LAGO DE YOJOA - JULY 2003
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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.
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English
Name |
Latin
Name |
Spanish
Name |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
Zambullidor Piquipinto |
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Bare-throated Tiger-Heron |
Tigrisoma mexicanum |
Garza-tigre Gorjinuda |
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Great Egret |
Egretta alba |
Garza Grande |
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Green-backed Heron |
Butorides striatus |
Garza Verde |
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Roseate Spoonbill |
Platalea ajaja |
Espátula Rosada |
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American Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana |
Cigueña
Americana |
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna bicolor |
Pijiji Canelo |
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna autumnalis |
Pijiji Aliblanco |
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Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
Zopilote Negro |
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Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
Aura Cabecirroja |
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Swallow-tailed Kite |
Elanoides forficatus |
Milano Tijereta |
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Double-toothed Kite |
Harpagus bidentatus |
Milano Bidentado |
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Plain Chachalaca (heard) |
Ortalis vetula |
Chachalaca Común |
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Spotted Rail |
Rallus maculatus |
Rascón Pinto |
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Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrula martinica |
Gallineta Morada |
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Common Gallinule |
Gallinula chloropus |
Gallineta Común |
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Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
Carao |
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Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
Jacana Mesoamericana |
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Red-billed Pigeon |
Columba flavirostris |
Paloma Morada |
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White-winged Dove |
Zenaida asiatica |
Paloma Aliblanca |
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Ruddy Ground-dove |
Columbina talpacoti |
Tórtola Rojiza |
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Goove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga sulcirostris |
Garrapatero Pijuy |
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Vaux’s Swift |
Chaetura vauxi |
Vencejo de Vaux |
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
Amazilia tzacatl |
Colibri Colirrufo |
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Turquoise-browed Motmot |
Eumomota superciliosa |
Motmoto Cejiturquesa |
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Ringed Kingfisher |
Ceryle torquata |
Martin-pescador Collarejo |
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Green Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle americana |
Martin-pescador Verde |
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Centurus aurifrons |
Carpintero Frentidorado |
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Spot-crowned Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes affinis |
Trepatroncos
Corona-punteada |
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
Elaenia flavogaster |
Elenia Viente-amarillo |
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Northern Bentbill |
Oncostoma cinereigulare |
Picocurvo Norteño |
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Common Tody-Flycatcher |
Todirostrum cinereum |
Espatulilla Común |
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Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus sulphuratus |
Luis Grande |
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Social Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes similis |
Luis Gregario |
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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher |
Myiodynastes luteiventris |
Papamoscas Vientre-amarillo |
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Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus melancholicus |
Tirano Tropical |
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
Tyrannus savanna |
Tirano-tijereta Sabanero |
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Masked Tityra |
Tityra semifasciata |
Titira Enmascarada |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Golondrina-aliserrada Norteña |
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Green Jay |
Cyanocorax yncas |
Chara Verde |
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Southern House Wren |
Troglodytes musculus |
Saltapared-continental Sureño |
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Clay-colored Robin |
Turdus grayi |
Zorzal Pardo |
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Tropical Parula |
Parula pitiayumi |
Parula Tropical |
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Yellow-throated Euphonia |
Euphonia hirundinacea |
Eufonia Gorjiamarillo |
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Blue-gray Tanager |
Thraupis episcopus |
Tángara Azuligris |
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Yellow-winged Tanager |
Thraupis abbas |
Tángara Aliamarilla |
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Crimson-collared Tanager |
Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta |
Tángara Cuellirroja |
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Scarlet-rumped Tanager |
Ramphocelus passerinii |
Tángara Terciopelo |
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Buff-throated Saltator |
Saltator maximus |
Saltador Gorjileonado |
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Blue-black Grassquit |
Volatinia jacarina |
Semillero Brincador |
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White-collared Seedeater |
Sporophila torqueola |
Semillero Collarejo |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
Tordo Sargento |
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Melodious Blackbird |
Dives dives |
Tordo Cantor |
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Great-tailed Grackle |
Quiscalus mexicanus |
Zanate Mayor |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus ater |
Vaquero Cabecicafé |
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Spot-breasted Oriole |
Icterus pectoralis |
Bolsero Pechimanchado |
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Montezuma Oropendola |
Psarocolius montezuma |
Oropéndola de Montezuma |
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Black-headed Siskin |
Carduelis notata |
Dominico Cabecinegro |
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Tricolored Munia |
Lonchura malacca |
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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.
© Birding Honduras 2004