Site Report: Puerto Vallarta
Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Rufous-backed Thrush (Turdus rufopalliatus)
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) Male
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) Female
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) Juvenile
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
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Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Rufous-backed Thrush (Turdus rufopalliatus)
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) Male
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) Female
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) Juvenile
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Puerto Vallarta is your gateway to this part of Mexico, so you are bound to be here for a couple of days.
Visits
- 2008-01-04: An overnight in town, and a scuba diving expedition at Los Arcos.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (37 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(37 records)
Class: Birds
(36 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Order: Boobies
(2 records)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)
- Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(12 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Family: Herons
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Yellow-winged Cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina)
- Family: Cotingas
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Rufous-backed Robin (Turdus rufopalliatus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)