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The Geographical Distribution of Animals
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Chapter 14 (Table II.—Birds—Other than Passeres)
2382320The Geographical Distribution of Animals — Chapter 14 (Table II.—Birds—Other than Passeres)Alfred Russel Wallace
BIRDS.
Order, Family, and
Genus.
No. of
Species.
Range within the Region. Range beyond the Region.
PICARIÆ.
Picidæ.
385. Picumnus 14 Honduras to Brazil and Bolivia
386. Picus 6 Mexico, Chili, La Plata, and S. Patagonia All reg. but Austral. & Ethiopian
(Sphyrapicus 1 Mexico and Guatemala) Nearctic genus
387. Campephilus 12 Mexico to Patagonia, Cuba Nearctic
388. Dryocopus 4 Mexico to S. Brazil Palæarctic
389. Celeus 15 Mexico and S. Brazil
390. Nesoceleus 1 Cuba
391. Chrysoptilus 6 Tropical S. America
392. Centurus 10 Mexico to Venezuela, Antilles Nearctic
393. Chloronerpes 35 Tropical America, Hayti
394. Xiphidiopicus 1 Cuba
395. Melanerpes 9 Mexico to Brazil, Porto Rico Nearctic
396. Leuconerpes 1 Brazil, Bolivia
397. Colaptes 7 Open country of trop. America, Greater Antilles Nearctic
398. Hypoxanthus 1 Venezuela and Ecuador
Megalæmidæ.
399. Capito 10 Costa Rica to Peru and Guiana
400. Tetragonops 2 Costa Rica and Ecuador
Rhamphastidæ.
401. Rhamphastos 12 All tropical America
402. Pteroglossus 16 Mexico to Guiana and Brazil
403. Selenidera 7 Veragua to Brazil
404. Andigena 6 Columbia to W. Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil
405. Aulacorhamphus 10 Mexico to Venezuela and Bolivia
Cuculidæ.
406. Crotophaga 3 Tropical America and Antilles Nearctic to Pennsylvania
407. Guira 1 Brazil and Paraguay
408. Neomorphus 4 Nicaragua to Brazil and Upper Amazon
409. Geococcyx 1 Guatemala Texas to California
410. Dromococcyx 2 Mexico to Brazil
411. Diplopterus 1 Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil
412. Saurothera 4 Greater Antilles
413. Hyetornis 2 Jamaica and Hayti
414. Piaya 3 Mexico to W. Ecuador & Brazil
415. Morococcyx 1 Mexico to Costa Rica
416. Coccygus 10 Tropical America and Antilles, Cocos Islands Nearctic
Bucconidæ.
417. Bucco 21 Guatemala to Guiana, Paraguay and Bolivia
418. Malacoptila 10 Guatemala to Guiana, W. Ecuador and Bolivia
419. Nonnula 5 Columbia and Amazonia
420. Monasa 7 Costa Rica to Brazil
421. Chelidoptera 2 Columbia to Guiana and Brazil
Galbrilidæ.
422. Galbula 9 Guatemala to Brazil and Bolivia
423. Urogalba 2 Guiana to Lower Amazon
424. Brachygalba 4 Columbia to Brazil and Bolivia
425. Jacamaralcyon 1 Brazil
426. Jacamerops 2 Columbia to Amazonia
427. Galbalcyrhynchus 1 Upper Amazon
Todidæ.
428. Todus 5 Greater Antilles
Momotidæ.
429. Momotus 10 Mexico to W. Ecuador, Brazil and Bolivia
430. Urospatha 1 Costa Rica to Columbia
431. Baryphthengus 1 Brazil and Paraguay
432. Hylomanes 2 Mexico and Guatemala
433. Prionirhynchus 2 Guatemala to Upper Amazon
434. Eumomota 1 Honduras to Chiriqui
Trogonidæ.
435. Prionoteles 1 Cuba
436. Temnotrogon 1 Hayti
437. Trogon 22 Mexico to W. Ecuador & Parag.
438. Euptilotis 1 Mexico
439. Pharomacrus 5 Guatemala to Upper Amazon and Bolivia
Alcedinidæ.
