Veracruz "River of Raptors" Tour
TRIP LIST
September 28 - October 9, 2002

SYSTEMATIC SPECIES LISTS  
The first number represents the maximum number of birds seen at one time and the second
number represents the number of days that species was seen.
BIRDS    
     
Least Grebe - 7/2   Swainson's Hawk - 100/3
Pied-billed Grebe - 3/2   White-tailed Hawk - 1only
American White Pelican - 150/1 (300+ in 1 day)   Zone-tailed Hawk - 1/1
Brown Pelican - 200+/7   Red-tailed Hawk - 1only (AB)
Neotropic Cormorant - 100+/6   Collared Forest-Falcon - H/2
Double-crested Cormorant - 20/3   Crested Caracara - 12/4
Anhinga - 130+/4 (400+ in 1 day)   Laughing Falcon - 1/4
Magnificent Frigatebird - 5/5   American Kestrel - 2/7
Pinnated Bittern - 3/1   Merlin - 1/4
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron - 2/1   Aplomado Falcon - 3/5 (10+ in 1 day)
Great Blue Heron - 6/6   Bat Falcon - 3/3
Great Egret - 20+/9   Peregrine Falcon - 2/6
Snowy Egret - 15/8   Plain Chachalaca - 5/3
Little Blue Heron - 20/7   Bearded Wood-Partridge - 1 heard
Tricolored Heron - 8/5   Northern Bobwhite - 20/3
Cattle Egret - 100+/10   Ruddy Crake - 3/2 (6 in 1 day)
Green Heron - 4/7   Sora - 1only
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 30/5   Purple Gallinule - 1/1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 30+/4   Common Moorhen - 2/2
White Ibis - 18/8   American Coot - 2/2
White-faced Ibis - 19/1   Sungrebe - 1 only
Roseate Spoonbill - 2/1   Limpkin - 3/5
Wood Stork - 400+/3 (550+ in 1 day)   Double-striped Thick-knee - 3/1(5 in 1 day)
Black Vulture - 100's daily   Black-bellied Plover - 20/3
Turkey Vulture - 1000/10   Collared Plover - 2/2
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture - 3/2 (12 in 1 day)   Semipalmated Plover - 3/1
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - 15/6   Black-necked Stilt - 40/4
Blue-winged Teal - 15/4   American Avocet - 55/2
Green-winged Teal - 2/1   Northern Jacana - 25/6
Osprey - 6/9   Greater Yellowlegs - 18/3
Hook-billed Kite - 1 only    Lesser Yellowlegs - 1only
White-tailed Kite - 1/2   Solitary Sandpiper - 1only
Snail Kite - 3/2   (Western) Willet - 30/3
Mississippi Kite - 3/3   Spotted Sandpiper - 4/8
Northern Harrier - 1/2   Long-billed Curlew - 7/2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2/9   Marbled Godwit - 40/1
Cooper's Hawk - 2/3   Ruddy Turnstone - 7/1
White Hawk - 1 only   Sanderling - 20/4
Gray Hawk - 1/5   Least Sandpiper - 6/3
Common Black Hawk - 2/5 (11 in 1 day)   White-rumped Sandpiper - 3/1
Great Black Hawk - 1/2   Baird’s Sandpiper - 1only
Roadside Hawk - 2/9   Short-billed Dowitcher - 3/2
Broad-winged Hawk - 50,000+/4   Long-billed Dowitcher - 5/2
Short-tailed Hawk - 2/5   Parasitic Jaeger - 3/2 (5 in 1 day)
Laughing Gull - 200+/8   Mountain Trogon - 1/1 (3 seen briefly in 1 day)
Gull-billed Tern - 6/3   Collared Trogan - 1 female
Caspian Tern - 5/1   Blue-crowned Motmot - 2/3
Royal Tern - 60+/5   Ringed Kingfisher - 2/5
Sandwich Tern - 300+/5   Belted Kingfisher - 2/9
Least Tern - 1 only   Amazon Kingfisher - 2/6
Black Tern - 1000+/2 (1000's on 2 days)   Green Kingfisher - 2/3
Black Skimmer - 60+/2   Pygmy Kingfisher - 1/1 (2 seen fleetingly in 1 day)
Rock Dove - seen daily!   Collared Aracari - 3/3 ( 6 in 1 day)
Red-billed Pigeon - 100+/11   Keel-billed Toucan - 12/1
Short-billed Pigeon - 1 only   Acorn Woodpecker - 3/3
White-winged Dove - 200+/5   Golden-fronted Woodpecker - 3/10
Mourning Dove - 4/5   Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 2/6
Inca Dove - 8/10   Hairy Woodpecker - 1 female
Common Ground-Dove - 1 only   Smoky-brown Woodpecker - 2 in 1 day
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove - 3/1   Golden-olive Woodpecker - 1 only
