Here's my trip report from Mexico this past month.The trip was all within the state of Oaxaca, Mexico in a 5 day period . The bird guide was local Oaxacan by the name of Roque Antonio Santiago and he was FANTASTIC ! We covered both Eastern and Western slopes with several different flora habitats. Over 200 species seen and over 130 lifers.9 Hummingbirds and several endemics.Great food and wonderful scenery .
Highlights included : SUMICHRAST'S WREN, RED-CAPPED MANAKIN,RED WARBLER, LESSER ROADRUNNER,OAXACA SPARROW,CANIVET'S HUMMINGBIRD,BLACK-CRESTED COQUETTE,DUSKY HUMMINGBIRD, MEXICAN WHIPOORWILL , CINNAMON-BELLIED FLOWERPERCER ,LONG-BILLED GNATWREN,APLOMADO FALCON .Best song was the Slate-colored Solitare.
Acorn Woodpecker
Altamira Oriole
Amazon Kingfisher
American Coot
American Kestrel
American Pipit
American Redstart
American Robin
Aplomado Falcon
Baltimore Oriole
Bannanaquit
Berryline Hummingbird
Bewick's Wren
Bewick's Wren
Black Pheobe
Black Pheobe
Black vented Oriole
Black Vulture
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Black-crested Coquette
Black-headed Saltator
Black-necked Stilt
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-vented Oriole
Blue Grossbeak
Blue Ground-Dove
Blue Mockingbird
Blue-black Grossbeak
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Tanager
Blue-headed Grossbeak
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Boucard's Wren
Bridled Sparrow
Brown Jay
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Buff-throated Saltator
Bullock's Oriole
Bushtit
Canivet's Emerald
Cassian's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Cattle Egret
Chestnut Oropendula
Chipping Sparrow
Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer
Clay-colored Robin
Clay-colored Sparrow
Collared Aracari
Common Moorhen
Common Snipe
Common Yellowthroat
Couch's Kingbird
Crescent-chested Vireo
Crested Caracara
Crimson-collared Tanager
Curve-billed Thrasher
Dusky Flycatcher
Dusky Hummingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Glossy Ibis
Golden Vireo
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Gray Hawk
Gray-breasted Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Greater Pewee
Great-tailed Grackle
Green Heron
Green Heron
Green Kingfisher
Green-breasted Mango
Green-violet Ear
Green-winged Teal
Groove-billed Ani
Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Hepatic Tanager
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
Hutton's Vireo
Inca Dove
Indigo Bunting
Keel-Billed Toucan
Lark Sparrow
Lauging Gull
Least Flycatcher
Least Grebe
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Roadrunner
Lesser Scaup
Limpkin
Lineated Woodpecker
Little Blue Heron
Little Hermit
Loisianna Waterthrush
Long-billed Dowhitcher
Long-billed Gnatwren
Magnolia Warbler
Mangrove Swallow
Masked Tityra
Melodious Blackbird
Mexican Junco
Mexican Whip-Poor-Will
Montezuma Oropendula
Nashville Warbler
Neotropic Cormorant
Northen Parula
Northern House Wren
Northern Jacana
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pintail
Northern Raven
Nutting's Flycatcher
Oaxaca Sparrow
Olivacious Woodcreeper
Orange-crowned Warbler
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Orchard Oriole
Painted Bunting
Painted Redstart
Pied-billed Grebe
Red Warbler
Red-billed Pigeon
Red-capped Manakin
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-lored Parrot
Ringed Kingfisher
Ring-necked Duck
Roadside Hawk
Rock Wren
Rose -breasted Grossbeak
Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Rufous Backed Robin
Rufous-capped Brushfinch
Rufous-capped Warbler
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Say's Pheobe
Scrub Euphonia
Scrub Jay
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Slate-throated Redstart
Snowy Egret
Social Flycatcher
Sora Rail
Spot-breasted Wren
Spotted Sandpiper
Squirrel Cuckoo
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Sumichrast's Wren
Summer Tanager
Thick-billed Seedeater
Townsend's Warbler
Tropical Kingbird
Tufted Flycatcher
Turkey Vulture
Vermillion Flycatcher
Violacious Trogon
Violet-green Swallow
Virgina Warbler
Western Kingbird
Western Tanager
White Pellican
White-bellied Emerald
White-collared Seedeater
White-crowned Parrot
White-eared Hummingbird
White-eyed Vireo
White-fronted Parrot
White-tailed Hawk
White-tailed Kite
White-throated Swift
White-throated Towhee
White-winged Dove
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-billed Cacique
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" Warbler
Yellow-rumped "Myrtle"
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Yellow-winged Tanager
heard:Slate-colored Solitare
heard:Marsh Wren
heard:Turquoise-browed Motmot
heard: Ferriginous Pygmy Owl
heard: Rufous-breasted Spinetail
heard: Emerald Toucanette
heard: Ferriginous Pygmy Owl
-Stephen Bahr
Stephen,
Just noticed your trip report - looks like a great trip. Oaxaca is definitely one of the best birding areas in Mexico.
Steve,
You forgot to tell about the road we took through the 10,000 ft. cloud forest that was washed away in three places, the unidentified meals eaten in local places, the pre-historic fish we ate, the White-tailed Kite (you gotta add the pix, since I don't know how), and about 50 other exciting places and events that occured during the 5 day trip.
I can't imagine a more rewarding birding trip (well, perhaps in S. America).