The following is my current life-list of field-observed bird species.  Please click on underlined links to view pictures.  Adding new pictures all the time so please come back and visit often, also you can go to the What's New  section to see the latest postings.  Thanks!

 

 - NEW! = New species, previously not on web site

- NEW Pictures! = New pictures, recently posted for this species

 

- last updated 1-30-2012 -

 

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PHOTOGRAPHIC BIRD LIFE LIST

 

               

TINAMOUS - TINAMIFORMES TINAMIDAE     

               

Great Tinamou  - Tinamus major

               

DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL - ANSERIFORMES ANATIDAE   

               

                Magpie Goose  - Anseranas semipalmata

                Plumed Whistling-Duck  - Dendrocygna eytoni

                Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  - Dendrocygna autumnalis

                Wandering Whistling-Duck  - Dendrocygna arcuata

                Taiga Bean-Goose  - Anser fabalis

                Pink-footed Goose  - Anser brachyrhynchus

                Greater White-fronted Goose  - Anser albifrons

                Graylag Goose  - Anser anser

                Bar-headed Goose  - Anser indicus

                Snow Goose  - Chen caerulescens

                Ross's Goose  - Chen rossii

                Brant  - Branta bernicla

                Barnacle Goose  - Branta leucopsis

                Canada Goose  - Branta canadensis

                Hawaiian Goose  - Branta sandvicensis

                Red-breasted Goose  - Branta ruficollis

                Mute Swan  - Cygnus olor

                Black Swan  - Cygnus atratus

                Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator

                Ruddy Shelduck  - Tadorna ferruginea

                Common Shelduck  - Tadorna tadorna

                Radjah Shelduck  - Tadorna radjah

                Muscovy Duck  - Cairina moschata

                Green Pygmy-Goose  - Nettapus pulchellus

                Wood Duck  - Aix sponsa  - New Pix!

                Maned Duck  - Chenonetta jubata

                Gadwall  - Anas strepera

                Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope

                American Wigeon  - Anas americana

                American Black Duck - Anas rubripes

                Mallard  - Anas platyrhynchos

                Pacific Black Duck  - Anas superciliosa

                Blue-winged Teal  - Anas discors

                Cinnamon Teal  - Anas cyanoptera

                Northern Shoveler  - Anas clypeata

                Northern Pintail  - Anas acuta

                Green-winged Teal  - Anas crecca

                              "Eurasian Teal" Green-winged Teal  - Eurasian Teal Variety

                Chestnut Teal  - Anas castanea

                Red-crested Pochard  - Netta rufina

                Canvasback - Aythya valisineria

                Common Pochard  - Aythya ferina

                Ring-necked Duck  - Aythya collaris

                Tufted Duck  - Aythya fuligula

                Greater Scaup  - Aythya marila

                Lesser Scaup  - Aythya affinis

                Common Eider  - Somateria mollissima

                Surf Scoter  - Melanitta perspicillata

                Black Scoter  - Melanitta americana

                Long-tailed Duck  - Clangula hyemalis

                Bufflehead  - Bucephala albeola

                Common Goldeneye  - Bucephala clangula

                Smew  - Mergellus albellus

                Hooded Merganser  - Lophodytes cucullatus

                Red-breasted Merganser  - Mergus serrator

                Ruddy Duck  - Oxyura jamaicensis

                               

MEGAPODES - GALLIFORMES MEGAPODIIDAE  

               

                Australian Brush-Turkey  - Alectura lathami

                Orange-footed Scrubfowl  - Megapodius reinwardt

               

GUANS, CHACHALACAS,  AND CURASSOWS - GALLIFORMES CRACIDAE   

               

                Gray-headed Chachalaca  - Ortalis cinereiceps

                Crested Guan  - Penelope purpurascens

                Black Guan  - Chamaepetes unicolor - New Pix!

