EL PORVENIR Route 175 south & LIST
MEXICO
OAXACA (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography 2,100-2,500m
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (9-10th November, 2004)
Birding Site Guide
This site was reached by taking the 05.00 bus from Pochutla towards Oaxaca and getting off at km 160. This took about 2 and half hours. From km 160 I birded along the main road heading n and turned left onto a logging road after a km or so. The gate was shut but it was easy to walk around the edge. The first day I went along the road for about 2km and the second for about 5km. The habitat was pine forest or mixed pine and oak and the altitude was between 2,100-2,500m. White-throated Jay has been seen along this road but I did not see it. I saw 57 species including 7 lifers.
Species seen
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
- White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
- Blue-throated Hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami
- Bumblebee Hummingbird Atthis heloisa Endemic
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Slaty Vireo Vireo brevipennis Endemic
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
- Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
- Crescent-chested Warbler Parula superciliosa
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
- Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
- Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
- Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Red Warbler Ergaticus ruber Endemic
- Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
- Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
- Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
- Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
- Rufous-capped Brush-Finch Atlapetes pileatus Endemic
- Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai Endemic
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Short-tailed Hawk ? Buteo brachyurus
- Brown-backed Solitaire h Myadestes occidentalis
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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