440. Ceryle 8 Mexico to Brazil, Patagonia and Chili Nearc., S. Palæarc., Orien.
Steatornithidæ.
441. Steatornis 1 Columb., Venezuela, & Trinidad
Caprimulgidæ.
442. Nyctibius 6 Brazil to Guatemala & Jamaica
443. Hydropsalis 8 Columbia & Guiana to La Plata
444. Antrostomus 10 Mexico and Cuba to Bolivia and La Plata All U. States to Canada
445. Stenopsis 4 Martinique to Columb., W. Peru and Chili
446. Siphonorhis 1 Jamaica
447. Heleothreptus 1 Central Brazil
448. Nyctidromus 1 Central America to S. Brazil
449. Podager 1 Tropical S. America
450. Lurocalis 2 Guiana to Brazil
451. Chordeiles 7 Mexico to W. Peru and Brazil, Jamaica and Porto Rico All U. States to Canada
452. Nyctiprogne 1 Amazonia
Cypselidæ.
453. Cypselus 3 Antilles to Guiana and Bolivia The Eastern Hemisphere
454. Panyptila 3 Guatemala and Guiana
455. Chætura 9 Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil Almost cosmopolite
456. Hemiprocne 3 Mexico to La Plata, Jamaica and Hayti
457. Cypseloides 2 Brazil and Peru
458. Nephœcetes 1 Jamaica
Trochilidæ.
