Bird AlbumHonduras · Cortés Department
Lagunas de Oxidación de Puerto Cortés
250 species and 25,969 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January and October, with up to 153 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
American CootFulica americana
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus97 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 250 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Residencial Santa Mónica34 km155 species
- Aeropuerto Internacional de San Pedro Sula44 km225 species
- Jardín Botánico Lancetilla52 km347 species
All 250 species recorded here
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lagunas de Oxidación de Puerto Cortés?
December–January and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 153 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lagunas de Oxidación de Puerto Cortés?
250 species, from 25,969 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lagunas de Oxidación de Puerto Cortés in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Jacana, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Laughing Gull and Royal Tern.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.