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Christmas Bird Count at Los Tarrales, 14 December 2007

Cayaya Birding organized the first Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Atitlan Volcano on 14 December 2007. Two groups were counting birds in Los Tarrales Reserve. One was led by Josué de León Lux on the upper part of the volcano (1400-3500 m), and a second group was led by Claudia Avendaño in the lower part of the reserve (750-1000 m).

A total of 927 birds of 152 species were detected by a total of 9 observers. In addition, 11 species were recorded during the count week. One of the flagship-species of the Atitlan Volcano Christmas Bird Count was the Horned Guan; four birds were seen in the cloud forest on the upper part of the volcano cone. Also Azure-rumped Tanager was recorded in cloud forest. Pink-headed Warbler was seen during the count week.

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

  1. White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra 10
  2. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 4
  3. Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 9
  4. Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus 4
  5. Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus 4
  6. Great Egret Ardea alba 1
  7. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 35
  8. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 1
  9. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 15
  10. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 2
  11. White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis 3
  12. Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus 1
  13. Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 2
  14. Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus 1
  15. Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 3
  16. Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 1
  17. Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 9
  18. Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 40
  19. Inca Dove Columbina inca 4
  20. White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 8
  21. Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua 92
  22. Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis 75
  23. Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis 38
  24. Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata 6
  25. Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 4
  26. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 1
  27. Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 2
  28. Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens 1
  29. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 2
  30. White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 25
  31. Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 33
  32. White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 2
  33. Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus 1
  34. Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus 3
  35. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 1
  36. Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus 15
  37. Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii 1
  38. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei 8
  39. Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae 3
  40. White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis 1
  41. White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida 6
  42. Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina 1
  43. Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura 6
  44. Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila 2
  45. Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens 1
  46. Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami 1
  47. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 6
  48. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 1
  49. Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula 1
  50. Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis 1
  51. Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota 5
  52. Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus 3
  53. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus 5
  54. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 5
  55. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 1
  56. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 1
  57. Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus 2
  58. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus 6
  59. Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 2
  60. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis 1
  61. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps 3
  62. Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus 1
  63. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster 6
  64. Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 4
  65. Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata 4
  66. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 3
  67. Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus 2
  68. Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 1
  69. Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens 2
  70. Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax 3
  71. Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus 2
  72. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 5
  73. Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens 2
  74. Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 6
  75. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 3
  76. Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 2
  77. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 1
  78. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 2
  79. Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major 1
  80. Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae 2
  81. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 2
  82. Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis 6
  83. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 1
  84. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 2
  85. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 3
  86. Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis 5
  87. White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa 2
  88. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus 8
  89. Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo 6
  90. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 4
  91. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1
  92. Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus 4
  93. Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha 2
  94. Spot-breasted Wren Thryothorus maculipectus 2
  95. Rufous-and-white Wren Thryothorus rufalbus 2
  96. Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus 7
  97. House Wren Troglodytes aedon 2
  98. Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus 2
  99. White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta 2
  100. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 4
  101. Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus 1
  102. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 2
  103. Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis 5
  104. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris 1
  105. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii 3
  106. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas 1
  107. Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi 11
  108. White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis 10
  109. Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques 5
  110. Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus 1
  111. Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptilogonys cinereus 4
  112. Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina 16
  113. Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla 1
  114. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia 1
  115. Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi 7
  116. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 4
  117. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 1
  118. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 4
  119. Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla 6
  120. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus 3
  121. Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus 2
  122. Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons 2
  123. Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli 6
  124. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 1
  125. Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 2
  126. Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda 2
  127. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 11
  128. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 1
  129. Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata 1
  130. White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera 7
  131. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus 2
  132. Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas 12
  133. Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi 6
  134. Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus 50
  135. White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola 4
  136. Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula 4
  137. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha 2
  138. White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis 4
  139. Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus 2
  140. Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps 6
  141. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 5
  142. Melodious Blackbird Dives dives 8
  143. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 10
  144. Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus 8
  145. Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus 1
  146. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 3
  147. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 12
  148. Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis 1
  149. Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea 5
  150. Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima 2
  151. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis 6
  152. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria 2

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

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