# 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.

## 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 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