Ruddy Ground-Dove - 9/6   Northern Flicker (red-shafted) - 1/2
White-tipped Dove - 1/5   Lineated Woodpecker - 1/4
Aztec Parakeet - 30/2   Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner - 1 only (EB)
Brown-hooded Parrot - 4/1   Olivaceous Woodcreeper - 1/3
White-fronted Parrot - 7/1   Northern Barred-Woodcreeper - 1 only
Red-lored Parrot - 50+/2   Ivory-billed Woodcreeper - 1/3 (6 seen on 2 days) 
Squirrel Cuckoo - 2/6   White-striped Woodcreeper - 1 only
Groove-billed Ani - 17/10   Barred Antshrike - 1 heard
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl - 3/4   Northern Beardless- Tyrannulet - 1 only
Mottled Owl - 1/2   Yellow-bellied Elaenia - heard on 2 days
Black and White Owl - 1 only   Ochre-bellied Flycatcher - 1 only 
Lesser Nighthawk - 1 only   Common Tody-Flycatcher - 3/1
Common Pauraque - 1/2   Yellow-olive Flycatcher - 1 only
Black Swift - 14/1   Stub-tailed Spadebill - 1 only 
White-collared Swift - 20+/2   Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1/2
Vaux’s Swift - 12/2   Greater Pewee - 1 heard
White-throated Swift - 80+/2   Western Pewee - 1/5
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - 2/1   Eastern Pewee - 1/4
Long-tailed Hermit - 1/1   "Trail’s" Flycatcher - 1 only
Little Hermit - 1 only   Least Flycatcher - 2/4
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing - 3/2 (1 day high of 20+)   Cordilleran Flycatcher - 1/3 ( 5 in 1 day)
Violet Sabrewing - 2/1 (8 in 1 day)   Pine Flycatcher - 1 only (SB)
Canivet’s Emerald - 1/2   Black Phoebe - 4/1
White-eared Hummingbird - 1/2   Say's Phoebe - 1/4
White-bellied Emerald - 1/2   Vermillion Flycatcher - 5/6
Azure-crowned Emerald - 1/1 ( 6 in  1 day)   Dusky-capped Flycatcher - 1 heard
Berylline Hummingbird - 1/1 ( 6 in 1 day)   Great-crested Flycatcher - 1/3 ( 8 in 1 day)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - 2/3 (20+ in 1 day)   Brown-crested Flycatcher - 1 only
Buff-bellied Hummingbird - 2/6   Great Kiskadee - 8/10
Blue-throated Hummingbird - 1 female   Boat-billed Flycatcher - 2/8
Mexican Sheartail - 2/2 (3 males in 1 day)   Social Flycatcher - Common seen daily
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1/6   Tropical Kingbird - Common seen daily
Black-chinned Hummingbird - 1/2   Couch’s Kingbird - 1/3
Bumblebee Hummingbird 1/1   Eastern Kingbird - 6/1
Black-headed Trogon - 2/1   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -1,000+ in 1 day/5
Violaceous Trogon - 3/3 ( 6 in 1 day)   Fork-tailed Flycatcher - 9/2 (20+ in 1 day)
Rose-throated Becard - 2/3   Crescent-chested Warbler - 1/2 ( 3 on 1 day)
Masked Tityra - 3/5 ( 8 in 1 day)   Northern Parula - 1/2 ( 2 on 2 days)
Horned Lark - 12/1 (30+ in 1 day)   Tropical Parula - 1 seen & 3 heard on 1 day
Purple Martin - 1/2   Yellow Warbler - 3/9 ( 20+ in 1 day)
Gray-breasted Martin - 100+/1   Magnolia Warbler - 1/4 ( 2 on 1 day)
Tree Swallow - 3/1   Yellow-rumped Warbler - 50+ on 1 day
Mangrove Swallow - 2/2   Black-throated Green Warbler - 2/2 ( 3 on 1 day)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - common/10   Townsend's Warbler - 6/3 (50+ on 1 day)
Bank Swallow - 1 only (AB)   Hermit Warbler - 4/2 ( 20+ on 1 day)
Cliff Swallow - 3 only   Yellow-throated Warbler - 1/5 ( 6 on 1 day)
Barn Swallow - very common daily   Grace's Warbler - 2 on 1 day
Steller's Jay - 6/2    Black-and-White Warbler - 2/7 ( 12 on 1 day)
Green Jay - 3/1 ( 6 in 1 day)   American Redstart - 1/4 
Brown Jay - common seen daily   Worm-eating Warbler - 2 in 1 day
Mexican Chickadee - 4/2 (13 in 1 day)   Ovenbird - 2/6
Bushtit - 10+/2   Northern Waterthrush - 1/4 (10+ in 1 day)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2/2   Louisiana Waterthrush - 1/2 ( 20+ in 1 day)
