Mexico Ramsar wetland
Huatulco National Park
272 bird species recorded; the most in March and from November to December.
Daniel Lobo · CC0
This month here
197 species in January.189 species in February.202 species in March.169 species in April.135 species in May.109 species in June.103 species in July.135 species in August.135 species in September.170 species in October.214 species in November.218 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
272 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).
- 272Speciesrecorded more than once
- 126Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 55,996Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 79 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 24Raptors
- 4Owls
- 21Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 120Songbirds
- 50Other 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 272 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors24 species
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- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
Owls4 species
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- Colima Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium palmarum
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- Pacific Screech OwlMegascops cooperi
Waders21 species
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- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
Gulls & seabirds21 species
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- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Galapagos ShearwaterPuffinus subalaris
- Hydrobates melaniaHydrobates melania
- Least Storm PetrelOceanodroma microsoma
- Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelasNT
- Pink-footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopus
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
- Wedge-rumped Storm-petrelOceanodroma tethys
- Nazca boobySula granti
- Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese11 species
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- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
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- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Storks & cranes1 species
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- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds120 species
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- White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa
- Sclater's WrenCampylorhynchus humilis
- Yellow-winged CaciqueCacicus melanicterus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Orange-breasted BuntingPasserina leclancherii
- White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albiloris
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictus
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- Red-breasted ChatGranatellus venustus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina
- Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingi
- Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Flammulated FlycatcherDeltarhynchus flammulatus
- Happy WrenPheugopedius felix
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris
- Golden VireoVireo hypochryseus
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Red-crowned Ant-tanagerHabia rubica
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Vireo plumbeusVireo plumbeus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Vireo cassiniiVireo cassinii
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- White-throated FlycatcherEmpidonax albigularis
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueola
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
- Mangrove VireoVireo pallens
- Orange-billed Nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
- Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
Other birds50 species
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- Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Citreoline TrogonTrogon citreolus
- Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Doubleday's HummingbirdCynanthus doubledayi
- West Mexican ChachalacaOrtalis poliocephala
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
- Russet-crowned MotmotMomotus mexicanus
- Aratinga canicularisAratinga canicularis
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Lesser Ground CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- American CootFulica americana
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Common PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Buff-collared NightjarAntrostomus ridgwayi
- Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
- Cynanthus auricepsCynanthus auriceps
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus
- Berylline HummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Lilac-crowned ParrotAmazona finschi
- Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrix
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
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 March and from November to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/25°3 mm
- Feb29°/26°2 mm
- Mar30°/27°4 mm
- Apr30°/28°8 mm
- May31°/28°57 mm
- Jun30°/28°235 mm
- Jul31°/28°174 mm
- Aug30°/28°222 mm
- Sep30°/28°229 mm
- Oct30°/28°121 mm
- Nov30°/27°16 mm
- Dec29°/26°4 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Huatulco National Park.
National park in Mexico
Huatulco National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
272 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 55,996 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Vulture, the White-throated Magpie-Jay and the Sclater's Wren.
25 species come for the summer, 99 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher and American Black Swift.
The most species are recorded in March and from November to December.
Get there and watch
- Las Palmasplace to stay · 7.5 km · 103 within 10 km
- Sector H Tresnearest town · 7.7 km in a straight line
- Bahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at HUX airport (Huatulco)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
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 103places to stay within 10 kmLas Palmas, Hotel D'Abril, Hotel Arecife and 100 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites 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 Huatulco National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas21 mountains within 25 kmCerro El Potrero · 9.8 kmCerro Agua Escondida · 12 kmCerro La Montosa · 17 kmCerro Cigarro · 18 kmCerro Rincón · 18 kmCerro La Llorona · 19 kmCerro Chacalmata · 20 kmCerro Huatulco · 23 km
Coastya15 beaches within 10 kmPlaya Chachacual · 1.0 kmPlaya Las Dos Hermanas · 1.7 kmPlaya Cacaluta · 3.7 kmPlaya El Maguey · 5.1 kmPlaya Organo · 5.9 kmPlaya El Entrego · 7.8 km↗Playa Chahué · 9.2 kmPlaya Consuelo · 9.8 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.
Huatulco National Park
Mexico
- 74Birdyas Score
- 272Species
- 126Migrants
- 3Threatened
Lagunas de Chacahua National Park
Mexico · 162 km
- 65Birdyas Score
- 174Species
- 71Migrants
- 3Threatened
Veracruzano Coral Reef System National Park
Mexico · 388 km
- 29Birdyas Score
- 25Species
- 1Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5926326) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 55,996 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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