Endemic birds of Mexico and northern Central America
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Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

 among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds
Endemism in birds
An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....

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Genus-level endemism

No bird families
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 are endemic to the region; however, the following genera are endemic:
In addition in the following genera, high proportions of the member species are endemic to the region:

Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International
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 has defined a number of Endemic Bird Areas and Secondary Areas in this region.

List of species

The following is a list of species endemic to the region (M indicates a species endemic to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

; G, Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

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  • Red-crowned Parrot
    Red-crowned Parrot
    The Red-crowned Amazon, also known as Red-crowned Parrot, Green-cheeked Amazon, or Mexican Red-headed Parrot, is an endangered Amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico. The current native wild population of between 1,000 and 2,000 is decreasing...

  • Yucatán Bobwhite
    Black-throated Bobwhite
    The Yucatan Bobwhite or Black-throated Bobwhite is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....

  • Green-striped Brush-finch
    Green-striped Brush-finch
    The Green-striped Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Buarremon....

  • Rose-bellied Bunting
    Rose-bellied Bunting
    The Rose-bellied Bunting is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family. It is also known as Rosita's Bunting....

  • Guadalupe Caracara
    Guadalupe Caracara
    The Guadalupe Caracara, Caracara lutosa, is an extinct bird of prey belonging to the falcon family . It was, together with the closely related Crested and Southern Caracara, formerly placed in the genus Polyborus. It was also known as the Quelili or the Calalie.This species inhabited Mexico's...

  • Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
    Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
    The Rufous-bellied Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

  • West Mexican Chachalaca
    West Mexican Chachalaca
    The West Mexican Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

  • White-bellied Chachalaca
    White-bellied Chachalaca
    The White-bellied Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....

  • Short-crested Coquette
    Short-crested Coquette
    The Short-crested Coquette, Coquette Du Guerrero, Coqueta Cresticorta, or Coqueta De Guerrero is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico....

  • Cozumel Emerald
    Cozumel Emerald
    The Cozumel Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist...

  • Cozumel Thrasher
    Cozumel Thrasher
    The Cozumel Thrasher, Toxostoma guttatum, is a bird from the mockingbird family , which is endemic to the island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico...

  • Cozumel Vireo
    Cozumel Vireo
    The Cozumel Vireo is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae.It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest....

  • Sinaloa Crow
  • Tamaulipas Crow
    Tamaulipas Crow
    The Tamaulipas Crow a crow found in northeastern Mexico and some of southern Texas.- Description :It is a relatively small and sleek looking crow, in length. It has very glossy dark, bluish plumage, which appears soft and silky. The bill is quite slender and black, as are the legs and feet...

  • Socorro Dove
    Socorro Dove
    The Socorro Dove is a dove that is extinct in the wild. It was endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off the west coast of Mexico. The last sighting in its natural habitat was in 1972. There are not more than 200 and probably fewer than 100 purebred birds in captivity...

  • Cozumel Emerald
    Cozumel Emerald
    The Cozumel Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist...

  • Belted Flycatcher
    Belted Flycatcher
    The Belted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

  • Pileated Flycatcher
    Pileated Flycatcher
    The Pileated Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.- Source :...

  • Slender-billed Grackle
    Slender-billed Grackle
    The Slender-billed Grackle was a species of bird in the icterid family Icteridae. The species was closely related to the western clade of the Great-tailed Grackle, from which it diverged around 1.2 million years ago....

  • Atitlán Grebe
    Atitlán Grebe
    The Atitlán Grebe , also known as Giant Grebe, Giant Pied-billed Grebe, or Poc, is an extinct water bird, a relative of the Pied-billed Grebe. It was endemic at the Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala at an altitude of 1700 m asl. Thanks to the field work of the American ecologist Anne LaBastille, its...

  • Crimson-collared Grosbeak
    Crimson-collared Grosbeak
    The Crimson-collared Grosbeak is a medium-size seed- and leaf-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, Cardinalidae....

