Honduras · Cortés Department
Lago de Yojoa – Sector Cortijo del Lago
290 species and 18,442 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, May and November, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Great EgretArdea alba
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
OspreyPandion haliaetus139 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 290 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lago de Yojoa – Sector Honduyate5 km227 species
- PN Cerro Azul Meámbar – PANACAM Lodge6 km350 species
- PN Cerro Azul Meámbar – Sendero La Naturaleza6 km263 species
- Reserva Natural Privada Luna del Puente8 km307 species
- Lago de Yojoa – Parque Los Naranjos9 km338 species
- Lago de Yojoa – Sendero Acuático El Canal9 km264 species
All 290 species recorded here
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Sparkling-tailed Woodstar Tilmatura dupontii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Green-throated Mountaingem Lampornis viridipallens
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lago de Yojoa – Sector Cortijo del Lago?
January–February, May and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lago de Yojoa – Sector Cortijo del Lago?
290 species, from 18,442 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lago de Yojoa – Sector Cortijo del Lago in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Jacana, Mangrove Warbler, Great Egret, Great Kiskadee and Snail Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.