Yucatan Birds Photo Gallery by Tom Murray at pbase.com

Yucatan Birds

Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula	Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula	Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula	Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula	Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula	Least Grebe - Tachybaptus dominicus
Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens	Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens	Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens	Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens	Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus	Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus	Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga	Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis	Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis	Bare-throated Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum	Bare-throated Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum	Bare-throated Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum (immature)	Bare-throated Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum (immature)	Bare-throated Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum (immature)
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias	Great Egret - Ardea alba	Snowy Egret - Egretta thula	Tri-colored Heron - Egretta tricolor	Tri-colored Heron - Egretta tricolor	Tri-colored Heron - Egretta tricolor
Tri-colored Heron - Egretta tricolor	Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor	Green Heron - Butorides virescens	Green Heron - Butorides virescens	Green Heron - Butorides virescens (placing fish pellet in water to attract small fish)	Green Heron - Butorides virescens
Green Heron - Butorides virescens (immature)	White Ibis - Eudocimus albus	immature White Ibis - Eudocimus albus	White Ibis - Eudocimus albus	Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus	Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia ajaja
Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia ajaja	Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura	Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura	Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris	Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris	Gray Hawk - Buteo nitidus (immature)
American Coot - Fulica americana	Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus	Northern Jacana - Jacana spinosa	Northern Jacana - Jacana spinosa	Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius	Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres	Sanderling - Calidris alba	Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla	Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla	Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
Royal Tern - Sterna maxima	Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto	Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto	Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti (female)	Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti	White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica	White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica	Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana	Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana	Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris	Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum	Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris	Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris	Fork-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon canivetii	Wedge-tailed Sabrewing - Campylopterus curvipennis	Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis
Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis	Cinnamon Hummingbird - Amazilia rutila	Black-headed Trogon - Trogon melanocephalus	Black-headed Trogon - Trogon melanocephalus	Black-headed Trogon - Trogon melanocephalus	Gartered Trogon - Trogon caligatus
Collared Trogon - Trogon collaris	Collared Trogon - Trogon collaris	Turquoise-browed Motmot - Eumomota superciliosa	Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus	Keel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos sulfuratus	Yucatan Woodpecker - Melanerpes pygmaeus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker - Melanerpes aurifrons	Golden-fronted Woodpecker - Melanerpes aurifrons	Golden-fronted Woodpecker - Melanerpes aurifrons	White-fronted Parrot - Amazona albifrons	Olive-throated Parakeet - Aratinga nana	Olive-throated Parakeet - Aratinga nana
Olive-throated Parakeet - Aratinga nana	female Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus	Olivaceous Woodcreeper - Sittasomus griseicapillus	Northern Barred Woodcreeper - Dendrocolaptes certhia	Northern Barred Woodcreeper - Dendrocolaptes certhia	Ivory-billed Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Eye-ringed Flatbill - Rhynchocyclus brevirostris	Greenish Elaenia - Myiopagis viridicata	Northern Bentbill - Oncostoma cinereigulare	Northern Bentbill - Oncostoma cinereigulare	Yellow-olive Flycatcher - Tolmomyias sulphurescens	Eastern Wood Pewee - Contopus virens
Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus	Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus	Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus	Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus	Bright-rumped Attila - Attila spadiceus	Yucatan Flycatcher - Myiarchus yucatanensis
Brown-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus tyrannulus	Brown-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus tyrannulus	Brown-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus tyrannulus	Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus	Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus	Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus	Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis	Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis	Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis	Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii	Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii
Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii	Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii	Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii	Red-capped Manakin - Pipra mentalis	Red-capped Manakin - Pipra mentalis	Black-crowned Tityra - Tityra inquisitor
female Black-crowned Tityra - Tityra inquisitor	Rose-throated Becard - Pachyramphus aglaiae	White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus	Mangrove Vireo - Vireo pallens	Mangrove Vireo - Vireo pallens	Mangrove Vireo - Vireo pallens
Yucatan Vireo - Vireo magister	Yucatan Vireo - Vireo magister	Yucatan Vireo - Vireo magister	Yucatan Vireo - Vireo magister	Yucatan Vireo - Vireo magister	Yucatan Vireo - Vireo magister
Brown Jay - Cyanocorax morio	Brown Jay - Cyanocorax morio	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas
Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas	Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas
Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus, and the moon	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus
Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus
Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Yucatan Jay - Cyanocorax yucatanicus	Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi
Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea	Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea	White-bellied Wren - Uropsila leucogastra	Clay-colored Robin - Turdus grayi	Black Catbird - Melanoptila glabrirostris	Black Catbird - Melanoptila glabrirostris
Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus	Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus	Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus	Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus	Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus	Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina	Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina	American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla	American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla	American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla	Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
Northern Parula - Setophaga americana	Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia	Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia	Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia	Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia	Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum	Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica	Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica	Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica	Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica	Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica	Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens	Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola (female)
White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola (female)	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola (female)	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola	White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola	Yellow-faced Grassquit - Tiaris olivaceus
Black-headed Saltator - Saltator atriceps	Black-headed Saltator - Saltator atriceps	Grayish Saltator - Saltator coerulescens	Rose-throated Tanager - Piranga roseogularis	Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra	Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
White-winged Tanager - Piranga leucoptera	White-winged Tanager - Piranga leucoptera	female White-winged Tanager - Piranga leucoptera	Red-throated Ant Tanager - Habia fuscicauda	Gray-throated Chat - Granatellus sallaei	Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris (female)
Melodius Blackbird - Dives dives	Melodious Blackbird - Dives dives	Melodious Blackbird - Dives dives	Melodious Blackbird - Dives dives	female Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus	Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus	Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus	Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus	Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus (female)	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus
Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus
Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus	Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus (female)	Yellow-backed Oriole - Icterus chrysater	Yellow-tailed Oriole - Icterus mesomelas	Orange Orioles - Icterus auratus	Altimira Oriole - Icterus gularis
Altamira Oriole - Icterus gularis	Altamira Oriole - Icterus gularis	Yellow-throated Euphonia - Euphonia hirundinacea	Yellow-throated Euphonia - Euphonia hirundinacea

