MERIDA
VENEZUELA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 256 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 256 |
| # Endemics: | 7 |
| # Near Endemics: | 11 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Torrent Duck | Merganetta armata |
| 2 | Andean Teal | Anas andium |
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| 3 | Band-tailed Guan | Penelope argyrotis |
| 4 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens |
| 5 | Andean Guan | Penelope montagnii |
| 6 | Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 8 | Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata |
| 9 | Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea |
| 10 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea |
| 11 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 12 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| 13 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| 14 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| 15 | Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata |
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| 16 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 17 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| 18 | Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia |
| 19 | Common Squirrel-Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
| 20 | Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus |
| 21 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
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| 22 | White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis |
| 23 | Rufous Nightjar | Antrostomus rufus |
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| 24 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila |
| 25 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 26 | White-tipped Swift | Aeronautes montivagus |
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| 27 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora |
| 28 | Gray-chinned Hermit | Phaethornis griseogularis |
| 29 | Lesser Violetear | Colibri cyanotus |
| 30 | Sparkling Violetear | Colibri coruscans |
| 31 | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis |
| 32 | Orange-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus mavors |
| 33 | Merida Sunangel | Heliangelus spencei |
| 34 | Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys |
| 35 | Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii |
| 36 | White-bearded Helmetcrest | Oxypogon lindenii |
| 37 | Coppery-bellied Puffleg | Eriocnemis cupreoventris |
| 38 | Green Inca | Coeligena conradii |
| 39 | Buff-tailed Coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens |
| 40 | White-booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii |
| 41 | Violet-fronted Brilliant | Heliodoxa leadbeateri |
| 42 | Gorgeted Woodstar | Chaetocercus heliodor |
| 43 | Rufous-shafted Woodstar | Chaetocercus jourdanii |
| 44 | Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus |
| 45 | Narrow-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus |
| 46 | Lazuline Sabrewing | Campylopterus falcatus |
| 47 | Steely-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia saucerottei |
| 48 | Green-bellied Hummingbird | Saucerottia viridigaster |
| 49 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl |
| 50 | Golden-tailed Sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone |
| 51 | Glittering-throated Emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata |
| 52 | White-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes cyanus |
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| 53 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 54 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
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| 55 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| 56 | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
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| 57 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus |
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| 58 | Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus |
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| 59 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum |
| 60 | Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus |
| 61 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 62 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 63 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
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| 64 | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa |
| 65 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 66 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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| 67 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 68 | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| 69 | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus |
| 70 | Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Spizaetus isidori |
| 71 | |Mississippi Kite| | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| 72 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris |
| 73 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus |
| 74 | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus |
| 75 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| 76 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| 77 | Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus |
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| 78 | American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata |
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| 79 | Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba |
| 80 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| 81 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator |
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| 82 | Golden-headed Quetzal | Pharomachrus auriceps |
| 83 | Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus |
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| 84 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
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| 85 | Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus albivitta |
| 86 | Groove-billed Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus sulcatus |
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| 87 | Olivaceous Piculet | Picumnus olivaceus |
| 88 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus |
| 89 | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Leuconotopicus fumigatus |
| 90 | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus |
| 91 | Crimson-mantled Woodpecker | Colaptes rivolii |
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| 92 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans |
| 93 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| 94 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima |
| 95 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
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| 96 | Barred Parakeet | Bolborhynchus lineola |
| 97 | Speckle-faced Parrot | Pionus tumultuosus |
| 98 | Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala |
| 99 | Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica |
| 100 | Rose-headed Parakeet | Pyrrhura rhodocephala |
| 101 | Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severus |
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| 102 | Chestnut-crowned Antpitta | Grallaria ruficapilla |
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| 103 | Black-banded Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes picumnus |
| 104 | Strong-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus |
| 105 | Olive-backed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus triangularis |
| 106 | Northern Plain-Xenops | Xenops mexicanus |
| 107 | Streaked Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii |
| 108 | Chestnut-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes albidiventris |
| 109 | Montane Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia striaticollis |
| 110 | Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger |
| 111 | Andean Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura andicola |
| 112 | Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae |
| 113 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens |
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| 114 | Golden-breasted Fruiteater | Pipreola aureopectus |
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| 115 | Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
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| 116 | Variegated Bristle-Tyrant | Pogonotriccus poecilotis |
| 117 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| 118 | Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
| 119 | White-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus stictopterus |
| 120 | White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys |
| 121 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| 122 | Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris |
