Honduras · Atlántida Department
Desembocadura del Río Cangrejal
268 species and 56,219 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October–November, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Great EgretArdea alba
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Inca DoveColumbina inca164 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 268 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Pico Bonito – Lodge at Pico Bonito18 km368 species
- PN Pico Bonito – Finca Mars18 km274 species
- RVS Cuero y Salado – [Considerar usar sublocalidades especificas]25 km327 species
- RVS Cuero y Salado – sendero acuático El Espejo25 km261 species
- Río Santiago Nature Resort38 km338 species
- Jardín Botánico Lancetilla73 km347 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Desembocadura del Río Cangrejal?
March–April and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Desembocadura del Río Cangrejal?
268 species, from 56,219 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Desembocadura del Río Cangrejal in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Neotropic Cormorant, Royal Tern, Great Egret and Black Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.