El Salvador · La Paz Department
Bocana Río Jiboa
244 species and 27,905 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 141 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
SanderlingCalidris alba
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens101 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 244 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Walter Thilo Deininger29 km215 species
- Jardín Botánico La Laguna41 km151 species
- Universidad de El Salvador44 km111 species
- Parque del Bicentenario44 km189 species
- Avenue Magisterial, San Salvador, San Salvador Department, SV (13.73, -89.2)45 km74 species
- Ecoparque El Espino46 km222 species
All 244 species recorded here
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bocana Río Jiboa?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 141 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bocana Río Jiboa?
244 species, from 27,905 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bocana Río Jiboa in November?
The most recorded in November: Sanderling, Eurasian Whimbrel, Tricolored Heron, Least Sandpiper and Laughing Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.