SANTO DOMINGO VALLEY
VENEZUELA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 319 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 319 |
| # Endemics: | 12 |
| # Near Endemics: | 12 |
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 |
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| 2 | Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| 3 | Torrent Duck | Merganetta armata |
| 4 | Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors |
| 5 | Andean Teal | Anas andium |
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| 6 | Band-tailed Guan | Penelope argyrotis |
| 7 | Andean Guan | Penelope montagnii |
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| 8 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 9 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis |
| 10 | Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata |
| 11 | Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea |
| 12 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea |
| 13 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| 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 | Common Squirrel-Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
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| 19 | Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| 20 | Lyre-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis lyra |
| 21 | Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris |
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| 22 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila |
| 23 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 24 | Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura |
| 25 | White-tipped Swift | Aeronautes montivagus |
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| 26 | Sooty-capped Hermit | Phaethornis augusti |
| 27 | Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae |
| 28 | Lesser Violetear | Colibri cyanotus |
| 29 | Sparkling Violetear | Colibri coruscans |
| 30 | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis |
| 31 | Orange-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus mavors |
| 32 | Merida Sunangel | Heliangelus spencei |
| 33 | Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys |
| 34 | Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii |
| 35 | Purple-backed Thornbill | Ramphomicron microrhynchum |
| 36 | White-bearded Helmetcrest | Oxypogon lindenii |
| 37 | Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina |
| 38 | Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita |
| 39 | Bronzy Inca | Coeligena coeligena |
| 40 | Green Inca | Coeligena conradii |
| 41 | Merida Starfrontlet | Coeligena eos |
| 42 | Mountain Velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi |
| 43 | Sword-billed Hummingbird | Ensifera ensifera |
| 44 | White-booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii |
| 45 | Violet-fronted Brilliant | Heliodoxa leadbeateri |
| 46 | Gorgeted Woodstar | Chaetocercus heliodor |
| 47 | Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus |
| 48 | Short-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon poortmani |
| 49 | Narrow-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus |
| 50 | Lazuline Sabrewing | Campylopterus falcatus |
| 51 | White-vented Plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii |
| 52 | Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica |
| 53 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl |
| 54 | Golden-tailed Sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone |
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| 55 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
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| 56 | Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana |
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| 57 | Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| 58 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| 59 | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| 60 | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
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| 61 | Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex |
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| 62 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
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| 63 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus |
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| 64 | Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber |
| 65 | Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus |
| 66 | Buff-necked Ibis | Theristicus caudatus |
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| 67 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum |
| 68 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 69 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 70 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
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| 71 | Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus |
| 72 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 73 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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| 74 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 75 | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| 76 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 77 | Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus |
| 78 | Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Spizaetus isidori |
| 79 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| 80 | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus |
| 81 | |Mississippi Kite| | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| 82 | Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea |
| 83 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
| 84 | Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis |
| 85 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris |
| 86 | White-rumped Hawk | Parabuteo leucorrhous |
| 87 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus |
| 88 | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus |
| 89 | Gray-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus |
| 90 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| 91 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| 92 | Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus |
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| 93 | American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata |
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| 94 | Andean Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium jardinii |
| 95 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator |
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| 96 | Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus |
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| 97 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
| 98 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
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| 99 | Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda |
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| 100 | Red-headed Barbet | Eubucco bourcierii |
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| 101 | Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus albivitta |
