Shade-Grown Coffee

Many birds are losing valuable habitat because of the clearing of the tropical forest to
grow coffee in plantations in the full sun. Here are some photos of the birds that are in trouble
because of the increasing loss of their habitat.

Neo-tropical Migrants Seen in Shaded Coffee Plantations

There are about 150 species on the 'A' list of the Neotropical Migrant Bird
Conservation Program, nearly all of which are sometimes or frequently found
in shaded coffee farms in their winter range. 'A' list birds are those that
breed in North America and spend their nonbreeding period primarily south
of the United States.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Photo copyright Jeremy Barker	Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Photo copyright Bill Schmoker	Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Photo copyright David Massie ...	Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Photo copyright Steve Nanz	Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Photo copyright J. E. Spendelow
Blue-headed (Solitary) Vireo Vireo solitarius Photo copyright Steve Nanz	Yellow-Throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Photo copyright Bill Schmoker	Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Photo copyright Don DesJardin	Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Photo copyright Larry Master ...	Red-Eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Photo copyright David Geale
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Photo copyright Ivan Petrov	Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Photo copyright Robert Royce	Northern Parula Parula americana Photo copyright Don DesJardin ...	Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Photo copyright Robert MacDonald	Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina Photo copyright Jean Coronel
Black-Throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Photo copyright Larry Master	Townsend's Warbler Dendroica virens Photo copyright J. R. Lyles	Black-Throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Photo copyright Alain Hogue	Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Photo copyright Douglas Herr	Yellow-Throated Warbler Dendroica dominica Photo copyright Guilliano Gerra and Silvio Somazzi ...
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Photo copyright Robert Royce	American Redstart Setophaga rutucilla Photo copyright Don DesJardin	Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillis Photo copyright Harold Stiver	MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei Photo copyright Don DesJardin	Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Photo copyright Don DesJardin ...
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Photo copyright David Furseth	Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Photo copyright Douglas Herr	Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Photo copyright George Walker Guest House	Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Photo copyright Peter LaTourette	Baltimore (Northern) Oriole Loterus galbula Photo copyright Jean Coronel

Resident Species

Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus	Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus Photo copyright Manuel Grosselet	Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus Photo copyright Arthur Grosset	Red-Billed Pigeon Columba flavirrostris Photo copyright Jean Coronel	White-Tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Photo copyright Richard Garrigues
Orange-Fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis Photo copyright Manuel Grosselet	Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora Photo copyright Vaughan Ashby of Birdfinders	Orange-Chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis Photo copyright Jean Coronel ...	Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Photo copyright Jean Coronel	Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythopygus Photo copyright Manuel Grosselet
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Photo copyright Torberg Berge	Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Photo copyright Jean Coronel	White-Collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Photo copyright Allen Chartier	Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Photo copyright Peter Jones	Turquoise-Browed Motmot Eumomota superciolosa Photo copyright David Massie ...
Blue-Crowned Motmot Momotus momota Photo copyright David Massie ...	Collared Arcari Pteroglossus torguatus Photo copyright Skip Russell	Golden-Fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Photo copyright Jean Coronel	Hoffman's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii Photo copyright Jean Coronel	Golden-Olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus Photo copyright Jean Coronel
Boat-Billed Flycatcher Megarhynchus pitangua Photo copyright Richard Garrigues ...	Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Photo copyright David Massie	Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus Photo copyright Jean Coronel	Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Photo copyright Don Roberson	Bushy-Crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
White-Throated Magpie Jay Calocitta formosa Photo copyright Jean Coronel	Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus Photo copyright Jean Coronel	House Wren Troglodytes aedeon Photo copyright Jean Coronel	White-Throated Robin Turdus assismilis Photo copyright Jim Rose ...	Clay-Colored Robin Turdus grayi Photo copyright Greg Lasley
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris Photo copyright Cagan Sekercloglu	Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Photo copyright Larry Manfredi ...	Slate-Throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus Photo coyright James Ownby	Rufous-Capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons Photo copyright Robert Shantz	Altamira (Black-Throated) Oriole Icterus gularis Photo copyright Bert Frenz
Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata Photo coyright James Ownby ...	Silver-Throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Photo copyright Steve Nanz	Blue-Gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Photo copyright Gaby Schulemann	Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata Photo copyright Chris Sloan	Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Photo copyright Wim van der Schot
Black-Headed Saltator Saltator atriceps	Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Photo copyright Russ Jones	Yellow-Faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea Photo copyright Richard Garrigues	Prevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum Photo copyright Vaughan Ashby of Birdfinders	Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis Photo copyright Don DesJardin

Shade Grown Coffee Links

The Songbird Foundation for Sustainable Coffee Production

Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign

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