Guatemala Ramsar wetland
Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park
317 bird species recorded; the most from January to April.
Jorge Antonio Leoni de León · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
242 species in January.251 species in February.249 species in March.258 species in April.188 species in May.153 species in June.124 species in July.176 species in August.164 species in September.185 species in October.225 species in November.181 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
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- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
317 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 317Speciesrecorded more than once
- 141Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 25,323Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 205 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 25Raptors
- 5Owls
- 5Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 171Songbirds
- 85Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 317 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusNT
- King VultureSarcoramphus papa
- Barred Forest-FalconMicrastur ruficollis
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Black Hawk-eagleSpizaetus tyrannus
- Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Leucopternis albicollisLeucopternis albicollis
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- Middle American Screech OwlMegascops guatemalae
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
- Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineata
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Agami HeronAgamia agamiNT
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
Songbirds171 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
- White-bellied WrenUropsila leucogastra
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Olive-backed EuphoniaEuphonia gouldi
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Eye-ringed FlatbillRhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Green-backed SparrowArremonops chloronotus
- Ramphocaenus melanurusRamphocaenus melanurus
- White-breasted Wood-wrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Amazonian Royal FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatus
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Black-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio aurantius
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Mayan AntthrushFormicarius moniliger
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
- Brown-winged SchiffornisSchiffornis turdina
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Yellow-bellied TyrannuletOrnithion semiflavum
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Red-crowned Ant-tanagerHabia rubica
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Tawny-crowned GreenletHylophilus ochraceiceps
- Red-capped manakinPipra mentalis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Inca JayCyanocorax yncas
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Mangrove VireoVireo pallens
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Northern Barred WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Rufous MournerRhytipterna holerythra
- Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroa
- Grey-throated ChatGranatellus sallaei
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii
- Black-cowled OrioleIcterus prosthemelas
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- Yucatan JayCyanocorax yucatanicus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Grey-headed TanagerEucometis penicillata
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatina
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
- Yucatan FlycatcherMyiarchus yucatanensis
- White-collared ManakinManacus candei
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- Scaly-throated LeaftosserSclerurus guatemalensis
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatus
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Turdus assimilisTurdus assimilis
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Rose-throated TanagerPiranga roseogularis
- Black-faced GrosbeakCaryothraustes poliogaster
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Dusky AntbirdCercomacra tyrannina
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Black CatbirdMelanoptila glabrirostris
- Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilis
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Rufous-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis erythrothorax
- Green Shrike-vireoVireolanius pulchellus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Slate-headed Tody-flycatcherPoecilotriccus sylvia
- Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Rufous PihaLipaugus unirufus
- Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Grey-collared BecardPachyramphus major
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
Other birds85 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratusNT
- White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus
- Aztec ParakeetAratinga nana
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- Southern Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Chlorestes candidaChlorestes candida
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Pampa curvipennisPampa curvipennis
- Pionopsitta haematotisPionopsitta haematotis
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
- Ocellated TurkeyMeleagris ocellataNT
- Purple-crowned FairyHeliothryx barroti
- White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensis
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Scaly-breasted HummingbirdPhaeochroa cuvierii
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneus
- Great TinamouTinamus major
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensNT
- Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Tody MotmotHylomanes momotula
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardiVU
- Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
- Great CurassowCrax rubraVU
- Grey-headed DoveLeptotila plumbeiceps
- Cynanthus canivetiiCynanthus canivetii
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
- Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Spotted Wood QuailOdontophorus guttatus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Grey-chested DoveLeptotila cassinii
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Common PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- American CootFulica americana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-throated BobwhiteColinus nigrogularis
- Yucatan WoodpeckerMelanerpes pygmaeus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Plain-breasted Ground-DoveColumbina minuta
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan25°/17°114 mm
- Feb28°/18°66 mm
- Mar31°/19°53 mm
- Apr34°/21°38 mm
- May33°/22°125 mm
- Jun29°/22°226 mm
- Jul29°/22°161 mm
- Aug29°/22°181 mm
- Sep28°/22°208 mm
- Oct27°/21°246 mm
- Nov26°/19°176 mm
- Dec25°/18°136 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park.
National park in Guatemala
Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Guatemala, 205 m above the sea.
317 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 25,323 open records.
The most recorded are the Brown Jay, the Magnolia Warbler and the Lesser Greenlet.
51 species come for the summer, 84 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Slaty-breasted Tinamou and Great Curassow.
The most species are recorded from January to April.
Get there and watch
- Campamento barratocampsite · 5.6 km · 1 within 10 km
- Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at FRS airport (San Benito)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmCampamento barrato
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmLaguna Yaxhá6.5 km² · 6.5 kmLaguneta Lancajá0.4 km² · 9.6 kmLaguneta Champoxté0.8 km² · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park
Guatemala
- 73Birdyas Score
- 317Species
- 141Migrants
- 2Threatened
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
Belize · 112 km
- 83Birdyas Score
- 376Species
- 150Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5193246) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 25,323 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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