Birdwatching
Tropical Dry Forest - Wetlands - Coastal dune - Associated Fauna - Remote Areas
DESCRIPTION
Tours for bird watching can be carried in three (3) different environments, coastal scrub, wetlands and tropical forest.
You can walked through the trails or on board a boat with outboard motor to visit the northern lagoons within the island, at extra cost.
Below are listed the three different locations and immediately after the activities that can be carried out for bird watching in each of them:
1. Punta Norte. The Natural Protected Area, of Flora and Fauna, Northern Zone of Cozumel Island.
2. Punta Ixpalbarco. The Natural Protected Area of Flora and Fauna, East of the island of Cozumel.
3. Villa Maya, Private Nature Reserve located in the central part of the island in the vicinity of the archaeological ruins of San Gervasio.
1. PUNTA NORTE
In this location there are (2) options available to bird watching:
a. On board a small boat in 23-25 feet long with outboard, coastal lagoons north of the island, estuarine waters that are home to a wide variety of waterfowl visit. The community is mangrove. (Call for information, availability, scheduale and estimation on cost).
b. Through trail walking on driveways to Punta Norte. The hike is about 3 - 4 km, the community is wetlands, particularly mangrove and tasistal. Upon completion, the experience is summarize and discussed sightings made.
2. PUNTA IXPALBARCO
In this location there are two (2) options for bird watching:
a. Aboard an aluminum canoe 17 feet long rowing, Ixpalbarco wetlands, freshwater lagoons that according to the rainy season and the amount of precipitation, these lagoons are navigable, pristine environment, with a great biodiversity.
(Call for information, availability, scheduale and prices).
b. Walked through the path of access to Punta Ixpalbarco, mangroves, and coastal dune scrub visited. It is an excellent opportunity for sighting water birds and coastal scrub. The hike is about 3-4 km, The main communities are wetlands, beaches and coastal scrub with chit palm species, siricote, sea grape, creeping plants as riñonina, suriana and tournefortia. Upon completion, the experience is summarize and discussed sightings made.
3. VILLA MAYA
a. This location is experienced only through the walk on the trails within the nature reserve. The reserve is located towards the center of the island at a point where you can visit different tips of vegetation and communities. The natural relief turns along the way, being able to see a difference in shaping the relief and soil type allowing recognize Geology of the island, these differences has allowed different plant communities, tropical forest, lowland forest, and wetlands. The walk is done through 5 km of trails that penetrate the dense vegetation of the rainforest. Upon completion, the experience is summarize and discussed the sightings made.
Call we can customize your excursion.
As you know, Cozumel is an oceanic island, is characterized by the species of migratory birds coming from North America in the winter, in addition to the resident species of the island, there are 19 endemic species and subspecies that make it unique experience.
While there are different lists of different authors report different residents, endemic, migratory and vagrant bird species, and to bring together 5 of the main lists, the result is the list of matching species, the result is 310 species of birds reported for the island of Cozumel.
INCLUDES
- Transportation from the meeting point and back
- Different ecosystems for birdwatching.
- field guides.
- Coffee, snaks and natural drinks and natural fruit.
- Time to share your sightings.
- Natural interpretation, you will learn about the natural history of the island of Cozumel.
DOES NOT INCLUDE
-Transportation To Meeting Point
-Photographs, photographic cameras or binoculars.
MEETING POINT
MEGA Grosery store in town.
For hotel guests who are staying in Cozumel or for people who come from Playa del Carmen or cruise passengers the meeting point is the base of the electric escalator at MEGA grosery store in down town, at Av. Rafael Melgar (ocean front aveniune and 11 Av.)
You will receive your confirmation via e-mail with precise instructions to reach the Meeting Point.
DURATION
5 Hrs.
CAPACITY
Minimum: 2 people
Maximum: 8 people
WHAT TO BRING
Backpack, long pants, long sleeves and closed tennis shoes, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, insect repellent, binoculars, camera, money for photos, gratuities or other beverages.
ITINERARY
Daily departures.