               

NEW WORLD QUAIL - GALLIFORMES ODONTOPHORIDAE  

                               

                Mountain Quail  - Oreortyx pictus

                Scaled Quail  - Callipepla squamata

                California Quail  - Callipepla californica

                Gambel's Quail  - Callipepla gambelii

                Northern Bobwhite  - Colinus virginianus

                Crested Bobwhite  - Colinus cristatus

                Montezuma Quail  - Cyrtonyx montezumae

                               

PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES - GALLIFORMES PHASIANIDAE  

               

Red Junglefowl  - Gallus gallus

Ring-necked Pheasant  - Phasianus colchicus

Wild Turkey  - Meleagris gallopavo

               

LOONS - GAVIIFORMES GAVIIDAE  

               

                Red-throated Loon  - Gavia stellata

                Pacific Loon  - Gavia pacifica  - New Pix!

                Common Loon  - Gavia immer

               

GREBES - PODICIPEDIFORMES PODICIPEDIDAE  

 

                Little Grebe  - Tachybaptus ruficollis

                Australasian Grebe  - Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

                Least Grebe  - Tachybaptus dominicus

                Pied-billed Grebe  - Podilymbus podiceps

                Horned Grebe  - Podiceps auritus

                Great Crested Grebe  - Podiceps cristatus

                Eared Grebe  - Podiceps nigricollis

                Western Grebe  - Aechmophorus occidentalis

                Clark's Grebe  - Aechmophorus clarkii

               

ALBATROSSES - PROCELLARIIFORMES DIOMEDEIDAE 

               

                Laysan Albatross - Phoebastria immutabilis

                Black-footed Albatross - Phoebastria nigripes

               

SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS - PROCELLARIIFORMES PROCELLARIIDAE  

               

                Northern Fulmar  - Fulmarus glacialis

                Pink-footed Shearwater  - Puffinus creatopus

                Wedge-tailed Shearwater  - Puffinus pacificus

                Sooty Shearwater  - Puffinus griseus

                Manx Shearwater  - Puffinus puffinus

               

STORM-PETRELS - PROCELLARIIFORMES HYDROBATIDAE 

               

                Black Storm-Petrel - Oceanodroma melania

                Least Storm-Petrel - Oceanodroma microsoma

               

TROPICBIRDS - PHAETHONTIFORMES PHAETHONTIDAE  

               

                White-tailed Tropicbird  - Phaethon lepturus

                Red-tailed Tropicbird  - Phaethon rubricauda

               

STORKS - CICONIIFORMES CICONIIDAE  

               

                Black-necked Stork  - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

                Wood Stork  - Mycteria americana

               

FRIGATEBIRDS - SULIFORMES FREGATIDAE  

               

                Magnificent Frigatebird  - Fregata magnificens

                Great Frigatebird  - Fregata minor

               

BOOBIES AND GANNETS - SULIFORMES SULIDAE 

               

                Red-footed Booby  - Sula sula

                Northern Gannet  - Morus bassanus

               

CORMORANTS AND SHAGS - SULIFORMES PHALACROCORACIDAE  

               

                Little Black Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

                Brandt's Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax penicillatus

                Neotropic Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax brasilianus

                Double-crested Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax auritus

                Great Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax carbo

                Pelagic Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax pelagicus

                Pied Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax varius

                Little Pied Cormorant  - Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

               

ANHINGAS - SULIFORMES ANHINGIDAE  

               

                Anhinga  - Anhinga anhinga

                Australasian Darter  - Anhinga novaehollandiae

               

PELICANS - PELECANIFORMES PELECANIDAE  

               

                Great White Pelican  - Pelecanus onocrotalus

                Australian Pelican  - Pelecanus conspicillatus

                American White Pelican  - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

                Brown Pelican  - Pelecanus occidentalis

               

HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS - PELECANIFORMES ARDEIDAE  

               

