Mexico · Oaxaca
Presa Piedra Azul
277 species and 46,714 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 179 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
Great EgretArdea alba
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
American CootFulica americana
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
White-throated TowheeMelozone albicollis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata139 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 277 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zona Arqueológica Yagul12 km215 species
- Zona Arqueológica Monte Albán27 km266 species
All 277 species recorded here
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Dusky Hummingbird Phaeoptila sordida
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Bridled Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Grey-breasted Woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Pileated Flycatcher Xenotriccus mexicanus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Oaxaca Sparrow Aimophila notosticta
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Beautiful Sheartail Calothorax pulcher
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Grey-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Green-fronted Hummingbird Ramosomyia viridifrons
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Blue-throated Mountaingem Lampornis clemenciae
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Long-tailed Wood Partridge Dendrortyx macroura
- Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Slaty Vireo Vireo brevipennis
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Red Warbler Cardellina rubra
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Russet Nightingale-Thrush Catharus occidentalis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Presa Piedra Azul?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 179 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Presa Piedra Azul?
277 species, from 46,714 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Presa Piedra Azul in November?
The most recorded in November: Least Grebe, Great Egret, Vermilion Flycatcher, Western Cattle Egret and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.