List of endemic birds of Mexico and northern Central America
This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
Patterns of endemism
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Genus-level endemism
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No bird families 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 has defined a number of Endemic Bird Areas and Secondary Areas in this region.
List of species
The following is a list of bird species endemic to the region of Mexico south to Nicaragua (M indicates a species endemic to Mexico; G, Guatemala).
The following is a list of species endemic to the region as breeding species:
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:
The following are species which are near-endemics that also occur in the southwestern United States:
- Plain chachalaca
- Montezuma quail
- Black storm-petrel
- Ridgway's rail
- Scripps's murrelet
- Whiskered screech-owl
- Elf owl
- Buff-collared nightjar
- Mexican whip-poor-will
- Blue-throated hummingbird
- Lucifer hummingbird
- Broad-billed hummingbird
- Buff-bellied hummingbird
- Violet-crowned hummingbird
- Eared quetzal
- Gila woodpecker
- Golden-fronted woodpecker
- Ladder-backed woodpecker
- Arizona woodpecker
- Gilded flicker
The following are species which are near-endemics that also occur south to Costa Rica:
- Thicket tinamou
- Slaty-breasted tinamou
- White-bellied chachalaca
- Buffy-crowned wood-partridge
- Buffy-crowned wood-partridge
- Ruddy crake
- Lesser ground-cuckoo
- Pacific screech-owl
- Great swallow-tailed swift
- Black-crested coquette
- Plain-capped starthroat
- Canivet's emerald
- Blue-tailed hummingbird
- Cinnamon hummingbird
- Black-headed trogon
- Keel-billed motmot
- Turquoise-browed motmot
- Hoffmann's woodpecker
- White-fronted parrot
- Orange-fronted parakeet
The following extinct species were formerly endemic:
- G Atitlan grebe (last reported 1986)
- Guadalupe storm-petrel
- M Imperial woodpecker
- M Guadalupe caracara (last reported 1990)
References
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=7