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Shade Grown Cacao Bird Abundance

Table comparing bird abundance in cacao plantations and tropical forests
Bird Scientific Name  Cacao   Forest 

Notes:

  • The number in the cacao and forest columns is the number of point counts (total 100 in each habitat) where the bird was observed.
  • Bird counts were conducted during the winter of 2003/2004.
 Great Tinamou Tinamus major 0 3
 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 2 0
 White-throated Crake Laterallus albiguratis 2 0
 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 0 1
 Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris 2 0
 Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini 1 1
 Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi 8 8
 Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana 8 0
 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus 5 0
 White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis 0 5
 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa 0 6
 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 1 1
 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris 1 0
 Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aenea 4 1
 Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri 0 1
 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy 0 1
 Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus 7 21
 Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus 9 17
 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 4 2
 Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis 15 2
 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl 31 0
 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia 4 3
 Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaema 0 1
 Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus 2 3
 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus 0 2
 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena 0 6
 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii 0 2
 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum 0 1
 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus 9 18
 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii 0 1
 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani 3 1
 Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus 1 1
 Chesnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus 0 1
 Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis 2 3
 Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura 2 0
 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus 0 3
 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 1 3
 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa 0 1
 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorhyncus spirurus 6 16
 Northern-Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae 0 1
 Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans 1 1
 Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus 0 4
 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 9 3
 Western Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha 0 26
 Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps 0 7
 Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris 0 2
 White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris 0 6
 Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis 0 35
 Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina 0 2
 Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul 0 36
 Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis 0 2
 Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus 0 3
 Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus 0 1
 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 6 14
 Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus 16 7
 Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus 12 12
 Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare 1 2
 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 6 0
 Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps 8 2
 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens 1 0
 Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis 0 1
 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 3 3
 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus 2 1
 Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra 0 4
 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 9 0
 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 6 1
 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarhynchus pitangua 12 7
 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 5 0
 Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis 4 0
 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 1 0
 Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus 4 0
 White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus 3 0
 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 6 0
 Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 1 0
 Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata 0 9
 Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus 0 1
 Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata 0 2
 Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis 0 10
 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 3 0
 Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus 14 29
 Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps 0 5
 Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus 0 3
 Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis 0 3
 Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus 4 10
 Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus 0 4
 Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus 2 0
 White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta 0 7
 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 1 0
 Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus luscinia 0 1
 Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus 1 5
 Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea 15 12
 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 0 1
 Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi 5 0
 Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina 20 2
 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 3 0
 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica 47 16
 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea 1 0
 Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia 1 0
 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 2 0
 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 20 0
 Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii 2 0
 White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus 0 1
 White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus 5 0
 Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda 3 13
 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 6 1
 Passerini's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii 17 0
 Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus 10 0
 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 15 4
 Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla 6 0
 Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi 26 40
 White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta 15 0
 Emerald Tanager Tangara florida 0 1
 Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata 14 10
 Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata 18 20
 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana 2 6
 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus 2 0
 Golden-Browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys 0 2
 Variable Seedeater Sporophila americana 1 0
 Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris 0 3
 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus 20 0
 Slate-colored Grosbeak Pitylus grossus 0 2
 Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster 0 8
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 2 0
 Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides 1 8
 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 16 0
 Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis 0 29
 Chestnut-headed Oropendula Psarocolius wagleri 2 14
 Montezuma Oropendula Psarocolius montezuma 22 31