Mexico Ramsar wetland
Cabo Pulmo National Park
159 bird species recorded; the most from October to December.
John Markos O'Neill from San Francisco, California · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
84 species in January.105 species in February.80 species in March.75 species in April.47 species in May.39 species in June.50 species in July.29 species in August.76 species in September.116 species in October.111 species in November.107 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
159 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).
- 159Speciesrecorded more than once
- 81Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,479Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 4Owls
- 15Waders
- 25Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 65Songbirds
- 19Other 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 159 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
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottii
- Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyi
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
Gulls & seabirds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Larus occidentalisLarus occidentalis
- Yellow-footed GullLarus livens
- Heermann's GullLarus heermanniNT
- California GullLarus californicus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Hydrobates melaniaHydrobates melania
- Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelasNT
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
- Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externaVU
- Cook’s petrelPterodroma cookiiVU
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Phaethon aethereusPhaethon aethereus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Least Storm PetrelOceanodroma microsoma
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Pink-footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopus
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green HeronButorides virescens
Songbirds65 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Grey ThrasherToxostoma cinereum
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
- California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- California TowheeMelozone crissalis
- Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata
- Empidonax wrightiiEmpidonax wrightii
- California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Grey VireoVireo vicinior
- Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri
- Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis
- Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
- Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- California QuailCallipepla californica
- Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoides
- Xantus's HummingbirdBasilinna xantusii
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- American CootFulica americana
- Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-throated swiftAeronautes saxatalis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from October to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan23°/18°8 mm
- Feb23°/18°10 mm
- Mar24°/19°2 mm
- Apr26°/21°0 mm
- May29°/23°0 mm
- Jun30°/26°3 mm
- Jul31°/28°26 mm
- Aug31°/28°68 mm
- Sep30°/28°117 mm
- Oct30°/26°28 mm
- Nov27°/23°16 mm
- Dec24°/20°9 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cabo Pulmo National Park.
National marine park in Baja California, Mexico
Cabo Pulmo National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico.
159 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,479 open records.
The most recorded are the Turkey Vulture, the Gila Woodpecker and the White-winged Dove.
12 species come for the summer, 64 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Marbled Godwit, Lesser yellowlegs and Juan Fernandez Petrel.
The most species are recorded from October to December.
Get there and watch
- Cabo Pulmo Beach Resortplace to stay · 2.4 km · 13 within 10 km
- La Riberanearest town · 25 km in a straight line
- Los Cabos International Airport (SJD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire at SJD airport (San José del Cabo)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 kmPergola
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km
- 13places to stay within 10 kmCabo Pulmo Beach Resort, Number 5 Cabo Pulmo La Casa, Number 5 Cabo Pulmo La Casita and 10 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Cabo Pulmo National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas37 mountains within 25 kmCerro del Mangle · 8.4 kmCerro Los Tejos · 9.5 kmCerro del Venado · 14 kmLas Lagunas · 15 kmCerro La Joya · 20 kmCerro León · 22 kmCerro La Rivera · 23 kmCerro Poza Colorada · 24 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.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3364404) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,479 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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