Mexico · Nayarit
Rio La Tovara
288 species and 45,739 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, with up to 197 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green HeronButorides virescens
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechiaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Camino Singayta5 km313 species
- Granja de Camarón Chacalilla9 km281 species
- Chacalilla9 km324 species
- Tecuitata14 km282 species
- Reserva Ecológica Sierra de San Juan – La Noria27 km357 species
- Laguna San Pancho73 km231 species
All 288 species recorded here
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Purplish-backed Jay Cyanocorax beecheii
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rio La Tovara?
January–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 197 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rio La Tovara?
288 species, from 45,739 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rio La Tovara in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Heron, Anhinga, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron and Green Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.