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

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 species endemic to the region (M indicates a species endemic to Mexico; G, Guatemala).

* Green-cheeked Amazon * Yucatan Bobwhite * Green-striped Brush-finch * Rose-bellied Bunting * Guadalupe Caracara * Rufous-bellied Chachalaca * West Mexican Chachalaca * White-bellied Chachalaca * Short-crested Coquette * Cozumel Emerald * Cozumel Thrasher * Cozumel Vireo * Sinaloa Crow * Tamaulipas Crow * Socorro Dove * Cozumel Emerald * Belted Flycatcher * Pileated Flycatcher * Slender-billed Grackle * Atitlán Grebe * Crimson-collared Grosbeak * Highland Guan * M, G Horned Guan * White-breasted Hawk * Beautiful Hummingbird * Blue-tailed Hummingbird * Dusky Hummingbird * Oaxaca Hummingbird * White-tailed Hummingbird * Wine-throated Hummingbird * Xantus's Hummingbird * Bushy-crested Jay * Dwarf Jay * Purplish-backed Jay * San Blas Jay * Tufted Jay * White-throated Jay * Guadalupe Junco * Blue-and-white Mockingbird * Socorro Mockingbird * Blue-throated Motmot * Green-breasted Mountain-gem * Green-throated Mountain-gem * Bar-winged Oriole * Fulvous Owl * Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl * Santa Barbara Screech-owl * Pacific Parakeet * Socorro Parakeet * Maroon-fronted Parrot * Thick-billed Parrot

* Mexican Parrotlet * Bearded Wood-partridge * Long-tailed Wood-partridge * Banded Quail * Elegant Quail * Mountain Quail * Ocellated Quail * Singing Quail * Veracruz Quail-dove * Rufous-collared Robin * Long-tailed Sabrewing * Rufous Sabrewing * Mexican Sheartail * Slender Sheartail * Black-capped Siskin * Socorro Dove * Socorro Parakeet * Socorro Wren * Socorro Mockingbird * Black-chested Sparrow * Bridled Sparrow * Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow * Oaxaca Sparrow * Sierra Madre Sparrow * Black-capped Swallow * White-fronted Swift * Azure-rumped Tanager * Cozumel Thrasher * Grayson's Thrush * White-throated Towhee * M, G Ocellated Turkey * Cozumel Vireo * Yucatán Vireo * Pink-headed Warbler * Mexican Woodnymph * M Grey-breasted Woodpecker * Imperial Woodpecker * Giant Wren * Grey-barred Wren * Nava's Wren * Rufous-browed Wren * Socorro Wren * M Yucatán Wren * Altamira Yellowthroat * Belding's Yellowthroat * Black-polled Yellowthroat

The following is a list of species endemic to the region as breeding species:

* Black-vented Shearwater
* Townsend's Shearwater
* Least Storm-petrel

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

And the following are other species which are near-endemics

* Thicket Tinamou (also found in northwestern Costa Rica)
* Slaty-breasted Tinamou (also found south to northern Costa Rica)
* Black Storm-petrel (also found in California)
* Mexican Mallard
* Mottled Duck
* Plain Chachalaca (also found in Texas)
* Buffy-crested Wood-partridge
* Montezuma Quail
* Spot-bellied Bobwhite
* Masked Bobwhite
* Scaled Quail
* Gambel's Quail
* California Quail
* Mountain Quail

The following extinct species were formerly endemic:

* Guadalupe Storm-petrel

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