459. Grypus 1 Brazil
460. Androdon 1 Ecuador
461. Eutoxeres 2 Costa Rica to Ecuador
462. Glaucis 2 Panama to Brazil
463. Phaethornis 14 Tropical N. and S. America
464. Pygmornis 8 Mexico to Guiana and Brazil
465. Threnetes 4 Costa Rica to Amazonia and W. Ecuador
466. Dolerisca 1 Venezuela
467. Eupetomena 1 Guiana to Brazil
468. Sphenoproctus 2 Mexico to Guatemala
469. Campylopterus 9 Mexico to Amazonia
470. Phæochroa 2 Guatemala to Columbia
471. Aphantochroa 3 Ecuador and Brazil
472. Urochroa 1 Ecuador
473. Sternoclyta 1 Venezuela
474. Eugenes 2 Mexico to Costa Rica
475. Cœligena 1 Mexico
476. Lamprolæma 1 Mexico and Guatemala
477. Delattria 2 Guatemala
478. Oreopyra 4 Costa Rica to Chiriqui
479. Heliopædica 2 Mexico and Guatemala
480. Topaza 2 Guiana
481. Oreotrochilus 6 Ecuador to Peru and Chili
482. Lampornis 7 Mexico & W. India to Amazonia
483. Eulampis 2 Lesser Antilles
484. Avocettula 1 Guiana
485. Lafresnaya 2 Venezuela and Columbia
486. Doryphora 5 Costa Rica to Ecuador
487. Chalybura 5 Costa Rica to Columbia
488. Heliodoxa 5 Costa Rica to Venezue. & Boliv.
489. Iolæma 2 Ecuador to Peru
490. Phæolæma 2 Columbia and Ecuador
491. Eugenia 1 Ecuador
492. Aithurus 1 Jamaica
493. Thalurania 10 Costa Rica to Guiana, Ecuador and Brazil
494. Panoplites 3 Columbia and Ecuador
495. Florisuga 2 Guatemala to Brazil
496. Microchera 2 Nicaragua to Veragua
497. Lophorius 7 Mexico to Brazil, Peru, & Bolivia
498. Polemistria 2 Columbia to S. Brazil
499. Discura 2 Brazil
500. Gouldia 4 Costa Rica to Brazil & Bolivia
501. Trochilus 2 Mexico to Veragua To Canada and Sitka
502. Mellisuga 1 Jamaica to Hayti
503. Calypte 3 Mexico and Cuba
504. Selasphorus 7 Mexico to Veragua W. & Cen. United States
505. Atthis 1 Mexico and Guatemala California and Colorado
506. Stellula 1 Mexico
507. Calothorax 2 Mexico
508. Acestrura 3 Venezuela to Ecuador & Bolivia
509. Chætocercus 3 Venezuela and Ecuador
510. Myrtis 2 Ecuador to Bolivia, W. of Andes
511. Thaumastura 1 W. Peru
512. Rhodopis 2 W. Peru and Chili
513. Doricha 5 Mexico to Veragua, Bahamas
514. Tilmatura 1 Guatemala
515. Calliphlox 2 Ecuador and Brazil
516. Loddigesia 1 Peruvian Andes
517. Steganura 6 Venezuela to Ecuador & Bolivia
518. Lesbia 6 Columbia to Peru
519. Cynanthus 2 Venezuela to Ecuador
520. Sparganura 4 Columbia to Bolivia & La Plata
521. Pterophanes 1 Columbia to Peru
522. Aglæactis 4 Columbia to Bolivia
523. Oxypogon 2 Venezuela and Columbia
524. Oreonympha 1 Peru
525. Rhamphomicron 6 Columbia to Bolivia
526. Urosticte 2 Ecuador
527. Metallura 6 Columbia to Bolivia
528. Adelomia 4 Venezuela to Peru & Bolivia
529. Avocettinus 1 Columbia
530. Anthocephala 1 Columbia
531. Chrysolampis 1 Venezuela to Brazil
532. Orthorhynchus 2 Lesser Antilles
533. Cephalolepis 3 Brazil
534. Clais 1 Venezuela and Columbia
535. Baucis 1 Mexico to Veragua
536. Heliactin 1 Brazil
537. Heliothrix 3 Guatemala to Ecuador & Brazil
538. Schistes 2 Columbia and Ecuador
539. Phlogophilus 1 Ecuador
540. Augastes 2 Brazil
541. Petasophora 5 Mexico to Peru and Brazil
542. Chrysobronchus 3 Venezuela to Brazil
543. Patagona 1 Ecuador to Bolivia and Chili
544. Docimastes 1 Columbia and Ecuador
545. Helianthea 7 Columbia to Bolivia
546. Heliotrypha 2 Columbia and Ecuador
547. Heliangelus 6 Venezuela to Peru
548. Diphlogæna 3 Bolivia
549. Clytolæma 2 E. Ecuador and Brazil
550. Bourcieria 5 Venezuela to Peru
551. Lampropygia 4 Venezuela to Bolivia
552. Heliomastes 5 Mexico to Ecuador & Venezuela
553. Lepidolarynx 1 Brazil
554. Calliperidia 1 Central Brazil and Paraguay
555. Eustephanus 3 Chili, S. Patagonia, and Juan Fernandez Island
556. Eriocnemis 14 Venezuela to Ecuador
557. Cyanomyia 6 Mexico to Peru
558. Hemistilbon 1 Mexico
559. Leucippus 2 Peru and Bolivia
560. Thaumatias 15 Mexico to Guiana, Upr. Amazon, and Brazil
561. Amazilia 14 Mexico to W. Ecuador & Peru
562. Saucerottia 7 Costa Rica to Columb. & Venezue.
563. Eupherusa 3 Mexico to Veragua
564. Chrysuronia 5 Guatemala to Ecuador & La Plata
565. Eucephala 7 Venezuela to Guiana and Brazil
566. Panterpe 1 Costa Rica and Chiriqui
567. Juliamyia 2 Panama to Ecuador
568. Circe 3 Mexico
569. Phæoptila 1 Mexico
570. Damophila 1 Costa Rica to Ecuador
571. Hylocharis 3 Amazonia and Brazil
572. Sapphironia 2 Columbia and Veragua
573. Sporadinus 3 Cuba, Bahamas, Hayti, Porto Rico
574. Chlorostilbon 8 Mexico to Brazil and La Plata
575. Panychlora 3 Venezuela and Columbia
576. Smaragdochrysis 1 Brazil
PSITTACI.
Conuridæ.
577. Ara 15 Trop. North and South America, Cuba, Jamaica (extinct)
578. Rhynchopsitta 1 Mexico
579. Henicognathus 1 Chili
580. Conurus 30 The whole region S. & S.E. United States
581. Pyrrhura 16 Costa Rica to Paraguay & Bolivia
582. Bolborhynchus 7 Mexico to Peru, Central Brazil, and La Plata
583. Brotogerys 9 Trop. North and South America
Psittacidæ.
