PICTURE GUIDE TO BIRDS

OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL

John Mosesso Jr.

Marion Schneider Marion Schneider Alan D. Wilson

WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD BROWN PELICAN Pelecanus occidentalis

Phaethon lepturus

Aviceda Muriel Gottrop Roy & Danielle Roger Zenner

BROWN BOOBY Sula leucogaster RED-FOOTED BOOBY Sula sula

Sheep81 Patrick Coin Matt Edmonds Balabiot

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

Phalacrocorax auritus Fregata magnificens

Andreas Trepte Lukasz Lukasik Alan D. Wilson Mike Baird

GREAT EGRET Ardea alba GREAT BLUE HERON

Ardea herodias

Wing- J. M. Garg Ravi Vaidyanathan Kclama Matt Knoth Chi Poon

CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis GREEN HERON Butorides virescens

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Len Blumin Patrick Boyle Regular Daddy Jack Wolf

LITTLE BLUE HERON SNOWY EGRET Egretta thula

Egretta caerulea

Alan D. Wilson Terry Foote Googie Man R. Hurtubia

TRICOLORED HERON Egretta tricolor YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

Nyctanassa violacea

Dario Sanches Mike Baird A. Mikosik Alan D. Wilson MPF

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON BLUE-WINGED TEAL Anas discors

Nycticorax nycticorax

mauricholas imagnus John Harrison Raj Boora

OSPREY Pandion haliaetus MERLIN Falco columbarius

Kevin Cole USFWS Elaine R. Wilson

PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus SORA Porzana Carolina

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Tim Bowman Jcwf Mike Baird Mdf

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SPOTTED SANDPIPER Actitis macularius

Pluvialis squatarola

Tim Bowman Andreas Trepte Mdf IJmuiden

RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres SANDERLING Calidris alba

Alan D. Wilson B. navez WilliamBKH B. navez

GREATER BROWN NODDY Anous stolidus

YELLOWLEGS

Tringa melanoleuca

B. navez B. navez Z dead Jcwf

SOOTY NODDY Anous tenuirostris LAUGHING GULL Larus atricilla

Bear Golden Retriever Duncan Wright Duncan Wright

LEAST TERN Sterna antillarum SOOTY TERN Sterna fuscata

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Mike Baird savannahgrandfather

ROYAL TERN WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON

Sterna maxima Patagioenas leucocephala

J. Folmer Jim Conrad Mdf Elon Howard Eaton

WHITE-WINGED DOVE YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Coccyzus americanus

Zenaida asiatica

leppyone Thomas Gilbert Pearson NPS Bob Hines

COMMON NIGHTHAWK Chordeiles minor CHIMNEY SWIFT

Chaetura pelagica

Jimfbleak Juan Bahamon

RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD GREEN-BREASTED MANGO

Amazilia tzacatl Anthracothorax prevostii prevostii

Steve Maslowski Joe Schneid Ruestz dominic sherony

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD CUBAN EMERALD HUMMINGBIRD

Archilochus colubris Chlorostilbon ricordii

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male Kevin Cole John James Audubon Mike Baird dominic sherony KenThomas

BELTED KINGFISHER Megaceryle alcyon YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER

Sphyrapicus varius

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Patrick Coin USFS

EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE Contopus virens YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER

Empidonax flaviventris

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Peter Wallack C4Miles Vincent P. Lucas

GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER SCISSORTAIL FLYCATCHER

Myiarchus crinitus Tyrannus forficatus

Dori Bot MONGO dominic sherony

EASTERN KINGBIRD Tyrannus tyrannus PILEATED FLYCATCHER

Xenotriccus mexicanus

Beentree

Malene Thyssen Thermos JJ Cadiz Dori

BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica PURPLE MARTIN Progne subis

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Axel Strauss Naumann Jerry Oldenettel

BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia SOUTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Mdf Walter Siegmund W. Wander Mwanner

TREE SWALLOW Tachycineta bicolor GRAY CATBIRD Dumetella carolinensis

Ltshears Lee Karney USFWS Mark Catesby

HERMIT THRUSH Catharus guttatus GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH Catharus minimus

USNPS José Loaiza Steve Maslowski

SWAINSON'S THRUSH Catharus ustulatus WOOD THRUSH Hylocichla mustelina

Ken Thomas Dori Bot Albuttlee

CEDAR WAXWING Bombycilla cedrorum BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO Vireo altiloquus

