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Friday, 20 August 2010 14:44

Birds on Bird Watching Tours in the Yucatan Peninsula

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There are hundreds of birds to be seen in the Yucatan Peninsula. The list below contains the endemic and most notable species travelers can see on bird watching tours.

  • English Name -- Scientific Name
  • Bare Throated Tiger-Heron -- Tigrisona Mexicanum
  • Bat Falcon -- Falco Rufigularis
  • Black Catbird (endemic)-- Melanoptila Glabrirostris
  • Black Hawk-Eagle -- Spizaetus Tyrannus
  • Black Vulture -- Cathartes Aura
  • Boat-Billed Heron -- Cochlearius Cochlearius
  • Cattle Egret -- Bubulcus Ibis
  • Collared Forest-Falcón -- Micrastur Semitorquatus
  • Gray Hawk -- Asturina Nitidia
  • Great Blue Heron -- Ardea Herodias
  • Great Egret -- Ardea Alba
  • Green Heron -- Butorides Virescens
  • Hook-Billed kite -- Chondrohierax Uncinatus
  • Jabirú -- Jabiru Mycteria
  • King Vulture -- Sarcoramphus Papa
  • Little Blue Heron -- Egretta Caerulea
  • Magnificient Frigatebird -- Fregata Magnifiens
  • Mexican Sheartail -- Doricha Eliza
  • Ocellated Turkey (endemic) -- Meleagris Ocellata
  • Orange Oriole (endemic) -- Icterus Auratus
  • Osprey -- Pandion Haliaetus
  • Plumbeous Kite -- Ictinia Plúmbea
  • Ridgway's Rough-Winged Swallow -- Stelgidopteryx Ridgwayi
  • Rose-throated Tanager (endemic) -- Piranga Roseogularis
  • Ruddy Crake -- Laterallus Ruber
  • Short-tailed Hawk -- Buteo Lineatus
  • Snail Kite -- Rostrhamus Sociabilis
  • Snowy Egret -- Egretta Thula
  • Tricolored Heron Egretta Tricolor
  • Wood Stork -- Mycteria Americana
  • Yucatan Amazon (endemic)-- Amazona Xantholora
  • Yucatan Bobwhite -- Colinus Nigrogularis
  • Yucatan Flycatcher (endemic) -- Myiarchus Yucatanensis
  • Yucatan Jay (endemic) -- Cyanocorax Yucatanicus
  • Yucatan Nightjar (endemic) -- Caprimulgus Badius
  • Yucatan Poorwill (endemic) -- Nyctiphrynus Yucatanicus
  • Yucatan Vireo -- Vireo Magíster
  • Yucatan Woodpecker (endemic)-- Melanerpes Pygmaeus
  • Yucatan Wren (endemic) -- Campylorhynchus Yucatanicus
  • Zenaida Dove -- Zenaida Aurita
  • Zone-tailed Hawk -- Buteo Albonutatus
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