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Brian Nield		02-Apr-2019 15:26
Thanks for the great pics. It is good source of information and has enabled me to identify some of my own bird photos. Been staying in the Tulum area for the last 5 yrs. always in February/March. The bird and animal life is incredible. Thanks again. Brian Nield from the UK.

Shannon		06-Jan-2019 04:48
Great photos! I found this collection helpful for the birder without his bird book on hand. I couldn’t help but laugh at the idea of a malodorous blackbird when I saw the photos of the melodious blackbird. Hahahahaha Thanks for making these available!

Bonnie Olson		03-Jan-2019 12:36
I really appreciated your photo guide, it is so lovely to be able to identify all the wonderful birdsof the Yucatan. Thank you.

Guest		12-Aug-2018 17:40
Sincere thanks for providing this identification guide.

Guest		10-Apr-2018 21:34
Thanks for sharing!!

Steve		17-Mar-2018 23:40
Hello....I've seen a new bird and I'm trying to identify it. It was a pair about the size of a pigeon eating seeds from the tree across the street. They were white to a light gray color with dark gray to black wing edges and additional markings. The striking aspect was the beak which was a bright red. They seemed to be more athletic and animated. Does anyone recognise the bird I am describing??

Guest		10-Mar-2018 23:01
Thank you for sharing these images, they are ingredible! Have helped me to identify species I've never known existed And you've seen many species I definitely Want to see as they look so gorgeous. Marja

Moz		20-Feb-2018 21:04
I found this so useful. Thank you!

John		15-Feb-2018 16:18
Thank you so much for the pictures. Just returned from Cancun, and I was able to spot Frigate Birds, Herons, Roadside Hawks and the Great Grackle. All of them were wonderful.

Guest		06-Jun-2017 03:24
P.S. Thank you also for the camera meta data. Gives me some tips!

Guest		06-Jun-2017 03:21
Thanks for the wonderful pics! So helpful for bird identification here at Tres Rio, Mayan Riviera.

Andy		08-May-2017 12:35
I can confirm this because the pair have visited the Akumal Bay resort for a spot of fishing for the last three days. Incredible to see them diving followed by the mid air shake. They may have a chick as one took it's catch away, possibly to the nest.

John		06-Apr-2017 18:49
I think there are a pair of Ospreys half way between Playa del Carmen and Akumal. Have photo if required. Sighted 14 - 31 March

Guest		19-Mar-2017 00:09
Sure thought I saw a Black and White Warbler At Tulum the other day. Had no yellow underneath.

