Mexico · Baja California
Bahía de San Quintín
239 species and 79,277 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Western GullLarus occidentalis
WilletTringa semipalmata
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Great EgretArdea alba
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Common LoonGavia immer
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
OspreyPandion haliaetusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 239 species recorded here
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Grey Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bahía de San Quintín?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bahía de San Quintín?
239 species, from 79,277 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bahía de San Quintín in November?
The most recorded in November: Brant Goose, Brown Pelican, Western Gull, Willet and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.