Site Report: La Mancha, Mexico
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)
Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio) Juvenile
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Juvenile
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) polygrammus ssp.
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana)
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Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)
Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio) Juvenile
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Juvenile
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) polygrammus ssp.
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana)
A marshy area on the Atlantic coast includes some sandy dunes, a sandy beach, a bay, mangroves, and farmland.
Visits
- 2007-10-10: None
- 2007-10-11: Second day in the area.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (53 records,
20 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(53 records,
20 images)
Class: Birds
(52 records,
19 images)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana)
- Order: Pelicans
(17 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds (23 records)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Family: Vireos
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Snapping Turtles
- Central-American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)