Mexico Ramsar wetland
Estero Punta Banda
331 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Isaacvp · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
214 species in January.177 species in February.189 species in March.179 species in April.165 species in May.141 species in June.148 species in July.148 species in August.231 species in September.286 species in October.228 species in November.251 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
331 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).
- 331Speciesrecorded more than once
- 156Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 99,990Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 16Raptors
- 4Owls
- 41Waders
- 38Gulls & seabirds
- 32Ducks & geese
- 24Herons, ibises & grebes
- 147Songbirds
- 29Other 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 331 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- SurfbirdCalidris virgata
- Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
- Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
Gulls & seabirds38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Larus occidentalisLarus occidentalis
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Heermann's GullLarus heermanniNT
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- California GullLarus californicus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelasNT
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Cassin's AukletPtychoramphus aleuticusNT
- Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Synthliboramphus scrippsiSynthliboramphus scrippsi
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black Storm PetrelOceanodroma melania
- Pink-footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopus
- Least Storm PetrelOceanodroma microsoma
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
Ducks & geese32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RedheadAythya americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
Herons, ibises & grebes24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
- Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Songbirds147 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
- California TowheeMelozone crissalis
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- WrentitChamaea fasciata
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-throated Magpie-jayCalocitta colliei
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Tricoloured BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
- California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Bell's SparrowArtemisiospiza belli
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Vireo plumbeusVireo plumbeus
- Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
- Empidonax wrightiiEmpidonax wrightii
- Vireo huttoniVireo huttoni
- Red TanagerPiranga flava
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
- Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae
- Vireo cassiniiVireo cassinii
Other birds29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- American CootFulica americana
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Western RailRallus obsoletusNT
- California QuailCallipepla californica
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
- Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
- White-throated swiftAeronautes saxatalis
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusNT
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Sphyrapicus nuchalisSphyrapicus nuchalis
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan17°/11°35 mm
- Feb17°/10°46 mm
- Mar18°/11°27 mm
- Apr19°/12°14 mm
- May21°/13°6 mm
- Jun23°/15°33 mm
- Jul26°/18°3 mm
- Aug27°/19°3 mm
- Sep26°/18°6 mm
- Oct24°/16°13 mm
- Nov20°/13°22 mm
- Dec17°/11°45 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Estero Punta Banda.
Estero Punta Banda is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
331 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 99,990 open records.
The most recorded are the Brown Pelican, the Larus occidentalis and the Willet.
44 species come for the summer, 102 for the winter and 10 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Marbled Godwit, Grey Plover and Short-billed Dowitcher.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Campo Menesescampsite · 6.1 km · 6 within 10 km
- Hotel Estero Beachplace to stay · 1.9 km · 7 within 10 km
- Rodolfo Sánchez Taboadanearest town · 6.4 km in a straight line
- General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 93 km in a straight lineCar hire at TIJ airport (Tijuana)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
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmCampo Meneses, Campo Kennedy, Puerto Zeppelin and 3 more
- 7places to stay within 10 kmHotel Estero Beach, Estero Beach Resort, Motel Buffadora and 4 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Estero Punta Banda.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas17 mountains within 25 kmCerro Trinidad · 14 kmCerro La Yerbabuena · 16 kmCerro Los Maximinos · 18 kmCerro Soledad · 18 kmCerro del Toro · 20 kmCerro Granito · 20 kmCerro Ensenada · 23 kmCerro Miracielo · 24 km
Coastya4 beaches within 10 kmPlaya Estero · 1.9 kmPlaya Monalisa · 2.4 kmPlaya Corona · 3.2 kmCaleta Puerto Escondido · 9.7 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.
Estero Punta Banda
Mexico
- 84Birdyas Score
- 331Species
- 156Migrants
- 7Threatened
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
United States · 100 km
- 92Birdyas Score
- 428Species
- 244Migrants
- 17Threatened
Constitution 1857 National Park
Mexico · 58 km
- 34Birdyas Score
- 37Species
- 10Migrants
- 0Threatened
Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta biosphere reserve
Mexico · 197 km
- 76Birdyas Score
- 198Species
- 107Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q114361605) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 99,990 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 | Peakyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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