Troncones Bird List

Bird species seen in the vicinity of Troncones Beach, Guerrero, Mexico

Information courtesy of Frances Wood and William Graves (wcgraves(at)whidbey.com) who visited the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo and Troncones area and put together this list, 12/23/01-1/02/02, during their birdwatching excursions.

A list of over 100 species of birds observed in the Troncones area

American Kestrel – Falco sparverius

Anhinga – Anhinga anhinga

Ash-throated Flycatcher* – Myiarchus cinerascens

Belted Kingfisher – Ceryle alcyon

Black Tern – Chlidonias niger

Black Vulture – Coragyps atratus

Black-and-white Warbler – Mniotilta varia

Black-vented Oriole – Icterus wagleri

Blue Bunting – Cyanocompsa parellina

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – Polioptila caerulea

Breasted Bunting) – Passerina leclancherii

Broad-billed Hummingbird (aka Doubleday’s Hummingbird) – Cynanthus latirostris

Bronzed Cowbird – Molothrus aeneus

Brown Booby – Sula leucogaster

Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown-crested Flycatcher* – Myiarchus tyrannulus

Bullock’s Oriole – Icterus bullockii

Caspian Tern – Sterna caspia

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis

Cinnamon Hummingbird – Amazilia rutila

Citreoline Trogon – Trogon citreolus

Cordilleran Flycatcher* – Empidonax occidentalis

Crested Caracara – Caracara plancus

Dunlin – Calidris alpina

Fan-tailed Warbler – Euthlypis lachrymosa

Golden Vireo – Vireo hypochryseus

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys

Gray Hawk – Asturina plagiata

Gray-collared Becard – Pachyramphus major

Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias

Great Egret – Ardea alba

Great Kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus

Greater Yellowlegs – Tringa melanoleuca

Great-tailed Grackle – Quiscalus mexicanus

Green Heron – Butorides virescens

Groove-billed Ani – Crotophaga sulcirostris

Happy Wren – Thryothorus felix

Hooded Oriole – Icterus cucullatus

Inca Dove – Columbina inca

Indigo Bunting – Passerina cyanea

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

Ladder-backed Woodpecker – Picoides scalaris

Laughing Gull – Larus atricilla

Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla

Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea

Magnificent Frigatebird – Fregata magnificens brasilianus

Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura

Nashville Warbler – Vermivora ruficapilla

Neotropic Cormorant – Phalacrocorax

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet – Camptostoma imberbe

Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis

Northern Jacana – Jacana spinosa

Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos

Nutting’s Flycatcher – Myiarchus nuttingi

Olive Sparrow – Arremonops rufivirgatus

Orange-bellied Bunting (aka Orange-

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush – Catharus aurantiirostris

Orange-crowned Warbler – Vermivora celata

Orange-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga canicularis

Orchard Oriole – Icterus spurius

Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapillus

Pacific-slope Flycatcher* – Empidonax difficilis

Painted Bunting – Passerina ciris

Pale-billed Woodpecker – Campephilus guatemalensis

Plain-capped Starthroat – Heliomaster constantii

Red-breasted Chat – Granatellus venustus

Red-crowned Ant-Tanager – Habia rubica

Ringed Kingfisher – Ceryle torquata

Roadside Hawk – Buteo magnirostris

Rock Dove – Columba livia

Rose-throated Becard – Pachyramphus aglaiae

Royal Tern – Sterna maxima

Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Archilochus colubris

Ruddy Ground-Dove – Columbina talpacoti

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater – Sporophila minuta

Rufous-backed Robin – Turdus rufopalliatus

Rufous-naped Wren – Campylorhynchus rufinucha

San Blas Jay – Cyanocorax sanblasianus

Semipalmated Plover – Charadrius semipalmatus

Snowy Egret – Egretta thula

Social Flycatcher – Myiozetetes similis

Spotted Sandpiper – Tringa macularia

Streak-backed Oriole – Icterus pustulatus

Stripe-headed Sparrow – Aimophila ruficauda

Swainson’s Thrush – Catharus ustulatus

Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor

Tropical Kingbird – Tyrannus melancholicus

Tropical Parula – Parula pitiayumi

Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura

Vermilion Flycatcher – Pyrocephalus rubinus

West Mexican Chachalaca – Ortalis poliocephala

Western Sandpiper – Calidris mauri

Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus

White-bellied Wren – Uropsila leucogastra

White-collared Seedeater – Sporophila torqueola

White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons

White-lored Gnatcatcher – Polioptila albiloris

White-throated Flycatcher – Empidonax albigularis

White-throated Magpie-Jay – Calocitta formosa

Willet – Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

Wilson’s Warbler – Wilsonia pusilla

Yellow Warbler – Dendroica petechia

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron – Nyctanassa violacea

Yellow-winged Cacique – Cacicus melanicterus

Species seen – 103

*We were unable to confidently distinguish between Pacific Slope v. Cordilleran Flycatchers
Or between Ash-throated v. Brown-crested Flycatchers

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Originally posted 2009-10-02 13:12:40.