584. Caica 9 Mexico to Amazonia
585. Chrysotis 32 All the tropical sub-regions
586. Triclaria 1 Brazil
587. Deroptyus 1 Guiana and Rio Negro
588. Pionus 9 Costa Rica to Bolivia and Brazil
589. Urochroma 7 Venezuela to Brazil
590. Psittacula 6 Mexico to W. Ecuador & Brazil
COLUMBÆ.
591. Columba 18 Trop. sub-regions with Chili and La Plata All regions but Austral.
592. Zenaidura 2 Mexico to Veragua Nearctic
593. Chæmepelia 6 Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia S. Nearctic
594. Columbula 2 Brazil and La Plata to Chili
595. Scardafella 2 Guatemala and Brazil
596. Zenaida 10 Antilles and S. America to Chili and La Plata
597. Melopelia 2 Mexico to Chili South & West Nearctic
598. Peristera 4 Mexico to Brazil
599. Metriopelia 2 W. America from Ecuador to Chili
600. Gymnopelia 1 West Peru and Bolivia
601. Leptoptila 11 Tropical sub-regions
602. Geotrygon 14 Tropical sub-regions
603. Starnœnas 1 Cuba
GALLINÆ.
Tetraonidæ.
604. Odontophorus 17 Trop. North and South America
605. Dendrortyx 3 Mexico to Costa Rica
606. Cyrtonyx 3 Mexico to Guatemala S. Central United States
607. Ortyx 5 Mexico to Costa Rica, Cuba Nearctic to Canada
608. Eupsychortyx 5 Mexico to Columbia and Guiana
(Callipepla 2 Mexico) California
Phasianidæ.
609. Meleagris 2 Mexico and Honduras Nearctic
Cracidæ.
610. Crax 8 Mexico to Venezuela & S. Brazil
611. Nothocrax 1 Guiana and Upper Amazon
612. Pauxi 1 Guiana and Venezuela
613. Mitua 2 Guiana to Peru
614. Stegnolæma 1 Columbia and Ecuador
615. Penelope 13 Trop. North and South America
616. Penelopina 1 Guatemala
617. Pipile 3 Venezuela to Brazil and Peru
618. Aburria 1 Columbia
619. Chamæpetes 2 Costa Rica to Peru
620. Ortalida 18 Trop. North and South America New Mexico
621. Oreophasis 1 Guatemala
Tinamidæ.
622. Tinamus 7 Trop. North and South America
623. Nothocercus 3 Costa Rica to Venezue. & Ecuador
624. Crypturus 16 Trop. North and South America
625. Rhynchotus 2 Brazil to Bolivia and La Plata
626. Nothoprocta 4 Ecuador to Bolivia and Chili
627. Nothura 4 Brazil to Bolivia and La Plata
628. Taoniscus 1 Brazil and Paraguay
629. Calodromas 1 La Plata
630. Tinamotis 1 Andes of Peru and Bolivia
OPISTHOCOMI.
Opisthocomidæ
631. Opisthocomus 1 Guiana and Lower Amazon
ACCIPITRES.
Vulturidæ.
  (Cathartinæ.)
632. Sarcorhamphus 2 The Andes and S. of 41° S. Lat.
633. Cathartes 1 Mexico to 20° S. Lat.
634. Catharista 1 Mexico to 40° S. Lat. S. United States
635. Pseudogryphis 3 Mexico to Falkland Ids., Cuba, Jamaica United States
Falconidæ.
