Bird AlbumMexico · Jalisco
Playa Yelapa
278 species and 33,017 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, with up to 179 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularis
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
WilletTringa semipalmata
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mexican CaciqueCassiculus melanicterusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jardín Botánico Vallarta16 km260 species
- Rancho Primavera19 km310 species
- Boca de Tomates27 km269 species
- Rio Pitillal29 km287 species
- Laguna San Pancho46 km231 species
All 278 species recorded here
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Mexican Hermit Phaethornis mexicanus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- California Gull Larus californicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Grey-crowned Woodpecker Colaptes auricularis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Flammulated Flycatcher Ramphotrigon flammulatum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Mexican Woodnymph Eupherusa ridgwayi
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- White-striped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Playa Yelapa?
January–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 179 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Playa Yelapa?
278 species, from 33,017 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Playa Yelapa in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Vulture, Magnificent Frigatebird, Black-necked Stilt, Snowy Egret and Orange-fronted Parakeet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.