| 102 | Black-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena nigrirostris |
| 103 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus |
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| 104 | Scaled Piculet | Picumnus squamulatus |
| 105 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus |
| 106 | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Leuconotopicus fumigatus |
| 107 | Red-rumped Woodpecker | Veniliornis kirkii |
| 108 | Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos |
| 109 | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus |
| 110 | Crimson-mantled Woodpecker | Colaptes rivolii |
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| 111 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
| 112 | Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis |
| 113 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| 114 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima |
| 115 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 116 | Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| 117 | Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis |
| 118 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 119 | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis |
| 120 | Saffron-headed Parrot | Pyrilia pyrilia |
| 121 | Speckle-faced Parrot | Pionus tumultuosus |
| 122 | Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala |
| 123 | Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus |
| 124 | Rose-headed Parakeet | Pyrrhura rhodocephala |
| 125 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax |
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| 126 | Blue-lored Antbird | Hafferia immaculata |
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| 127 | Undulated Antpitta | Grallaria squamigera |
| 128 | Chestnut-crowned Antpitta | Grallaria ruficapilla |
| 129 | Gray-naped Antpitta | Grallaria griseonucha |
| 130 | Slate-crowned Antpitta | Grallaricula nana |
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| 131 | Ocellated Tapaculo | Acropternis orthonyx |
| 132 | Merida Tapaculo | Scytalopus meridanus |
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| 133 | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| 134 | Montane Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger |
| 135 | Streaked Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii |
| 136 | Chestnut-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes albidiventris |
| 137 | Montane Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia striaticollis |
| 138 | Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger |
| 139 | Andean Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura andicola |
| 140 | White-browed Spinetail | Hellmayrea gularis |
| 141 | Streak-backed Canastero | Asthenes wyatti |
| 142 | Ochre-browed Thistletail | Asthenes coryi |
| 143 | Crested Spinetail | Cranioleuca subcristata |
| 144 | Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae |
| 145 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens |
| 146 | Rufous Spinetail | Synallaxis unirufa |
| 147 | Stripe-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis cinnamomea |
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| 148 | Wire-tailed Manakin | Pipra filicauda |
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| 149 | Golden-breasted Fruiteater | Pipreola aureopectus |
| 150 | Red-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristatus |
| 151 | Andean Cock-of-the-rock | Rupicola peruvianus |
| 152 | Red-ruffed Fruitcrow | Pyroderus scutatus |
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| 153 | Barred Becard | Pachyramphus versicolor |
| 154 | Cinereous Becard | Pachyramphus rufus |
| 155 | Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
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| 156 | Olive-striped Flycatcher | Mionectes galbinus |
| 157 | Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus |
| 158 | Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon superciliaris |
| 159 | Variegated Bristle-Tyrant | Pogonotriccus poecilotis |
| 160 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| 161 | Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
| 162 | Cinnamon Flycatcher | Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus |
| 163 | Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea |
| 164 | White-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus stictopterus |
| 165 | White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys |
| 166 | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus |
| 167 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| 168 | Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis |
| 169 | Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii |
| 170 | Torrent Tyrannulet | Serpophaga cinerea |
| 171 | Black-capped Tyrannulet | Tyranniscus nigrocapillus |
| 172 | Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet | Tyranniscus uropygialis |
| 173 | Spectacled Tyrannulet | Zimmerius improbus |
| 174 | Golden-faced Tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops |
| 175 | Flavescent Flycatcher | Myiophobus flavicans |
| 176 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus |
| 177 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| 178 | Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus |
| 179 | Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis |
| 180 | Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| 181 | Rufous-tailed Tyrant | Knipolegus poecilurus |
| 182 | Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes striaticollis |
| 183 | Smoky Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes fumigatus |
| 184 | Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema |
| 185 | Blackish Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca nigrita |
| 186 | Rufous-browed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca superciliosa |
| 187 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| 188 | Pale-edged Flycatcher | Myiarchus cephalotes |
| 189 | Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa |
| 190 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| 191 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua |
| 192 | Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis |
| 193 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| 194 | Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus |
| 195 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus |
| 196 | Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius |
| 197 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 198 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
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| 199 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| 200 | Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys |
| 201 | Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
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| 202 | Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata |
| 203 | Inca Jay | Cyanocorax yncas |
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| 204 | Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| 205 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea |
| 206 | Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera |
| 207 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
| 208 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
