Mexico · Jalisco
Boca de Tomates
269 species and 20,631 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Great EgretArdea alba
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
WilletTringa semipalmata
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rio Pitillal6 km287 species
- Jardín Botánico Vallarta23 km260 species
- Playa Yelapa27 km278 species
- Laguna San Pancho29 km231 species
- Rancho Primavera37 km310 species
All 269 species recorded here
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Boca de Tomates?
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 Boca de Tomates?
269 species, from 20,631 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Boca de Tomates in November?
The most recorded in November: Magnificent Frigatebird, Neotropic Cormorant, American White Ibis, Black Vulture and Brown Pelican.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.