636. Polyborus 2 The whole region California and Florida
637. Ibycter 8 Guatemala to Terra del Fuego
638. Circus 3 Nearly the whole region Almost cosmopolite
639. Micrastur 7 Trop. North and South America
640. Geranospiza 2 Trop. North and South America
641. Antenor 1 Mexico to Chili and La Plata California and Texas
642. Astur 2 Trop. N. and S. America Almost cosmopolite
643. Accipiter 9 The whole region Almost cosmopolite
644. Heterospizias 1 Trop. S. America, E. of Andes
645. Tachytriorchis 2 Mexico to Paraguay California
646. Buteo 9 Mexico to Patagonia Almost cosmopolite
647. Buteola 1 Veragua to Amazonia
648. Asturina 7 Mexico to Bolivia and La Plata S.E. United States
649. Busarellus 1 Brazil and Guiana
650. Buteogallus 1 Columbia and Guiana
651. Urubutinga 12 Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia
652. Harpyhaliæetus 1 Veragua to Chili & N. Patagonia
653. Morphnus 1 Panama to Amazonia
654. Thrasaëtus 1 Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay
655. Lophotriorchis 1 Bogota Indo-Malaya
656. Spiziastur 1 Guatemala to Brazil
657. Spizaëtus 4 Mexico to Paraguay Africa, India, Malaya
658. Herpetotheres 1 S. Mexico to Bolivia & Paraguay
659. Nauclerus 1 Mexico to Brazil S. United States
660. Rostrhamus 3 Antilles to Brazil and Peru Florida
661. Leptodon 4 Central America to S. Brazil and Bolivia
662. Elanus 1 Mexico to Chili Califor., Old World trop.
663. Gampsonyx 1 Trinidad to Brazil
664. Harpagus 3 Central America to Brazil & Peru
665. Ictinia 2 Mexico to Brazil South United States
666. Spiziapteryx 1 La Plata
667. Falco 3 The whole region Almost cosmopolite
668. Cerchneis 3 The whole region Almost cosmopolite
Pandionidæ.
669. Pandion 1 The whole region Cosmopolite
Strigidæ.
670. Glaucidium 6 The whole region W. United Sts., Palæarc.
671. Micrathene 1 Mexico Arizona, New Mexico
672. Pholeoptynx 1 The whole region N. W. America & Texas
673. Bubo 1 The whole region All regions but Austral.
674. Scops 6 Mexico to Brazil and La Plata Almost cosmopolite
675. Gymnoglaux 2 West India Islands
676. Lophostrix 2 Guatemala to Lower Amazon
677. Syrnium 3 Mexico to Patagonia All regions but Austral.
678. Ciccaba 10 Mexico to Peru and Paraguay
679. Nyctalatinus 1 Columbia
680. Pulsatrix 2 Guatemala to Brazil and Peru
681. Asio 2 The whole region All regions but Austral.
682. Nyctalops 1 Cuba and Mexico to Brazil
683. Pseudoscops 1 Jamaica
(Nyctale 1 Mexico) N. Temperate genus
684. Strix 2 The whole region Almost cosmopolite
Peculiar or very characteristic Genera of Wading and Swimming Birds.
GRALLÆ.
Rallidæ.
Aramides 23 The whole region Nearctic
Heliornis 1 Tropical America
Scolopacidæ.
Eureunetes 3 The whole region Nearctic
Chionididæ.
Chionis 2 Sts. of Magellan, Falkland Ids. Kerguelen's Island
Thinocoridæ.
Attagis 4 Andes to Fuegia and Falkland Islands
Thinocorus 2 Peru, Chili, and La Plata
Charadriidæ.
Phegornis 1 Temperate S. America
Oreophilus 1 Temperate S. America
Pluvianellus 1 Temperate S. America
Aphriza 1 W. coast of S. America W. coast of N. America
Cariamidæ.
Cariama 2 S. Brazil and La Plata
Aramidæ.
Aramus 5 Mexico and Cuba to Brazil
Psophiidæ.
Psophia 6 Equatorial S. America
Eurypygidæ.
Eurypyga 2 Tropical America
Ardeidæ.
Tigrisoma 3 The whole region
Cancroma 1 Tropical S. America
Palamedeidæ.
Palamedea 1 Equatorial America
Chauna 2 Columbia, Brazil, and La Plata
ANSERES.
Anatidæ.
Cairina 1 Tropical S. America
Merganetta 3 Andes
Micropterus 1 Temperate S. America
Spheniscidæ.
Eudyptes 6 Temperate S. America Antarctic shores
Aptenodytes 2 Falkland Islands Antarctic shores
STRUTHIONES.
Struthionidæ.
685. Rhea 3 S. Temperate America