Aviary: photos of Huatulco birds

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fragata magnífica

Fregata magnificens

Brown Pelican

Pelícano café

Pelecanus occidentalis

Tricolored Heron

Garceta tricolor

Egretta tricolor

Boat-billed Heron

Garza cucharón

Cochlearius cochlearius

Green Heron

Garza verde

Butorides virescens

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Pedrete corona clara

Nyctanassa violacea

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Garza tigre mexicana

Tigrisoma mexicanum

Ringed Kingfisher

Martín pescador de collar

Megaceryle torquata

Amazon Kingfisher

Martín pescador amazónico

Chloroceryle amazona

American Oystercatcher

Ostrero americano

Haematopus palliatus

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Urraca-hermosa cara blanca

Calocitta formosa

Fun fact: Nothing else in its range looks like it: the crest and long tail give it away.

West Mexican ChachalacaEndemic

Chachalaca mexicana

Ortalis poliocephala

Citreoline TrogonEndemic

Trogón citrino

Trogon citreolus

Fun fact: It only lives in western Mexico. Check out its pale yellow eyes.

Collared Trogon

Trogón de collar

Trogon collaris

Fun fact: The male's tail is dark underneath with fine white bars. It prefers humid lowland and foothill forest.

Orange-breasted BuntingEndemic

Colorín pecho naranja

Passerina leclancherii

Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerEndemic

Carpintero cachete dorado

Centurus chrysogenys

Mexican Motmot

Momoto corona café

Momotus mexicanus

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Perico frente naranja

Aratinga canicularis

Fun fact: Across most of its range, it's the only parakeet around.

White-fronted Amazon

Loro frente blanca

Amazona albifrons

Fun fact: One of the smaller parrots: white forehead, red face and yellowish bill.

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Colibrí canelo

Amazilia rutila

Fun fact: Look for the all-cinnamon underparts and the red bill with a black tip.

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Carpintero pico plata

Campephilus guatemalensis

Fun fact: Its drum is a loud double knock, longer in western Mexico.

Red-breasted Chat

Granatelo mexicano

Granatellus venustus

Yellow-winged Cacique

Cacique mexicano

Cassiculus melanicterus

Great Kiskadee

Luis bienteveo

Pitangus sulphuratus

Fun fact: It eats almost anything: insects, fruit, lizards, even fish. Its call sounds like "kis-ka-dee".

Tropical Kingbird

Tirano tropical

Tyrannus melancholicus

Groove-billed Ani

Garrapatero pijuy

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Lesser Ground-Cuckoo

Cuclillo terrestre

Morococcyx erythropygus

Northern Cardinal

Cardenal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Tecolote bajeño

Glaucidium brasilianum

Fun fact: It's active by day. Sometimes you find it because a mob of small birds is harassing it.

Common Black Hawk

Aguililla negra menor

Buteogallus anthracinus

Crested Caracara

Caracara común

Caracara cheriway