Honduras · Santa Bárbara Department
Lago de Yojoa – Sector La Ensenada
306 species and 34,881 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March and October, with up to 183 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
American CootFulica americana
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla133 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 306 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Cerro Azul Meámbar – Sendero La Naturaleza8 km263 species
- Lago de Yojoa – Sector Honduyate9 km227 species
- Lago de Yojoa – Sector Cortijo del Lago13 km290 species
- PN Cerro Azul Meámbar – PANACAM Lodge14 km350 species
- Lago de Yojoa – Parque Los Naranjos16 km338 species
- Lago de Yojoa – Sendero Acuático El Canal16 km264 species
All 306 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
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 La Ensenada?
January–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 183 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lago de Yojoa – Sector La Ensenada?
306 species, from 34,881 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lago de Yojoa – Sector La Ensenada in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Northern Jacana, Black Vulture, Mangrove Warbler and Tropical Kingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.