Mexico · Yucatán
Zona Arqueológica Chichén Itzá
243 species and 20,552 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–April, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Yucatan JayCyanocorax yucatanicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Reserva Xocen Birding Trail44 km215 species
All 243 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Orange Oriole Icterus auratus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zona Arqueológica Chichén Itzá?
December–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zona Arqueológica Chichén Itzá?
243 species, from 20,552 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zona Arqueológica Chichén Itzá in November?
The most recorded in November: Great-tailed Grackle, Melodious Blackbird, Masked Tityra, White-eyed Vireo and Black Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.