El Salvador · Usulután Department
Bahía Jiquilisco – Salinera Handal
192 species and 9,561 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and October, with up to 101 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great EgretArdea alba
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea79 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 192 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna El Jocotal23 km223 species
- Bocana Río Jiboa65 km244 species
All 192 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bahía Jiquilisco – Salinera Handal?
January and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 101 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bahía Jiquilisco – Salinera Handal?
192 species, from 9,561 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bahía Jiquilisco – Salinera Handal in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-necked Stilt, Wood Stork, Least Sandpiper, Tricolored Heron and Snowy Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.