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Chichimilá
This checklist includes all bird species found in Chichimilá , 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: Chichimilá [map]
Number of species: 298
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2025-10-12
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Thicket Tinamou | Crypturellus cinnamomeus | |
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
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| Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-throated Bobwhite | Colinus nigrogularis | |
| Singing Quail | Dactylortyx thoracicus | |
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| Ocellated Turkey | Meleagris ocellata | Near-threatened |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Scaled Pigeon | Patagioenas speciosa | |
| Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | Rare/Accidental |
| Pheasant Cuckoo | Dromococcyx phasianellus | |
| Lesser Roadrunner | Geococcyx velox | |
| Common Squirrel-Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| 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 | |
| Yucatan Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Near-threatened |
| Yucatan Nightjar | Antrostomus badius | |
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| Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Vulnerable |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
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| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Canivet's Emerald | Cynanthus canivetii | |
| Wedge-tailed Sabrewing | Pampa curvipennis | |
| Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | |
| White-bellied Emerald | Chlorestes candida | |
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| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| Russet-naped Wood-Rail | Aramides albiventris | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| Ruddy Crake | Laterallus ruber | |
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| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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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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| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |
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| 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 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
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| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
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| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | |
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| Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | |
| Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 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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| King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | |
| Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus melanoleucus | |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Bicolored Hawk | Astur bicolor | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | |
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |
| Gray Hawk | Buteo plagiatus | |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | |
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| Middle American Screech-Owl | Megascops guatemalae | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| Mottled Owl | Strix virgata | |
| Black-and-white Owl | Strix nigrolineata | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus | |
| Gartered Violaceous Trogon | Trogon caligatus | |
| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | |
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| Lesson's Motmot | Momotus lessonii | |
| Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
| American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea | |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
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| White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus hyperrhynchus | |
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| Collared Aracari | Pteroglossus torquatus | |
| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | Near-threatened |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Yucatan Woodpecker | Melanerpes pygmaeus | |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons | |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates scalaris | |
| Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis | |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
| Chestnut-colored Woodpecker | Celeus castaneus | |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus | |
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| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-lored Amazon | Amazona autumnalis | |
| White-fronted Amazon | Amazona albifrons | |
| Yellow-lored Amazon | Amazona xantholora | |
| Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | |
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| Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | |
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| Mayan Antthrush | Formicarius moniliger | |
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| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | |
| Ruddy Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla homochroa | |
| Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla anabatina | |
| Northern Barred-Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | |
| Ivory-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus flavigaster | |
| Northern Plain-Xenops | Xenops mexicanus | |
| Rufous-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis erythrothorax | |
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| Red-capped Manakin | Ceratopipra mentalis | |
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| Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |
| Gray-collared Becard | Pachyramphus major | |
| Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | |
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| Tropical Royal Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus coronatus | |
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| Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | |
| Northern Bentbill | Oncostoma cinereigulare | |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |
| Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | |
| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | |
| Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | |
| Yucatan Flycatcher | Myiarchus yucatanensis | |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
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| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
| Ochre-crowned Greenlet | Tunchiornis ochraceiceps | |
| Lesser Greenlet | Pachysylvia decurtata | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | |
| Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | |
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| Brown Jay | Cyanocorax morio | |
| Green Jay | Cyanocorax yncas | |
| Yucatan Jay | Cyanocorax yucatanicus | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |
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| Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus | |
| White-browed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila bilineata | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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| Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus | |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
| Spot-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius maculipectus | |
| White-bellied Wren | Uropsila leucogastra | |
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| Black Catbird | Melanoptila glabrirostris | |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | |
| Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | |
| Yellow-throated Euphonia | Euphonia hirundinacea | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
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| Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus | |
| Green-backed Sparrow | Arremonops chloronotus | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
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| Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus | |
| Black-cowled Oriole | Icterus prosthemelas | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | |
| Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater | |
| Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | |
| Orange Oriole | Icterus auratus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Near-threatened |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
| Northern Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
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| Rose-throated Tanager | Piranga roseogularis | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
| Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica | |
| Red-throated Ant-Tanager | Driophlox fuscicauda | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Gray-throated Chat | Granatellus sallaei | |
| Blue Bunting | Cyanocompsa parellina | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
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| Gray-headed Tanager | Eucometis penicillata | |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Yellow-winged Tanager | Thraupis abbas | |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps | |
| Cinnamon-bellied Saltator | Saltator grandis | |
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