Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Troglodytidae .
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Examples
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Stattersfield et al. identifies two birds with limited ranges that include this ecoregion; the near endemic Mexican sheartail (Doricha eliza) and the endemic Yucatan Wren (Campylorhynchus yucatanicus).
Petenes mangroves 2009
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According to Stattersfield et al. this ecoregion falls within the North Central American Pacific slope Endemic Bird Area with four restricted range species three of which are endemic including the white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra), the blue-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia cyanura) and the giant wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis).
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Three restricted range species enter this mangrove ecoregion including the white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra), Pacific parakeet (Aratinga strenua) and giant wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis).
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* _Campylorhynchus brunneicapillum couesi_ Sharpe.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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** _Campylorhynchus brunneicapillum guttatus_ (Gould).
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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The grey-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus), banded quail (Philortx fasciatus), common bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreaxi), long-tailed wood-partridge (Dendrortyx macroura), and montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) are also present in this diverse ecoregion.
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Stattersfield et al. list the dwarf jay (EN) (Cyanolyca nana), bearded wood-partridge (CR) (Dendrortyx barbatus), Tamaulipas pygmy-owl (Glaucidium sanchezi) and grey-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus) as restricted-range bird species, which includes this ecoregion.
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The commonest resident land birds are the raven Corvus corax, mourning dove Zenaida macroura and cactus wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus; raptors include the red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis, osprey, Pandion haliaetus, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus and Harris’s hawk Parabuteo unicinctus.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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