List of 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.

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


 * M Rufous-bellied chachalaca
 * M West Mexican chachalaca
 * Highland guan
 * M,G Horned guan EN
 * M Bearded wood-partridge
 * M Long-tailed wood-partridge
 * M Elegant quail
 * M Banded quail
 * Black-throated bobwhite
 * Singing quail
 * Ocellated quail
 * Ocellated turkey
 * M Aztec rail
 * M Tuxtla quail-dove
 * White-faced quail-dove
 * M Socorro dove
 * Lesser roadrunner
 * M Balsas screech-owl
 * M,G Bearded screech-owl
 * M Tamaulipas pygmy-owl
 * M Colima pygmy-owl
 * Fulvous owl
 * M Eared poorwill
 * M Tawny-collared nightjar
 * Yucatan nightjar
 * M White-fronted swift
 * M White-naped swift
 * M Short-crested coquette
 * Green-throated mountain-gem
 * Green-breasted mountain-gem
 * Amethyst-throated hummingbird
 * Garnet-throated hummingbird
 * Slender sheartail
 * M Mexican sheartail
 * Sparkling-tailed hummingbird
 * M Beautiful hummingbird
 * M Bumblebee hummingbird
 * Wine-throated hummingbird
 * M Golden-crowned emerald
 * M Cozumel emerald
 * M Dusky hummingbird
 * Emerald-chinned hummingbird
 * Wedge-tailed sabrewing
 * M Long-tailed sabrewing
 * Rufous sabrewing
 * M Mexican woodnymph
 * M Blue-capped hummingbird
 * M White-tailed hummingbird
 * White-bellied emerald
 * Honduran emerald
 * Azure-crowned hummingbird
 * Berylline hummingbird
 * M Green-fronted hummingbird
 * M Xantus's hummingbird
 * M Citreoline trogon
 * Mountain trogon
 * Blue-throated motmot
 * M,G Russet-crowned motmot
 * M Golden-cheeked woodpecker
 * M Gray-breasted woodpecker
 * Yucatan woodpecker
 * M Strickland's woodpecker
 * M Gray-crowned woodpecker
 * M Red-crowned parrot
 * M Lilac-crowned parrot
 * Yellow-naped parrot
 * Yellow-headed parrot
 * Yellow-lored parrot
 * M Mexican parrotlet
 * M Thick-billed parrot
 * M Maroon-fronted parrot
 * M Green parakeet
 * Pacific parakeet
 * M Rose-bellied bunting
 * M Cozumel thrasher
 * M Cozumel vireo
 * M Sinaloa crow
 * Tamaulipas crow
 * Belted flycatcher
 * M Pileated flycatcher
 * Crimson-collared grosbeak
 * Bushy-crested jay
 * M Dwarf jay
 * M Purplish-backed jay
 * M San Blas jay
 * M Tufted jay
 * M White-throated jay
 * M Guadalupe junco
 * Blue-and-white mockingbird
 * M Socorro mockingbird CR
 * Bar-winged oriole
 * Rufous-collared robin
 * M, G Black-capped siskin
 * M Socorro wren
 * M Black-chested sparrow
 * M Bridled sparrow
 * M Cinnamon-tailed sparrow
 * M Worthen's sparrow
 * M Oaxaca sparrow
 * M Sierra Madre sparrow
 * Black-capped swallow
 * Green-striped brush finch
 * M Guerrero brush finch
 * M, G Azure-rumped tanager
 * M Rufous-backed robin
 * M White-throated towhee
 * Yucatán vireo
 * M,G Pink-headed warbler
 * M,G Giant wren
 * M Gray-barred wren
 * M Nava's wren
 * Rufous-browed wren
 * M Yucatán wren
 * M Altamira yellowthroat
 * M Belding's yellowthroat
 * M Black-polled yellowthroat

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


 * Black-vented shearwater
 * Least storm-petrel
 * Guadalupe murrelet
 * Craveri's murrelet

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

The following are species which are near-endemics that also occur in the southwestern United States:


 * Plain chachalaca
 * Montezuma quail
 * Black storm-petrel
 * Ridgway's rail
 * Scripps's murrelet
 * Whiskered screech-owl
 * Elf owl
 * Buff-collared nightjar
 * Mexican whip-poor-will
 * Blue-throated hummingbird
 * Lucifer hummingbird
 * Broad-billed hummingbird
 * Buff-bellied hummingbird
 * Violet-crowned hummingbird
 * Eared quetzal
 * Gila woodpecker
 * Golden-fronted woodpecker
 * Ladder-backed woodpecker
 * Arizona woodpecker
 * Gilded flicker

The following are species which are near-endemics that also occur south to Costa Rica:


 * Thicket tinamou
 * Slaty-breasted tinamou
 * White-bellied chachalaca
 * Buffy-crowned wood-partridge
 * Buffy-crowned wood-partridge
 * Ruddy crake
 * Lesser ground-cuckoo
 * Pacific screech-owl
 * Great swallow-tailed swift
 * Black-crested coquette
 * Plain-capped starthroat
 * Canivet's emerald
 * Blue-tailed hummingbird
 * Cinnamon hummingbird
 * Black-headed trogon
 * Keel-billed motmot
 * Turquoise-browed motmot
 * Hoffmann's woodpecker
 * White-fronted parrot
 * Orange-fronted parakeet

The following extinct species were formerly endemic:


 * G Atitlan grebe (last reported 1986)
 * Guadalupe storm-petrel
 * M Imperial woodpecker
 * M Guadalupe caracara (last reported 1990)
 * M Slender-billed Grackle