List of birds of the Sierra Madre Occidental
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Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...
, a mountain range in western Mexico and the extreme southwest of the United States. *Bright-rumped attila, '' Attila spadiceus'' *Lazuli bunting, '' Passerina amoena'' *Bushtit, '' Psaltriparus minimus'' *Mexican chickadee, '' Poecile sclateri'' *American dipper, '' Cinclus mexicanus'' *Blue-hooded euphonia, '' Euphonia elegantissima'' *Cordilleran flycatcher, '' Empidonax occidentalis'' *Hammond's flycatcher, '' Empidonax hammondii'' *Pine flycatcher, '' Empidonax affinis'' *Evening grosbeak, '' Coccothraustes vespertinus'' *Yellow grosbeak, '' Pheucticus chrysopeplus'' *Rusty-crowned ground-sparrow, '' Melozone kieneri'' *Blue-throated hummingbird, '' Lampornis clemenciae'' *Broad-tailed hummingbird, '' Selasphorus platycercus'' *Magnificent hummingbird, '' Eugenes fulgens'' *White-eared hummingbird, '' Hylocharis leucotis'' *Mexican jay, ''
Aphelocoma ultramarina The jay (''Aphelocoma ultramarina'') is a bird endemic to Mexico. Description It is a medium-large (~120 g) passerine bird similar in size to most other jays, with a blue head, blue-gray mantle, blue wings and tail, gray breast and underparts. ...
'' *White-tailed kite, '' Elanus leucurus'' *Black-throated magpie-jay, '' Calocitta colliei'' *Purple martin, '' Progne subis'' *Buff-collared nightjar, '' Antrostomus ridgwayi'' *Pygmy nuthatch, '' Sitta pygmaea'' *Elf owl, '' Micrathene whitneyi'' *Flammulated owl, '' Otus flammeolus'' *Spotted owl, '' Strix occidentalis'' *Whiskered screech-owl, '' Megascops trichopsis'' *Thick-billed parrot, ''
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha The thick-billed parrot (''Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha'') is a medium-sized parrot endemic to Mexico that formerly ranged into the southwestern United States. Its position in parrot phylogeny is the subject of ongoing discussion; it is sometimes ...
'' *Western wood pewee, '' Contopus sordidulus'' *Band-tailed pigeon, '' Patagioenas fasciata'' *Elegant quail, '' Callipepla douglasii'' *Montezuma quail, ''
Cyrtonyx montezumae The Montezuma quail (''Cyrtonyx montezumae'') is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's quail, the harlequin quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the fool qu ...
'' *Eared quetzal, '' Euptilotis neoxenus'' *Painted redstart, '' Myioborus pictus'' *Townsend's solitaire, '' Myadestes townsendi'' *Five-striped sparrow, '' Amphispizopsis quinquestriata'' *Rufous-crowned sparrow, '' Aimophila ruficeps'' *Plain-capped starthroat, '' Heliomaster constantii'' *Vaux's swift, '' Chaetura vauxi'' *White-throated swift, '' Aeronautes saxatalis'' *Flame-colored tanager, '' Piranga bidentata'' *Hepatic tanager, '' Piranga flava'' *Red-headed tanager, '' Piranga erythrocephala'' *Bridled titmouse, '' Baeolophus wollweberi'' *Spotted towhee, '' Pipilo maculatus'' *Hutton's vireo, '' Vireo huttoni'' *Plumbeous vireo, '' Vireo plumbeus'' *Yellow-green vireo, '' Vireo flavoviridis'' *Golden-browed warbler, '' Basileuterus belli'' *Grace's warbler, '' Setophaga graciae'' *Hermit warbler, '' Setophaga occidentalis'' *Red warbler, '' Cardellina ruber'' *Red-faced warbler, '' Cardellina rubrifrons'' *Yellow warbler, '' Setophaga petechia'' *Acorn woodpecker, '' Melanerpes formicivorus'' *Arizona woodpecker, '' Picoides arizonae''
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...
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Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...