Christmas Bird Count: Antigua 2013

Compilers: Knut Eisermann & Claudia Avendaño

The fifth CBC Antigua Guatemala took place on 27 December 2013. A total of 15 observers in three groups counted birds in in Finca El Pilar, Finca Filadelfia, and at Cerro Alux.

A total of 962 birds of 117 species was detected. In addition, two more species were recorded during the count week. The most abundant birds with at least 20 detected individuals were (in descending order of abundance): Band-tailed Pigeon, Black-capped Swallow, Great-tailed Grackle, Bushy-crested Jay, Gray Silky-flycatcher, Bushtit, Townsend's Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Brown-backed Solitaire, Band-backed Wren, White-eared Hummingbird, Black Vulture, and Pacific Parakeet.

Seven species were recorded for the first time in the Antigua Guatemala CBC: Barred Parakeet, White-throated Swift, Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner, Masked Tityra, Swainson's Thrush, White-throated Thrush, and Yellow-billed Cacique. Several range-restricted bird species of the north Central American highlands were recorded during the CBC, including Rufous Sabrewing, Green-throated Mountain-gem, Wine-throated Hummingbird, Blue-throated Motmot, Bushy-crested Jay, Black-capped Swallow, Rufous-browed Wren, Rufous-collared Robin, and Blue-and-white Mockingbird.

Antigua is part of the Antigua Guatemala Important Bird Area (IBA GT016) and this Christmas Bird Count helps to monitor bird populations in this IBA.

It follows a list of species and numbers of individuals recorded during the fifth Christmas Bird Count in Antigua Guatemala (Nomenclature according to AOU 1998 and supplements, most recent update AOU 2013). Species recorded during the count week are marked with (cw).

1. Cracidae
2. Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 10
3. Odontophoridae
4. Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys 1
5. Cathartidae
6. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 22
7. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 1
8. Accipitridae
9. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 3
10. Buteo sp. 1
11. Columbidae
12. Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 57
13. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 5
14. Inca Dove Columbina inca 3
15. Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina 2
16. White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 9
17. Strigidae
18. Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma 2
19. Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 2
20. Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens (cw)
21. Caprimulgidae
22. Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae 3
23. Apodidae
24. Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 1
25. White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 2
26. Trochilidae
27. Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus 8
28. Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens 10
29. Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens 6
30. Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus 2
31. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 4
32. Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti 1
33. Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus 5
34. Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus 1
35. Azure-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala 5
36. Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina 3
37. White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis 25
38. hummingbird 1
39. Trogonidae
40. Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus 5
41. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 4
42. Momotidae
43. Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis 4
44. Ramphastidae
45. Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus 6
46. Picidae
47. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 12
48. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 8
49. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 6
50. Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus 2
51. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 6
52. Falconidae
53. Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis 1
54. Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 4
55. Psittacidae
56. Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua 21
57. Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola 9
58. Furnariidae
59. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis 6
60. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps 1
61. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus 3
62. Tyrannidae
63. Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus 3
64. Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus 4
65. Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax 8
66. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 1
67. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 2
68. Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 2
69. Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens 3
70. Empidonax spec. 2
71. Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 12
72. Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 1
73. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 5
74. Tityridae
75. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 1
76. Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae 3
77. Vireonidae
78. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 5
79. Vireonidae
80. Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni 1
81. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 3
82. Vireo sp. 2
83. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys 1
84. Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis 2
85. Corvidae
86. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus 47
87. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 8
88. Hirundinidae
89. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 20
90. Black-capped Swallow Notiochelidon pileata 54
91. Aegithalidae
92. Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 35
93. Troglodytidae
94. House Wren Troglodytes aedon 4
95. Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus 16
96. Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus 28
97. Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus 8
98. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 19
99. Turdidae
100. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 6
101. Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis 29
102. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris 2
103. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii 1
104. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 2
105. Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus 2
106. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi 4
107. White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis 2
108. Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques 10
109. Mimidae
110. Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus 5
111. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 1
112. Ptiliogonatidae
113. Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus 47
114. Peucedramidae
115. Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus 2
116. Parulidae
117. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 2
118. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 6
119. Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa 6
120. Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina 32
121. MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 8
122. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 1
123. Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 35
124. Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis 2
125. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 5
126. Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli 6
127. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 33
128. Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons 2
129. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus 9
130. Incertae Sedis
131. Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps 2
132. Emberizidae
133. White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola 1
134. Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula 4
135. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Arremon brunneinucha 6
136. White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha 3
137. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis 1
138. Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus 8
139. Cardinalidae
140. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 2
141. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 6
142. Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata 1
143. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 2
144. Icteridae
145. Melodious Blackbird Dives dives 3
146. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 49
147. Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri (cw)
148. Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus 1
149. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 1
150. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 3
151. Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus 1
152. Fringillidae
153. Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima 2
154. Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus 6
155. Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 1
156. Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei 4
157. Passeridae
158. House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2

References

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

AOU (2013) Fifty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 130: 558-571.

To see results of all Christmas Bird Counts throughout the Americas visit http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count.