Birds on Bird Watching Tours in Yucatan

You will find hundreds of avian species to be seen in the Yucatan Peninsula. The list below has the endemic and most distinctive species tourists can see on interesting bird watching tours.

- English Name -- Scientific Name
- Bare Throated Tiger-Heron -- Tigrisona Mexicanum
- Bat Falcon -- Falco Rufigularis
- Black Catbird (endemic)-- Melanoptila Glabrirostris
- Black Hawk-Eagle -- Spizaetus Tyrannus
- Black Vulture -- Cathartes Aura
- Boat-Billed Heron -- Cochlearius Cochlearius
- Cattle Egret -- Bubulcus Ibis
- Collared Forest-Falcón -- Micrastur Semitorquatus
- Gray Hawk -- Asturina Nitidia
- Great Blue Heron -- Ardea Herodias
- Great Egret -- Ardea Alba
- Green Heron -- Butorides Virescens
- Hook-Billed kite -- Chondrohierax Uncinatus
- Jabirú -- Jabiru Mycteria
- King Vulture -- Sarcoramphus Papa
- Little Blue Heron -- Egretta Caerulea
- Magnificient Frigatebird -- Fregata Magnifiens
- Mexican Sheartail -- Doricha Eliza
- Ocellated Turkey (endemic) -- Meleagris Ocellata
- Orange Oriole (endemic) -- Icterus Auratus
- Osprey -- Pandion Haliaetus
- Plumbeous Kite -- Ictinia Plúmbea
- Ridgway's Rough-Winged Swallow -- Stelgidopteryx Ridgwayi
- Rose-throated Tanager (endemic) -- Piranga Roseogularis
- Ruddy Crake -- Laterallus Ruber
- Short-tailed Hawk -- Buteo Lineatus
- Snail Kite -- Rostrhamus Sociabilis
- Snowy Egret -- Egretta Thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta Tricolor
- Wood Stork -- Mycteria Americana
- Yucatan Amazon (endemic)-- Amazona Xantholora
- Yucatan Bobwhite -- Colinus Nigrogularis
- Yucatan Flycatcher (endemic) -- Myiarchus Yucatanensis
- Yucatan Jay (endemic) -- Cyanocorax Yucatanicus
- Yucatan Nightjar (endemic) -- Caprimulgus Badius
- Yucatan Poorwill (endemic) -- Nyctiphrynus Yucatanicus
- Yucatan Vireo -- Vireo Magíster
- Yucatan Woodpecker (endemic)-- Melanerpes Pygmaeus
- Yucatan Wren (endemic) -- Campylorhynchus Yucatanicus
- Zenaida Dove -- Zenaida Aurita
- Zone-tailed Hawk -- Buteo Albonutatus

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