Mexico · Oaxaca
Zona Arqueológica Yagul
215 species and 29,498 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated TowheeMelozone albicollis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Grey-breasted WoodpeckerMelanerpes hypopolius
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Boucard's WrenCampylorhynchus jocosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Presa Piedra Azul12 km277 species
- Zona Arqueológica Monte Albán35 km266 species
All 215 species recorded here
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Grey-breasted Woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Dusky Hummingbird Phaeoptila sordida
- Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Beautiful Sheartail Calothorax pulcher
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Bridled Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Pileated Flycatcher Xenotriccus mexicanus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Rufous-capped Brushfinch Atlapetes pileatus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
- Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Green-fronted Hummingbird Ramosomyia viridifrons
- Russet-naped Wren Campylorhynchus humilis
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Coot Fulica americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zona Arqueológica Yagul?
November–March. 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 Yagul?
215 species, from 29,498 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zona Arqueológica Yagul in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Towhee, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Grey-breasted Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.