Endemic birds of Mexico and northern Central America

This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.

Patterns of endemism

Genus-level endemism

No bird families are endemic to the region; however, the following genera are endemic:

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In addition in the following genera, high proportions of the member species are endemic to the region:

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Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International has defined a number of Endemic Bird Areas and Secondary Areas in this region.

List of species

The following is a list of bird species endemic to the region of Mexico south to Nicaragua (M indicates a species endemic to Mexico; G, Guatemala).

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M Rufous-bellied chachalaca M West Mexican chachalaca Highland guan M,G Horned guan EN M Bearded wood-partridge M Long-tailed wood-partridge M Elegant quail M Banded quail Black-throated bobwhite Singing quail Ocellated quail Ocellated turkey M Aztec rail M Tuxtla quail-dove White-faced quail-dove M Socorro dove Lesser roadrunner M Balsas screech-owl M,G Bearded screech-owl M Tamaulipas pygmy-owl M Colima pygmy-owl Fulvous owl M Eared poorwill M Tawny-collared nightjar Yucatan nightjar M White-fronted swift M White-naped swift M Short-crested coquette Green-throated mountain-gem Green-breasted mountain-gem Amethyst-throated hummingbird Garnet-throated hummingbird Slender sheartail M Mexican sheartail Sparkling-tailed hummingbird M Beautiful hummingbird M Bumblebee hummingbird Wine-throated hummingbird M Golden-crowned emerald M Cozumel emerald M Dusky hummingbird Emerald-chinned hummingbird Wedge-tailed sabrewing M Long-tailed sabrewing Rufous sabrewing M Mexican woodnymph M Blue-capped hummingbird M White-tailed hummingbird White-bellied emerald Honduran emerald Azure-crowned hummingbird Berylline hummingbird M Green-fronted hummingbird M Xantus's hummingbird M Citreoline trogon Mountain trogon Blue-throated motmot M,G Russet-crowned motmot M Golden-cheeked woodpecker M Gray-breasted woodpecker Yucatan woodpecker M Strickland's woodpecker M Gray-crowned woodpecker M Red-crowned parrot M Lilac-crowned parrot Yellow-naped parrot Yellow-headed parrot Yellow-lored parrot M Mexican parrotlet M Thick-billed parrot M Maroon-fronted parrot Green parakeet Pacific parakeet Green-striped brush-finch Rose-bellied bunting Cozumel thrasher Cozumel vireo Sinaloa crow Tamaulipas crow Belted flycatcher Pileated flycatcher Slender-billed grackle Crimson-collared grosbeak Bushy-crested jay Dwarf jay Purplish-backed jay San Blas jay Tufted jay White-throated jay Guadalupe junco Blue-and-white mockingbird Socorro mockingbird CR Bar-winged oriole

Rufous-collared robin Black-capped siskin Socorro wren Socorro mockingbird Black-chested sparrow Bridled sparrow Cinnamon-tailed sparrow Oaxaca sparrow Sierra Madre sparrow Black-capped swallow Azure-rumped tanager Rufous-backed robin White-throated towhee Yucatán vireo Pink-headed warbler Giant wren Gray-barred wren Nava's wren Rufous-browed wren Socorro wren M Yucatán wren Altamira yellowthroat Belding's yellowthroat Black-polled yellowthroat

The following is a list of species endemic to the region as breeding species:

• Black-vented shearwater
• Least storm-petrel
• Guadalupe murrelet
• Craveri's murrelet

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The following is a list of species endemic to the region as non-breeding species:

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The following restricted-range species are also found in the region:

• Colima warbler

The following are species which are near-endemics that also occur in the southwestern United States:

• Plain chachalaca
• Montezuma quail
• Black storm-petrel
• Ridgway's rail
• Scripps's murrelet
• Whiskered screech-owl
• Elf owl
• Buff-collared nightjar
• Mexican whip-poor-will
• Blue-throated hummingbird
• Lucifer hummingbird
• Broad-billed hummingbird
• Buff-bellied hummingbird
• Violet-crowned hummingbird
• Eared quetzal
• Gila woodpecker
• Golden-fronted woodpecker
• Ladder-backed woodpecker
• Arizona woodpecker
• Gilded flicker

The following are species which are near-endemics that also occur south to Costa Rica:

• Thicket tinamou
• Slaty-breasted tinamou
• White-bellied chachalaca
• Buffy-crowned wood-partridge
• Buffy-crowned wood-partridge
• Ruddy crake
• Lesser ground-cuckoo
• Pacific screech-owl
• Great swallow-tailed swift
• Black-crested coquette
• Plain-capped starthroat
• Canivet's emerald
• Blue-tailed hummingbird
• Cinnamon hummingbird
• Black-headed trogon
• Keel-billed motmot
• Turquoise-browed motmot
• Hoffmann's woodpecker
• White-fronted parrot
• Orange-fronted parakeet

The following extinct species were formerly endemic:

• G Atitlan grebe (last reported 1986)
• Guadalupe storm-petrel
• M Imperial woodpecker
• M Guadalupe caracara (last reported 1990)

References

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=7

External links

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