Copan Ruinas, San Pedro Sula, Pico Bonito, and Roatán
February 2004
by Jason
Sailing
My
wife and I were in Honduras from February 23rd to March 5, 2004. We had a
wonderful time, it was our first trip to Central America. We flew into San Pedro
Sula and took a bus to Copan Ruinas to see the Mayan ruins, then on to Roatán
for almost a week to snorkel, then on to the Lodge at Pico Bonito. Birding in
the Neotropics is a lot harder than I had thought it would be, but I had a blast
nonetheless! Here's my list:
CR=Copan Ruinas (town
and ruins), SPS=San Pedro Sula & surrounding area, PB=Lodge at Pico Bonito,
R=Roatan
Magnificent Frigatebird
R
Great Blue Heron
R
Great Egret
R
Little Blue Heron
R
Cattle Egret
CR, R
Black Vulture
SPS, CR, PB
Turkey Vulture
R
Osprey
R
Northern Harrier
PB
White Hawk
PB
American Kestrel
SPS
Killdeer
R
Northern Jacana
SPS
Lesser Yellowlegs
R
Pectoral Sandpiper
R
Royal Tern
R
Rock Pigeon
SPS
White Crowned Pigeon
R
White-winged Dove
R
Common Ground-Dove
R
White-tipped Dove
PB
Olive-throated Parakeet
PB
White-crowned Parrot
PB
White-fronted Parrot
PB
Red-lored Parrot
CR
Mealy Parrot
PB
Smooth-billed Ani
R
Groove-billed Ani
CR
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
PB
White-collared Swift
PB
Chimney Swift
R
Canivet's Emerald
R
White-bellied Emerald
PB
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
PB
Cinnamon Hummingbird
CR
Purple-crowned Fairy
PB
Violaceous Trogon
PB
Blue-crowned Motmot
PB
Turquoise-browed Motmot
CR
Belted Kingfisher
R
Collared Aracari
PB
Keel-billed Toucan
PB
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
PB
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
CR, R, PB
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
PB
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
PB
Common Tody-flycatcher
PB
Empidonax spp.
CR
Great-crested Flycatcher
CR
Brown-crested Flycatcher
CR
Great Kiskadee
SPS, CR, PB
Boat-billed Flycatcher
PB
Social Flycatcher
PB
Tropical Kingbird
SPS
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
SPS
Rose-throated Becard
CR
Masked Tityra
PB
Black-crowned Tityra
PB
Lovely Cotinga
PB
White-collared Manakin
PB
Mangrove Vireo
R
Lesser Greenlet
PB
White-throated Magpie-Jay
CR
Brown Jay
PB
Purple Martin
R
Mangrove Swallow
SPS
Bank Swallow
R
Barn Swallow
R
Tropical Gnatcatcher
PB
Wood Thrush
R
Clay-colored Robin
PB
White-throated Robin
PB
Tropical Mockingbird
R
Northern Parula
R
Yellow Warbler
CR
Magnolia Warbler
R
Yellow-rumped Warbler
R
Yellow-throated Warbler
R
Black-and-White Warbler
R
American Redstart
R
Worm-eating Warbler
R
Ovenbird
R
Hooded Warbler
PB
Canada Warbler
R
Hepatic Tanager
PB
Blue-gray Tanager
SPS
Yellow-winged Tanager
PB
Black-headed Saltator
PB
Indigo Bunting
R
Melodious Blackbird
CR
Great-tailed Grackle
SPS, R
Giant Cowbird
SPS
Black-cowled Oriole
PB
Altamira Oriole
CR
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
PB
Montezuma Oropendola
PB
Yellow-throated Euphonia
CR, PB
Olive-backed Euphonia
PB
House Sparrow
SPS