Band-backed Wren - 12/7   Kentucky Warbler - 2/2 ( 4 in 1 day)
Gray-barred Wren - 10/1   MacGillivray's Warbler - 2 in 1 day
Rufous-naped Wren - 6/4   Common Yellowthroat - 2/5
Spot-breasted Wren - 2/5 (12+ heard/seen in 1 day)   Gray-crowned Yellowthroat - 2 in 1 day
Northern House Wren - 2/1   Hooded Warbler - 2/6 (6+ in 1 day)
Brown-throated House Wren - 1/1   Wilson's Warbler - common seen daily
White-breasted Wood-Wren - 2/2   Canada Warbler - 1/2 (2 in 1 day)
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren - 1/4 (8 heard on 1 day)   Red Warbler - 5 in 1 day
American Dipper - 2/1   Painted Redstart - 1 only
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1/1   Slate-throated Redstart - 2/4
Long-billed Gnatwren - 1 heard   Golden-crowned Warbler - 3/2 (15 in 1 day)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - common seen daily   Rufous-capped Warbler - 3 in 1 day
Eastern Bluebird - 20+ in 1 day   Golden-browed Warbler - 2/3 ( 4 on 2 days)
Br. -backed Solitaire - 6 heard/1 seen in 1 day   Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 /9 (12+ in a day)
Russet Nightingale-Thrush - 2/1 (5 in 1 day)   Bananaquit - 3 in 1 day
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 only   Common Bush-Tanager - 6/4 (30+ in a day)
Clay-colored Robin - 2/6   Red-crowned Ant-Tanager - 6 in a day
American Robin - 2/2   Red-throated Ant-Tanager - 6 in a day
Gray Catbird - 1 heard (CS)   Hepatic Tanager - 2/2 (4 in a day)
Northern Mockingbird - 1/2   Summer Tanager - 1/2 
Blue Mockingbird - 3 seen & 7 heard in 1 day   White-winged Tanager - 2 together
Gray Silky-flycatcher - 20+/2 ( 40+ in 1 day)   Blue-gray Tanager - 3/5 (20+ in a day)
White-eyed Vireo - 2/8   Yellow-winged Tanager - 3/7 (10+ in a day)
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2/1   Scrub Euphonia - 6/8 ( 20+ in a day)
Blue-headed Vireo - 1/1   Yellow-throated Euphonia - 8/4 ( 20+ in a day)
Hutton's Vireo - 1/3 (3 on 2 days)   Grayish Saltator - 4/4
Cassin's Vireo - 1 only   Black-headed Saltator - 3/5 (12+ in 1 day)
Warbling Vireo -  3 on 1 day   Blue-black Grosbeak - 1 female (AB)
Red-eyed Vireo - 2/2 ( 6 on 1 day)   Blue Grosbeak - 1 female
Lesser Greenlet - 1 only (BS)   Blue Bunting - 2/1
Olive Warbler - 2/2 (8 on 1 day)   Indigo Bunting - 1/2
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 only   Painted Bunting - 1 male
Tennessee Warbler - 1/2   Dickcissel - 25+/4
Nashville Warbler -  2 on 1 day   Blue-black Grassquit - 6/5
Colima Warbler - 1 only   White-collared Seedeater - 2/2 ( 4 in 1 day)
Grassland-Yellow Finch - 50+ in 1 day    
White-naped Brush-Finch - 3 in 1 day    
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch - 5 in 1 day    
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch - 1/2    
Collared Towhee - 2/2    
Rusty Sparrow - 3 in 1 day    
Chipping Sparrow - 50+ in 1 day    
Lark Sparrow - 2 in 1 day    
Savannah Sparrow - 1 only    
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 heard (CS)    
Yellow-eyed Junco - common on 2 days    
House Finch - 10+ on 1 day    
Red Crossbill - 7 females on 1 day only    
Lesser Goldfinch - 3/4 ( 10+ in 1 day)    
Red-winged Blackbird - 12/2    
Eastern Meadowlark - 6/5 (common on 1 day)    
Melodious Blackbird - common on 10 days    
Great-tailed Grackle - common seen daily    
Bronzed Cowbird - 40+/2 ( 200+ seen in 1 day)    
Black-cowled Oriole - 2 in 1 day    
Orchard Oriole - 4/3 ( 20+ in 1 day)    
Yellow-tailed Oriole - great looks at 1 only     
Altamira Oriole - 4/6 (10+ in a day)    
Baltimore Oriole - 3/6 (30+ in 1 day)    
Yellow-billed Cacique - 1 only    
Chestnut-headed Oropendola - 1 tailess sighting!    