                American Bittern  - Botaurus lentiginosus

                Black Bittern - Ixobrychus flavicollis

                Least Bittern  - Ixobrychus exilis

                Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum

                Bare-throated Tiger-Heron  - Tigrisoma mexicanum

                Great Blue Heron  - Ardea herodias

                Gray Heron  - Ardea cinerea

                Pacific Heron  - Ardea pacifica

                Great-billed Heron  - Ardea sumatrana

                Great Egret  - Ardea alba

                Intermediate Egret  - Mesophoyx intermedia

                White-faced Heron  - Egretta novaehollandiae

                Little Egret  - Egretta garzetta

                Pacific Reef-Heron  - Egretta sacra

                Snowy Egret  - Egretta thula

                Little Blue Heron  - Egretta caerulea

                Tricolored Heron  - Egretta tricolor

                Reddish Egret  - Egretta rufescens

                Pied Heron  - Egretta picata

                Cattle Egret  - Bubulcus ibis

                Green Heron  - Butorides virescens

                Striated Heron  - Butorides striata

                Black-crowned Night-Heron  - Nycticorax nycticorax

                Rufous Night-Heron  - Nycticorax caledonicus

                Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  - Nyctanassa violacea

                Boat-billed Heron  - Cochlearius cochlearius

               

IBISES AND SPOONBILLS - PELECANIFORMES THRESKIORNITHIDAE  

               

                White Ibis  - Eudocimus albus

                Glossy Ibis  - Plegadis falcinellus

                Green Ibis - Mesembrinibis cayennensis - New!

                White-faced Ibis  - Plegadis chihi

                Australian Ibis  - Threskiornis molucca

                Straw-necked Ibis  - Threskiornis spinicollis

                Royal Spoonbill  - Platalea regia

                Roseate Spoonbill  - Platalea ajaja

               

NEW WORLD VULTURES - ACCIPITRIFORMES CATHARTIDAE  

               

                Black Vulture  - Coragyps atratus - New Pix!

                Turkey Vulture  - Cathartes aura

                Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  - Cathartes burrovianus

                King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa

               

OSPREY - ACCIPITRIFORMES PANDIONIDAE  

               

                Osprey  - Pandion haliaetus - New Pix!

               

HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES - ACCIPITRIFORMES ACCIPITRIDAE             

               

                Swallow-tailed Kite  - Elanoides forficatus

                Pearl Kite  - Gampsonyx swainsonii

                Black-shouldered Kite  - Elanus caeruleus

                White-tailed Kite  - Elanus leucurus

                Mississippi Kite  - Ictinia mississippiensis

                Black Kite  - Milvus migrans

                Whistling Kite  - Haliastur sphenurus

                Brahminy Kite  - Haliastur indus

                White-bellied Sea-Eagle  - Haliaeetus leucogaster

                Bald Eagle  - Haliaeetus leucocephalus

                Northern Harrier  - Circus cyaneus

                Eurasian Sparrowhawk  - Accipiter nisus

                Sharp-shinned Hawk  - Accipiter striatus

                Cooper's Hawk  - Accipiter cooperii

                Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis

                Common Black-Hawk  - Buteogallus anthracinus

                Savanna Hawk  - Buteogallus meridionalis

                Harris's Hawk  - Parabuteo unicinctus

                Solitary Eagle  - Harpyhaliaetus solitarius

                Roadside Hawk  - Buteo magnirostris

                Red-shouldered Hawk  - Buteo lineatus

                Broad-winged Hawk  - Buteo platypterus - New Pix!

                Gray Hawk  - Buteo nitidus

                Short-tailed Hawk  - Buteo brachyurus

                Swainson's Hawk  - Buteo swainsoni

                White-tailed Hawk  - Buteo albicaudatus

                Zone-tailed Hawk  - Buteo albonotatus

                Red-tailed Hawk  - Buteo jamaicensis

                Common Buzzard  - Buteo buteo

                Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis

                Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus

                Golden Eagle  - Aquila chrysaetos

                Wedge-tailed Eagle  - Aquila audax

               

FALCONS AND CARACARAS - FALCONIFORMES FALCONIDAE 

               

                Crested Caracara  - Caracara cheriway

                Yellow-headed Caracara  - Milvago chimachima

                Eurasian Kestrel  - Falco tinnunculus

                Australian Kestrel  - Falco cenchroides

                American Kestrel  - Falco sparverius

                Merlin  - Falco columbarius - New Pix!

