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TINAMIDAE |
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Great Tinamou |
Tinamus major |
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Highland Tinamou |
Nothocercus
bonapartei |
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Little Tinamou |
Crypturellus
soui |
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Thicket Tinamou |
Crypturellus
cinnamonmeus |
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Slaty-breasted
Tinamou |
Crypturellus
boucardi |
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PODICIPEDIDAE |
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Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus
dominicus |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus
podiceps |
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Eared Grebe |
Podiceps
nigricollis |
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PROCELLARIIDAE |
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Black-capped Petrel |
Pterodroma
hasitata |
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Galapagos Petrel |
Pterodroma
phaeopygia |
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Parkinson's Petrel |
Procellaria
parkinsoni |
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Pink-footed
Shearwater |
Puffinus
creatopus |
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Greater Shearwater |
Puffinus gravis |
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Wedge-tailed
Shearwater |
Puffinus
pacificus |
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Sooty Shearwater |
Puffinus griseus |
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Short-tailed
Shearwater |
Puffinus
tenuirostris |
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Audubon's
Shearwater |
Puffinus
lherminieri |
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HYDROBATIDAE |
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Wilson's
Storm-Petrel |
Oceanites
oceanicus |
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White-faced
Storm-Petrel |
Pelagodroma
marina |
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Least Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma
microsoma |
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Wedge-rumped
Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma
tethys |
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Band-rumped
Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma
castro |
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Leach's
Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma
leucorhoa |
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Markham's
Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma
markhami |
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Black Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma
melania |
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PHAETHONTIDAE |
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Red-billed
Tropicbird |
Phaethon
aethereus |
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SULIDAE |
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Blue-footed Booby |
Sula nebouxii |
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Masked Booby |
Sula dactylatra |
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Brown Booby |
Sula leucogaster |
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Red-footed Booby |
Sula sula |
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PELECANIDAE |
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American White
Pelican |
Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos |
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Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus
occidentalis |
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PHALACROCORACIDAE |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
brasilianus |
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ANHINGIDAE |
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Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
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FREGATIDAE |
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Magnificent
Frigatebird |
Fregata
magnificens |
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Great Frigatebird |
Fregata minor |
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ARDEIDAE |
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Pinnated Bittern |
Botaurus
pinnatus |
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American Bittern |
Botaurus
lentiginosus |
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Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus
exilis |
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Rufescent
Tiger-Heron |
Tigrisoma
lineatum |
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Fasciated
Tiger-Heron |
Tigrisoma
fasciatum |
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Bare-throated
Tiger-Heron |
Tigrisoma
mexicanum |
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Black-crowned
Night-Heron |
Nycticorax
nycticorax |
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Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron |
Nyctanassa
violacea |
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Boat-billed Heron |
Cochlearius
cochlearius |
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Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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Green Heron |
Butorides
virescens |
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Striated Heron |
Butorides
striatus |
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Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
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Tricolored Heron |
Egretta tricolor |
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Reddish Egret |
Egretta
rufescens |
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Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
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Great Egret |
Ardea albus |
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Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
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Agami Heron |
Agamia agami |
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THRESKIORNITHIDAE |
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Green Ibis |
Mesembrinibis
cayennensis |
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White Ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
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Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis
falcinellus |
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White-faced Ibis |
Plegadis chihi |
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PLATALEINAE |
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Roseate Spoonbill |
Platalea ajaja |
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CICONIIDAE |
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Wood Stork |
Mycteria
americana |
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Jabiru |
Jabiru mycteria |
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CATHARTIDAE |
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Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
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Lesser Yellow-headed
Vulture |
Cathartes
burrovianus |
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Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
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King Vulture |
Sarcoramphus
papa |
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ANATIDAE |
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Dendrocygninae |
