Birding

MAMA NOOTS JUNGLE RESORT BIRD LIST
List compiled by H. Lee Jones

English Name	Scientific Name	Creole and Maya Names	Status

TINAMOUS − TINAMIDAE
Great Tinamou	Tinamus major	Blue-foot Partridge; kolol	fP
Little Tinamou	Crypturellus soui	Bawley; sh'lul	fP
Slaty-breasted Tinamou	Crypturellus boucardi	Red-footed Partridge; balee	fP

HERONS AND EGRETS − ARDEIDAE
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma mexicanum	Barking Gaulin; ho'chai	uP
Great Egret	Ardea alba	White Gaulin; ho ho	oV
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea	Blue Gaulin; ta'an ho ho	oV
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	White Gaulin; ho ho	fV

STORKS − CICONIIDAE
Wood Stork	Mycteria americana	John Crow Culu	oV

NEW WORLD VULTURES − CATHARTIDAE
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus	John Crow; bosh ch'om	cP
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura	Doctor John Crow; bosh ch'om	cP
King Vulture	Sarcoramphus papa	King John Crow; ussi	uP

KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES AND ALLIES − ACCIPITRIDAE
Hook-billed Kite	Chondrohierax uncinatus		uP
Swallow-tailed Kite	Elanoides forficatus	Scissors-tail Hawk; tihera nej	fS
Plumbeous Kite	Ictinia plumbea		uS
White Hawk	Leucopternis albicollis	suc muhan	uP
Gray Hawk	Asturina nitida		fP
Great Black-Hawk	Buteogallus urubitinga	Chicken Hawk; muhan	uP
Roadside Hawk	Buteo magnirostris	Chicken Hawk; muhan	fP
Short-tailed Hawk	Buteo brachyurus		fP
Black Hawk-Eagle	Spizastur tyrannus	kush kush tapi	uP

FALCONS − FALCONIDAE
Barred Forest-Falcon	Micrastur ruficollis		uP
Collared Forest-Falcom	Micrastur semitorquatus	toov	uP
Laughing Falcon	Herpetotheres cachinnans	bac bac	fP
Bat Falcon	Falco rufigularis		uP

GUANS AND CURASSOWS − CRACIDAE
Plain Chachalaca	Ortalis vetula	Cocrico; batch	cP
Crested Guan	Penelope purpurascens	Quam; cosh	uP
Great Curassow	Crax rubra	Carasow; k'un bul	uP

TURKEYS AND PHEASANTS − PHASIANIDAE
Ocellated Turkey	Meleagris ocellata	cutz mam	lP

RAILS AND GALLINULES − RALLIDAE
Ruddy Crake	Laterallus ruber	Dodging Bull; oi oi	lP
Gray-necked Wood-Rail	Aramides cajanea	Top-na-chick; Cocoli; konkolich	uP

SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES − SCOLOPACIDAE
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularia	Shaky Batty	lW

PIGEONS AND DOVES − COLUMBIDAE
Pale-vented Pigeon	Columba cayennensis	Blue Pigeon; paloma	cP
Scaled Pigeon	Columba speciosa	Mountain Pigeon; paloma	fP
Short-billed Pigeon	Columba nigrirostris	wortis coh poo	cP
Ruddy Ground-Dove	Columbina talpacoti	Turtle Dove; puru wok	cP
Blue Ground-Dove	Claravis pretiosa	Blue Dove; tut	cP
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi	Ground Pigeon; tzu tzui	lP
Gray-fronted Dove	Leptotila rufaxilla	Ground Pigeon; tzu tzui	cP
Gray-chested Dove	Leptotila cassini	Ground Pigeon; tzu tzui	cP
Ruddy Quail-Dove	Geotrygon montana	Quail; chuk tzu tzui	uP

PARROTS − PSITTACIDAE
Olive-throated Parakeet	Aratinga nana	Wood Lice Kiti; pili	cP
Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao	Guacamaya; mo'	oV
Brown-hooded Parrot	Pionopsitta haematotis	silon	cP
White-crowned Parrot	Pionus senilis	suc pol	cP
Red-lored Parrot	Amazona autumnalis	Mangro Parrot; chuk ni	cP
Mealy Parrot	Amazona farinosa	Watch-out Parrot; ya'ax tut	cP

CUCKOOS − CUCULIDAE
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana	Pe-quam; chi'ich peech	cP
Groove-billed Ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris	Wari Tick Blackbird; tz'ic bul	cP

TYPICAL OWLS − STRIGIDAE
Vermiculated Screech-Owl	Otus guatemalae	Monkey Bird; bouh	uP
Spectacled Owl	Pulsatrix perspicillata	bouh	uP
Central American Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium griseiceps	ton ton	lP
Mottled Owl	Ciccaba virgata	Screech Owl; bouh	fP
Black-and-white Owl	Ciccaba nigrolineata	bouh	fP

NIGHTHAWKS AND NIGHTJARS − CAPRIMULGIDAE
Lesser Nighthawk	Chordeiles acutipennis	pou hoi	fW
Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	pou hoi	oT
Common Pauraque	Nyctidromus albicollis	Hoo-yoo;puiyero	cP

POTOOS − NYTIBIIDAE
Northern Potoo	Nyctibius jamaicensis	Six-month Bird	uP

SWIFTS − APODIDAE
White-collared Swift	Streptoprocne zonaris	kusal	fP
Vaux's Swift	Chaetura vauxi	kusal	cP
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift	Panyptila cayennensis	kusal	fP

HUMMINGBIRDS − TROCHILIDAE
Long-billed Hermit	Phaethornis striigularis	tzunon	cP
Stripe-throated Hermit	Phaethornis striigularis	tzunon	cP
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird	Phaeochroa cuvieri	tzunon