Christmas Bird Count Los Andes 2007

Cayaya Birding organized the first Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Atitlan Volcano on 14 December 2007. The group counting birds at Los Andes was led by Daniel Tenez.

A total of 49 species were detected. Flagship-species of the Los Andes Reserve are Resplendent Quetzal (6 birds counted) and Azure-rumped Tanager (21 birds counted).

It follows a list of species and numbers of individuals recorded during the First Christmas Bird Count in Los Andes Reserve (Nomenclature according to AOU 1998 and supplements, most recent update AOU 2007).

1. CRACIDAE
2. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 1
3. Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 1
4. ODONTOPHORIDAE
5. Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus 6
6. Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus 1
7. CATHARTIDAE
8. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 5
9. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 2
10. ACCIPITRIDAE
11. Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus 1
12. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1
13. FALCONIDAE
14. American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1
15. COLUMBIDAE
16. Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 1
17. PSITTACIDAE
18. Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua 48
19. STRIGIDAE
20. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 1
21. CAPRIMULGIDAE
22. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 3
23. APODIDAE
24. Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 100
25. TROCHILIDAE
26. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei 1
27. Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina 2
28. Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura 1
29. Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens 1
30. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 1
31. TROGONIDAE
32. Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus 1
33. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 1
34. Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno 6
35. MOMOTIDAE
36. Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis 1
37. RAMPHASTIDAE
38. Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus 5
39. PICIDAE
40. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 2
41. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus 1
42. FURNARIIDAE
43. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps 1
44. Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius 1
45. TYRANNIDAE
46. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 10
47. VIREONIDAE
48. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 4
49. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 1
50. CORVIDAE
51. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus 1
52. TROGLODYTIDAE
53. Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus 1
54. House Wren Troglodytes aedon 1
55. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 2
56. TURDIDAE
57. Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis 4
58. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas 1
59. Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi 1
60. White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis 1
61. PARULIDAE
62. Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi 4
63. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 1
64. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus 2
65. Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus 6
66. Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli 1
67. THRAUPIDAE
68. Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 9
69. Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi 21
70. ICTERIDAE
71. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 6
72. FRINGILLIDAE
73. Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis 1
74. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis 1

References

AOU (1998) The American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

AOU (2007) Forty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 124: 1109-1115.

        compiled by Knut Eisermann