SANARE
VENEZUELA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 306 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 306 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 16 |
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 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei |
| 2 | Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui |
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| 3 | Horned Screamer | Anhima cornuta |
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| 4 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| 5 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
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| 6 | Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda |
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| 7 | Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus |
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| 8 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 9 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis |
| 10 | Bare-eyed Pigeon | Patagioenas corensis |
| 11 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea |
| 12 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 13 | Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta |
| 14 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| 15 | Scaled Dove | Columbina squammata |
| 16 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| 17 | Lined Quail-Dove | Zentrygon linearis |
| 18 | Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata |
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| 19 | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major |
| 20 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 21 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| 22 | Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia |
| 23 | Common Squirrel-Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
| 24 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
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| 25 | Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| 26 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus |
| 27 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
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| 28 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila |
| 29 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 30 | Fork tailed Palm-Swift | Tachornis squamata |
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| 31 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora |
| 32 | Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsutus |
| 33 | Pale-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis anthophilus |
| 34 | Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis |
| 35 | Sooty-capped Hermit | Phaethornis augusti |
| 36 | Ruby-topaz Hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus |
| 37 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii |
| 38 | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis |
| 39 | Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys |
| 40 | Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii |
| 41 | White-booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii |
| 42 | Long-billed Starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris |
| 43 | Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus |
| 44 | Red-billed Emerald | Chlorostilbon gibsoni |
| 45 | Buffy Hummingbird | Leucippus fallax |
| 46 | Shining-green Hummingbird | Chrysuronia goudoti |
| 47 | Glittering-throated Emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata |
| 48 | Blue-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes notata |
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| 49 | Gray-cowled Wood-Rail | Aramides cajaneus |
| 50 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 51 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 52 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 53 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
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| 54 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus |
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| 55 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
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| 56 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
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| 57 | Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana |
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| 58 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| 59 | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| 60 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| 61 | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 62 | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
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| 63 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 64 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| 65 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 66 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
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| 67 | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
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| 68 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
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| 69 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus |
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| 70 | Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber |
| 71 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 72 | Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus |
| 73 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
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| 74 | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum |
| 75 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 76 | Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus |
| 77 | Whistling Heron | Syrigma sibilatrix |
| 78 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 79 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 80 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 81 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 82 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 83 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 84 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| 85 | Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi |
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| 86 | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa |
| 87 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 88 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| 89 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus |
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| 90 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 91 | Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii |
| 92 | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus |
| 93 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis |
| 94 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 95 | Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus |
| 96 | Bicolored Hawk | Astur bicolor |
| 97 | Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea |
| 98 | Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens |
| 99 | Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis |
| 100 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
| 101 | Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus |
| 102 | Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis |
| 103 | Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga |
| 104 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris |
| 105 | White-rumped Hawk | Parabuteo leucorrhous |
| 106 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus |
| 107 | Gray-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus |
| 108 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| 109 | Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus |
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| 110 | American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata |
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| 111 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| 112 | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum |
| 113 | Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia |
| 114 | Black-and-white Owl | Strix nigrolineata |
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| 115 | Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus |
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| 116 | Whooping Motmot | Momotus subrufescens |
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| 117 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
| 118 | Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona |
| 119 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
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| 120 | Two-banded Puffbird | Hypnelus bicinctus |
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| 121 | Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda |
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| 122 | Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus albivitta |
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| 123 | Scaled Piculet | Picumnus squamulatus |
| 124 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus |
| 125 | Red-rumped Woodpecker | Veniliornis kirkii |
| 126 | Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos |
| 127 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus |
| 128 | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus |
| 129 | Spot-breasted Woodpecker | Colaptes punctigula |
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| 130 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans |
| 131 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
| 132 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| 133 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima |
| 134 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 135 | Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis |
| 136 | Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis |
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| 137 | Red-billed Parrot | Pionus sordidus |
| 138 | Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus |
| 139 | Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala |
| 140 | Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica |
| 141 | Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus |
| 142 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax |
| 143 | Red-and-green Macaw | Ara chloropterus |
| 144 | Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severus |
| 145 | Scarlet-fronted Parakeet | Psittacara wagleri |
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| 146 | Great Antshrike | Taraba major |
| 147 | Black-crested Antshrike | Sakesphorus canadensis |
