Guatemala Ramsar wetland
Manchón-Guamuchal
270 bird species recorded; the most in February.
María Victoria López Alfaro · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
183 species in January.223 species in February.176 species in March.171 species in April.144 species in May.68 species in June.95 species in July.112 species in August.149 species in September.197 species in October.169 species in November.186 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
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
270 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).
- 270Speciesrecorded more than once
- 114Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 19,979Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 27Raptors
- 5Owls
- 31Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 25Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 104Songbirds
- 52Other 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 270 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
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Pacific Screech OwlMegascops cooperi
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Striped OwlPseudoscops clamator
Waders31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Herons, ibises & grebes25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds104 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Mangrove VireoVireo pallens
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Giant WrenCampylorhynchus chiapensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictus
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingi
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Inca JayCyanocorax yncas
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Yellow-winged CaciqueCacicus melanicterus
- Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus
Other birds52 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Aratinga canicularisAratinga canicularis
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
- White-bellied ChachalacaOrtalis leucogastra
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- American CootFulica americana
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Aratinga strenuaAratinga strenua
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Yellow-breasted CrakePorzana flaviventer
- Cynanthus canivetiiCynanthus canivetii
- Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
- Saucerottia cyanuraSaucerottia cyanura
- Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Common PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- SoraPorzana carolina
- White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
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.
- Jan28°/21°6 mm
- Feb29°/21°6 mm
- Mar30°/22°23 mm
- Apr31°/23°75 mm
- May30°/24°276 mm
- Jun28°/23°342 mm
- Jul29°/23°264 mm
- Aug28°/23°319 mm
- Sep28°/23°377 mm
- Oct28°/23°329 mm
- Nov28°/22°73 mm
- Dec28°/21°10 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Manchón-Guamuchal.
Manchón-Guamuchal is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Guatemala.
270 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 19,979 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Egret, the Phalacrocorax brasilianus and the Great Kiskadee.
28 species come for the summer, 82 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Grey Plover and Short-billed Dowitcher.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Ocósnearest town · 8.2 km in a straight line
- Tapachula International Airport (TAP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at TAP airport (Tapachula)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 Manchón-Guamuchal.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas6 lakes within 15 kmLaguneta La Colorada0.8 km² · 3.4 kmPampa del Chico0.3 km² · 7.7 kmLaguneta La Garita1.3 km² · 8.4 kmLaguneta Salada0.5 km² · 11 kmLaguneta El Arca1.1 km² · 12 kmLaguneta El Silencio0.3 km² · 13 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.
Manchón-Guamuchal
Guatemala
- 78Birdyas Score
- 270Species
- 114Migrants
- 5Threatened
Lagunas de Montebello National Park
Mexico · 184 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 403Species
- 179Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6747645) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 19,979 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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