Guest		17-Mar-2017 22:50
Loved looking through your photos. Also helped me identify at Riviera Maya. Thanks Ann

Guest		13-Mar-2017 16:34
Lots of lovely pictures which helped me identify (perhaps) most of the birds I saw recently in the Riviera Maya. However there was one missing that I had to track down elsewhere - Indigo Buntings. The perhaps is because I have no idea whether I saw Social Flycatchers of Great Kiskadees. Any clues?

Guest		18-Feb-2017 13:08
Brilliant them , nice one

Ilkka Saarinen		24-Dec-2016 00:18
Thanks to your photos and the names, many questions "solved" now.

Guest		08-Dec-2016 13:16
Hi Tom, After15 years in Progreso for the winter from BC, taking an interest in the birds.. Find it wonderful you pics as now we know what they are...great photos... Keep up the good work. Thanks ..Jackie L

Guest		20-Nov-2016 18:52
Just spent one week at Valentin Imperial Maya. Amazing bird sightings there. Your photos were extremely helpful in identifying the proper names.

Guest		08-Apr-2016 00:00
Great collection. Answered so many of my questions

Guest		06-Mar-2016 15:37
Great source of information from my sunbed and iPad in Playa Mujeres! Thanks.

Nikki		05-Mar-2016 23:40
Wonderful collection of pics. Very helpful in identifying birds around our resort. Birdwatching from our balcony at The Royal Cancun (Royal Resorts) overlooking the lagoon.

Guest		15-Feb-2016 18:55
Thank you so much for such a wonderful collection of Yucatan bird photos, have been near Tulum twice now and find the birds and animals fascintating - so much more fun when I can identify them. Maureen

Monica		31-Dec-2015 13:40
I spotted a yellow rumped cacique today. And I also saw a beautiful blue head bird with a green chest (couldn't see the rest of it's body) and it had big yellow eyes. DIdn't find it in your list, or on the Internet. would of loved to know the name...

Namitha		27-Dec-2015 22:32
Thanks a lot! Your page is so useful!

Guest		30-Nov-2015 00:27
Fantastic help in riviera maya as I type pick of the bunch today yellow throated warbler

Guest		07-Nov-2015 16:55
Guest-- off to the Yucatan very soon; these pics are beautiful & will make the visit. Thankyou

guest		01-Nov-2015 19:11
Thanks for your time and energy that has just answered many of our questions.... there's precious little info on the ground as far as birds in the Yucatan go. Well done.

Sue		28-Oct-2015 16:36
Really helpful. I am in Cancun and nobody else seems at all interested in the amazing birds. None of the locals seem able to name them. Thank you so much for publishing your wonderful photographs and naming them

Guest		19-Oct-2015 20:53
What a great collection of photos! I so appreciate that you have labeled each of them which helps me figure out what bird(s) I have seen in Cancun. Thank you! AC

Guest		18-Sep-2015 16:39
Hi great photos. I'm for the Yucatan tomorrow and looking at your photos was a good way to prepare me. I'm loaded with field guides but there's nothing like the real thing.

Guest		05-Apr-2015 19:04
Thanks for the references! I'll be lost without your page! Eduardo Machuca

Guest		03-Apr-2015 00:09
Thanks for sharing these beautiful images Tom. Like some of the others, I also found them useful. Wish I'd checked this before heading to Puerto Aventuras but still a great resource on my return.

Guest		20-Mar-2015 05:59
Great reference! Used this on my trip to Play del Carmen in mid-Feb. Saw many of these birds right around the house we were staying. Thank you!

Guest		24-Feb-2015 16:22
Huge help...beautiful photos!

Guest		09-Feb-2015 01:03
Found your site most helpful. Have spotted a great frigate bird, several orioles, and a raptor that I could not identify, along with numerous others... Gregg - Feb 8th, 2015

Will Hutchinson		13-Jan-2015 18:27
Hi. I'm in Tulum right now and this page is a great source for identifying local birds. Just been watching Orioles I the Palm trees and a pair of Ospreys fishing in front of us. An amazing place. Thanks for your help!

Guest		03-Nov-2014 22:38
I, too, just returned from the Riviera Maya and was so happy to find this site to help me identify whIch birds I saw. Thank you!