| 148 | Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus |
| 149 | Black-backed Antshrike | Thamnophilus melanonotus |
| 150 | Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis |
| 151 | Northern White-fringed Antwren | Formicivora intermedia |
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| 152 | Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis |
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| 153 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus |
| 154 | Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa |
| 155 | Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans |
| 156 | Straight-billed Woodcreeper | Dendroplex picus |
| 157 | Red-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus trochilirostris |
| 158 | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| 159 | Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans |
| 160 | Caribbean Hornero | Furnarius longirostris |
| 161 | Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger |
| 162 | Plain Thornbird | Phacellodomus inornatus |
| 163 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens |
| 164 | White-whiskered Spinetail | Synallaxis candei |
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| 165 | Lance-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia lanceolata |
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| 166 | Golden-breasted Fruiteater | Pipreola aureopectus |
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| 167 | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor |
| 168 | White-naped Xenopsaris | Xenopsaris albinucha |
| 169 | Cinereous Becard | Pachyramphus rufus |
| 170 | Chestnut-crowned Becard | Pachyramphus castaneus |
| 171 | White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus |
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| 172 | Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon superciliaris |
| 173 | Variegated Bristle-Tyrant | Pogonotriccus poecilotis |
| 174 | Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant | Atalotriccus pilaris |
| 175 | Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer |
| 176 | Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus sylvia |
| 177 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| 178 | Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
| 179 | Ochre-lored Flatbill | Tolmomyias flaviventris |
| 180 | Cinnamon Flycatcher | Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus |
| 181 | Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum |
| 182 | White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys |
| 183 | Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Nesotriccus murinus |
| 184 | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola |
| 185 | Forest Elaenia | Myiopagis gaimardii |
| 186 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| 187 | Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris |
| 188 | Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant | Euscarthmus meloryphus |
| 189 | Slender-billed Tyrannulet | Inezia tenuirostris |
| 190 | Pale-tipped Tyrannulet | Inezia caudata |
| 191 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus |
| 192 | Fuscous Flycatcher | Cnemotriccus fuscatus |
| 193 | Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| 194 | Northern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum |
| 195 | Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| 196 | Pied Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola pica |
| 197 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| 198 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus |
| 199 | Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa |
| 200 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| 201 | Lesser Kiskadee | Philohydor lictor |
| 202 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua |
| 203 | Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis |
| 204 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| 205 | White-bearded Flycatcher | Phelpsia inornata |
| 206 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus |
| 207 | Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius |
| 208 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 209 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| 210 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
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| 211 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| 212 | Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes |
| 213 | Golden-fronted Greenlet | Pachysilvia aurantiifrons |
| 214 | Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys |
| 215 | Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| 216 | Chivi Vireo | Vireo chiri |
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| 217 | Black-capped Donacobius | Donacobius atricapilla |
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| 218 | Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| 219 | White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer |
| 220 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea |
| 221 | Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera |
| 222 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
| 223 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
| 224 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
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| 225 | Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus |
| 226 | Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea |
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| 227 | Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
| 228 | Stripe-backed Wren | Campylorhynchus nuchalis |
| 229 | Bicolored Wren | Campylorhynchus griseus |
| 230 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus |
| 231 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus |
| 232 | Buff-breasted Wren | Cantorchilus leucotis |
| 233 | Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys |
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| 234 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
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| 235 | Andean Solitaire | Myadestes ralloides |
| 236 | Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater |
| 237 | Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes |
| 238 | Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas |
| 239 | Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis |
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| 240 | Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca |
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| 241 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 242 | Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea |
| 243 | Trinidad Euphonia | Euphonia trinitatis |
| 244 | Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris |
| 245 | Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
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| 246 | Rosy Thrush-Tanager | Rhodinocichla rosea |
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| 247 | Common Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus |
| 248 | Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris |
| 249 | Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Arremon brunneinucha |
| 250 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| 251 | Ochre-breasted Brushfinch | Atlapetes semirufus |
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| 252 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| 253 | Red-breasted Meadowlark | Leistes militaris |
| 254 | Russet-backed Oropendola | Psarocolius angustifrons |
| 255 | Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus |
| 256 | Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater |
| 257 | Orange-crowned Oriole | Icterus auricapillus |
| 258 | Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus |
| 259 | Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis |
| 260 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 261 | Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus |
| 262 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
| 263 | Oriole Blackbird | Gymnomystax mexicanus |
| 264 | Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus |
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| 265 | Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 266 | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| 267 | Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| 268 | Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| 269 | American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 270 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| 271 | Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi |
| 272 | Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca |
| 273 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| 274 | Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata |
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| 275 | Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| 276 | Dickcissel | Spiza americana |
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| 277 | Hooded Tanager | Nemosia pileata |
| 278 | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus |
| 279 | Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo |
| 280 | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota |
| 281 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| 282 | Glaucous Tanager | Thraupis glaucocolpa |
| 283 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum |
| 284 | Black-headed Tanager | Stilpnia cyanoptera |
| 285 | Black-capped Tanager | Stilpnia heinei |
| 286 | Burnished-buff Tanager | Stilpnia cayana |
| 287 | Blue-necked Tanager | Stilpnia cyanicollis |
| 288 | Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola |
| 289 | Saffron-crowned Tanager | Tangara xanthocephala |
| 290 | Golden Tanager | Tangara arthus |
| 291 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| 292 | Guira Tanager | Hemithraupis guira |
| 293 | Bicolored Conebill | Conirostrum bicolor |
| 294 | White-eared Conebill | Conirostrum leucogenys |
| 295 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| 296 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| 297 | Lesson's Seedeater | Sporophila bouvronides |
| 298 | Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta |
| 299 | Gray Seedeater | Sporophila intermedia |
| 300 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| 301 | Pileated Finch | Coryphospingus pileatus |
| 302 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 303 | Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor |
| 304 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
| 305 | Olive-gray Saltator | Saltator olivascens |
| 306 | 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 | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 0 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| 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.