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Black-bellied
Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna
autumnalis |
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Fulvous
Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna
bicolor |
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White-faced
Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna
viduata |
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Anatinae |
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Muscovy Duck |
Cairina moschata |
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American Wigeon |
Anas americana |
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Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
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Mallard |
Anas
platyrhynchos |
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Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
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Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
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Cinnamon Teal |
Anas cyanoptera |
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Northern Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
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Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
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Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
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Greater Scaup |
Aythya marila |
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Masked Duck |
Oxyura dominica |
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ACCIPITRIDAE |
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Pandionidae |
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Osprey |
Pandion
haliaetus |
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Accipitrinae |
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Gray-headed Kite |
Leptodon
cayanensis |
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Hook-billed Kite |
Chondrohierax
uncinatus |
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Swallow-tailed Kite |
Elanoides
forficatus |
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Pearl Kite |
Gampsonyx
swainsonii |
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White-tailed Kite |
Elanus leucurus |
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Snail Kite |
Rostrhamus
sociabilis |
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Double-toothed Kite |
Harpagus
bidentatus |
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Plumbeous Kite |
Ictinia plumbea |
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Mississippi Kite |
Ictinia
mississippiensis |
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Crane Hawk |
Geranospiza
caerulescens |
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Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter
striatus |
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Tiny Hawk |
Accipiter
superciliosus |
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Cooper's Hawk |
Accipiter
cooperii |
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Bicolored Hawk |
Accipiter
bicolor |
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Barred Hawk |
Leucopternis
princeps |
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Semiplumbeous Hawk |
Leucopternis
semiplumbea |
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White Hawk |
Leucopternis
albicollis |
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Gray Hawk |
Asturina nitida |
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Common Black-Hawk |
Buteogallus
anthracinus |
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Mangrove Black-Hawk |
Buteogallus
subtilis |
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Great Black-Hawk |
Buteogallus
urubitinga |
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Savanna Hawk |
Buteogallus
meridionalis |
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Solitary Eagle |
Harpyhaliaetus
solitarius |
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Black-collared Hawk |
Busarellus
nigricollis |
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Bay-winged Hawk |
Parabuteo
unicinctus |
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Roadside Hawk |
Buteo
magnirostris |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo
platypterus |
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Short-tailed Hawk |
Buteo brachyurus |
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Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo swainsoni |
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White-tailed Hawk |
Buteo
albicaudatus |
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Zone-tailed Hawk |
Buteo
albonotatus |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo
jamaicensis |
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Crested Eagle |
Morphnus
guianensis |
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Harpy Eagle |
Harpia harpyja |
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Black-and-white
Hawk-Eagle |
Spizastur
melanoleucus |
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Ornate Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus
ornatus |
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Black Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus
tyrannus |
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FALCONIDAE |
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Micrasturinae |
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Barred
Forest-Falcon |
Micrastur
ruficollis |
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Slaty-backed
Forest-Falcon |
Micrastur
mirandollei |
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Collared
Forest-Falcon |
Micrastur
semitorquatus |
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Caracarinae |
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Red-throated
Caracara |
Ibycter
americanus |
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Crested Caracara |
Caracara
cheriway |
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Yellow-headed
Caracara |
Milvago
chimachima |
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Falconinae |
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Laughing Falcon |
Herpetotheres
cachinnans |
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American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
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Merlin |
Falco
columbarius |
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Bat Falcon |
Falco
rufigularis |
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Aplomado Falcon |
Falco femoralis |
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Orange-breasted
Falcon |
Falco
deiroleucus |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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CRACIDAE |
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Plain Chachalaca |
Ortalis vetula |
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Gray-headed
Chachalaca |
Ortalis
cinereiceps |
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Crested Guan |
Penelope
purpurascens |
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Black Guan |
Chamaepetes
unicolor |
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Great Curassow |
Crax rubra |
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ODONTOPHORIDAE |
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Buffy-crowned
Wood-Partridge |
Dendrortyx
leucophrys |
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Spot-bellied
Bobwhite |
Colinus
leucopogon |