The departure time is at 6:00 a.m.
The schedule can be flexible, but needs confirmation, contact us via email.
Notes:
i. Confirmation: - Deposit will be pay online through Pay Pal, (ssdlc1959@hotmail.com).
- We recommend to pay the balance for services in cash, when you arrive to the meeting point, either in US USD or in Mx pesos at the exchange rate of the day.
- We do not collect on credit cards.
ii. The maximum weight of the participant cannot exceed 110 kg or 240 pounds.; minimum age of 12 years. This expedition is not suitable for people with physical disabilities or diseases, cardio - pulmonary.
Price : $ 110.00 USD
Reservations: http://www.expeditionsczm.com/contact-us-1/
Birds of Cozumel: The list below shows the Status of the birds in Cozumel, publish by Howell (1995) The Key for the Status is:
R: Confirmed or suspected resident breeder.
Rr: Rare resident.
T: Transient migrant.
Tr: Rare Transient migrant.
W: Winter visitor, at least irregularly.
Wr: Rare winter visitor.
V: Non breeding visitor
X: Vagrant.
E: Extinct.
H: Hypothetical occurrence.
? When use alone, indicates possible occurrence indicates probable status; Endemic species and subspecies are indicated in bold. view
An asterisk * indicates non native or introduced stock.
Scientific | English | Spanish | Status | |
1 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Double-crested cormorant | Cormorán Bicrestado | Wr Rr |
2 | Ixobrychus exilis | Least bittern | Avetorito Americano | Wr |
3 | Anas a. acuta | Northern pintail | Pato Golondrino Norteño | Wr |
4 | Anas discors | Blue-winged teal | Cerceta Aliazul | Wr |
5 | Anas clypeata | Northern shoveler | Pato Cucharón Norteño | Wr |
6 | Aythya collaris | Ring-necked duck | Pato Piquianillado | Wr |
7 | Aythya affinis | Lesser scaup | Pato-boludo Menor | Wr |
8 | Falco sparerius | American Kestrel | Cernícalo Americano | Wr |
9 | Falco columbarius | Merlin | Esmerejón | Wr |
10 | Falco peregrinus | Peregrine falcon | Halcón Peregrino | Wr |
11 | Porzana carolina | Sora | Polluela Sora | W R |
12 | Fulica a. americana | American Coot | Gallareta Americana | Wr |
13 | Plucialis squatarola | Black-bellied plover | Chorlo Gris | W R |
14 | Charadrius semipalmatus | Semipamated plover | Chorlito Semipalmado | W R |
15 | Charadrius v. vociferus | Killdeer | Chorlito Tildío | W R |
16 | Tringa melanoleuca | Greater yellowlegs | Patamarilla Mayor | W |
17 | Tringa solitaria | Solitary sandpiper | Playero Solitario | W |
18 | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | Willet | Playero Pihuihui | W |
19 | Actitis macularia | Spotted sandpiper | Playero Alzacolita | W |
20 | Calidris alba | Sanderling | Playero blanco | W |
21 | Calidris mauri | Western Sandpiper | Playerito Occidental | W |
22 | Calidris minutilla | Least sandpiper | Playerito Mínimo | W |
23 | Limnodromus griseus | Short-billed dowitcher | Costurero Piquicorto | W |
24 | Gallinago gallinago delicata | Common snipe | Agachona Común | W |
25 | Larus argentatus smithsonianus | Herring gull | Gaviota Plateada | Wr |
26 | Sterna caspia | Caspian tern | Golondrina-marina Caspica | Wr |
27 | Rynchops n. niger | Black skimmer | Rayador Americano | Wr |
28 | Zenaida macroura | Mourning dove | Paloma Huilota | R |
29 | Ceryle alcyon | Belted kingfisher | Martin-pescador Norteño | W R |
30 | Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-bellied sapsucker | Chupasavia Vientre-amarillo | W |
