Mexico Ramsar wetland
Sumidero Canyon
328 bird species recorded; the most from March to April.
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This month here
216 species in January.226 species in February.248 species in March.240 species in April.209 species in May.143 species in June.177 species in July.173 species in August.182 species in September.217 species in October.218 species in November.215 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
328 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).
- 328Speciesrecorded more than once
- 161Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 72,086Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 818 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 24Raptors
- 7Owls
- 3Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 188Songbirds
- 84Other 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 328 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors24 species
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- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- King VultureSarcoramphus papa
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls7 species
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- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Middle American Screech OwlMegascops guatemalae
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- Whiskered Screech-OwlMegascops trichopsis
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
Waders3 species
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- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Gulls & seabirds2 species
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- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Ducks & geese3 species
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- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
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- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Storks & cranes1 species
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- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds188 species
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- Inca JayCyanocorax yncas
- Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Belted FlycatcherXenotriccus callizonus
- Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Blue-and-white MockingbirdMelanotis hypoleucus
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
- Red-breasted ChatGranatellus venustus
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albiloris
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
- Bar-winged OrioleIcterus maculialatus
- Mexican Yellow GrosbeakPheucticus chrysopeplus
- Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina
- Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
- Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
- Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
- Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingi
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Orange-billed Nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Flammulated FlycatcherDeltarhynchus flammulatus
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescens
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii
- Cabanis's SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolor
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Black-vented OrioleIcterus wagleri
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- Gray-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Eye-ringed FlatbillRhynchocyclus brevirostris
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Elegant EuphoniaEuphonia elegantissima
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
- Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Red-crowned Ant-tanagerHabia rubica
- Vireo plumbeusVireo plumbeus
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Red-throated Ant TanagerHabia fuscicauda
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Golden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysoparia
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Black-capped SwallowNotiochelidon pileata
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- White-bellied WrenUropsila leucogastra
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Flame-coloured TanagerPiranga bidentata
- Grey-collared BecardPachyramphus major
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Sittasomus griseusSittasomus griseus
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Saltator grandisSaltator grandis
- Yellow-winged CaciqueCacicus melanicterus
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Gray Silky-flycatcherPtilogonys cinereus
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis
- White-breasted Wood-wrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botterii
- Chestnut-capped Brush FinchArremon brunneinucha
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilis
- White-winged TanagerPiranga leucoptera
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Blackish-blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza moesta
- Turdus assimilisTurdus assimilis
- Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia variegaticeps
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Mountain ThrushTurdus plebejus
- Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Orange-breasted BuntingPasserina leclancherii
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Other birds84 species
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- Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
- Cynanthus canivetiiCynanthus canivetii
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Berylline HummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina
- Russet-crowned MotmotMomotus mexicanus
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Saucerottia cyanocephalaSaucerottia cyanocephala
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Singing QuailDactylortyx thoracicus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
- Lesser Ground CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
- Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus
- Slender SheartailDoricha enicura
- Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox
- Highland GuanPenelopina nigraVU
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Aratinga holochloraAratinga holochlora
- Leucolia viridifronsLeucolia viridifrons
- Chlorestes candidaChlorestes candida
- Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Buff-collared NightjarAntrostomus ridgwayi
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Great Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila sanctihieronymi
- Aratinga canicularisAratinga canicularis
- White-throated swiftAeronautes saxatalis
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Amazilia cyanocephalaAmazilia cyanocephala
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotis
- Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenae
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Great CurassowCrax rubraVU
- Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensNT
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Green-throated Mountain-gemLampornis viridipallens
- Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus
- Sparkling-tailed WoodstarTilmatura dupontii
- Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratusNT
- Maroon-chested Ground-doveClaravis mondetoura
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Common PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
- American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey-headed DoveLeptotila plumbeiceps
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- American CootFulica americana
- Magnificent HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Amethyst-throated MountaingemLampornis amethystinus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
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 March to April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/12°94 mm
- Feb24°/13°64 mm
- Mar26°/14°53 mm
- Apr29°/16°55 mm
- May29°/18°136 mm
- Jun26°/18°258 mm
- Jul27°/17°187 mm
- Aug26°/18°255 mm
- Sep25°/18°330 mm
- Oct24°/17°258 mm
- Nov23°/15°152 mm
- Dec22°/13°96 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sumidero Canyon.
Canyon of the Grijalva River in Chiapas, Mexico
Sumidero Canyon is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mexico, 818 m above the sea.
328 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 72,086 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Vulture, the Inca Jay and the Olive Sparrow.
67 species come for the summer, 88 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Highland Guan, Great Curassow and American Black Swift.
The most species are recorded from March to April.
Get there and watch
- Chiapas Hotel Expressplace to stay · 8.2 km · 8 within 10 km
- Álvaro Obregónnearest town · 9.3 km in a straight line
- Angel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at TGZ airport (Tuxtla Gutiérrez)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
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmMirador El Tepehuaje, Mirador La Coyota, Parking Roblar; Mirador Roblar and 1 more
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8places to stay within 10 kmChiapas Hotel Express, Casa del Abuelo, Álamos and 5 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Sumidero Canyon.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas50 mountains within 25 kmCerro Hueco · 14 kmCerro La Tienda · 16 kmLoma San Juan · 18 kmLoma Zanate · 18 kmLoma El Chayan · 20 kmLoma El Chupadero · 20 kmCerro Las Lajas · 22 kmCerro El Mirador · 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.
Other places nearby.
Sumidero Canyon
Mexico
- 76Birdyas Score
- 328Species
- 161Migrants
- 3Threatened
Lagunas de Montebello National Park
Mexico · 174 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 403Species
- 179Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q775138) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 72,086 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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