Ecuador Ramsar wetland
La Segua
275 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
174 species in January.180 species in February.153 species in March.116 species in April.155 species in May.153 species in June.162 species in July.138 species in August.140 species in September.156 species in October.176 species in November.238 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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VU
NTVU
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NTNTNTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
275 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).
- 275Speciesrecorded more than once
- 64Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 30,412Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 24Raptors
- 3Owls
- 28Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 99Songbirds
- 69Other 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 275 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- King VultureSarcoramphus papa
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Pied PloverHoploxypterus cayanus
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegansNT
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Grey GullLeucophaeus modestus
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- American Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Horned ScreamerAnhima cornuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Peruvian PelicanPelecanus thagusNT
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
Songbirds99 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Furnarius leucopusFurnarius leucopus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
- Dives warczewicziDives warczewiczi
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Snowy-throated KingbirdTyrannus niveigularis
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Peruvian MeadowlarkSturnella bellicosa
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Chestnut-throated SeedeaterSporophila telasco
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularis
- Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliaris
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Golden GrosbeakPheucticus chrysogaster
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Olive-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis semiflava
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Euscarthmus fulvicepsEuscarthmus fulviceps
- Orange-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia saturata
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- One-coloured BecardPachyramphus homochrous
- Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruviana
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostris
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Streaked saltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdii
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Sooty-crowned FlycatcherMyiarchus phaeocephalus
- White-edged OrioleIcterus graceannae
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pacific ElaeniaMyiopagis subplacens
- Collared AntshrikeThamnophilus bernardi
- Elegant CrescentchestMelanopareia elegans
- Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollaris
- Black-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum nigriceps
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Crimson-breasted FinchRhodospingus cruentus
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Saffron SiskinSpinus siemiradzkii
- Short-tailed Field-tyrantMuscigralla brevicauda
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus pileatus
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosa
- Mouse-coloured TyrannuletPhaeomyias murina
- Cinnamon BecardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Grey-breasted FlycatcherLathrotriccus griseipectus
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Pacific AntwrenMyrmotherula pacifica
- Slaty BecardPachyramphus spodiurusVU
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
- Dull-colored GrassquitAsemospiza obscura
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Black-tailed MyiobiusMyiobius atricaudus
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- Black-and-white TanagerConothraupis speculigera
- Black-capped SparrowArremon abeillei
- Tumbes PeweeContopus punensis
- Speckle-breasted WrenPheugopedius sclateri
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
Other birds69 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestis
- West Peruvian DoveZenaida meloda
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Ecuadorian Ground-DoveColumbina buckleyi
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Croaking Ground-DoveColumbina cruziana
- Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amazilia
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Whooping MotmotMomotus subrufescens
- Scarlet-backed WoodpeckerVeniliornis callonotus
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- Pallid DoveLeptotila pallida
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Pale-browed TinamouCrypturellus transfasciatusNT
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Red-masked ParakeetAratinga erythrogenys
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Gray-cheeked ParakeetBrotogeris pyrrhopteraVU
- Short-tailed WoodstarMyrmia micrura
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraVU
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Ecuadorian TrogonTrogon mesurus
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Slate-colored CootFulica ardesiaca
- Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Guayaquil WoodpeckerCampephilus gayaquilensis
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- American CootFulica americana
- Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
- Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Gray-capped CuckooCoccyzus lansbergi
- Piaya minutaPiaya minuta
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
- Ecuadorian PiculetPicumnus sclateri
- Scrub NightjarNyctidromus anthonyi
- Chlorestes julieChlorestes julie
- Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
- Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceus
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan30°/21°196 mm
- Feb29°/22°244 mm
- Mar29°/22°250 mm
- Apr29°/22°190 mm
- May29°/21°102 mm
- Jun30°/20°40 mm
- Jul31°/20°15 mm
- Aug32°/20°9 mm
- Sep33°/20°13 mm
- Oct32°/20°20 mm
- Nov32°/20°22 mm
- Dec32°/21°65 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
La Segua.
Protected wetland in Manabí, Ecuador
La Segua is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ecuador.
275 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 30,412 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Moorhen, the Cocoi Heron and the Great White Egret.
44 species come for the summer, 19 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher and Gray-cheeked Parakeet.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Hotel Punto de Oroplace to stay · 9.2 km · 3 within 10 km
- Tosaguanearest town · 9.0 km in a straight line
- Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire in MantaDiscover 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
- 1bird hides within 6 km
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 3places to stay within 10 kmHotel Punto de Oro, Lotización "Villa Real"
- marked trails within 4 km
- car parks within 3 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 La Segua.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmCerros de Balsamo · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
La Segua
Ecuador
- 79Birdyas Score
- 275Species
- 64Migrants
- 9Threatened
Machalilla National Park
Ecuador · 118 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 336Species
- 98Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5905101) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 30,412 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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