SOCORRO RIVERA & LIST
MEXICO
CHIHUAHUA (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (7th October, 2004)
Birding Site Guide
This is a breeding site for the endangered Thick-billed Parrot. It is close to the town of Madera which is 5hrs by bus from Chihuahua city. Madera only has a few hotels. The cheapest one seemed to be closed and the cheapest place we could then find was N$270. A bus leaves Madera for Huaracan at 06.00 and passes Ejido Socorro Rivera. From the turn off it is another couple of km up into the village which is just a group of poor houses. You get dropped off in the dark so bring a torch and warm clothes. I followed the track through the village and carried on towards the hills. This is an old logging trail. I failed to see the parrots and they may have already flown s. 30 species including 9 lifers.
Species seen
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Spotted Owl ? Strix occidentalis Near-threatened
- Mountain Pygmy-Owl h? Glaucidium gnoma
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
- Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Northern Cardinal ? Cardinalis cardinalis
- House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
- 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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