-headed Brushfinch | Atlapetes flaviceps | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Slaty Brushfinch | Atlapetes schistaceus | |
Pale-naped Brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidinucha | |
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Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Near-threatened |
Mountain Cacique | Cacicus chrysonotus | |
Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater | |
Orange-crowned Oriole | Icterus auricapillus | |
Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis | |
Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | |
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Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Near-threatened |
Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | |
Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
Chestnut-capped Warbler | Basileuterus delattrii | |
Citrine Warbler | Myiothlypis luteoviridis | |
Black-crested Warbler | Myiothlypis nigrocristata | |
Buff-rumped Warbler | Myiothlypis fulvicauda | |
Russet-crowned Warbler | Myiothlypis coronata | |
Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus | |
Golden-fronted Redstart | Myioborus ornatus | |
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Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | |
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
Red-hooded Tanager | Piranga rubriceps | |
Crested Ant-Tanager | Habia cristata | Endemic (country/region) |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
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Black-faced Tanager | Schistochlamys melanopis | |
White-capped Tanager | Sericossypha albocristata | Vulnerable |
Black-capped Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis atropileus | |
Oleaginous Hemispingus | Sphenopsis frontalis | |
Black-eared Hemispingus | Sphenopsis melanotis | |
Superciliaried Hemispingus | Thlypopsis superciliaris | |
Flame-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus flammigerus | |
Crimson-backed Tanager | Ramphocelus dimidiatus | |
Hooded Mountain Tanager | Buthraupis montana | |
Blue-capped Tanager | Sporathraupis cyanocephala | |
Grass-green Tanager | Chlorornis riefferii | |
Black-chested Mountain Tanager | Cnemathraupis eximia | |
Lacrimose Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus lacrymosus | |
Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus igniventris | |
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus somptuosus | |
Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager | Dubusia taeniata | |
Golden-crowned Tanager | Iridosornis rufivertex | |
Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | |
Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
Golden-naped Tanager | Chalcothraupis ruficervix | |
Black-capped Tanager | Stilpnia heinei | |
Scrub Tanager | Stilpnia vitriolina | |
Blue-necked Tanager | Stilpnia cyanicollis | |
Blue-and-black Tanager | Tangara vassorii | |
Beryl-spangled Tanager | Tangara nigroviridis | |
Plain-colored Tanager | Tangara inornata | |
Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola | |
Saffron-crowned Tanager | Tangara xanthocephala | |
Golden Tanager | Tangara arthus | |
Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | |
Guira Tanager | Hemithraupis guira | |
Blue-backed Conebill | Conirostrum sitticolor | |
Capped Conebill | Conirostrum albifrons | |
Glossy Flowerpiercer | Diglossa lafresnayii | |
Black Flowerpiercer | Diglossa humeralis | |
White-sided Flowerpiercer | Diglossa albilatera | |
Rusty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa sittoides | |
Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossa caerulescens | |
Masked Flowerpiercer | Diglossa cyanea | |
Black-backed Bush Tanager | Urothraupis stolzmanni | |
Plumbeous Sierra Finch | Geospizopsis unicolor | |
Slaty Finch | Spodiornis rusticus | |
Black-headed Hemispingus | Pseudospingus verticalis | |
Gray-hooded Bush Tanager | Cnemoscopus rubrirostris | |
Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch | Sicalis citrina | |
Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola | |
Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
Thick-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila funerea | |
Large-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila crassirostris | |
Gray Seedeater | Sporophila intermedia | |
Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | |
Slate-colored Seedeater | Sporophila schistacea | |
Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | |
Plain-colored Seedeater | Catamenia inornata | |
Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa | |
Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | |
Black-winged Saltator | Saltator atripennis | |
Olivaceous Saltator | Saltator olivascens | |
Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | |
Masked Saltator | Saltator cinctus |
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