Mexico · Nayarit
Laguna San Pancho
231 species and 34,563 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Sinaloa CrowCorvus sinaloae
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
WilletTringa semipalmataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Boca de Tomates29 km269 species
- Rio Pitillal34 km287 species
- Playa Yelapa46 km278 species
- Jardín Botánico Vallarta50 km260 species
- Rancho Primavera62 km310 species
- Tecuitata67 km282 species
All 231 species recorded here
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Spotted Wren Campylorhynchus gularis
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna San Pancho?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna San Pancho?
231 species, from 34,563 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna San Pancho in November?
The most recorded in November: Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Black-necked Stilt, Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Great-tailed Grackle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.