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This checklist includes all bird species found in Teuchitlán , 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 .

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Country or region: Teuchitlán [map]

Number of species: 406
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiRare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
American WigeonMareca americana
Mexican DuckAnas diaziEndemic (country/region)
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis

 
GALLIFORMES: Cracidae

West Mexican ChachalacaOrtalis poliocephalaEndemic (country/region)

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Banded QuailPhilortyx fasciatusEndemic (country/region)
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusNear-threatened
Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumae
Singing QuailDactylortyx thoracicus

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoIntroduced species
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Mexican Squirrel-CuckooPiaya mexicana
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Buff-collared NightjarAntrostomus ridgwayi
Mexican Whip-poor-willAntrostomus arizonae

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVulnerable
Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Great Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila sanctihieronymi

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii
Amethyst-throated Mountain-gemLampornis amethystinus
Blue-throated Mountain-gemLampornis clemenciae
Sparkling-tailed HummingbirdTilmatura dupontii
Lucifer HummingbirdCalothorax lucifer
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae
Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusNear-threatened
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Bumblebee HummingbirdSelasphorus heloisaEndemic (country/region)
Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris
White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotis
Violet-crowned HummingbirdRamosomyia violiceps
Berylline HummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Aztec RailRallus tenuirostrisEndemic (country/region) Near-threatened
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
SoraPorzana carolina
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica

 
GRUIFORMES: Aramidae

LimpkinAramus guarauna

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNear-threatened
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Collared PloverAnarhynchus collaris
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Northern JacanaJacana spinosa

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNear-threatened
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVulnerable
WilletTringa semipalmata
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNear-threatened
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNear-threatened
SanderlingCalidris alba
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNear-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
California GullLarus californicus
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Least TernSternula antillarum
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black TernChlidonias niger
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Common TernSterna hirundo
Royal TernThalasseus maximus

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii

 
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Common LoonGavia immer

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Wood StorkMycteria americana

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

AnhingaAnhinga anhinga

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

White IbisEudocimus albus
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNear-threatened
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Green HeronButorides virescens
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis

 
CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae

Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
American GoshawkAstur atricapillus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusNear-threatened
Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus
Gray HawkButeo plagiatus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

American Barn OwlTyto furcata

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus
Whiskered Screech-OwlMegascops trichopsis
Western Screech-OwlMegascops kennicottii
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnoma
Ferruginous Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyi
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Mottled OwlStrix virgata
Spotted OwlStrix occidentalisNear-threatened
Cinereous OwlStrix sartorii
Stygian OwlAsio stygius
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Eared QuetzalEuptilotis neoxenusEndemic (country/region)
Coppery-tailed TrogonTrogon ambiguus
Mountain TrogonTrogon mexicanus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Momotidae

Russet-crowned MotmotMomotus mexicanus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenysEndemic (country/region)
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
Arizona WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus arizonae
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbarius
Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Mexican ParrotletForpus cyanopygiusEndemic (country/region) Near-threatened
Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularisVulnerable
Military MacawAra militarisVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae

White-striped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes leucogasterEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tityridae

Gray-collared BecardPachyramphus major
Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
White-throated FlycatcherEmpidonax albigularis
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
Pine FlycatcherEmpidonax affinis
Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Buff-breasted FlycatcherEmpidonax fulvifrons
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Flammulated FlycatcherRamphotrigon flammulatumEndemic (country/region)
Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingi
Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Golden VireoVireo hypochryseusEndemic (country/region)
Black-capped VireoVireo atricapillaNear-threatened
Dwarf VireoVireo nelsoniEndemic (country/region)
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Bell's VireoVireo bellii
Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii
Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus
Western Warbling VireoVireo swainsoni
Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Black-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax collieiEndemic (country/region)
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Transvolcanic JayAphelocoma ultramarinaEndemic (country/region)
Chihuahuan RavenCorvus cryptoleucus
Common RavenCorvus corax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Mexican ChickadeePoecile sclateri
Bridled TitmouseBaeolophus wollweberi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Horned LarkEremophila alpestris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
Purple MartinProgne subis
Sinaloa MartinProgne sinaloaeEndemic (country/region) Vulnerable
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

BushtitPsaltriparus minimus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Brown CreeperCerthia americana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae

Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Black-capped GnatcatcherPolioptila nigriceps

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Spotted WrenCampylorhynchus gularisEndemic (country/region)
Happy WrenPheugopedius felixEndemic (country/region)
Sinaloa WrenThryophilus sinaloaEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

American DipperCinclus mexicanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulescensEndemic (country/region)
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalis
Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris
Russet Nightingale-ThrushCatharus occidentalisEndemic (country/region)
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Aztec ThrushRidgwayia pinicolaEndemic (country/region)
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatusEndemic (country/region)
White-throated ThrushTurdus assimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ptiliogonatidae

Gray Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys cinereus
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Peucedramidae

Olive WarblerPeucedramus taeniatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

American PipitAnthus rubescens
Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Elegant EuphoniaChlorophonia elegantissima
West Mexican EuphoniaEuphonia godmaniEndemic (country/region)
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Black-headed SiskinSpinus notatus
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botterii
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis
Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Striped SparrowOriturus superciliosusEndemic (country/region)
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Rusty-crowned Ground-SparrowMelozone kieneriEndemic (country/region)
Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca
Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescens
Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
Collared TowheePipilo ocaiEndemic (country/region)
Rufous-capped BrushfinchAtlapetes pileatusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Chihuahuan MeadowlarkSturnella lilianae
Black-vented OrioleIcterus wagleri
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Black-backed OrioleIcterus abeilleiEndemic (country/region)
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNear-threatened
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Crescent-chested WarblerOreothlypis superciliosa
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Colima WarblerLeiothlypis crissalis
Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae
Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Northern ParulaSetophaga americanaRare/Accidental
Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Mangrove Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorRare/Accidental
Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae
Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
Golden-browed WarblerBasileuterus belli
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Red-faced WarblerCardellina rubrifrons
Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus
Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Flame-colored TanagerPiranga bidentata
Red-headed TanagerPiranga erythrocephalaEndemic (country/region)
PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus
Yellow GrosbeakPheucticus chrysopeplus
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
DickcisselSpiza americana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae

Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueola

 

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