Mexico Ramsar wetland
Isla Isabel National Park
100 bird species recorded; the most from February to March.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
36 species in January.51 species in February.49 species in March.43 species in April.34 species in May.20 species in June.0 species in July.16 species in August.35 species in September.30 species in October.39 species in November.39 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
100 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).
- 100Speciesrecorded more than once
- 41Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,367Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5Raptors
- 8Waders
- 28Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 36Songbirds
- 11Other 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 100 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- SurfbirdCalidris virgata
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & seabirds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii
- Phaethon aethereusPhaethon aethereus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Heermann's GullLarus heermanniNT
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- California GullLarus californicus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Nazca boobySula granti
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Least Storm PetrelOceanodroma microsoma
- Larus occidentalisLarus occidentalis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Hydrobates melaniaHydrobates melania
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Craveri's MurreletSynthliboramphus craveriVU
- Galapagos ShearwaterPuffinus subalaris
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Brandt's CormorantPhalacrocorax penicillatus
Songbirds36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatus
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Audubon's WarblerSetophaga auduboni
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- American CootFulica americana
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
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 February to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/21°13 mm
- Feb26°/21°29 mm
- Mar26°/21°6 mm
- Apr28°/22°0 mm
- May30°/25°4 mm
- Jun30°/26°103 mm
- Jul30°/27°302 mm
- Aug30°/28°359 mm
- Sep30°/27°302 mm
- Oct30°/26°98 mm
- Nov28°/24°27 mm
- Dec26°/22°17 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Isla Isabel National Park.
National park in Nayarit, Mexico
Isla Isabel National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
100 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,367 open records.
The most recorded are the Blue-footed Booby, the Phaethon aethereus and the Magnificent Frigatebird.
10 species come for the summer, 28 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including American Black Swift and Craveri's Murrelet.
The most species are recorded from February to March.
Get there and watch
- Amado Nervo National Airport (TPQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 118 km in a straight lineCar hire at PVR airport (Puerto Vallarta)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 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 Isla Isabel National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Islandyasthe islandIsabel Island0.8 km²
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Isla Isabel National Park
Mexico
- 52Birdyas Score
- 100Species
- 41Migrants
- 2Threatened
Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Mexico · 278 km
- 69Birdyas Score
- 237Species
- 107Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q55074735) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,367 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 | Islandyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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