Honduras Ramsar wetland
Punta Izopo Wildlife Refuge
209 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Adalberto H. Vega · CC BY 2.0
This month here
108 species in January.84 species in February.126 species in March.21 species in April.31 species in May.7 species in June.20 species in July.80 species in August.16 species in September.42 species in October.87 species in November.190 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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VUNT
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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
209 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).
- 209Speciesrecorded more than once
- 74Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,852Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 1Owls
- 16Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 93Songbirds
- 55Other 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 209 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds93 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
- Western Slaty-antshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- White-breasted Wood-wrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
- White-collared ManakinManacus candei
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Tawny-crowned GreenletHylophilus ochraceiceps
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
Other birds55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Aztec ParakeetAratinga nana
- Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratusNT
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
- Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
- Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- American CootFulica americana
- Pionopsitta haematotisPionopsitta haematotis
- Spot-bellied BobwhiteColinus leucopogon
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Tawny-faced QuailRhynchortyx cinctusNT
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/23°180 mm
- Feb26°/23°110 mm
- Mar28°/24°81 mm
- Apr29°/25°47 mm
- May30°/26°115 mm
- Jun30°/26°195 mm
- Jul29°/26°172 mm
- Aug30°/26°174 mm
- Sep30°/27°198 mm
- Oct28°/26°279 mm
- Nov27°/25°286 mm
- Dec26°/24°189 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Punta Izopo Wildlife Refuge.
National park in Honduras
Punta Izopo Wildlife Refuge is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Honduras.
209 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,852 open records.
The most recorded are the Quiscalus mexicanus, the Black Vulture and the Golden-fronted Woodpecker.
12 species come for the summer, 58 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Lesser yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Coco Cabañas Eco Lodgeplace to stay · 1.4 km · 29 within 10 km
- El Triunfo de la Cruznearest town · 7.5 km in a straight line
- Golosón International Airport (LCE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 km in a straight lineCar hire at SAP airport (San Pedro Sula)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
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 29places to stay within 10 kmCoco Cabañas Eco Lodge, La chambre de la rue ume, Villa Escondida and 26 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
- 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 Punta Izopo Wildlife Refuge.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmCerro Izopo · 6.4 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Punta Izopo Wildlife Refuge
Honduras
- 67Birdyas Score
- 209Species
- 74Migrants
- 3Threatened
Jeanette Kawas National Park
Honduras · 31 km
- 36Birdyas Score
- 53Species
- 7Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7260542) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,852 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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