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Laguna de San Gregorio Atlapulco
244 species and 32,852 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
American CootFulica americana
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Great EgretArdea alba
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque Ecológico de Xochimilco4 km308 species
- ANP Bosque de Tlalpan15 km209 species
- Jardín Botánico del Instituto de Biología UNAM15 km211 species
- Parque Las Maravillas18 km180 species
- Bosque de Chapultepec – Segunda Sección21 km203 species
All 244 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lucifer Sheartail Calothorax lucifer
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Blue-throated Mountaingem Lampornis clemenciae
- Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rufous-capped Brushfinch Atlapetes pileatus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Hooded Yellowthroat Geothlypis nelsoni
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna de San Gregorio Atlapulco?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna de San Gregorio Atlapulco?
244 species, from 32,852 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna de San Gregorio Atlapulco in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Cattle Egret, American Coot, Black-necked Stilt, Cassin's Kingbird and Blue-grey Gnatcatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.