Mexico · Baja California Sur
Reserva Ecológica Estero de San José del Cabo
295 species and 105,045 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 197 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Great EgretArdea alba
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica171 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 295 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 295 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Belding's Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Grey Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Reserva Ecológica Estero de San José del Cabo?
November–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 197 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Reserva Ecológica Estero de San José del Cabo?
295 species, from 105,045 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Reserva Ecológica Estero de San José del Cabo in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Great Egret, Osprey, Common Gallinule and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.