  • Highland Guan
    Highland Guan
    The Highland Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in the highlands of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, and Nicaragua.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest...

  • M, G Horned Guan
    Horned Guan
    The Horned Guan, Oreophasis derbianus is a large, approximately 85 cm long, turkey-like bird with glossed black upperparts plumage, red legs, white iris, yellow bill and a red horn on top of head. The breast and upper belly are white, and its long tail feathers are black with white band near...

  • White-breasted Hawk
  • Beautiful Hummingbird
    Beautiful Hummingbird
    The Beautiful Sheartail or Beautiful Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...

  • Blue-tailed Hummingbird
    Blue-tailed Hummingbird
    The Blue-tailed Hummingbird , sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....

  • Dusky Hummingbird
    Dusky Hummingbird
    The Dusky Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird of the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....

  • Oaxaca Hummingbird
  • White-tailed Hummingbird
    White-tailed Hummingbird
    The White-tailed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forest in the westernmost portion of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and extreme western Oaxaca, Mexico...

  • Wine-throated Hummingbird
    Wine-throated Hummingbird
    The Wine-Throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

  • Xantus's Hummingbird
    Xantus's Hummingbird
    Xantus's Hummingbird, Basilinna xantusii, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 8-9 cm long, and weighs approximately 3-4 g.Adults are colored predominantly green on their upperparts and back. The tail is darkly colored and straight. The most prominent feature is the white eyestripe found in both...

  • Bushy-crested Jay
    Bushy-crested Jay
    The Bushy-crested Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25...

  • Dwarf Jay
    Dwarf Jay
    The Dwarf Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

  • Purplish-backed Jay
    Purplish-backed Jay
    The Purplish-backed Jay, Cyanocorax beecheii, is a bird of the crow family Corvidae, with purple feathers on its back and black feathers everywhere else. It is endemic to Mexico.-External links:* on the Internet Bird Collection...

  • San Blas Jay
    San Blas Jay
    The San Blas Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...

  • Tufted Jay
    Tufted Jay
    The Tufted Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is endemic to a small area of the Sierra Madre Occidental of Sinaloa and Durango in Mexico....

  • White-throated Jay
    White-throated Jay
    The White-throated Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.- Identification :...

  • Guadalupe Junco
    Guadalupe Junco
    The Guadalupe Junco, Junco hyemalis insularis, is a bird endemic to Guadalupe Island off Pacific Mexico. It is often considered a subspecies of the Dark-eyed Junco, for example by the IUCN which lumps these taxa in the 2008 IUCN Red List...

  • Blue-and-white Mockingbird
    Blue-and-white Mockingbird
    The Blue-and-white Mockingbird is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and south-eastern Mexico. Its natural habitats are dry scrubland, woodland, second growth and forest edges at 1000–3000 m above sea-level.It is about 25 cm long...

  • Socorro Mockingbird
    Socorro Mockingbird
    The Socorro Mockingbird, Mimus graysoni, is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The specific epithet commemorates the American ornithologist Andrew Jackson Grayson....

  • Blue-throated Motmot
    Blue-throated Motmot
    The Blue-throated Motmot is a species of bird in the Momotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Aspatha.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....

  • Green-breasted Mountain-gem
    Green-breasted Mountain-gem
    The Green-breasted Mountaingem is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Honduras and Nicaragua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

  • Green-throated Mountain-gem
    Green-throated Mountain-gem
    The Green-throated Mountaingem is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

  • Bar-winged Oriole
    Bar-winged Oriole
    The Bar-winged Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....

  • Fulvous Owl
    Fulvous Owl
    The Fulvous Owl , or Guatemala Barred Owl is a bold member of the cloud forests of Central America. Its habitat is limited to the high mountain ranges and the previously mentioned cloud forests of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. It inhabits elevations from 3900 to 10000 feet and is fairly...

  • Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl
    Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl
    The Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is endemic to Mexico. This is one of the smallest owls in the world at a mean length of 13.5 cm . However, at 53 grams , it is slightly heavier than the Long-whiskered Owlet and the Elf Owl...

  • Santa Barbara Screech-owl
  • Pacific Parakeet
    Pacific Parakeet
    The Pacific Parakeet or Nicaraguan Green Conure is a subspecies of the Green Parakeet. It was long considered a distinct species....

  • Socorro Parakeet
    Socorro Parakeet
    The Socorro Parakeet is a subspecies of the Green Parakeet. It was formerly considered a distinct species, and some taxonomists still consider it so. It is endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests...

  • Maroon-fronted Parrot
    Maroon-fronted Parrot
    The Maroon-fronted Parrot is a large, macaw-like parrot. It is dark green with a dark red shoulder and a maroon forehead and eye-stripe. Its underside of the wings and tail appear to be black when it is in flight. It makes a high, rolling cr-a ak sound...

  • Thick-billed Parrot
    Thick-billed Parrot
    The Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha is an endangered, medium-sized, up to 38 cm long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs...




  • Mexican Parrotlet
    Mexican Parrotlet
    The Mexican Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...

  • Bearded Wood-partridge
    Bearded Wood-partridge
    The Bearded Wood Partridge is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss....

  • Long-tailed Wood-partridge
    Long-tailed Wood-partridge
    The Long-tailed Wood Partridge is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...

  • Banded Quail
    Banded Quail
    The Banded Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:*...

  • Elegant Quail
    Elegant Quail
    The Elegant Quail is a species of New World Quail endemic to Pacific-slope thornforest of northwestern Mexico, from southern Sonora to Nayarit.-References:* BirdLife International, 2011. . Accessed on July 16, 2011....

  • Mountain Quail
    Mountain Quail
    The Mountain Quail, , is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla...

  • Ocellated Quail
    Ocellated Quail
    The Ocellated Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....

  • Singing Quail
    Singing Quail
    The Singing Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....

  • Tuxtla Quail-dove
    Tuxtla Quail-dove
    The Tuxtla Quail-Dove or Veracruz Quail-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to pristine montane rainforest in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas of Mexico's Veracruz state...

  • Rufous-collared Robin
    Rufous-collared Robin
    The Rufous-collared Robin is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is endemic to highlands of Middle America, south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, occurring in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Chiapas state in Mexico. Its closest relative is the American Robin, and like that species,...

  • Long-tailed Sabrewing
    Long-tailed Sabrewing
    The Long-tailed Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is often considered a subspecies of the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing, but is larger and longer-tailed...

  • Rufous Sabrewing
    Rufous Sabrewing
    The Rufous Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....

  • Mexican Sheartail
    Mexican Sheartail
    The Mexican Sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, mangroves, rural gardens and urban areas.It is threatened by habitat loss...

  • Slender Sheartail
    Slender Sheartail
    The Slender Sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....

  • Black-capped Siskin
    Black-capped Siskin
    The Black-Capped Siskin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...


  • Socorro Dove
    Socorro Dove
    The Socorro Dove is a dove that is extinct in the wild. It was endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off the west coast of Mexico. The last sighting in its natural habitat was in 1972. There are not more than 200 and probably fewer than 100 purebred birds in captivity...

  • Socorro Parakeet
    Socorro Parakeet
    The Socorro Parakeet is a subspecies of the Green Parakeet. It was formerly considered a distinct species, and some taxonomists still consider it so. It is endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests...

  • Socorro Wren
    Socorro Wren
    The Socorro Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to Socorro Island, Mexico. It was formerly placed in Thryomanes but was moved to Troglodytes considering "manners, song, plumage, etc." and by biogeography and mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence analysis.Its...

  • Socorro Mockingbird
    Socorro Mockingbird
    The Socorro Mockingbird, Mimus graysoni, is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The specific epithet commemorates the American ornithologist Andrew Jackson Grayson....

