Mexico · Baja California
Laguna Mexico
147 species and 31,212 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–May and October, with up to 73 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
American CootFulica americana
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Rock DoveColumba livia
Snowy EgretEgretta thula62 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 147 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR – Union Tract / Visitor Center67 km277 species
All 147 species recorded here
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna Mexico?
December–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 73 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna Mexico?
147 species, from 31,212 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna Mexico in November?
The most recorded in November: Double-crested Cormorant, American White Pelican, American Coot, Burrowing Owl and Ring-billed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.