Mexico · Jalisco
Jardín Botánico Vallarta
260 species and 36,180 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Mexican CaciqueCassiculus melanicterus
San Blas JayCyanocorax sanblasianus
Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys
West Mexican ChachalacaOrtalis poliocephala
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularis
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
White-throated ThrushTurdus assimilis
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rancho Primavera15 km310 species
- Playa Yelapa16 km278 species
- Rio Pitillal22 km287 species
- Boca de Tomates23 km269 species
- Laguna San Pancho50 km231 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Mexican Hermit Phaethornis mexicanus
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Grey-crowned Woodpecker Colaptes auricularis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Sparkling-tailed Woodstar Tilmatura dupontii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri
- Mexican Woodnymph Eupherusa ridgwayi
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Bumblebee Hummingbird Selasphorus heloisa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-striped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Spotted Wren Campylorhynchus gularis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Flammulated Flycatcher Ramphotrigon flammulatum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Amethyst-throated Mountaingem Lampornis amethystinus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jardín Botánico Vallarta?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jardín Botánico Vallarta?
260 species, from 36,180 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jardín Botánico Vallarta in November?
The most recorded in November: Mexican Cacique, San Blas Jay, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Golden-cheeked Woodpecker and West Mexican Chachalaca.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.