  • Black-chested Sparrow
    Black-chested Sparrow
    The Black-chested Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...

  • Bridled Sparrow
    Bridled Sparrow
    The Bridled Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...

  • Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow
    Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow
    The Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...

  • Oaxaca Sparrow
    Oaxaca Sparrow
    The Oaxaca Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it lives in dry forests and thornscrub.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

  • Sierra Madre Sparrow
    Sierra Madre Sparrow
    The Sierra Madre Sparrow , also known as Bailey's Sparrow, is an endangered, range-restricted, enigmatic American sparrow. It is endemic to Mexico and is threatened with extinction through habitat loss.-Etymology:...

  • Black-capped Swallow
    Black-capped Swallow
    The Black-capped Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....

  • White-fronted Swift
    White-fronted Swift
    The White-fronted Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:...

  • Azure-rumped Tanager
    Azure-rumped Tanager
    The Azure-rumped Tanager, Tangara cabanisi is a Middle American bird of the family Thraupidae. It is a local resident in humid broadleaf forests and adjacent plantations of the Pacific slope of western Guatemala and southern Chiapas, Mexico...

  • Cozumel Thrasher
    Cozumel Thrasher
    The Cozumel Thrasher, Toxostoma guttatum, is a bird from the mockingbird family , which is endemic to the island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico...

  • Rufous-backed Robin
    Rufous-backed Robin
    #The Rufous-backed Robin, Turdus rufopalliatus, is a songbird of the thrush family. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico. It is also known as the Rufous-backed Thrush.-Description:...

  • White-throated Towhee
    White-throated Towhee
    The White-throated Towhee is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...

  • M, G Ocellated Turkey
    Ocellated Turkey
    The Ocellated Turkey is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula. A relative of the more common Wild Turkey , it was sometimes previously treated in a genus of its own but the differences between this species and Meleagris gallopavo are too small to justify generic...

  • Cozumel Vireo
    Cozumel Vireo
    The Cozumel Vireo is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae.It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest....

  • Yucatán Vireo
    Yucatan Vireo
    The Yucatan Vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Belize, Honduras and Mexico. There is a well-documented record from High Island, Texas, in 1984, but this is the only record for the United States....

  • Pink-headed Warbler
    Pink-headed Warbler
    The Pink-headed Warbler is a small passerine bird found in the southwestern highlands of Guatemala and the central and southeastern highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The adult is primarily red, with a silvery-pink head and chest...

  • Mexican Woodnymph
    Mexican Woodnymph
    The Mexican Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family and is endemic to western Mexico.Its habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland/foothill forests and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss...

  • M Gray-breasted Woodpecker
  • Imperial Woodpecker
    Imperial Woodpecker
    The Imperial Woodpecker is – or was – a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. If it is not extinct, it is the world's largest woodpecker species at 56-60 cm long...

  • Giant Wren
    Giant Wren
    The Giant Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to the Pacific slope of Chiapas state in Mexico. It is the only species of bird endemic to Chiapas....

  • Gray-barred Wren
  • Nava's Wren
    Nava's Wren
    The Nava's Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

  • Rufous-browed Wren
    Rufous-browed Wren
    The Rufous-browed Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

  • Socorro Wren
    Socorro Wren
    The Socorro Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to Socorro Island, Mexico. It was formerly placed in Thryomanes but was moved to Troglodytes considering "manners, song, plumage, etc." and by biogeography and mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence analysis.Its...

  • M Yucatán Wren
    Yucatan Wren
    The Yucatan Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and is only found on the narrow coastal strip of the northern Yucatán Peninsula. One of the key habitats of this species is the Petenes mangroves...

  • Altamira Yellowthroat
    Altamira Yellowthroat
    The Altamira Yellowthroat, Geothlypis flavovelata, is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeding bird endemic to the Gulf slope of northeastern Mexico....

