PARQUE ECOLOGICO MACUILTEPETL & LIST
MEXICO
VERACRUZ (Jalapa)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (21st September, 2004)
Birding Site Guide
This park, also within Jalapa city is a little further from the centre. You can walk, although it would be better to take a bus or taxi. There are a couple of different entrances all worth exploring. This is a great place to bird in the morning. 21 species including 8 lifers.
Species seen
- Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Agyrtria cyanocephala
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens Endemic
- Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
- Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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