                Eurasian Hobby  - Falco subbuteo

                Brown Falcon  - Falco berigora

                Bat Falcon  - Falco rufigularis

                Gyrfalcon - Falco rusticolus

                Peregrine Falcon  - Falco peregrinus

                Prairie Falcon  - Falco mexicanus

               

RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS - GRUIFORMES RALLIDAE 

               

                White-throated Crake - Laterallus albigularis

                Black Rail - Laterallus jamaicensis

                Buff-banded Rail  - Gallirallus philippensis

                Clapper Rail  - Rallus longirostris

                Water Rail  - Rallus aquaticus

                Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea

                Sora  - Porzana carolina

                White-browed Crake  - Porzana cinerea

                Purple Swamphen  - Porphyrio porphyrio

                Purple Gallinule  - Porphyrio martinica

                Common Moorhen  - Gallinula chloropus

                Dusky Moorhen  - Gallinula tenebrosa

                Eurasian Coot  - Fulica atra

                American Coot  - Fulica americana

               

BUSTARDS - OTIDIFORMES OTIDIDAE  

               

                Australian Bustard  - Ardeotis australis

               

CRANES - GRUIFORMES GRUIDAE  

               

                Sandhill Crane  - Grus canadensis

                Brolga  - Grus rubicunda

               

THICK-KNEES - CHARADRIIFORMES BURHINIDAE 

               

                Bush Thick-knee  - Burhinus grallarius

               

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS - CHARADRIIFORMES CHARADRIIDAE  

               

                Northern Lapwing  - Vanellus vanellus

                Masked Lapwing  - Vanellus miles

                Southern Lapwing  - Vanellus chilensis

                Red-kneed Dotterel  - Erythrogonys cinctus

                Black-bellied Plover  - Pluvialis squatarola

                American Golden-Plover  - Pluvialis dominica

                Pacific Golden-Plover  - Pluvialis fulva

                Snowy Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus

                Wilson's Plover  - Charadrius wilsonia

                Common Ringed Plover  - Charadrius hiaticula

                Semipalmated Plover  - Charadrius semipalmatus

                Killdeer  - Charadrius vociferus

                Mountain Plover  - Charadrius montanus

                Black-fronted Dotterel  - Elseyornis melanops

               

OYSTERCATCHERS - CHARADRIIFORMES HAEMATOPODIDAE  

               

                Pied Oystercatcher  - Haematopus longirostris

                Sooty Oystercatcher  - Haematopus fuliginosus

                American Oystercatcher  - Haematopus palliatus

                Black Oystercatcher  - Haematopus bachmani

               

STILTS AND AVOCETS - CHARADRIIFORMES RECURVIROSTRIDAE 

               

                Black-winged Stilt  - Himantopus himantopus

                Black-necked Stilt  - Himantopus mexicanus

                Pied Avocet  - Recurvirostra avosetta

                American Avocet  - Recurvirostra americana

               

JACANAS - CHARADRIIFORMES JACANIDAE  

               

                Comb-crested Jacana  - Irediparra gallinacea

                Northern Jacana  - Jacana spinosa - New Pix!

                Wattled Jacana  - Jacana jacana

               

SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES - CHARADRIIFORMES SCOLOPACIDAE  

 

                Common Sandpiper  - Actitis hypoleucos

                Spotted Sandpiper  - Actitis macularius - New Pix!

