Mexico Ramsar wetland
Marieta Islands
119 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Christian Frausto Bernal from Tepic, Nayarit, MEXICO · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
61 species in January.58 species in February.57 species in March.68 species in April.46 species in May.26 species in June.35 species in July.49 species in August.44 species in September.43 species in October.47 species in November.54 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
119 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).
- 119Speciesrecorded more than once
- 44Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 6,391Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 13Raptors
- 2Owls
- 11Waders
- 33Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 30Songbirds
- 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 119 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
Gulls & seabirds33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Heermann's GullLarus heermanniNT
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Phaethon aethereusPhaethon aethereus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Hydrobates melaniaHydrobates melania
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Least Storm PetrelOceanodroma microsoma
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelasNT
- California GullLarus californicus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Craveri's MurreletSynthliboramphus craveriVU
- Pink-footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Galapagos ShearwaterPuffinus subalaris
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Yellow-winged CaciqueCacicus melanicterus
- Sinaloa CrowCorvus sinaloae
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Black-throated Magpie-jayCalocitta colliei
- San Blas JayCyanocorax sanblasianus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Rufous-bellied ChachalacaOrtalis wagleri
- Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan25°/22°20 mm
- Feb25°/21°35 mm
- Mar26°/22°15 mm
- Apr26°/23°1 mm
- May28°/24°10 mm
- Jun28°/25°140 mm
- Jul29°/26°330 mm
- Aug29°/27°377 mm
- Sep29°/27°362 mm
- Oct29°/26°153 mm
- Nov28°/25°38 mm
- Dec26°/22°25 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Marieta Islands.
Group of small uninhabited islands in Mexico
Marieta Islands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
119 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 6,391 open records.
The most recorded are the Blue-footed Booby, the Magnificent Frigatebird and the Brown Pelican.
14 species come for the summer, 27 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Craveri's Murrelet and American Black Swift.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- The St. Regis Punta Mita Resortplace to stay · 9.2 km · 20 within 10 km
- Corral del Risco (Punta de Mita)nearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at PVR airport (Puerto Vallarta)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
- 20places to stay within 10 kmThe St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, El Coral, Hotel CINCO and 17 more
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Marieta Islands.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmCerro Carelleros · 12 kmCerro Pátzcuaro · 18 kmCerro El Caloso · 19 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.
Marieta Islands
Mexico
- 54Birdyas Score
- 119Species
- 44Migrants
- 2Threatened
Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Mexico · 148 km
- 69Birdyas Score
- 237Species
- 107Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1060732) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 6,391 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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