Guest		18-Oct-2014 02:48
Thanks for this site. I have just returned from holiday in Riviera Maya and this has helped me work out what birds I saw. What a great site. Thanks again!

Guest		25-Apr-2014 19:49
Thank you exactly what we needed to identify all the birds visiting our hotel. We have two beautiful kisskadees sitting on our balcony and many frigatebirds above. Excellent site with beautiful photographs.

Guest		22-Mar-2014 17:39
Thanks. Very helpful to ID my collection.

Diick Zeiner		13-Feb-2014 13:38
Great pictures and a wonderful help in identifying many of our visitors here in Puerto Morelos.

Pam Martin, Wichita, KS		12-Feb-2014 18:18
So helpful--thanks! Most of these birds can be found in my well-worn "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region" --don't need to buy a separate field guide for trip to Cancun!

Guest		05-Feb-2014 23:08
GREAT photos!!! Just back from Rivera Maya.

Guest		05-Feb-2014 16:06
Thanks for your wonderful pics. Very helpful over the last fortnight in Playa Del carmen. 36 birds spotted and identified.

Guest		04-Feb-2014 15:34
Wonderful pictures! Thanks for the references!

Jacques Chartier		11-Jan-2014 23:06
Nice collection and great reference. Just got back form Playa del Carmen and needed help with I.D. Thanks

Guest		08-Nov-2013 18:54
just got back from riviera maya its good to put names to faces thanks

Tarja		10-Aug-2013 18:59
Brilliant website with good photos: helped us identify several birds seen along Yucatan peninsula. Thank you

Paul		03-Aug-2013 16:08
Fantastic web site. We have named all the birds we have seen, great pics

Guest		19-May-2013 15:27
Tinny Just returned from Riviera Maya, got to see an awesome selection of birds. This site is perfect to identify them.

alice		24-Mar-2012 23:31
just got back from a trip and wanted to learn more about the many birds we saw while we were in the mayan riviera. these are great examples!

Sripal		02-Sep-2011 08:46
Iam very very impresive with these photoes.beautifull birds.nice ,i love nature ,i have no words

P. Borit Sosa		10-Aug-2011 19:07
I'm envious. All of your photos are so wonderful. I'm wondering if you know the species of oriole and other bird whose nests are so often hanging in trees very close together in the Yucatan? One nest, the oriole, is long and neatly made, the other is rounder and generally has more bits sticking out all over. Does this ring a bell?

Barbara MacKinnon de Montes		17-Jul-2011 15:52
Answer to Jean Pazour: it was a migrant Yellow-throated Warbler that looks for spiders on the terraces of hotels and condos.

Guest		15-Mar-2011 23:59
Tom, thanks so much for the fantastic pictures. we are on holiday in the Yucatan & wanted to identify a bird, which we have now done!

Paul DesRoches		10-Jan-2011 23:29
Wonderful pictures. I'm vacationing here in Mexico as always, it's nice to put a name to the faces.

Jean Pazour		30-Nov-2009 22:36
Tom, I just returned from Cancun. There was a small (about the size of a wren) bird with spectacular black-and-white bars on his head, wings, etc. The male sported a lemon yellow breast. The female was a dull brownish color. They lived in the base of some palm fronds which were even with my balcony. The male would come and flit around on the balcony if no people were around. Do you have any idea what this bird could be? I bought a book called "Common Birds of the Yucatan Peninsula" by Eduardo Llamosa Neumann with drawings by Gladys M. Rodriguez. It looks rather like the Black-and-white Warbler, but no Yellow Breast is seen or mentioned. Also, this little bird is smaller than a sparrow. I have watched birds in Mexico for over 30 years, and this is the first time I've seen this spectacular little bird. I didn't hear it sing. Do you have any idea what this little bird could be? Thanks, Jean Pazour

mary		24-Jul-2008 13:15
So happy I found your pictures. I live in Q.Roo and see some of these birds everyday. I feed them papaya. Am worried cuz some are suffering from what seems to be feather mites, losing feathers, getting worse and worse over the months. Am looking for advice. Would you happen to know(or know someone who knows) if there's anything I could put on the fruit to help them get rid of the mites?

JOSE MATA		01-May-2008 13:46
GREAT COLLECTION TOM , VOTED

Michal Leszczynski		28-Apr-2008 22:25
Wonderful gallery and impressive photos of beautiful birds. V.

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