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Crested Bobwhite |
Colinus
cristatus |
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Marbled Wood-Quail |
Odontophorus
gujanensis |
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Black-eared
Wood-Quail |
Odontophorus
erythrops |
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Spotted Wood-Quail |
Odontophorus
guttatus |
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Black-breasted
Wood-Quail |
Odontophorus
leucolaemus |
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Tawny-faced Quail |
Rhynchortyx
cinctus |
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RALLIDAE |
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Spotted Rail |
Pardirallus
maculatus |
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Uniform Crake |
Amaurolimnas
concolor |
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Gray-necked
Wood-Rail |
Aramides cajanea |
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Rufous-necked
Wood-Rail |
Aramides
axillaris |
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Sora |
Porzana carolina |
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Yellow-breasted
Crake |
Porzana
flaviventer |
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Black Rail |
Laterallus
jamaicensis |
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White-throated
Crake |
Laterallus
albigularis |
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Gray-breasted Crake |
Laterallus
exilis |
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Ruddy Crake |
Laterallus ruber |
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Paint-billed Crake |
Neocrex
erythrops |
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Ocellated Crake |
Micropygia
schomburgkii |
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Common Moorhen |
Gallinula
chloropus |
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Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrula
martinica |
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American Coot |
Fulica americana |
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HELIORNITHIDAE |
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Sungrebe |
Heliornis fulica |
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EURYPYGIDAE |
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Sunbittern |
Eurypyga helias |
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ARAMIDAE |
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Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
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BURHINIDAE |
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Double-striped
Thick-Knee |
Burhinus
bistriatus |
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CHARADRIIDAE |
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Southern Lapwing |
Vanellus
chilensis |
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American
Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis
dominica |
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Black-bellied
Plover |
Pluvialis
squatarola |
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Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius
semipalmatus |
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Wilson's Plover |
Charadrius
wilsonia |
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Killdeer |
Charadrius
vociferus |
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Snowy Plover |
Charadrius
alexandrinus |
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Collared Plover |
Charadrius
collaris |
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HAEMATOPODIDAE |
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American
Oystercatcher |
Haematopus
palliatus |
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RECURVIROSTRIDAE |
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Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus
mexicanus |
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American Avocet |
Recurvirostra
americana |
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JACANIDAE |
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Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
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Wattled Jacana |
Jacana jacana |
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SCOLOPACIDAE |
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Hudsonian Godwit |
Limosa
haemastica |
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Marbled Godwit |
Limosa fedoa |
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Whimbrel |
Numenius
phaeopus |
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Long-billed Curlew |
Numenius
americanus |
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Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia
longicauda |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa
melanoleuca |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
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Willet |
Catoptrophorus
semipalmatus |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis
macularia |
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Wandering Tattler |
Heteroscelus
incanus |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria
interpres |
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Common Snipe |
Gallinago
gallinago |
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Short-billed
Dowitcher |
Limnodromus
griseus |
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Long-billed
Dowitcher |
Limnodromus
scolopaceus |
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Surfbird |
Aphriza virgata |
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Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
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Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
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Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
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Semipalmated
Sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
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Least Sandpiper |
Calidris
minutilla |
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White-rumped
Sandpiper |
Calidris
fuscicollis |
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Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris bairdii |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris
melanotos |
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Dunlin |
Calidris alpina |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris
ferruginea |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris
himantopus |
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Buff-breasted
Sandpiper |
Tryngites
subruficollis |
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Ruff |
Philomachus
pugnax |
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Red Phalarope |
Phalaropus
fulicarius |
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Red-necked
Phalarope |
Phalaropus
lobatus |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
Steganopus
tricolor |
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LARIDAE |
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Stercorariinae |
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South Polar Skua |
Catharacta
maccormicki |
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Long-tailed Jaeger |
Stercorarius
longicaudus |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
Stercorarius
parasiticus |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
Stercorarius
pomarinus |
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Larinae |
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Ring-billed Gull |