                Solitary Sandpiper  - Tringa solitaria

                Gray-tailed Tattler  - Tringa brevipes

                Wandering Tattler  - Tringa incana

                Spotted Redshank  - Tringa erythropus

                Greater Yellowlegs  - Tringa melanoleuca

                Willet  - Tringa semipalmata

                Lesser Yellowlegs  - Tringa flavipes

                Wood Sandpiper  - Tringa glareola

                Common Redshank  - Tringa totanus

                Whimbrel  - Numenius phaeopus

                Far Eastern Curlew  - Numenius madagascariensis

                Long-billed Curlew  - Numenius americanus - New Pix!

                Black-tailed Godwit  - Limosa limosa

                Bar-tailed Godwit  - Limosa lapponica

                Marbled Godwit  - Limosa fedoa

                Ruddy Turnstone  - Arenaria interpres

                Black Turnstone  - Arenaria melanocephala

                Surfbird - Aphriza virgata

                Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris

                Red Knot  - Calidris canutus

                Sanderling  - Calidris alba - New Pix!

                Semipalmated Sandpiper  - Calidris pusilla

                Western Sandpiper  - Calidris mauri

                Least Sandpiper  - Calidris minutilla - New Pix!

                Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii

                Rock Sandpiper - Calidris ptilocnemis

                Dunlin  - Calidris alpina

                Curlew Sandpiper  - Calidris ferruginea

                Stilt Sandpiper  - Calidris himantopus

                Ruff  - Philomachus pugnax

                Short-billed Dowitcher  - Limnodromus griseus

                Long-billed Dowitcher  - Limnodromus scolopaceus

                Common Snipe  - Gallinago gallinago

                Wilson's Phalarope  - Phalaropus tricolor - New Pix!

                Red-necked Phalarope  - Phalaropus lobatus

               

PRATINCOLES AND COURSERS - CHARADRIIFORMES GLAREOLIDAE 

               

                Australian Pratincole  - Stiltia isabella

               

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS - CHARADRIIFORMES LARIDAE 

               

                Black-legged Kittiwake  - Rissa tridactyla

                Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia

                Silver Gull  - Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

                Black-headed Gull  - Chroicocephalus ridibundus

                Laughing Gull  - Leucophaeus atricilla

                Franklin's Gull - Leucophaeus pipixcan

                Heermann's Gull  - Larus heermanni

                Mew Gull  - Larus canus

                Ring-billed Gull  - Larus delawarensis

                Western Gull  - Larus occidentalis

                Yellow-footed Gull  - Larus livens - New Pix!

                California Gull  - Larus californicus

                Herring Gull  - Larus argentatus

                            European Herring Gull (variety) 

                Lesser Black-backed Gull  - Larus fuscus

                Glaucous-winged Gull  - Larus glaucescens

                Glaucous Gull  - Larus hyperboreus

                Great Black-backed Gull  - Larus marinus

                Black Noddy  - Anous minutus

                Sooty Tern  - Onychoprion fuscatus

                Least Tern  - Sternula antillarum

                Gull-billed Tern  - Gelochelidon nilotica

                Caspian Tern  - Hydroprogne caspia

                Black Tern  - Chlidonias niger - New Pix!

                Whiskered Tern  - Chlidonias hybrida

                Common Tern  - Sterna hirundo

                Forster's Tern   - Sterna forsteri

                Royal Tern  - Thalasseus maximus

                Great Crested Tern  - Thalasseus bergii

                Sandwich Tern  - Thalasseus sandvicensis

                Elegant Tern  - Thalasseus elegans

                Black Skimmer  - Rynchops niger

               

SKUAS AND JAEGERS - CHARADRIIFORMES STERCORARIIDAE 

               

                Pomarine Jaeger  - Stercorarius pomarinus

                Parasitic Jaeger  - Stercorarius parasiticus

               

AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS - CHARADRIIFORMES ALCIDAE 

               

                Common Murre  - Uria aalge

                Ancient Murrelet  - Synthliboramphus antiquus

               

PIGEONS AND DOVES - COLUMBIFORMES COLUMBIDAE  

               

