Mexico · Baja California Sur
Laguna San Ignacio
206 species and 22,367 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 110 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
WilletTringa semipalmata
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis78 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 206 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 206 species recorded here
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Grey Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna San Ignacio?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 110 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna San Ignacio?
206 species, from 22,367 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna San Ignacio in November?
The most recorded in November: Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Brant Goose, Brown Pelican and Western 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.