Table 2 Species of birds used by pajareros in Mexico
Family | Common name | Scientific namea |
|---|---|---|
Phasianidae | Domestic Chicken | Gallus gallus domesticus* |
Accipitridae | Common Black-Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus |
Columbidae | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia domestica |
African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea* | |
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
Trochilidae | Hummingbird | Trochilidae |
Momotidae | Motmot | Momotidae |
Ramphastidae | Emerald Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | |
Picidae | Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus |
Gray-breasted Woodpecker | Melanerpes hypopolius | |
Falconidae | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
Psittacidae | Olive-throated Parakeet | Aratinga nana |
Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis | |
White-crowned Parrot | Pionus senilis | |
Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis | |
Yellow-headed Parrot | Amazona oratrix | |
Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus* | |
Lovebird | Agapornis sp.* | |
Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus* | |
Cacatuidae | Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus* |
Tyrannidae | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
Corvidae | Black-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta colliei |
White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | |
Green Jay | Cyanocorax yncas | |
Purplish Backed Jay | Cyanocorax beecheii | |
Western Scrub-Jay | Aphelocoma californica | |
Steller’s Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | |
Common Raven | corvus corax | |
Turdidae | Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis |
Brown-backed Solitaire | Myadestes occidentalis | |
Slate-colored Solitaire | Myadestes unicolor | |
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus mexicanus | |
Spotted Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus dryas | |
Black Thrush | Turdus infuscatus | |
Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
Rufous-backed Robin | Turdus rufopalliatus | |
Mimidae | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
Long-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma longirostre | |
Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | |
Crissal Thrasher | Toxostoma crissale | |
Blue Mockingbird | Melanotis caerulescens | |
Sturnidae | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris* |
Bombycillidae | Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
Parulidae | Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala |
Ptilogonatidae | Gray Silky-flycatcher | Ptilogonys cinereus |
Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens | |
Thraupidae | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
Emberizidae | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
White-collared Seedeater | Sporophila torqueola | |
Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch | Arremon sp | |
Sparrow | Spizella sp | |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophriys | |
Yellow-eyed Junco | Junco phaeonotus | |
Cardinalidae | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalis sinuatus | |
Yellow Grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | |
Blue Seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | |
Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | |
Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |
Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
Varied Bunting | Passerina versicolor | |
Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
Orange-breasted Bunting | Passerina leclancherii | |
Estrildidae | Munia | Lonchura striata domestica* |
Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata* | |
Icteridae | Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | |
Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis | |
Scott’s Oriole | Icterus parisorum | |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
Bullock’s Oriole | Icterus bullockii | |
Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus | |
Fringillidae | Domestic Canary | Serinus canaria* |
Euphonia | Euphonia sp | |
Blue-crowned Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia occipitalis | |
House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
Black-headed Siskin | Spinus notatus | |
Hooded Grosbeak | Coccothraustes abeillei | |
Passeridae | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus* |