CERRO SAN FELIPE & LIST
MEXICO
OAXACA (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography 2,750+m
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (5th November, 2004)
Birding Site Guide
Cerro San Felipe was reached in just over an hour from Oaxaca´s second-class bus station by the 07.00 (Benito Juarez) public bus. A small collection of buildings comprises the windswept settlement of La Cumbre (2,750m) at km 192. From here an unpaved road headed nw uphill. I walked 4-5km along this road as well as going down a track (for 1-2km) leading left before the 3km marker. The main track headed gradually uphill upto 3000m altitude, where I turned back. The weather was very inhospitable. Constant mist, as well as occasional drizzle and strong winds made birding hard. An hour wait for a bus on the way back almost finished me off. The habitat was pine plus mixed forest and some cleared areas where a lot of flowers attracted many hummingbirds. I saw my target bird, the Dwarf Jay at the 1km mark just as I was heading back having given up. I saw 37 species including 7 lifers.
Species seen
- Band-tailed Pigeon ? Patagioenas fasciata
- Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
- White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
- Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus
- Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Bumblebee Hummingbird Atthis heloisa Endemic
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
- Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptilogonys cinereus
- Gray-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus Endemic
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Brown-backed Solitaire h Myadestes occidentalis
- Russet Nightingale-Thrush Catharus occidentalis Endemic
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Dwarf Jay Cyanolyca nana Endemic Vulnerable
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
- Crescent-chested Warbler Parula superciliosa
- Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
- Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Red Warbler Ergaticus ruber Endemic
- Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
Author: Charles Hesse
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