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Mdf Derek Bakken

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO Vireo flavifrons WHITE-EYED VIREO Vireo griseus

Kala Nag

YUCATAN VIREO Vireo magister RED-EYED VIREO Vireo olivaceus

Brian Mcclure

MANGROVE VIREO Vireo pallens PHILADELPHIA VIREO Vireo philadelphicus

Sytiste Mdf L. Agassiz

SOLITARY VIREO Vireo solitarius BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER

Dendroica caerulescens

Louis Agassiz Mdf Mdf

BAY-BREASTED WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER Dendroica cerulea

Dendroica castanea

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Pterzian LouisAgassizFuertes John Harrison Steve Maslowski Wolfgang Wander

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER Dendroica discolor

Dendroica coronate

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Tony Hisgett Louis Agassiz Fuertes Mdf

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER Dendroica fusca

Dendroica dominica

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Brian Mcclure Matthew Hoelscher Wolfgang Wander

MAGNOLIA WARBLER Dendroica magnolia PALM WARBLER Dendroica palmarum

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Mdf

CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER MANGROVE WARBLER

Dendroica pensylvanica Dendroica petechia erithachorides

Mdf Louis Agassiz Fuertes USFWS Louis Agassiz Fuertes

YELLOW WARBLER Dendroica petechia CAPE MAY WARBLER

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Louis Agassiz Fuertes John Harrison Tnolley Wolfgang Wander Cephas

BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER COMMON YELLOWTHROAT

Dendroica virens Geothlypis trichas

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Louis Agassiz Fuertes USBLM

WORM-EATING WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Icteria virens

Helmitheros vermivorum

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Will Sweet Chris Harshaw

SWAINSON’S WARBLER BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER Mniotilta varia

Limnothlypis swainsonii

USFWS Louis Agassiz Fuertes D.Berganza Badioby

KENTUCKY WARBLER NORTHERN PARULA Parula americana

Oporornis formosus

Mdf Louis Agassiz Fuertes USFWS

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER OVENBIRD Seiurus aurocapilla

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Louis Agassiz Fuertes Louis Agassiz Fuertes Derek Bakken

LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH

Seiurus motacilla Seiurus noveboracensis

Steve Maslowski Lilac Breasted Roller Louis Agassiz Fuertes

AMERICAN REDSTART GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER

Setophaga ruticilla Vermivora chrysoptera

Jerry Oldenettel Louis Agassiz Fuertes Wwsig

TENNESSEE WARBLER Vermivora peregrine BLUE-WINGED WARBLER

Vermivora pinus

Lilac Breasted Roller Louis Agassiz Fuertes David Brezinski Dave Menke

HOODED WARBLER Wilsonia citrina BALTIMORE ORIOLE Icterus galbula

Badjoby dominic sherony David Jensen Patrick Coin Michael L. Baird

ORCHARD ORIOLE Icterus spurius GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE

Quiscalus mexicanus Page 10

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leppyone Steve Maslowski D. Sherony

SCARLET TANAGER Piranga olivacea SUMMER TANAGER Piranga rubra

Craig Houghton Mdf Louis Agassiz Fuertes Jerry Friedman

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH Carduelis tristis BLUE GROSBEAK Passerina caerulea

Doug Janson NPS Kevin Bolton hart curt

PAINTED BUNTING Passerina ciris INDIGO BUNTING Passerina cyanea

Ken Thomas Louis Agassiz Fuertes Benimoto

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Pheucticus ludovicianus

The images herein are not necessarily from Glover’s Reef Atoll but illustrate species seen there

For detailed species descriptions and information on habitat, life history, economic significance and distribution,

go to “A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador” by Edward L. Chalif

and Roger Tory Peterson (1999, Peterson Field Guides)

Images from Glover’s Reef Atoll are by Alex Tilley. All others are from Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/. They are credited to the authors where known, and are used under the Creative

Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic licenses

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:CC-BY-SA

and the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

This may be duplicated for educational purposes in compliance with the above licenses (November, 2010)

This Guide was created for WCS by biologist and former Glover’s Reef Research Station Manager Tom Bright

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Glover’s Reef Research Station, Belize

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