Mexico Ramsar wetland
Biosphere Reserve Barranca de Metztitlán
129 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Thelmadatter · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
31 species in January.37 species in February.69 species in March.93 species in April.50 species in May.52 species in June.22 species in July.22 species in August.31 species in September.60 species in October.62 species in November.63 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
129 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).
- 129Speciesrecorded more than once
- 50Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,511Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,391 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 6Raptors
- 2Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 91Songbirds
- 22Other 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 129 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mexican DuckAnas diazi
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Songbirds91 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatus
- Black-vented OrioleIcterus wagleri
- Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulescens
- Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Spotted WrenCampylorhynchus gularis
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Gray Silky-flycatcherPtilogonys cinereus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
- Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Red TanagerPiranga flava
- Black-backed OrioleIcterus abeillei
- Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueola
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Vireo cassiniiVireo cassinii
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Elegant EuphoniaEuphonia elegantissima
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotus
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalis
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Lucifer HummingbirdCalothorax lucifer
- Blue-throated MountaingemLampornis clemenciae
- White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Leucolia violicepsLeucolia violiceps
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Saucerottia cyanocephalaSaucerottia cyanocephala
- American CootFulica americana
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan18°/5°30 mm
- Feb21°/7°25 mm
- Mar24°/8°32 mm
- Apr27°/11°41 mm
- May27°/13°64 mm
- Jun25°/14°157 mm
- Jul23°/13°165 mm
- Aug23°/13°172 mm
- Sep22°/13°237 mm
- Oct20°/11°145 mm
- Nov19°/8°57 mm
- Dec19°/6°24 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Biosphere Reserve Barranca de Metztitlán.
Biosphere Reserve Barranca de Metztitlán is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico, 1,391 m above the sea.
129 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,511 open records.
The most recorded are the House finch, the White-winged Dove and the Verdin.
16 species come for the summer, 31 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Mezquititlánnearest town · 9.3 km in a straight line
- Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 91 km in a straight lineCar hire at MEX airport (Mexico City)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay 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 Biosphere Reserve Barranca de Metztitlán.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas98 mountains within 25 kmCerro Verde · 9.5 kmCerro La Pila Larga · 14 kmCerro Tontiopa · 15 kmCerro Quelite · 18 kmCerro Alto · 20 kmCerro El Escorpion · 20 kmCerro Santa Rita · 21 kmCerro Ocotepec · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Biosphere Reserve Barranca de Metztitlán
Mexico
- 52Birdyas Score
- 129Species
- 50Migrants
- 0Threatened
Veracruzano Coral Reef System National Park
Mexico · 341 km
- 29Birdyas Score
- 25Species
- 1Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q20829827) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,511 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 | Peakyas, Canyonyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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