El Salvador Ramsar wetland
Jiquilisco Bay
178 bird species recorded; the most in January.
ElmerGuevara · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
148 species in January.88 species in February.76 species in March.100 species in April.61 species in May.82 species in June.80 species in July.59 species in August.77 species in September.90 species in October.98 species in November.47 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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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
178 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).
- 178Speciesrecorded more than once
- 67Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 6,871Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 66 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 23Raptors
- 4Owls
- 15Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 79Songbirds
- 39Other 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 178 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusNT
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Pacific Screech OwlMegascops cooperi
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds79 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
- Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Mangrove VireoVireo pallens
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albiloris
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
Other birds39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Spot-bellied BobwhiteColinus leucopogon
- Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
- Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Aratinga canicularisAratinga canicularis
- White-bellied ChachalacaOrtalis leucogastra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Plain-breasted Ground-DoveColumbina minuta
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Lesser Ground CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Trogon elegansTrogon elegans
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 January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan32°/22°3 mm
- Feb34°/22°4 mm
- Mar34°/23°6 mm
- Apr34°/25°32 mm
- May32°/24°169 mm
- Jun30°/24°193 mm
- Jul31°/24°155 mm
- Aug30°/24°198 mm
- Sep29°/24°234 mm
- Oct29°/23°204 mm
- Nov30°/22°40 mm
- Dec31°/22°10 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Jiquilisco Bay.
Salvadoran coastal nature reserve
Jiquilisco Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in El Salvador.
178 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 6,871 open records.
The most recorded are the Tropical Kingbird, the Quiscalus mexicanus and the Ruddy Ground Dove.
20 species come for the summer, 47 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Grey Plover and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Motel Jardínplace to stay · 6.6 km · 2 within 10 km
- Jiquilisconearest town · 4.0 km in a straight line
- El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at SAL airport (San Salvador)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
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2places to stay within 10 kmMotel Jardín, Automotel Los Sueños
- 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
- 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 Jiquilisco Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmTaburete1,172 m · volcano · 12 kmCerro El Taburete828 m · volcano · 12 kmUsulután1,449 m · 13 kmCerro Verde · 17 kmCerro Pelón · 18 kmCerro Oromontique · 18 kmTecapa1,593 m · 19 kmEl Tigre · 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.
Jiquilisco Bay
El Salvador
- 66Birdyas Score
- 178Species
- 67Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6202951) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 6,871 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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