Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Yucatán Peninsula
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Yucatán Peninsula
Materials recorded in Yucatán Peninsula
List of all the materials recorded in Yucatán Peninsula, sorted by rating.624 Videos
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
A preening bird in a small tree, just after dawn.
LocalityRio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species) Pieter de Groot Boersma 28 July 2005 20 sec 4.8
Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
A bird flying and picking up a dead fish from the river and bringing it to a tree while calling.
LocalityRio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp anthracinus) Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2005 25 sec 4.7
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
A bird taking a sunbath in the early morning.
LocalityRio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species) Pieter de Groot Boersma 28 July 2005 31 sec 4.7
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
A bird in a tree, looking around and flying away
LocalityFelipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ridgwayi) Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 39 sec 4.7
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
A bird in a tree, singing
LocalityFelipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ridgwayi) Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 30 sec 4.7
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
A bird catching a snail, going to a pond to wash it and then feeding the immature that was waiting
LocalityCoba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp dolosus) Josep del Hoyo 28 September 2006 43 sec 4.7
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Two birds in the water, one standing and the other one feeding, surrounded by Wilson's Phalaropes, before flying away
LocalityRio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ruber) Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 47 sec 4.7
Olive-throated Parakeet (Aratinga nana)
A pair in front of their nest, placed on an arboreal termite nest
LocalityFelipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp astec) Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 42 sec 4.6
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
A preening bird in the early hours, using its uropygial gland in the process.
LocalityRio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species) Pieter de Groot Boersma 28 July 2005 55 sec 4.6
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
A female perched on cattail vegetation
LocalityCoba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp exilis) Josep del Hoyo 28 September 2006 45 sec 4.6
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
A group of birds in deep water, feeding, walking and flying
LocalityRio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ruber) Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 45 sec 4.6
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
A close-up of a perched female on an electricity pole.
LocalityIsla Holbox, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species) Pieter de Groot Boersma 25 July 2005 28 sec 4.6
White-bellied Emerald (Agyrtria candida)
A bird in a tree and flying away
LocalityFelipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp candida) Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 36 sec 4.6
Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus)
A bird in a tree, singing
LocalityFelipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp chloronotus) Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 36 sec 4.5
101 Photographs
Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus)
Juvenile bird feeding around the hotel.
LocalityCancún, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 25 December 2011 4.6
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Nice to see European species in Mexico!
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 29 December 2011 4.4
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
Two birds on the seashore
LocalityTulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Piotr Jonczyk 06 December 2007 4.4
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Birds on the Lagoon next to the Hotel
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 28 December 2011 4.4
Orange Oriole (Icterus auratus)
A bird in a tree near Archeological area.
LocalityUxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Dave Rintoul 19 March 2011 4.1
Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
Bird rests in the tree.
LocalityFelipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Helmut Schumann 28 December 2007 4
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Birds on the beach
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 26 December 2011 4
Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Great views at the lagoon
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 27 December 2011 4
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Just a few of these terns on the beach
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 30 December 2011 4
Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Good views of this Heron at the Lagoon!
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 30 December 2011 4
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Good numbers of these birds on the beach!
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 29 December 2011 4
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
This Heron was gathering fish as he walked along!
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 27 December 2011 4
Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
I got close to this guy as he was fishing for frogs!
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 29 December 2011 4
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Plenty of these all around the area!
LocalityPlaya del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stan Mansfield 28 December 2011 4
6 Sounds
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Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
A bird singing.
Locality:Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stuart Fisher 08 June 2009 4
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Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
Various calls of birds flying to their nest sites
Locality:Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stuart Fisher 08 June 2009 4
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Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
2 birds displaying
Locality:Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stuart Fisher 08 June 2009 3.5
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Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
A singing male
Locality:Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stuart Fisher 08 June 2009 3
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Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
A simple song type of a presumed male
Locality:Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stuart Fisher 08 June 2009 3
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Calls of an individual
Locality:Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) Stuart Fisher 08 June 2009 3
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Yucatán Peninsula
Species with materials recorded in Yucatán Peninsula
List of species with materials recorded in Yucatán Peninsula. Species that occur in Yucatán Peninsula but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Tinamous (Tinamidae)
- Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus)
- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus)
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax violaceus)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
- Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
- New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Osprey (Pandionidae)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
- Grey Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
- Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
- Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
- White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)
- Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
- Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
- Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
- Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Collared Forest-falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
- Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
- Turkeys (Meleagrididae)
- Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
- New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
- Black-throated Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)
- Limpkin (Aramidae)
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber)
- Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea)
- Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Jacanas (Jacanidae)
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
- Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus)
- Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Skimmers (Rynchopidae)
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Scaled Pigeon (Columba speciosa)
- Red-billed Pigeon (Columba flavirostris)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
- Plain-breasted Ground-dove (Columbina minuta)
- Ruddy Ground-dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Grey-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps)
- Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Olive-throated Parakeet (Aratinga nana)
- White-fronted Amazon (Amazona albifrons)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
- Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
- Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
- Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Guatemalan Screech-owl (Otus guatemalae)
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
- Potoos (Nyctibiidae)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Campylopterus cuvierii)
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis)
- Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
- Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
- Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
- White-bellied Emerald (Agyrtria candida)
- Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza)
- Trogons (Trogonidae)
- Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
- Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- American Pygmy-kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Motmots (Momotidae)
- Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)
- Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
- Toucans (Ramphastidae)
- Collared Araçari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
- Rainbow-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
- Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
- Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet (Camptostoma imberbe)
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
- Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Yucatan Flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis)
- Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Collared Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Wrens (Troglodytidae)
- Yucatan Wren (Campylorhynchus yucatanicus)
- White-browed Wren (Thryothorus albinucha)
- Cozumel Wren (Troglodytes beani)
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
- Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris)
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Clay-coloured Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae)
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- White-lored Gnatcatcher (Polioptila albiloris)
- Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus)
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)
- Vireos (Vireonidae)
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Mangrove Vireo (Vireo pallens)
- Cozumel Vireo (Vireo bairdi)
- Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
- Yucatan Vireo (Vireo magister)
- Lesser Greenlet (Hylophilus decurtatus)
- New World Warblers (Parulidae)
- Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
- Northern Parula (Parula americana)
- Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
- Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala)
- Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
- Grey-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei)
- Tanagers (Thraupidae)
- Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)
- Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Rose-throated Tanager (Piranga roseogularis)
- Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
- Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus)
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)
- Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
- New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
- Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Orange Oriole (Icterus auratus)
- Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
- Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
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