Bird AlbumNicaragua · Masaya Department
Laguna de Tisma
242 species and 16,557 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February and May, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Inca DoveColumbina inca
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla93 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 242 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- El Guayabo Wetlands9 km238 species
- Carretera hacia Cofradia17 km138 species
- Isletas de Granada – Puerto de las Piedras Pintadas y costa21 km216 species
- Reserva Privada Montibelli28 km207 species
- Reserva Natural Chocoyero El Brujo30 km194 species
- Reserva Privada Concepción de María35 km192 species
All 242 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Pacific Parakeet Psittacara strenuus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna de Tisma?
December–February and May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna de Tisma?
242 species, from 16,557 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna de Tisma in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird and Osprey.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.