MAZATLAN TO BAJA CALIFORNIA & LIST (by ferry) 
MEXICO

SINALOA (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (9th October, 2004)

 

Birding Site Guide

We took the ferry from Mazatlan to Baja California. We saw some interesting birds in town and around the harbour area. 21 species including 7 lifers. 


Species seen 

  • Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
  • Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
  • Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni Near-threatened
  • Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
  • Franklin's Gull ? Larus pipixcan
  • Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced species
  • White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
  • Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
  • Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
  • Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
  • Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae Endemic
  • Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced species


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse 

 

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