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Lagunas de Montebello National Park

403 bird species recorded; the most in March.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec283at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

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This month here

260 species in January.

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.

Wilson's Warbler
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaWinter visitorDawn Beattie from Morro Bay, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Townsend's Warbler
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendiWinter visitorSlodocent · CC BY 2.0
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaWinter visitorTonyCastro · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hermit Warbler
Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalisWinter visitorhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/37699157@N00 · CC BY 2.0
Slate-throated Redstart
Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatusResidentMichael Woodruff · CC BY-SA 2.0
Common Bush Tanager
Common Bush TanagerChlorospingus flavopectusResidentCephas · CC BY-SA 4.0
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Golden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysopariaWinter visitorSteve Maslowski/U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domain
Brown-backed Solitaire
Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalisResidentAmado Demesa from DF, México · CC BY-SA 2.0
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinisResidentFrancesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Southern House Wren
Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculusSummer visitorDario Sanches from SÃO PAULO, BRASIL · CC BY-SA 2.0
Unicolored Jay
Unicolored JayAphelocoma unicolorResidentFrancesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 2.0
Yellow-backed Oriole
Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysaterResidentFélix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grey Catbird
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorAMMuench · CC BY 4.0
Wood Thrush
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaWinter visitorHylocichla mustelina.jpg : Steve Maslowski, US Fish and Wildlife Service derivative work: · Public domain
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorMykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Yellowthroat
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grace's Warbler
Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciaeResidentdominic sherony · CC BY-SA 2.0
Greater Pewee
Greater PeweeContopus pertinaxWinter visitorHarmonyonPlanetEarth · CC BY 2.0
American Coot
American CootFulica americanaWinter visitorRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hairy Woodpecker
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorMdf · CC BY-SA 3.0
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchusResidentGary L. Clark · CC BY-SA 4.0
Azure-hooded Jay
Azure-hooded JayCyanolyca cucullataResidentCephas · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

403 species, counted.

