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News from the Los Andes birding hotspot

Christmas Bird Count, 14 December 2007

Cayaya Birding organized the first Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Atitlan Volcano on 14 December 2007. The group counting birds at Los Andes was led by Daniel Tenez.

A total of 49 species were detected. Flagship-species of the Los Andes Reserve are Resplendent Quetzal (6 birds counted) and Azure-rumped Tanager (21 birds counted).


It follows a list of species and numbers of individuals recorded during the First Christmas Bird Count in Los Andes Reserve (Nomenclature according to AOU 1998 and supplements, most recent update AOU 2007).

    CRACIDAE

  1. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 1
  2. Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 1

    3. ODONTOPHORIDAE

  3. Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus 6
  4. Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus 1

    5. CATHARTIDAE

  5. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 5
  6. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 2

    7. ACCIPITRIDAE

  7. Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus 1
  8. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1

    9. FALCONIDAE

  9. American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1

    10. COLUMBIDAE

  10. Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 1

    11. PSITTACIDAE

  11. Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua 48

    12. STRIGIDAE

  12. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 1

    13. CAPRIMULGIDAE

  13. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 3

    14. APODIDAE

  14. Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 100

    15. TROCHILIDAE

  15. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei 1
  16. Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina 2
  17. Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura 1
  18. Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens 1
  19. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 1

    20. TROGONIDAE

  20. Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus 1
  21. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 1
  22. Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno 6

    23. MOMOTIDAE

  23. Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis 1

    24. RAMPHASTIDAE

  24. Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus 5

    25. PICIDAE

  25. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 2
  26. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus 1

    27. FURNARIIDAE

  27. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps 1
  28. Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius 1

    29. TYRANNIDAE

  29. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 10

    30. VIREONIDAE

  30. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 4
  31. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 1

    32. CORVIDAE

  32. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus 1

    33. TROGLODYTIDAE

  33. Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus 1
  34. House Wren Troglodytes aedon 1
  35. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 2

    36. TURDIDAE

  36. Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis 4
  37. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas 1
  38. Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi 1
  39. White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis 1

    40. PARULIDAE

  40. Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi 4
  41. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 1
  42. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus 2
  43. Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus 6
  44. Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli 1

    45. THRAUPIDAE

  45. Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 9
  46. Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi 21

    47. ICTERIDAE

  47. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 6

    48. FRINGILLIDAE

  48. Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis 1
  49. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis 1

References

AOU (1998) The American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

AOU (2007) Forty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 124: 1109-1115.

        compiled by Knut Eisermann


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