Mexico · Veracruz
MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin
337 species and 238,349 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and October–November, with up to 247 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great EgretArdea alba
Green HeronButorides virescens
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechiaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 337 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Spot-tailed Nightjar Antiurus maculicaudus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin?
April–May and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 247 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin?
337 species, from 238,349 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Vulture, Great Egret, Green Heron, Western Cattle Egret and Lincoln's Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.