                Rock Pigeon  - Columba livia

                Common Wood-Pigeon  - Columba palumbus

                Pale-vented Pigeon  - Patagioenas cayennensis

                White-crowned Pigeon - Patagioenas leucocephala

                Red-billed Pigeon  - Patagioenas flavirostris

                Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata

                Eurasian Collared-Dove  - Streptopelia decaocto

                Spotted Dove  - Streptopelia chinensis

                Brown Cuckoo-Dove - Macropygia phasianella

                Emerald Dove  - Chalcophaps indica

                Common Bronzewing - Phaps chalcoptera

                Crested Pigeon  - Ocyphaps lophotes

                Partridge Pigeon  - Geophaps smithii

                Diamond Dove  - Geopelia cuneata

                Zebra Dove  - Geopelia striata

                Peaceful Dove  - Geopelia placida

                Bar-shouldered Dove  - Geopelia humeralis

                White-winged Dove  - Zenaida asiatica

                Mourning Dove  - Zenaida macroura

                Inca Dove  - Columbina inca

                Common Ground-Dove  - Columbina passerina

                Plain-breasted Ground-Dove  - Columbina minuta

                Ruddy Ground-Dove  - Columbina talpacoti

                White-tipped Dove  - Leptotila verreauxi

                Wompoo Fruit-Dove  - Ptilinopus magnificus

                Torresian Imperial-Pigeon  - Ducula spilorrhoa

                Topknot Pigeon  - Lopholaimus antarcticus

               

COCKATOOS - PSITTACIFORMES CACATUIDAE 

               

                Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo  - Calyptorhynchus banksii

                Galah  - Eolophus roseicapilla

                Little Corella  - Cacatua sanguinea

                Sulphur-crested Cockatoo  - Cacatua galerita

               

PARROTS - PSITTACIFORMES PSITTACIDAE  

               

                Rainbow Lorikeet  - Trichoglossus haematodus

                                    Red-collared Lorikeet (variety) 

                Scaly-breasted Lorikeet  - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

                Port Lincoln Parrot - Barnardius zonarius

                Crimson Rosella  - Platycercus elegans

                Northern Rosella - Platycercus venustus

                Pale-headed Rosella  - Platycercus adscitus

                Red-rumped Parrot  - Psephotus haematonotus

                Red-winged Parrot  - Aprosmictus erythropterus

                Crimson-fronted Parakeet  - Aratinga finschi

                Olive-throated Parakeet - Aratinga nana - New!

                Brown-throated Parakeet  - Aratinga pertinax

                Scarlet Macaw  - Ara macao

                Orange-chinned Parakeet  - Brotogeris jugularis

                Blue-headed Parrot  - Pionus menstruus

                White-crowned Parrot - Pionus senilis - New!

                White-fronted Parrot  - Amazona albifrons

                Red-crowned Parrot  - Amazona viridigenalis

                Red-lored Parrot - Amazona autumnalis - New!

                Yellow-naped Parrot - Amazona auropalliata

               

CUCKOOS - CUCULIFORMES CUCULIDAE 

 

                Shining Bronze-Cuckoo  - Chrysococcyx lucidus

                Pheasant Coucal  - Centropus phasianinus

                Squirrel Cuckoo  - Piaya cayana

                Yellow-billed Cuckoo  - Coccyzus americanus

                Greater Roadrunner  - Geococcyx californianus

                Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo - Neomorphus geoffroyi

                Greater Ani  - Crotophaga major

                Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani

                Groove-billed Ani  - Crotophaga sulcirostris

               

BARN-OWLS - STRIGIFORMES TYTONIDAE  

               

                Barn Owl  - Tyto alba

               

OWLS - STRIGIFORMES STRIGIDAE  

               

                Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii

                Whiskered Screech-Owl  - Megascops trichopsis

                Tropical Screech-Owl  - Megascops choliba

                Spectacled Owl  - Pulsatrix perspicillata

                Great Horned Owl  - Bubo virginianus

                Burrowing Owl  - Athene cunicularia

                Spotted Owl  - Strix occidentalis

                Barred Owl  - Strix varia

                Long-eared Owl  - Asio otus

                Striped Owl  - Pseudoscops clamator

               

OWLET-NIGHTJARS - CAPRIMULGIFORMES AEGOTHELIDAE  

               

                Australian Owlet-Nightjar  - Aegotheles cristatus

               

FROGMOUTHS - CAPRIMULGIFORMES PODARGIDAE 

               

                Tawny Frogmouth - Podargus strigoides

               

NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES - CAPRIMULGIFORMES CAPRIMULGIDAE  

               

                Lesser Nighthawk  - Chordeiles acutipennis

                Common Nighthawk  - Chordeiles minor

                Common Poorwill  - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

                Chuck-will's-widow - Caprimulgus carolinensis

                Eastern Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus

               

POTOOS - CAPRIMULGIFORMES NYCTIBIIDAE  

               

                Great Potoo  - Nyctibius grandis

                Common Potoo  - Nyctibius griseus

               

SWIFTS - APODIFORMES APODIDAE  

               

                White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris - New!

                Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica

                Vaux's Swift  - Chaetura vauxi

                Band-rumped Swift - Chaetura spinicaudus

                White-throated Needletail  - Hirundapus caudacutus

                White-throated Swift  - Aeronautes saxatalis

               

HUMMINGBIRDS - APODIFORMES TROCHILIDAE 

               

                White-necked Jacobin  - Florisuga mellivora - New Pix!

                White-tipped Sicklebill - Eutoxeres aquila

                Rufous-breasted Hermit - Glaucis hirsutus

                Band-tailed Barbthroat  - Threnetes ruckeri

                Green Hermit  - Phaethornis guy - New Pix!

                Long-billed Hermit  - Phaethornis longirostris

                Little Hermit - Phaethornis longuemareus

                Stripe-throated Hermit - Phaethornis striigularis - New!

                Brown Violetear - Colibri delphinae - New!

            Green-breasted Mango - Anthracothorax prevostii - New!

                Black-throated Mango  - Anthracothorax nigricollis

                Green Thorntail - Discosura conversii - New!

                Rufous-crested Coquette  - Lophornis delattrei

                Green-crowned Brilliant  - Heliodoxa jacula - New Pix!

                Magnificent Hummingbird  - Eugenes fulgens

                Long-billed Starthroat  - Heliomaster longirostris

                Plain-capped Starthroat - Heliomaster constantii

                Fiery-throated Hummingbird  - Panterpe insignis

                Blue-throated Hummingbird  - Lampornis clemenciae

                Purple-throated Mountain-gem  - Lampornis calolaemus - New Pix!

                Lucifer Hummingbird  - Calothorax lucifer

                Magenta-throated Woodstar  - Calliphlox bryantae

                Ruby-throated Hummingbird  - Archilochus colubris

                Black-chinned Hummingbird  - Archilochus alexandri

                Anna's Hummingbird  - Calypte anna

                Costa's Hummingbird  - Calypte costae

                Broad-tailed Hummingbird  - Selasphorus platycercus

                Rufous Hummingbird  - Selasphorus rufus

                Allen's Hummingbird  - Selasphorus sasin

                Scintillant Hummingbird  - Selasphorus scintilla

                Calliope Hummingbird  - Stellula calliope

                Garden Emerald  - Chlorostilbon assimilis

                Broad-billed Hummingbird  - Cynanthus latirostris

                Violet-headed Hummingbird - Klais guimeti

                Scaly-breasted Hummingbird  - Phaeochroa cuvierii

                Violet Sabrewing  - Campylopterus hemileucurus - New Pix!

                White-vented Plumeleteer  - Chalybura buffonii

                Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer  - Chalybura urochrysia - New Pix!