79out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 403Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 179Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 18,811Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 1,484 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 27Raptors
  • 10Owls
  • 3Waders
  • 1Gulls & seabirds
  • 6Ducks & geese
  • 12Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 1Storks & cranes
  • 236Songbirds
  • 107Other 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 403 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black VultureCoragyps atratus
  • Turkey VultureCathartes aura
  • Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
  • Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
  • Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
  • Barred Forest-FalconMicrastur ruficollis
  • Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
  • Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
  • Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
  • Buteo albicaudatusButeo albicaudatus
  • Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
  • White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
  • Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
  • Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
  • Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
  • Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
  • Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
  • Leucopternis albicollisLeucopternis albicollis
  • Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusNT
  • Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
  • Bicolored HawkAccipiter bicolor
  • Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
  • Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Owls10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Mottled OwlStrix virgata
  • Middle American Screech OwlMegascops guatemalae
  • Glaucidium gnomaGlaucidium gnoma
  • Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
  • American Barn OwlTyto furcata
  • Stygian OwlAsio stygius
  • Least Pygmy-owlGlaucidium minutissimum
  • Whiskered Screech-OwlMegascops trichopsis
  • Fulvous OwlStrix fulvescens
  • Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
  • KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
  • Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
  • Cairina moschataCairina moschata
  • Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
  • American WigeonMareca americana
  • Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
  • Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
  • Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
  • Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
  • Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
  • Snowy EgretEgretta thula
  • Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
  • Green HeronButorides virescens
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
  • American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds236 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
  • Common Bush TanagerChlorospingus flavopectus
  • Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus
  • Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
  • Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalis
  • Unicolored JayAphelocoma unicolor
  • Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
  • Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
  • Spot-crowned WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinis
  • Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
  • Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
  • Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
  • Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
  • Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
  • Azure-hooded JayCyanolyca cucullata
  • Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
  • Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae
  • Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
  • Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanus
  • Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
  • Grey-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
  • Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
  • Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
  • Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
  • Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
  • Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
  • Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus
  • Spotted WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus erythropygius
  • Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
  • Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
  • Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
  • Flame-coloured TanagerPiranga bidentata
  • Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
  • Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
  • Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
  • Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
  • Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
  • Golden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysoparia
  • Black-headed SiskinSpinus notatus
  • Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
  • Yellowish FlycatcherEmpidonax flavescens
  • Red TanagerPiranga flava
  • Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
  • Ruddy Foliage-gleanerAutomolus rubiginosus
  • White-naped Brush-finchAtlapetes albinucha
  • Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
  • Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
  • Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
  • Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
  • Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
  • Cinnamon-bellied Flower-piercerDiglossa baritula
  • Chestnut-capped Brush FinchArremon brunneinucha
  • Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
  • Black RobinTurdus infuscatus
  • Orange-billed Nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris
  • MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
  • Blue-and-white MockingbirdMelanotis hypoleucus
  • Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
  • Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
  • Black-throated JayCyanolyca pumilo
  • Turdus assimilisTurdus assimilis
  • Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
  • Rufous-collared RobinTurdus rufitorques
  • Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
  • Gray Silky-flycatcherPtilogonys cinereus
  • Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
  • Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
  • Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
  • Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
  • Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
  • Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
  • Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
  • Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
  • Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
  • Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescens
  • Northern Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
  • Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
  • Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
  • Eye-ringed FlatbillRhynchocyclus brevirostris
  • Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
  • Crescent-chested WarblerOreothlypis superciliosa
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia variegaticeps
  • Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
  • Blue-crowned ChlorophoniaChlorophonia occipitalis
  • Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
  • OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
  • Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
  • Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
  • Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
  • Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrushCatharus frantzii
  • Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
  • Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
  • Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
  • American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
  • Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
  • Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
  • Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
  • Hooded GrosbeakHesperiphona abeillei
  • White-winged TanagerPiranga leucoptera
  • Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
  • Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
  • Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus
  • White-throated FlycatcherEmpidonax albigularis
  • Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
  • Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea
  • Elegant EuphoniaEuphonia elegantissima
  • Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
  • Slate-coloured SolitaireMyadestes unicolor
  • Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
  • Black-capped SwallowNotiochelidon pileata
  • Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
  • Tawny-throated LeaftosserSclerurus mexicanus
  • Crimson-collared TanagerRamphocelus sanguinolentus
  • Spotted Nightingale-ThrushCatharus dryas
  • Olive WarblerPeucedramus taeniatus
  • Prevost's Ground-sparrowMelozone biarcuata
  • Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
  • Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
  • Vireo plumbeusVireo plumbeus
  • Rufous-browed WrenTroglodytes rufociliatus
  • Mayan AntthrushFormicarius moniliger
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
  • Vireo huttoniVireo huttoni
  • Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
  • White-breasted Wood-wrenHenicorhina leucosticta
  • Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
  • Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
  • Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
  • Pine FlycatcherEmpidonax affinis
  • Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
  • Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
  • Red-crowned Ant-tanagerHabia rubica
  • Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
  • Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
  • Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
  • Grey-collared BecardPachyramphus major
  • Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
  • Golden-browed WarblerBasileuterus belli
  • Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
  • Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
  • Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
  • Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
  • Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
  • Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
  • Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
  • Guatemalan TyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus
  • Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
  • Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
  • Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
  • Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
  • Inca JayCyanocorax yncas
  • Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
  • Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
  • Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
  • Shining HoneycreeperCyanerpes lucidus
  • American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
  • Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
  • Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
  • Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
  • Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
  • Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis
  • Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
  • Green Shrike-vireoVireolanius pulchellus
  • Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
  • Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
  • Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
  • Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
  • Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
  • Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotus
  • Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominus
  • Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
  • Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
  • Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
  • Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroa
  • White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albiloris
  • Bar-winged OrioleIcterus maculialatus
  • Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictus
  • Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
  • Brown CreeperCerthia americana
  • Dendrocolaptes picumnusDendrocolaptes picumnus
  • Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
  • Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
  • White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
  • Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
  • Mexican Yellow GrosbeakPheucticus chrysopeplus
  • Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
  • Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botterii
  • Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
  • Stilpnia larvataStilpnia larvata
  • Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
  • Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
  • Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatina
  • Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
  • Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
  • Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
  • Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
  • White-bellied WrenUropsila leucogastra
  • Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
  • Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus
  • Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
  • White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa
  • Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatus
  • Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
  • Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
  • Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
  • Northern Barred WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithomae
  • Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
  • Chestnut-sided Shrike-vireoVireolanius melitophrys
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • Red-faced WarblerCardellina rubrifrons
  • Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
  • Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor
  • Black-faced GrosbeakCaryothraustes poliogaster
  • Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina
  • Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
  • BananaquitCoereba flaveola
  • Northern Nightingale-wrenMicrocerculus philomelaNT
  • Southern Nightingale-WrenMicrocerculus marginatus
  • Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
  • Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
  • Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
  • Buff-throated Foliage-gleanerAutomolus ochrolaemus
  • Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilis
  • Red-throated Ant TanagerHabia fuscicauda
  • Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
  • Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
  • Pink-headed WarblerCardellina versicolor
  • Black-capped SiskinSpinus atriceps
  • Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
  • House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
  • Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
Other birds107 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Green-throated Mountain-gemLampornis viridipallens
  • Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
  • Saucerottia cyanocephalaSaucerottia cyanocephala
  • Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
  • Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
  • Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
  • Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
  • Guatemalan FlickerColaptes mexicanoides
  • American CootFulica americana
  • Mountain TrogonTrogon mexicanus
  • Highland GuanPenelopina nigraVU
  • White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
  • White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotis
  • Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
  • White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
  • Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola
  • Blue-throated MotmotAspatha gularis
  • Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
  • Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinnoNT
  • Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
  • White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
  • Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
  • Inca DoveColumbina inca
  • White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
  • Mexican Whip-poor-willAntrostomus arizonae
  • Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus
  • Magnificent HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
  • Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus
  • Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
  • Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
  • Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
  • Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardiVU
  • Emerald-chinned HummingbirdAbeillia abeillei
  • Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
  • Slender SheartailDoricha enicura
  • White-faced Quail-doveZentrygon albifacies
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
  • Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
  • Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
  • Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
  • Amethyst-throated MountaingemLampornis amethystinus
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Singing QuailDactylortyx thoracicus
  • Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
  • Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
  • PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
  • Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenae
  • White-throated swiftAeronautes saxatalis
  • Spotted Wood QuailOdontophorus guttatus
  • Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
  • Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
  • Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
  • Cynanthus canivetiiCynanthus canivetii
  • Chlorestes candidaChlorestes candida
  • Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
  • Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
  • Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
  • Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
  • Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
  • Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
  • Selasphorus elliotiSelasphorus ellioti
  • SoraPorzana carolina
  • Amazonian MotmotMomotus momota
  • American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
  • Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
  • Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
  • Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
  • Leucolia viridifronsLeucolia viridifrons
  • Buffy-crowned Wood-partridgeDendrortyx leucophrys
  • Russet-crowned MotmotMomotus mexicanus
  • Garnet-throated HummingbirdLamprolaima rhami
  • Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
  • Berylline HummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina
  • Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
  • Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
  • Chlorestes eliciaeChlorestes eliciae
  • LimpkinAramus guarauna
  • Pionopsitta haematotisPionopsitta haematotis
  • Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
  • Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
  • Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox
  • Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
  • Scaly-breasted HummingbirdPhaeochroa cuvierii
  • Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
  • Sparkling-tailed WoodstarTilmatura dupontii
  • Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
  • Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
  • White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
  • Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
  • Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
  • Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
  • Pampa curvipennisPampa curvipennis
  • Pampa rufaPampa rufa
  • Tody MotmotHylomanes momotula
  • Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
  • Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
  • Great Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila sanctihieronymi
  • Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
  • Aratinga holochloraAratinga holochlora
  • Southern Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
  • Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
  • Great CurassowCrax rubraVU
  • Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensNT
  • Horned GuanOreophasis derbianus
  • Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
  • 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 March.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan26025°/12°18 mm
  2. Feb25628°/13°11 mm
  3. Mar28330°/15°16 mm
  4. Apr24832°/17°34 mm
  5. May20830°/18°141 mm
  6. Jun15727°/18°251 mm
  7. Jul11826°/17°155 mm
  8. Aug16227°/17°228 mm
  9. Sep13026°/17°295 mm
  10. Oct11525°/16°176 mm
  11. Nov12524°/14°46 mm
  12. Dec18224°/13°23 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Lagunas de Montebello National Park.

