Site Report: Grutas de Cacahuamilpa

Banded Wren (Thryothorus pleurostictus)

Banded Wren (Thryothorus pleurostictus)

Some famous caves near Taxco

Visits

2010-02-21: We stopped near the cave exit, but we never actually saw the caves. There was a good pull-out here that gave some good access to the thorn forest.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (9 records)

Phylum: Chordates (9 records)

Class: Birds (9 records)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)

Order: Perching Birds (5 records)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: New World Warblers
- MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
- Family: Wrens
- Banded Wren (Thryophilus pleurostictus)

Order: Vultures (2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

Lifelists

Trips

No trip reports available.