• Source: 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




    = 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:

    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)
    M Slender-billed Grackle


    References


    "Data Zone". BirdLife International.

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