Larus
delawarensis |
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Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus |
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Lesser Black-backed
Gull |
Larus fuscus |
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Laughing Gull |
Larus atricilla |
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Franklin's Gull |
Larus pipixcan |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus
philadelphia |
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Gray Gull |
Larus modestus |
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Heermann's Gull |
Larus heermanni |
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Sabine's Gull |
Xema sabini |
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Sterninae |
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Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
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Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
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Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
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Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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Forster's Tern |
Sterna forsteri |
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Arctic Tern |
Sterna
paradisaea |
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Bridled Tern |
Sterna
anaethetus |
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Sooty Tern |
Sterna fuscata |
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Least Tern |
Sterna
antillarum |
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Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
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Sandwich Tern |
Sterna
sandvicensis |
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Elegant Tern |
Sterna elegans |
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Brown Noddy |
Anous stolidus |
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Black Noddy |
Anous minutus |
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White Tern |
Gygis alba |
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Rynchopinae |
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Black Skimmer |
Rynchops niger |
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COLUMBIDAE |
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Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
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White-crowned
Pigeon |
Columba
leucocephala |
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Scaled Pigeon |
Columba speciosa |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
Columba fasciata |
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Pale-vented Pigeon |
Columba
cayennensis |
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Red-billed Pigeon |
Columba
flavirostris |
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Ruddy Pigeon |
Columba
subvinacea |
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Short-billed Pigeon |
Columba
nigrirostris |
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Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
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White-winged Dove |
Zenaida asiatica |
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Common Ground-Dove |
Columbina
passerina |
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Plain-breasted
Ground-Dove |
Columbina minuta |
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Ruddy Ground-Dove |
Columbina
talpacoti |
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Inca Dove |
Columbina inca |
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Blue Ground-Dove |
Claravis
pretiosa |
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Maroon-chested
Ground-Dove |
Claravis
mondetoura |
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White-tipped Dove |
Leptotila
verreauxi |
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Gray-fronted Dove |
Leptotila
rufaxilla |
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Gray-chested Dove |
Leptotila
cassinii |
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Purplish-backed
Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
lawrencii |
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Buff-fronted
Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
costaricensis |
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Chiriqui Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
chiriquensis |
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Olive-backed
Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
veraguensis |
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Violaceous
Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
Violácea |
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Ruddy Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
montana |
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PSITTACIDAE |
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Arinae |
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Scarlet Macaw |
Ara macao |
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Great Green Macaw |
Ara ambigua |
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Crimson-fronted
Parakeet |
Aratinga finschi |
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Olive-throated
Parakeet |
Aratinga nana |
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Orange-fronted
Parakeet |
Aratinga
canicularis |
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Brown-throated
Parakeet |
Aratinga
pertinax |
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Sulfur-winged
Parakeet |
Pyrrhura
hoffmanni |
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Barred Parakeet |
Bolborhynchus
lineola |
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Orange-chinned
Parakeet |
Brotogeris
jugularis |
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Red-fronted
Parrotlet |
Touit
costaricensis |
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Brown-hooded Parrot |
Pionopsitta
haematotis |
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White-crowned
Parrot |
Pionus senilis |
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Blue-headed Parrot |
Pionus menstruus |
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White-fronted
Parrot |
Amazona
albifrons |
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Red-lored Parrot |
Amazona
autumnalis |
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Yellow-naped Parrot |
Amazona
auropalliata |
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Mealy Parrot |
Amazona farinosa |
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CUCULIDAE |
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Coccyzinae |
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Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
erythropthalmus |
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Yellow-billed
Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
americanus |
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Mangrove Cuckoo |
Coccyzus minor |
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Cocos Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
ferrugineus |
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Squirrel Cuckoo |
Piaya cayana |
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Neomorphinae |
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Striped Cuckoo |
Tapera naevia |
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Lesser
Ground-Cuckoo |
Morococcyx
erythropygius |
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Pheasant Cuckoo |
