Nicaragua Ramsar wetland
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Guatuzos
109 bird species recorded; the most in January and in August.
Tom Miller · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
71 species in January.10 species in February.2 species in March.28 species in April.32 species in May.5 species in June.4 species in July.69 species in August.0 species in September.1 species in October.22 species in November.2 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.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
109 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).
- 109Speciesrecorded more than once
- 19Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 941Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 8Raptors
- 3Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 52Songbirds
- 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 109 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis
- Bare-throated Tiger-heronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
Songbirds52 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Gray-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- White-collared ManakinManacus candei
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Stilpnia larvataStilpnia larvata
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroa
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
- Grey-headed TanagerEucometis penicillata
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Bare-crowned AntbirdGymnocichla nudiceps
- Dusky AntbirdCercomacra tyrannina
- Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Spotted AntbirdHylophylax naevioides
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Nicaraguan Seed FinchSporophila nuttingi
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Yellow TyrannuletCapsiempis flaveola
- Nicaraguan GrackleQuiscalus nicaraguensis
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
Other birds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Aztec ParakeetAratinga nana
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Bronzy HermitGlaucis aeneus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneus
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
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 January and in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/22°16 mm
- Feb31°/22°9 mm
- Mar33°/22°11 mm
- Apr34°/23°37 mm
- May32°/24°185 mm
- Jun29°/24°179 mm
- Jul29°/24°134 mm
- Aug29°/24°179 mm
- Sep28°/24°256 mm
- Oct28°/23°297 mm
- Nov28°/23°137 mm
- Dec28°/22°27 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Guatuzos.
Protected area in Nicaragua
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Guatuzos is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Nicaragua.
109 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 941 open records.
The most recorded are the Ringed Kingfisher, the American Pygmy Kingfisher and the Great White Egret.
12 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in January and in August.
Get there and watch
- Upalanearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 68 km in a straight lineCar hire at LIR airport (Liberia)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 Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Guatuzos.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmCerro Cucaracha63 m · 23 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.
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Guatuzos
Nicaragua
- 45Birdyas Score
- 109Species
- 19Migrants
- 0Threatened
Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge
Costa Rica · 20 km
- 91Birdyas Score
- 476Species
- 167Migrants
- 9Threatened
Palo Verde National Park
Costa Rica · 80 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 349Species
- 156Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6682787) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 941 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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