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Endemic birds of Mexico and northern Central America

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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.

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Genus-level endemism

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:

  • Black-vented shearwater
  • Least storm-petrel
  • Guadalupe murrelet
  • Craveri's murrelet
  • 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:

  • Colima warbler
  • 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

    Endemic birds of Mexico and northern Central America Wikipedia