I was contacted a few days ago by the tourism office of REPRESA EL CAJON located 30 minutes out of the lake Yojoa, they wanted to check their areas to see what birds live in their habitats, so could not say not! if is a birding oportunity so I grabbed my birding equipment and took one of those “chicken buses” and went directly to Santa Cruz de Yojoa,
as soon as I got here started birding in the gardens and enjoying what I like to do I have found this amazing list in a full day birding around:
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Canivet’s Emerald (Salvin’s) (Chlorostilbon canivetii salvini/osberti)
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)
Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae)
Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus)
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)
Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus coeruliceps)
Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Olive-throated Parakeet (Aratinga nana)
White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis)
Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons)
Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
Paltry Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus)
Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Plumbeous Vireo (Central American) (Vireo plumbeus notius/montanus)
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
House Wren (Southern) (Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group])
Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha)
Spot-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius maculipectus)
Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus)
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala)
MacGillivray’s Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Yellow Warbler (Northern) (Setophaga petechia [aestiva Group])
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Habia fuscicauda)
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
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