Dromococcyx
phasianellus |
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Rufous-vented
Ground-Cuckoo |
Neomorphus
geoffroyi |
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Crotophaginae |
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Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga
sulcirostris |
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Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga ani |
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TYTONIDAE |
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Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
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STRIGIDAE |
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Tropical
Screech-Owl |
Otus choliba |
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Pacific Screech-Owl |
Otus cooperi |
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Vermiculated
Screech-Owl |
Otus guatemalae |
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Bare-shanked
Screech-Owl |
Otus clarkii |
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Crested Owl |
Lophostrix
cristata |
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Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
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Spectacled Owl |
Pulsatrix
perspicillata |
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Central American
Pygmy-Owl |
Glaucidium
griseiceps |
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Costa Rican
Pygmy-Owl |
Glaucidium
costaricanum |
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Ferruginous
Pygmy-Owl |
Glaucidium
brasilianum |
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Burrowing Owl |
Athene
cunicularia |
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Mottled Owl |
Ciccaba virgata |
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Black-and-white Owl |
Ciccaba
nigrolineata |
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Striped Owl |
Asio clamator |
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
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Unspotted Saw-whet
Owl |
Aegolius
ridgwayi |
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CAPRIMULGIDAE |
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Chordeilinae |
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Short-tailed
Nighthawk |
Lurocalis
semitorquatus |
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Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
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Lesser Nighthawk |
Chordeiles
acutipennis |
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Caprimulginae |
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Common Pauraque |
Nyctidromus
albicollis |
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Ocellated Poorwill |
Nyctiphrynus
ocellatus |
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Chuck-will's-widow |
Caprimulgus
carolinensis |
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Rufous Nightjar |
Caprimulgus
rufus |
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Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus
vociferus |
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Dusky Nightjar |
Caprimulgus
saturatus |
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White-tailed
Nightjar |
Caprimulgus
cayennensis |
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NYCTIBIIDAE |
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Great Potoo |
Nyctibius
grandis |
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Common Potoo |
Nyctibius
griseus |
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Northern Potoo |
Nyctibius
jamaicensis |
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STEATORNITHIDAE |
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Oilbird |
Steatornis
caripensis |
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APODIDAE |
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Cypseloidinae |
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Black Swift |
Cypseloides
niger |
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White-chinned Swift |
Cypseloides
cryptus |
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Spot-fronted Swift |
Cypseloides
cherriei |
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Chestnut-collared
Swift |
Streptoprocne
rutila |
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White-collared
Swift |
Streptoprocne
zonaris |
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Chaeturinae |
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Chimney Swift |
Chaetura
pelagica |
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Vaux's Swift |
Chaetura vauxi |
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Band-rumped Swift |
Chaetura
spinicauda |
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Gray-rumped Swift |
Chaetura
cinereiventris |
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Apodinae |
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Lesser Swallow-tailed
Swift |
Panyptila
cayennensis |
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Great Swallow-tailed
Swift |
Panyptila
sanctihieronymi |
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TROCHILIDAE |
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Phaethornithinae |
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White-tipped
Sicklebill |
Eutoxeres aquila |
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Bronzy Hermit |
Glaucis aenea |
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Band-tailed
Barbthroat |
Threnetes
ruckeri |
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Long-billed Hermit |
Phaethornis
longirostris |
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Green Hermit |
Phaethornis guy |
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Little Hermit |
Phaethornis
striigularis |
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Trochilinae |
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Green-fronted
Lancebill |
Doryfera
ludoviciae |
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Scaly-breasted
Hummingbird |
Phaeochroa
cuvierii |
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Violet Sabrewing |
Campylopterus
hemileucurus |
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White-necked
Jacobin |
Florisuga
mellivora |
|
Brown Violet-ear |
Colibri
delphinae |
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Green Violet-ear |
Colibri
thalassinus |
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Green-breasted
Mango |
Anthracothorax
prevostii |
|
Veraguan Mango |
Anthracothorax
veraguensis |
|
Violet-headed
Hummingbird |
Klais guimeti |
|
White-crested
Coquette |
Lophornis
adorabilis |
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Black-crested
Coquette |
Lophornis
helenae |
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Rufous-crested
Coquette |
Lophornis
delattrei |
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Green Thorntail |
Discosura
conversii |
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Canivet's Emerald |
Chlorostilbon
canivetii |
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Garden Emerald |
Chlorostilbon
assimilis |
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Violet-crowned
Woodnymph |
Thalurania
colombica |
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Fiery-throated
Hummingbird |
Panterpe
insignis |
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Sapphire-throated
Hummingbird |
Lepidopyga
coeruleogularis |
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Blue-throated
Goldentail |
Hylocharis
eliciae |
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White-bellied
Emerald |
Amazilia |