Mexico · Campeche
Playa Norte
226 species and 30,972 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–October, with up to 128 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
WilletTringa semipalmata
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens105 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 226 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 226 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Playa Norte?
April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 128 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Playa Norte?
226 species, from 30,972 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Playa Norte in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Great-tailed Grackle, Greater Yellowlegs, Tropical Kingbird and Snowy Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.