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This checklist includes all bird species found in Esperanza , 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: Esperanza [map]

Number of species: 395
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae

Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
American WigeonMareca americana
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus

 
GALLIFORMES: Cracidae

Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensNear-threatened

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Long-tailed Wood-PartridgeDendrortyx macrouraEndemic (country/region)
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusNear-threatened
Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumae
Singing QuailDactylortyx thoracicus

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoIntroduced species
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetoura
Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNear-threatened
Mexican Whip-poor-willAntrostomus arizonae

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVulnerable
Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
White-naped SwiftStreptoprocne semicollarisEndemic (country/region)
Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
Amethyst-throated Mountain-gemLampornis amethystinus
Garnet-throated HummingbirdLamprolaima rhami
Sparkling-tailed HummingbirdTilmatura dupontii
Lucifer HummingbirdCalothorax lucifer
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusNear-threatened
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Bumblebee HummingbirdSelasphorus heloisaEndemic (country/region)
Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris
White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotis
Emerald-chinned HummingbirdAbeillia abeillei
Berylline HummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina
White-bellied EmeraldChlorestes candida

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

SoraPorzana carolina
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNear-threatened
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVulnerable
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNear-threatened
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNear-threatened
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
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black TernChlidonias niger
Forster's TernSterna forsteri

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Wood StorkMycteria americana

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

AnhingaAnhinga anhinga

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Bare-throated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
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
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Green HeronButorides virescens
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias

 
CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae

King VultureSarcoramphus papa
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusRare/Accidental
Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus
Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusNear-threatened
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Bicolored HawkAstur bicolor
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
Gray HawkButeo plagiatus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
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
Middle American Screech-OwlMegascops guatemalae
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnoma
Ferruginous Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Mottled OwlStrix virgata
Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineata
Cinereous OwlStrix sartorii
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Stygian OwlAsio stygius
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
Elegant TrogonTrogon elegans
Mountain TrogonTrogon mexicanus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

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

 
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae

Northern Emerald-ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Gray-breasted WoodpeckerMelanerpes hypopoliusEndemic (country/region)
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Strickland's WoodpeckerDryobates stricklandiEndemic (country/region)
Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
Imperial WoodpeckerCampephilus imperialisEndemic (country/region) Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbarius
Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola

 
PASSERIFORMES: Grallariidae

Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae

Middle American LeaftosserSclerurus mexicanus
Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
Spotted WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus erythropygius
White-striped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes leucogasterEndemic (country/region)
Ruddy Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rubiginosus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tityridae

Gray-collared BecardPachyramphus major
Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiNear-threatened
Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
White-throated FlycatcherEmpidonax albigularis
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
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
Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
Chestnut-sided Shrike-VireoVireolanius melitophrys
Slaty VireoVireo brevipennisEndemic (country/region)
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Bell's VireoVireo bellii
Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Brown JayCyanocorax morio
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii
Transvolcanic JayAphelocoma ultramarinaEndemic (country/region)
Unicolored JayAphelocoma unicolor
Common RavenCorvus corax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Mexican ChickadeePoecile sclateri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Horned LarkEremophila alpestris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
Purple MartinProgne subis
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

BushtitPsaltriparus minimus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Brown CreeperCerthia americana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae

Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Gray-barred WrenCampylorhynchus megalopterusEndemic (country/region)
Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
Gray-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

American DipperCinclus mexicanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulescensEndemic (country/region)
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Ocellated ThrasherToxostoma ocellatumEndemic (country/region)
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalis
Slate-colored SolitaireMyadestes unicolor
Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris
Russet Nightingale-ThrushCatharus occidentalisEndemic (country/region)
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-ThrushCatharus frantzii
Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Aztec ThrushRidgwayia pinicolaEndemic (country/region)
White-throated ThrushTurdus assimilis
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Black ThrushTurdus infuscatus
American RobinTurdus migratorius

 
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

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Elegant EuphoniaChlorophonia elegantissima
Blue-crowned ChlorophoniaChlorophonia occipitalis
Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea
Hooded GrosbeakCoccothraustes abeillei
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Black-headed SiskinSpinus notatus
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Common ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectus
Bridled SparrowPeucaea mystacalisEndemic (country/region)
Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botterii
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Chestnut-capped BrushfinchArremon brunneinucha
Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotus
Striped SparrowOriturus superciliosusEndemic (country/region)
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca
Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescens
Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Collared TowheePipilo ocaiEndemic (country/region)
Rufous-capped BrushfinchAtlapetes pileatusEndemic (country/region)
White-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes albinucha

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Chihuahuan MeadowlarkSturnella lilianae
Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNear-threatened
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Crescent-chested WarblerOreothlypis superciliosa
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Hooded YellowthroatGeothlypis nelsoniEndemic (country/region)
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus
Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
Golden-browed WarblerBasileuterus belli
Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Red-faced WarblerCardellina rubrifrons
Red WarblerCardellina rubraEndemic (country/region)
Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus
Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Flame-colored TanagerPiranga bidentata
White-winged TanagerPiranga leucoptera
Red-throated Ant-TanagerDriophlox fuscicauda
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae

Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
Slaty FinchHaplospiza rustica
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueola
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
Cinnamon-bellied SaltatorSaltator grandis

 

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