SAN BLAS & LIST
MEXICO
NAYARIT (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (17-19th October, 2004)
Birding Site Guide
San Blas can be reached by a 2hr bus from Tepic. We stayed at the Hotel Ranchero which was basic and cost 150 pesos for a double. There are several different areas good for birding. On the Sewage-pond trail (lots of mosquitos) I saw many waterbirds as well as Black-throated Magpie-Jays. At the castle on the hill we saw Mexican Parrotlets and on the outskirts of town I saw Black-vented Oriole and Paraque. On the way to La Bajada there were mangroves and shrimp ponds with Yellow-winged Caciques and many waterbirds. 64 species including 14 lifers.
Species seen
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Gray Hawk Asturina nitida
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Wilson's Snipe ? Gallinago delicata
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Solitary Sandpiper ? Tringa solitaria
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
- Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
- Western Sandpiper ? Calidris mauri
- Franklin's Gull ? Larus pipixcan
- Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Mexican Parrotlet Forpus cyanopygius Endemic
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird ? Agyrtria violiceps
- Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys Endemic
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus Endemic
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta colliei Endemic
- Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae Endemic
- Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
- Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Aimophila ruficauda
- Lark Sparrow ? Chondestes grammacus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Yellow-winged Cacique Cacicus melanicterus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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