Honduras Ramsar wetland
Jeanette Kawas National Park
53 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Ricky Ng-Adam · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
6 species in January.10 species in February.0 species in March.7 species in April.9 species in May.1 species in June.0 species in July.5 species in August.0 species in September.5 species in October.20 species in November.48 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
53 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).
- 53Speciesrecorded more than once
- 7Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 300Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 3Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 12Songbirds
- 10Other 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 53 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
Songbirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Aztec ParakeetAratinga nana
- Common PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/23°180 mm
- Feb26°/23°110 mm
- Mar28°/24°81 mm
- Apr29°/25°47 mm
- May30°/26°115 mm
- Jun30°/26°195 mm
- Jul29°/26°172 mm
- Aug30°/26°174 mm
- Sep30°/27°198 mm
- Oct28°/26°279 mm
- Nov27°/25°286 mm
- Dec26°/24°189 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Jeanette Kawas National Park.
National park in Honduras
Jeanette Kawas National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Honduras.
53 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 300 open records.
The most recorded are the Phalacrocorax brasilianus, the Brown Pelican and the Royal Tern.
2 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Tornabénearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight lineCar hire at SAP airport (San Pedro Sula)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 Jeanette Kawas National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmCerro Cardona · 20 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.
Jeanette Kawas National Park
Honduras
- 36Birdyas Score
- 53Species
- 7Migrants
- 0Threatened
Punta Izopo Wildlife Refuge
Honduras · 31 km
- 67Birdyas Score
- 209Species
- 74Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1685981) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 300 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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