LAGO DE YOJOA - JULY 2003

  Madeline and Paul McKneely sent this list from a short trip to Lago de Yojoa in July 2003. Birding was not even the principle activity during their stay, but they sure do a fine job! The Tricolored Munia or Chestnut Mannikin is a new species for Honduras.
Tricolored Munia/Chestnut Mannikin Lonchura malacca - first record for Honduras.

Birds seen in the Lake Yojoa area of Honduras July 12-18, 2003. 

English Name

Latin Name

Spanish Name

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Zambullidor Piquipinto

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

Garza-tigre Gorjinuda

Great Egret

Egretta alba

Garza Grande

Green-backed Heron

Butorides striatus

Garza Verde

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Espátula Rosada

American Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Cigueña Americana

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

Pijiji Canelo

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Pijiji Aliblanco

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Zopilote Negro

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Aura Cabecirroja

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Milano Tijereta

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Milano Bidentado

Plain Chachalaca (heard)

Ortalis vetula

Chachalaca Común

Spotted Rail

Rallus maculatus

Rascón Pinto

Purple Gallinule

Porphyrula martinica

Gallineta Morada

Common Gallinule

Gallinula chloropus

Gallineta Común

Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

Carao

Northern Jacana

Jacana spinosa

Jacana Mesoamericana

Red-billed Pigeon

Columba flavirostris

Paloma Morada

White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

Paloma Aliblanca

Ruddy Ground-dove

Columbina talpacoti

Tórtola Rojiza

Goove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Garrapatero Pijuy

Vaux’s Swift

Chaetura vauxi

Vencejo de Vaux

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl

Colibri Colirrufo

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Eumomota superciliosa

Motmoto Cejiturquesa

Ringed Kingfisher

Ceryle torquata

Martin-pescador Collarejo

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Martin-pescador Verde

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Centurus aurifrons

Carpintero Frentidorado

Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes affinis

Trepatroncos Corona-punteada

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

Elenia Viente-amarillo

Northern Bentbill

Oncostoma cinereigulare

Picocurvo Norteño

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Espatulilla Común

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Luis Grande

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Luis Gregario

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Papamoscas Vientre-amarillo

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Tirano Tropical

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savanna

Tirano-tijereta Sabanero

Masked Tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Titira Enmascarada

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Golondrina-aliserrada Norteña

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Chara Verde

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Saltapared-continental Sureño

Clay-colored Robin

Turdus grayi

Zorzal Pardo

Tropical Parula

Parula pitiayumi

Parula Tropical

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Euphonia hirundinacea

Eufonia Gorjiamarillo

Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Tángara Azuligris

Yellow-winged Tanager

Thraupis abbas

Tángara Aliamarilla

Crimson-collared Tanager

Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta

Tángara Cuellirroja

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

Tángara Terciopelo

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Saltador Gorjileonado

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Semillero Brincador

White-collared Seedeater

Sporophila torqueola

Semillero Collarejo

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Tordo Sargento

Melodious Blackbird

Dives dives

Tordo Cantor

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Zanate Mayor

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Vaquero Cabecicafé

Spot-breasted Oriole

Icterus pectoralis

Bolsero Pechimanchado

Montezuma Oropendola

Psarocolius montezuma

Oropéndola de Montezuma

Black-headed Siskin

Carduelis notata

Dominico Cabecinegro

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura malacca

 


NOTES:

All but 3 of these species were observed on the Hotel Agua Azul grounds. These exceptions are:
Spot-breasted Oriole was seen only at the clinic area.
Crimson-collared Tanager was seen only at Los Pinos.
Green Kingfisher was seen only at the waterfall near Los Pinos. 

The Tricolored Munia is an introduced finch that is native to India and Sri Lanka. As many as 50 were observed and were regularly found at the boat ramp. 

Spanish names are from Howell & Webb’s A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America.



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