El Triunfo Bird List

Among the 300 or so species of birds possible on the El Triunfo trip are the following that have been seen on past trips. As usual, some are common, some less common, and some fairly rare.

	Thicket Tinamou
	King Vulture
	White Hawk
	Great Black-Hawk
	Roadside Hawk
	Broad-winged Hawk
	Short-tailed Hawk
	Swainson's Hawk
	Crested Caracara
	Laughing Falcon
	Barred Forest-Falcon
	Plain Chachalaca
	White-bellied Chachalaca
	Highland Guan
	Horned Guan
	Great Curassow
	Northern Bobwhite
	Band-tailed Pigeon
	Red-billed Pigeon
	White-tipped Dove
	White-faced Quail-Dove
	Pacific Parakeet
	Green Parakeet
	Orange-fronted Parakeet
	Orange-chinned Parakeet
	White-fronted Parrot
	Yellow-naped Parrot
	Red-lored Parrot
	Mealy Parrot
	Squirrel Cuckoo
	Groove-billed Ani
	Striped Cuckoo
	Pheasant Cuckoo
	Pacific Screech-Owl
	Fulvous Owl
	Mottled Owl
	Black-and White Owl
	Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
	Common Pauraque
	(Mexican) Whip-poor-will
	Chestnut-collared Swift
	White-collared Swift
	Rufous Sabrewing
	Violet Sabrewing
	Green Violet-ear
	Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
	Black-crested Coquette
	Canivet’s Emerald
	White-eared Hummingbird
	Cinnamon Hummingbird
	Azure-crowned Hummingbird
	Blue-tailed Hummingbird
	Green-throated Mountain-Gem
	Magnificent Hummingbird
	Plain-capped Starthroat
	Wine-throated Hummingbird
	Gartered (Violaceous) Trogon
	Mountain Trogon
	Collared Trogon
	Resplendent Quetzal
	Ringed Kingfisher
	Amazon Kingfisher
	Tody Motmot
	Blue-throated Motmot
	Russet-crowned Motmot
	Blue-crowned Motmot
	Turquoise-browed Motmot
	Emerald Toucanet
	Collared Aracari
	Acorn Woodpecker
	Golden-fronted Woodpecker
	Golden-olive Woodpecker
	Lineated Woodpecker
	Pale-billed Woodpecker
	Rufous-breasted Spinetail
	Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
	Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
	Tawny-throated Leaftosser
	Olivaceous Woodcreeper
	Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
	Spotted Woodcreeper
	Streak-headed Woodcreeper
	Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
	Barred Antshrike
	Long-tailed Manakin
	Paltry Tyrannulet
	Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
	Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
	Northern Bentbill
	Eye-ringed Flatbill
	Belted Flycatcher
	Common Tody-Flycatcher
	Yellow-olive Flycatcher
	Tufted Flycatcher
	Tropical Pewee
	Least Flycatcher
	Acadian Flycatcher
	Yellowish Flycatcher
	Vermilion Flycatcher
	Bright-rumped Attila
	Nutting's Flycatcher
	Brown-crested Flycatcher

Great Kiskadee

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

Couch's Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Gray-collared Becard

Rose-throated Becard

Masked Tityra

Black-capped Swallow

Gray-breasted Martin

Gray Silky-flycatcher

Giant Wren

Rufous-naped Wren

Spot-breasted Wren

Banded Wren

Rufous-and-white Wren

Plain Wren

Rufous-browed Wren

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

White-breasted Wood-wren

Tropical Mockingbird

Blue-and-white Mockingbird

Brown-backed Solitaire

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush

Spotted Nightingale-Thrush

Swainson’s Thrush

Black Robin

Mountain Robin

Clay-colored Robin

White-throated Robin

Long-billed Gnatwren

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Green Jay

Black-throated Jay

Unicolored Jay

Plumbeous Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Brown-capped Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Green Shrike-vireo

Chestnut-sided Shrike-vireo

Lesser Greenlet

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Tennessee Warbler

Crescent-chested Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Hermit Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Red-faced Warbler

Slate-throated Redstart

Fan-tailed Warbler

Golden-crowned Warbler

Rufous-capped (Chestnut-capped) Warbler

Golden-browed Warbler

Common Bush-Tanager

Red-crowned Ant-Tanager

Red-throated Ant-Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager

White-winged Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

Yellow-winged Tanager

Azure-rumped Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Blue-black Grassquit

White-collared Seedeater

White-naped (Yellow-throated) Brush-Finch

Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch

Olive Sparrow

Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow

White-eared Ground-Sparrow

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Grayish Saltator

Black-headed Saltator

Yellow Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Melodious Blackbird

Spot-breasted Oriole

Altamira Oriole

Streak-backed Oriole

Black-vented Oriole

Bar-winged Oriole

Yellow-billed Cacique

Yellow-winged cacique

Hooded Grosbeak

Scrub Euphonia

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Elegant Euphonia

Blue-crowned Chlorophonia

Black-headed Siskin

Among the 300 or so species of birds possible on the El Triunfo trip are the following that have been seen on past trips. As usual, some are common, some less common, and some fairly rare.

Last updated: August 29, 2010.