Mexico · Oaxaca
Ojo de Agua Tolistoque
246 species and 21,476 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January and March–April, with up to 124 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularis
Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
White-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax formosus
Turquoise-crowned HummingbirdCynanthus doubledayi
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Orange-breasted BuntingPasserina leclancherii
Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HawkButeo plagiatus
West Mexican ChachalacaOrtalis poliocephalaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Playa Santa Maria Xadani32 km238 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow Peucaea sumichrasti
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Green-fronted Hummingbird Ramosomyia viridifrons
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Beautiful Sheartail Calothorax pulcher
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Russet-naped Wren Campylorhynchus humilis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Flammulated Flycatcher Ramphotrigon flammulatum
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ojo de Agua Tolistoque?
October–January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 124 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ojo de Agua Tolistoque?
246 species, from 21,476 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ojo de Agua Tolistoque in November?
The most recorded in November: Inca Dove, Turkey Vulture, Orange-fronted Parakeet, Altamira Oriole and Golden-fronted Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.