| 123 | Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis |
| 124 | Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii |
| 125 | Torrent Tyrannulet | Serpophaga cinerea |
| 126 | Black-capped Tyrannulet | Tyranniscus nigrocapillus |
| 127 | Spectacled Tyrannulet | Zimmerius improbus |
| 128 | Golden-faced Tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops |
| 129 | Flavescent Flycatcher | Myiophobus flavicans |
| 130 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus |
| 131 | Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus |
| 132 | Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| 133 | Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| 134 | Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes striaticollis |
| 135 | Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema |
| 136 | Rufous-browed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca superciliosa |
| 137 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| 138 | Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa |
| 139 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| 140 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua |
| 141 | Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis |
| 142 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| 143 | Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus |
| 144 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus |
| 145 | Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius |
| 146 | Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius |
| 147 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 148 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| 149 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
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| 150 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| 151 | Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys |
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| 152 | Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata |
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| 153 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea |
| 154 | Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera |
| 155 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
| 156 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
| 157 | Pale-footed Swallow | Orochelidon flavipes |
| 158 | Brown-bellied Swallow | Orochelidon murina |
| 159 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
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| 160 | Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
| 161 | Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis |
| 162 | Whiskered Wren | Pheugopedius mystacalis |
| 163 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus |
| 164 | Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys |
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| 165 | White-capped Dipper | Cinclus leucocephalus |
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| 166 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
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| 167 | Andean Solitaire | Myadestes ralloides |
| 168 | Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris |
| 169 | Chestnut-bellied Thrush | Turdus fulviventris |
| 170 | Glossy-black Thrush | Turdus serranus |
| 171 | Black-hooded Thrush | Turdus olivater |
| 172 | Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater |
| 173 | Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes |
| 174 | White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis |
| 175 | Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas |
| 176 | Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis |
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| 177 | Paramo Pipit | Anthus bogotensis |
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| 178 | Golden-rumped Euphonia | Chlorophonia cyanocephala |
| 179 | Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys |
| 180 | Trinidad Euphonia | Euphonia trinitatis |
| 181 | Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris |
| 182 | Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
| 183 | Andean Siskin | Spinus spinescens |
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| 184 | Common Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus |
| 185 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| 186 | Moustached Brushfinch | Atlapetes albofrenatus |
| 187 | Northern Slaty Brushfinch | Atlapetes schistaceus |
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| 188 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| 189 | Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater |
| 190 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 191 | Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus |
| 192 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
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| 193 | Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla |
| 194 | Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 195 | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| 196 | Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| 197 | Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| 198 | Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis |
| 199 | American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 200 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| 201 | Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi |
| 202 | Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea |
| 203 | Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca |
| 204 | Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata |
| 205 | Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus |
| 206 | Three-striped Warbler | Basileuterus tristriatus |
| 207 | Black-crested Warbler | Myiothlypis nigrocristata |
| 208 | Russet-crowned Warbler | Myiothlypis coronata |
| 209 | Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus |
| 210 | White-fronted Redstart | Myioborus albifrons |
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| 211 | Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava |
| 212 | Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| 213 | Black-backed Grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris |
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| 214 | Black-faced Tanager | Schistochlamys melanopis |
| 215 | Gray-capped Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis reyi |
| 216 | Oleaginous Hemispingus | Sphenopsis frontalis |
| 217 | Superciliaried Hemispingus | Thlypopsis superciliaris |
| 218 | White-shouldered Tanager | Loriotus luctuosus |
| 219 | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus |
| 220 | Crimson-backed Tanager | Ramphocelus dimidiatus |
| 221 | Blue-capped Tanager | Sporathraupis cyanocephala |
| 222 | Lacrimose Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus lacrymosus |
| 223 | Buff-banded Mountain Tanager | Dubusia taeniata |
| 224 | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota |
| 225 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| 226 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum |
| 227 | Speckled Tanager | Ixothraupis guttata |
| 228 | Black-headed Tanager | Stilpnia cyanoptera |
| 229 | Black-capped Tanager | Stilpnia heinei |
| 230 | Burnished-buff Tanager | Stilpnia cayana |
| 231 | Blue-and-black Tanager | Tangara vassorii |
| 232 | Beryl-spangled Tanager | Tangara nigroviridis |
| 233 | Saffron-crowned Tanager | Tangara xanthocephala |
| 234 | Golden Tanager | Tangara arthus |
| 235 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| 236 | Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus |
| 237 | White-sided Flowerpiercer | Diglossa albilatera |
| 238 | Rusty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa sittoides |
| 239 | Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossa caerulescens |
| 240 | Masked Flowerpiercer | Diglossa cyanea |
| 241 | Plushcap | Catamblyrhynchus diadema |
| 242 | Plumbeous Sierra Finch | Geospizopsis unicolor |
| 243 | Slaty-backed Hemispingus | Poospiza goeringi |
| 244 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| 245 | Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola |
| 246 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| 247 | Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta |
| 248 | Black-and-white Seedeater | Sporophila luctuosa |
| 249 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| 250 | Plain-colored Seedeater | Catamenia inornata |
| 251 | Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa |
| 252 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 253 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
| 254 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
| 255 | Olive-gray Saltator | Saltator olivascens |
| 256 | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 1 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 10 |
| V | Vulnerable | 0 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.