Montezuma Oropendola - 100+/5    
House Sparrow - 4/3     
     
(324 species)    
Bold species = Endemics
MAMMALS   REPTILES
     
Large Fruit-eating Bat - 1 only   Green Iguana - 3/2
Mexican Free-tailed Bat - 1/4 million!   Gecko ssp. - at least one daily
Mantled Howler Monkey - heard on 1 day   Lizard ssp. - 1/3 
Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel - 2/3   Spiny-tailed Lizard ssp - 2/2
River Otter - 1 only   Lined Racer Lizard ssp - 3/2
    Horned Lizard ssp - 1 only
    Jesus Christ Lizard - 1 only
BUTTERFLIES              
     
Iphidamas Cattleheart - Nanciyaga   Banded Orange Longwing - Las Barrancas
Photinus Cattleheart - Macq. Parl, Mirador   Julia - common
Giant Swallowtail - common   Juliette - Johnny Angel
Ruby-spotted Swallowtail   Zebra Longwing - common
Two-tailed Swallowtail - Macq. Park   Crimson-patched Longwing - Mirador, San Julian
Calliste Kite-Swallowtail - Mirador   Hortense's Longwing - UNAM Biol. St., Mirador
Kite-Swallowtail ssp - Cardel rooftop   Ismenius Longwing - 
Great Southern White - common        Godman's Mapwing - Mirador
Giant White   Monarch - Las Minas, La Mancha
Mexican Dartwhite - Chachihuecan   Soldier - San Julian, UNAM Biol. St
Little Yellow - San Julian   Mexican Tiger-Mimic -
Mexican Yellow - Chachihuecan             Hyacinth Morpho - Mirador, Xico
Orange Sulphur - Escondido   Mayan Mimic-Crescent - Chachihue., Macq. Pk
Large Orange - common   Crimson Patch - UNAM Biol. St., Mirador
Cloudless Sulphur - common migrant   Rosita Patch - UNAM Biol. St., Escondido
Stripestreak ssp - Johnny Angel   Banded Peacock (Fatima) - common
Blue ssp   White Peacock - common
Falcate Metalmark   Tropical Buckeye - La Fortuna
Numilis Banner - Mirador   Orange-tipped Peacock - Mirador, La Mancha
Common Mestra - Mirador   Malachite - Mirador, La Mancha
Red Rim Beauty - Johnny Angel   Star Satyr - Macq. Park
Mexican Bluewing - Macq. Park   Carolina Satyr - common
Paula's Clearwing -Mirador,Nanciyaga   Pine Satyr - Las Minas
Clearwing ssp - Macq. Park   Juno Silverspot - Johnny Angel, Macq. Pk, UNAM
Clearwing ssp - Macq. Park   Mexican Silverspot - Macq. Pk, Las Barrancas
Red Cracker - Mirador   Celerio Sister - Mirador
Gray Cracker - La Antigua   Striped Tiger - Nanciyaga
Guatemalen Cracker - San Julian   Jonas Firetip - Mirador
Many-banded Daggerwing - La Mancha   Tropical Checkered-Skipper - San Julian
Ruddy Daggerwing - Macq. Park   Com. Checkered-Skipper - San Julian, Jo. Angel
Anna’s Eighty-Eight - Mirador, Xico   Bent-tip Duskywing (Aztec Skipper) - Chachihu.
Navy Eight-Eight - Xico, Macq. Park   Yellow-tipped Flasher - San Julian, La Antigua
Dusky Emporer - Macq. Park   Chiriquen Flasher - Macq. Park
Gulf Fritillary - San Julian    Esmeraldus Greentail - Mirador, Las Barrancas
Mexican Fritillary - common   Common Long-tailed Skipper - Mirador, Macq. Pk
Memnon Giant Owl - Mirador   White-striped Longtail - Mirador
Painted Lady - Las Minas   Dorantes Longtail - San Julian, Mirador
Electra Leafwing - Macq. Park   Plain or Brown Longtail - Mirador, Las Barrancas
Pointed Leafwing - Mirador   Tanna Longtail - Mirador
Shaded Leafwing - La Mancha   Broken Silverdrop - San Julian, Escondido
    Erichson’s White-Skipper
    Skipper ssp. -