                Violet-crowned Woodnymph  - Thalurania colombica - New Pix!

                Coppery-headed Emerald - Elvira cupreiceps - New!

            Stripe-tailed Hummingbird - Eupherusa eximia

                Black-bellied Hummingbird - Eupherusa nigriventris  - New!

                Snowcap - Microchera albocoronata  - New!

                Blue-chested Hummingbird  - Amazilia amabilis

                Mangrove Hummingbird - Amazilia boucardi

                Berylline Hummingbird  - Amazilia beryllina

                Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  - Amazilia edward

                Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  - Amazilia tzacatl - New Pix!

                Violet-crowned Hummingbird  - Amazilia violiceps

                Sapphire-throated Hummingbird  - Lepidopyga coeruleogularis

                Violet-bellied Hummingbird  - Damophila julie

                Blue-throated Goldentail  - Hylocharis eliciae

                White-eared Hummingbird  - Hylocharis leucotis

               

TROGONS - TROGONIFORMES TROGONIDAE  

               

                Resplendent Quetzal  - Pharomachrus mocinno

                Lattice-tailed Trogon - Trogon clathratus

                Slaty-tailed Trogon  - Trogon massena

                Black-tailed Trogon  - Trogon melanurus

                White-tailed Trogon  - Trogon chionurus

                Baird's Trogon  - Trogon bairdii

                Gartered Trogon  - Trogon caligatus

                Black-throated Trogon  - Trogon rufus

                Elegant Trogon  - Trogon elegans

                Orange-bellied Trogon  - Trogon aurantiiventris

                Collared Trogon  - Trogon collaris

               

MOTMOTS - CORACIIFORMES MOMOTIDAE  

               

                Tody Motmot - Hylomanes momotula

                Blue-crowned Motmot  - Momotus coeruliceps

                Rufous Motmot  - Baryphthengus martii

                Broad-billed Motmot  - Electron platyrhynchum

               

KINGFISHERS - CORACIIFORMES ALCEDINIDAE  

               

                Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis

                Azure Kingfisher  - Ceyx azureus

                Laughing Kookaburra  - Dacelo novaeguineae

                Blue-winged Kookaburra  - Dacelo leachii

                Forest Kingfisher  - Todiramphus macleayii

                Red-backed Kingfisher  - Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

                Sacred Kingfisher  - Todiramphus sanctus

                Ringed Kingfisher  - Megaceryle torquata

                Belted Kingfisher  - Megaceryle alcyon

                Amazon Kingfisher  - Chloroceryle amazona

                Green Kingfisher  - Chloroceryle americana

                American Pygmy Kingfisher  - Chloroceryle aenea

               

BEE-EATERS - CORACIIFORMES MEROPIDAE 

               

                Rainbow Bee-eater  - Merops ornatus

               

ROLLERS - CORACIIFORMES CORACIIDAE   

               

                Dollarbird  - Eurystomus orientalis

               

PUFFBIRDS - GALBULIFORMES BUCCONIDAE 

               

                Black-breasted Puffbird  - Notharchus pectoralis

                White-whiskered Puffbird  - Malacoptila panamensis

               

JACAMARS - GALBULIFORMES GALBULIDAE  

               

                Rufous-tailed Jacamar - Galbula ruficauda - New!   

                Great Jacamar  - Jacamerops aureus

               

TOUCAN-BARBETS - PICIFORMES SEMNORNITHIDAE  

               

                Prong-billed Barbet  - Semnornis frantzii

               

TOUCANS - PICIFORMES RAMPHASTIDAE   

               

                Emerald Toucanet  - Aulacorhynchus prasinus

                Collared Aracari  - Pteroglossus torquatus - New Pix!

                Fiery-billed Aracari  - Pteroglossus frantzii

                Chestnut-mandibled Toucan  - Ramphastos swainsonii - New Pix!

                Keel-billed Toucan  - Ramphastos sulfuratus - New Pix!