  • Belding's Yellowthroat
    Belding's Yellowthroat
    The Belding's Yellowthroat, Geothlypis beldingi, is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeder endemic to southern Baja California, Mexico....

  • Black-polled Yellowthroat
    Black-polled Yellowthroat
    The Black-polled Yellowthroat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...




The following is a list of species endemic to the region as breeding species:
  • Black-vented Shearwater
    Black-vented Shearwater
    The Black-vented Shearwater is a species of seabird. The bird is 30–38 cm in size, with a 76–89 cm wingspan. Formerly considered a subspecies of the Manx Shearwater, its actual relationships are unresolved....

  • Townsend's Shearwater
    Townsend's Shearwater
    Townsend's Shearwater, Puffinus auricularis, is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae.Its relationships are unresolved. Its closest relatives are probably, but not certainly, the Hawaiian Shearwater and possibly the Manx Shearwater...

  • Least Storm-petrel
    Least Storm-petrel
    The Least Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 13–15 cm in length, with a wingspan of 32 cm. It is the smallest member of the order Procellariiformes...


The following is a list of species endemic to the region as non-breeding species:
The following restricted-range species are also found in the region:
  • Colima Warbler
    Colima Warbler
    The Colima Warbler, Oreothlypis crissalis, is a New World warbler. It is mainly found in the Sierra Madre Occidental of central Mexico, though its range just barely extends into adjacent southwestern Texas in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park....



And the following are other species which are near-endemics
  • Thicket Tinamou
    Thicket Tinamou
    The Thicket Tinamou or Rufescent Tinamou, Crypturellus cinnamomeus, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical Central Mexico...

     (also found in northwestern Costa Rica)
  • Slaty-breasted Tinamou
    Slaty-breasted Tinamou
    The Slaty-breasted Tinamou or Boucard's Tinamou, Crypturellus boucardi, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forests of Central America...

     (also found south to northern Costa Rica)
  • Black Storm-petrel
    Black Storm-petrel
    The Black Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 46–51 cm....

     (also found in California)
  • Mexican Duck
    Mexican Duck
    The Mexican Duck is a dabbling duck in the genus Anas which breeds in Mexico and the southern USA. Most of the population is resident, but some northern birds migrate south to Mexico in winter....

  • Mottled Duck
    Mottled Duck
    The Mottled Duck or Mottled Mallard is a medium-sized dabbling duck. It is intermediate in appearance between the female Mallard and the American Black Duck. It is closely related to those species, and is sometimes considered a subspecies of the former, but this is inappropriate .There are two...

  • Plain Chachalaca
    Plain Chachalaca
    The Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula, is a large bird in the Cracidae family. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United States to northernmost Costa Rica....

     (also found in Texas)
  • Buffy-crowned Wood-partridge
    Buffy-crowned Wood-partridge
    The Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....

  • Montezuma Quail
    Montezuma Quail
    The Montezuma Quail is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's Quail, the Harlequin Quail , and the Fool Quail .-Description:At about 22 cm , it is one of the shortest quails of North America, although it weighs 180 g...

  • Spot-bellied Bobwhite
    Spot-bellied Bobwhite
    The Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Colinus leucopogon, is a ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Crested Bobwhite, Colinus cristatus...

  • Masked Bobwhite
  • Scaled Quail
    Scaled Quail
    The Scaled Quail , also commonly called Blue Quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico...

  • Gambel's Quail
    Gambel's Quail
    The Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California...

  • California Quail
    California Quail
    The California Quail, Callipepla californica, also known as the California Valley Quail or Valley Quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family...

  • Mountain Quail
    Mountain Quail
    The Mountain Quail, , is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla...



The following extinct species were formerly endemic:
  • Guadalupe Storm-petrel
    Guadalupe Storm-petrel
    The Guadalupe Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is apparently extinct.-Description and ecology:...


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