National park in Chiapas, Mexico

Lagunas de Montebello National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico, 1,484 m above the sea.

403 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 18,811 open records.

The most recorded are the Wilson's Warbler, the Common Bush Tanager and the Slate-throated Redstart.

89 species come for the summer, 80 for the winter and 10 only pass through.

4 are threatened worldwide, including Highland Guan, Slaty-breasted Tinamou and American Black Swift.

The most species are recorded in March.

Montebello 01
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Get there and watch

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.

Lagunas de Montebello National Park seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 15viewpoints within 5 kmMirador Laguna La Cañada, Lago Pojoj, Mirador Lago El Caracol and 12 more
  • 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 km
  • 17places to stay within 10 kmCabañas Islas de Tziscao, Cabañas Paraíso Tziscao, Cabañas Internacional Tziscao and 14 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

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Lagunas de Montebello National Park.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas20 mountains within 25 km
Cabastci · 5.2 kmCerro El Calvario · 17 kmCerro El Jacalteco · 18 kmCerro Miradero Lencho · 19 kmCerro El Cerecillo · 24 kmCerro El Gerón · 24 kmCerro El Ocotillo · 24 kmCerro Cante · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Laguna Brava4.0 km² · 12 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.

Lagos de Montebello, Chiapas - panoramio
Eduardo Manchon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Montebello S Viewpoint (113957355)
Araceli Santana · CC BY 3.0
Montebello 02
Unknown author · Public domain

Other places nearby.

Lagunas de Montebello National Park

Mexico

  • 79Birdyas Score
  • 403Species
  • 179Migrants
  • 4Threatened

Laguna Lachuá

Guatemala · 110 km

  • 74Birdyas Score
  • 280Species
  • 104Migrants
  • 3Threatened

See the guide

Sumidero Canyon

Mexico · 174 km

  • 76Birdyas Score
  • 328Species
  • 161Migrants
  • 3Threatened

See the guide

Manchón-Guamuchal

Guatemala · 184 km

  • 78Birdyas Score
  • 270Species
  • 114Migrants
  • 5Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1968860) · CC0
Birds18,811 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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