Honduras · Francisco Morazán Department
Laguna Villa Royal
223 species and 14,727 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and March–April, with up to 113 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Grey-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas111 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 223 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Las Quebraditas8 km180 species
- Montaña de Izopo – Sector Las Moras12 km220 species
- Calle al sur de El Tizatillo14 km271 species
- Zamorano Univ. – Res. Biol. Uyuca26 km198 species
- Zamorano Univ. – Campus Farms and River 740-815 masl30 km286 species
- Zamorano Univ. – Finca Agroecológica Santa Inés31 km202 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna Villa Royal?
November–January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 113 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna Villa Royal?
223 species, from 14,727 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna Villa Royal in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous-backed Wren, Inca Dove, Great-tailed Grackle, Black Vulture and Melodious Blackbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.