| 209 | Brown-bellied Swallow | Orochelidon murina |
| 210 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 211 | Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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| 212 | Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus |
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| 213 | Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
| 214 | Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis |
| 215 | Merida Wren | Cistothorus meridae |
| 216 | Whiskered Wren | Pheugopedius mystacalis |
| 217 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus |
| 218 | Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys |
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| 219 | White-capped Dipper | Cinclus leucocephalus |
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| 220 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
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| 221 | Andean Solitaire | Myadestes ralloides |
| 222 | Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater |
| 223 | Speckled Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus maculatus |
| 224 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus |
| 225 | Chestnut-bellied Thrush | Turdus fulviventris |
| 226 | Glossy-black Thrush | Turdus serranus |
| 227 | Black-hooded Thrush | Turdus olivater |
| 228 | Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater |
| 229 | Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis |
| 230 | Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes |
| 231 | Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas |
| 232 | Cocoa Thrush | Turdus fumigatus |
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| 233 | Paramo Pipit | Anthus bogotensis |
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| 234 | Golden-rumped Euphonia | Chlorophonia cyanocephala |
| 235 | Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea |
| 236 | Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys |
| 237 | Trinidad Euphonia | Euphonia trinitatis |
| 238 | Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris |
| 239 | Orange-bellied Euphonia | Euphonia xanthogaster |
| 240 | Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
| 241 | Andean Siskin | Spinus spinescens |
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| 242 | Common Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus |
| 243 | Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Arremon brunneinucha |
| 244 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| 245 | Moustached Brushfinch | Atlapetes albofrenatus |
| 246 | Northern Slaty Brushfinch | Atlapetes schistaceus |
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| 247 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| 248 | Russet-backed Oropendola | Psarocolius angustifrons |
| 249 | Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus |
| 250 | Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater |
| 251 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 252 | Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus |
| 253 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
| 254 | Oriole Blackbird | Gymnomystax mexicanus |
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| 255 | Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 256 | Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| 257 | Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| 258 | Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis |
| 259 | American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 260 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| 261 | Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi |
| 262 | Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca |
| 263 | Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata |
| 264 | Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus |
| 265 | Three-striped Warbler | Basileuterus tristriatus |
| 266 | Citrine Warbler | Myiothlypis luteoviridis |
| 267 | Black-crested Warbler | Myiothlypis nigrocristata |
| 268 | Russet-crowned Warbler | Myiothlypis coronata |
| 269 | Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus |
| 270 | White-fronted Redstart | Myioborus albifrons |
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| 271 | Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava |
| 272 | Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| 273 | White-winged Tanager | Piranga leucoptera |
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| 274 | Black-faced Tanager | Schistochlamys melanopis |
| 275 | Gray-capped Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis reyi |
| 276 | Oleaginous Hemispingus | Sphenopsis frontalis |
| 277 | Superciliaried Hemispingus | Thlypopsis superciliaris |
| 278 | White-shouldered Tanager | Loriotus luctuosus |
| 279 | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus |
| 280 | Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo |
| 281 | Crimson-backed Tanager | Ramphocelus dimidiatus |
| 282 | Blue-capped Tanager | Sporathraupis cyanocephala |
| 283 | Lacrimose Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus lacrymosus |
| 284 | Buff-banded Mountain Tanager | Dubusia taeniata |
| 285 | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota |
| 286 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| 287 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum |
| 288 | Speckled Tanager | Ixothraupis guttata |
| 289 | Black-capped Tanager | Stilpnia heinei |
| 290 | Burnished-buff Tanager | Stilpnia cayana |
| 291 | Blue-necked Tanager | Stilpnia cyanicollis |
| 292 | Blue-and-black Tanager | Tangara vassorii |
| 293 | Beryl-spangled Tanager | Tangara nigroviridis |
| 294 | Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola |
| 295 | Saffron-crowned Tanager | Tangara xanthocephala |
| 296 | Golden Tanager | Tangara arthus |
| 297 | Swallow Tanager | Tersina viridis |
| 298 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| 299 | Guira Tanager | Hemithraupis guira |
| 300 | Blue-backed Conebill | Conirostrum sitticolor |
| 301 | Glossy Flowerpiercer | Diglossa lafresnayii |
| 302 | Merida Flowerpiercer | Diglossa gloriosa |
| 303 | White-sided Flowerpiercer | Diglossa albilatera |
| 304 | Rusty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa sittoides |
| 305 | Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossa caerulescens |
| 306 | Masked Flowerpiercer | Diglossa cyanea |
| 307 | Plushcap | Catamblyrhynchus diadema |
| 308 | Plumbeous Sierra Finch | Geospizopsis unicolor |
| 309 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| 310 | Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola |
| 311 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| 312 | Gray Seedeater | Sporophila intermedia |
| 313 | Black-and-white Seedeater | Sporophila luctuosa |
| 314 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| 315 | Plain-colored Seedeater | Catamenia inornata |
| 316 | Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa |
| 317 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 318 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
| 319 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
*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 | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| 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.
Other Locales