Mexico Ramsar wetland
Pantanos de Centla
136 bird species recorded; the most in November.
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This month here
80 species in January.33 species in February.70 species in March.31 species in April.61 species in May.1 species in June.60 species in July.54 species in August.38 species in September.4 species in October.104 species in November.41 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
136 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).
- 136Speciesrecorded more than once
- 52Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,330Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 1Owls
- 3Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 22Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 64Songbirds
- 28Other 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 136 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds64 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueola
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Saltator coerulescensSaltator coerulescens
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Yucatan JayCyanocorax yucatanicus
- Rufous-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis erythrothorax
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Mangrove VireoVireo pallens
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- White-throated FlycatcherEmpidonax albigularis
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
Other birds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Aztec ParakeetAratinga nana
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrix
- American CootFulica americana
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Chlorestes candidaChlorestes candida
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
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 November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/20°105 mm
- Feb28°/21°56 mm
- Mar30°/22°42 mm
- Apr33°/24°29 mm
- May33°/26°94 mm
- Jun31°/26°228 mm
- Jul31°/26°159 mm
- Aug30°/26°212 mm
- Sep30°/26°275 mm
- Oct29°/25°307 mm
- Nov27°/23°169 mm
- Dec26°/21°89 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Pantanos de Centla.
Wooded wetlands along the coast of Tabasco, Mexico
Pantanos de Centla is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
136 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,330 open records.
The most recorded are the Quiscalus mexicanus, the Phalacrocorax brasilianus and the Ringed Kingfisher.
23 species come for the summer, 26 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in November.
Get there and watch
- Chichicastle 1ra. Secciónnearest town · 7.9 km in a straight line
- Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at VSA airport (Villahermosa)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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- bird hides 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 Pantanos de Centla.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
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.
Pantanos de Centla
Mexico
- 53Birdyas Score
- 136Species
- 52Migrants
- 0Threatened
Lagunas de Montebello National Park
Mexico · 266 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 403Species
- 179Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1710209) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,330 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 | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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