Bird AlbumMexico · Oaxaca
Zona Arqueológica Monte Albán
266 species and 42,333 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
White-throated TowheeMelozone albicollis
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Berylline HummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina106 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 266 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Presa Piedra Azul27 km277 species
- Zona Arqueológica Yagul35 km215 species
All 266 species recorded here
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Dusky Hummingbird Phaeoptila sordida
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Slaty Vireo Vireo brevipennis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Pileated Flycatcher Xenotriccus mexicanus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni
- Grey-breasted Woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Beautiful Sheartail Calothorax pulcher
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Green-fronted Hummingbird Ramosomyia viridifrons
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bridled Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Oaxaca Sparrow Aimophila notosticta
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Amethyst-throated Mountaingem Lampornis amethystinus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
- Bumblebee Hummingbird Selasphorus heloisa
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sparkling-tailed Woodstar Tilmatura dupontii
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Red Warbler Cardellina rubra
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- White-striped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
- Russet Nightingale-Thrush Catharus occidentalis
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zona Arqueológica Monte Albán?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zona Arqueológica Monte Albán?
266 species, from 42,333 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zona Arqueológica Monte Albán in November?
The most recorded in November: Vermilion Flycatcher, Turkey Vulture, White-throated Towhee, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher and Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.