Mexico Ramsar wetland
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
222 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Ken Thomas · Public domain
This month here
136 species in January.135 species in February.136 species in March.113 species in April.95 species in May.89 species in June.101 species in July.101 species in August.94 species in September.166 species in October.144 species in November.119 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
222 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 222Speciesrecorded more than once
- 96Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 20,276Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 24Waders
- 17Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 106Songbirds
- 35Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 222 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
Waders24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
Gulls & seabirds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Caribbean FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Songbirds106 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Black CatbirdMelanoptila glabrirostris
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Yucatan VireoVireo magister
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cozumel VireoVireo bairdiNT
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Cozumel WrenTroglodytes beani
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Rose-throated TanagerPiranga roseogularis
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Yucatan FlycatcherMyiarchus yucatanensis
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- Cozumel ThrasherToxostoma guttatumCR
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange OrioleIcterus auratus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Other birds35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cynanthus forficatusCynanthus forficatus
- Yucatan WoodpeckerMelanerpes pygmaeus
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaNT
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis
- American CootFulica americana
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Cynanthus canivetiiCynanthus canivetii
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
- Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yucatan NightjarAntrostomus badius
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/23°61 mm
- Feb27°/24°47 mm
- Mar27°/24°42 mm
- Apr28°/25°42 mm
- May29°/26°100 mm
- Jun29°/27°177 mm
- Jul29°/27°96 mm
- Aug30°/28°125 mm
- Sep30°/27°170 mm
- Oct29°/26°224 mm
- Nov27°/25°129 mm
- Dec27°/24°69 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park.
Marine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
222 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 20,276 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Vulture, the Mangrove Warbler and the Tropical Mockingbird.
31 species come for the summer, 59 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Iberostar Cozumelplace to stay · 8.5 km · 3 within 10 km
- Cozumelnearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Cozumel International Airport (CZM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at CZM airport (Cozumel)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmFaro Celarain, Torre de Observation
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 3places to stay within 10 kmIberostar Cozumel, Iberostar Waves Cozumel, Occidental Grand Cozumel
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmPlaya Palancar · 6.4 kmPlaya Box · 6.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Mexico
- 80Birdyas Score
- 222Species
- 96Migrants
- 7Threatened
Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park
Mexico · 71 km
- 74Birdyas Score
- 232Species
- 96Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4795893) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 20,276 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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