Mexico Ramsar wetland
Laguna de Sayula
120 bird species recorded; the most in February.
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This month here
64 species in January.72 species in February.63 species in March.0 species in April.13 species in May.28 species in June.1 species in July.10 species in August.19 species in September.59 species in October.62 species in November.62 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
120 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).
- 120Speciesrecorded more than once
- 63Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,943Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,343 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 19Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 48Songbirds
- 12Other 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 120 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Buteo albicaudatusButeo albicaudatus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Waders19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- SanderlingCalidris alba
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Mexican DuckAnas diazi
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueola
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
- Sturnella lilianaeSturnella lilianae
- Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
- Elegant EuphoniaEuphonia elegantissima
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulescens
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CootFulica americana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Leucolia violicepsLeucolia violiceps
- Russet-crowned MotmotMomotus mexicanus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
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 February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/9°12 mm
- Feb24°/9°19 mm
- Mar27°/10°8 mm
- Apr30°/13°1 mm
- May32°/15°20 mm
- Jun28°/16°141 mm
- Jul25°/16°215 mm
- Aug25°/16°196 mm
- Sep24°/15°190 mm
- Oct25°/14°80 mm
- Nov24°/11°21 mm
- Dec23°/9°7 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Laguna de Sayula.
Body of water
Laguna de Sayula is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico, 1,343 m above the sea.
120 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,943 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern Shoveler, the Black-necked Stilt and the American Avocet.
15 species come for the summer, 47 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Atoyacnearest town · 3.0 km in a straight line
- Guadalajara International Airport (GDL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire at GDL airport (Guadalajara)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 Laguna de Sayula.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas35 mountains within 25 kmCerro Contreras · 19 kmCerro La Calera · 20 kmCerro Los Huesos · 21 kmCerro La Torrecilla · 22 kmCerro Los Guajolotes · 22 kmCerro Borracho · 24 kmCerro Los Cimientos · 24 kmCerro El Ixcapil · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLaguna de Sayula0.2 km² · 1.0 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.
Laguna de Sayula
Mexico
- 56Birdyas Score
- 120Species
- 63Migrants
- 1Threatened
Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Mexico · 164 km
- 69Birdyas Score
- 237Species
- 107Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6380241) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,943 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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