31 | Empidonax minimus | Least flycatcher | Mosquero Mínimo | Wr |
32 | Tachycineta bicolor | Tree swallow | Golondrina Arbolera | Wr |
33 | Catharus mustelinus | Wood thrush | Zorzalito Maculado | Wr |
34 | Dumetella carolinensis | Grey catbird | Pájaro-gato Gris | Wr |
35 | Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar waxwing | Ampelis Americano | Wr |
36 | Vireo griseus | White-eyed vireo | Vireo Ojiblanco | W |
37 | Vireo flavifrons | Yellow-throated vireo | Vireo Gorjiamarillo | W |
38 | Vireo philadelphicus | Philadelphia vireo | Vireo de Filadelfia | Wr |
39 | Vermivora pinus | Blue-winged warbler | Chipe Aliazul | Wr |
40 | Vermivora peregrina | Tennessee warbler | Chipe Peregrino | W |
41 | Parula americana | Northern parula | Parula Norteña | W |
42 | Dendroica magnolia | Magnolia warbler | Chipe de Magnolia | W |
43 | Dendroica tigrina | Cape may warbler | Chipe Atigrado | Wr |
44 | Dendroica caerulescens | Black-throated blue warbler | Chipe Azuloso | Wr |
45 | Dendroica coronata | Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) warbler | Chipe Rabadilla-amarilla | Wr |
46 | Dendroica virens | Black-throated green warbler | Chipe Dorsiverde | W |
47 | Dendroica dominica | Yellow-throated warbler | Chipe Gorjiamarillo | Wr |
48 | Dendroica discolor | Prairie warbler | Chipe Pradeño | W |
49 | Dendroica palmarum | Palm warbler | Chipe Playero | Wr |
50 | Mniotilta varia | Black and white warbler | Chipe Trepador | Wr |
51 | Setophaga ruticilla | American redstart | Pavito Migratorio | Wr |
52 | Helmitheros vermivorus | Worm-eating warbler | Chipe Gusanero | W |
53 | Helmitheros swainsonii | Swainson’s warbler | Chipe de Swainson | W |
54 | Seiurus aurocapillus | Ovenbird | Chipe-suelero Coronado | W |
55 | Seiurus noveboracensis | Northern waterthrush | Chipe-suelero Charquero | W |
56 | Oporornis formosus | Kentucky Warbler | Chipe de Kentucky | Wr |
57 | Geothlypis trichas | Common yellowthroat | Mascarita Común | W |
58 | Wilsonia citrina | Hooded warbler | Chipe Encapuchado | W |
59 | Icteria virens | Yellow-breasted chat | Gritón Pechiamarillo | W |
60 | Piranga rubra | Summer tanager | Tángara Roja | Wr |
61 | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted grosbeak | Picogrueso Pechirrosado | W |
62 | Passerina caerulea | Blue grosbeak | Picogrueso Azul | W |
63 | Passerina cyanea | Indigo bunting | Colorín Azul | W |
64 | Passerina ciris | Painted bunting | Colorín Sietecolores | W |
65 | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper sparrow | Gorrión Chapulín | W |
66 | Butorides virescens | Green heron | Garza Verde | Rr |
67 | Coragyps atratus | Black vulture | Zopilote negro | R |
68 | Cathartes aura | Turkey vulture | Aura Cabecirroja | R |
69 | Buteo magnirostris | Roadside hawk | Aguililla Caminera | Rr |
70 | Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus | Short-tailed hawk | Aguililla Colicorta | R |
71 | Crax rubra griscomi | Great curassow | Hocofaisán | Rr |
72 | Laterallus ruber | Ruddy crake | Polluela Rojiza | R |
73 | Gallinula chloropus cachinnans | Common moorhen | Gallineta Común | R |
74 | Himantopus m. mexicanus | Black-necked stilt | Candelero Americano | R |
75 | Columba livia ssp | Feral pigeon (rock dove) | Paloma Doméstica | R* |
76 | Columbina passerina * | Common ground-dove | Tórtola Común | R |
77 | Columbina talpacoti | Ruddy ground dove | Tórtola Rojiza | R |
78 | Leptotila jamaicensis gaumeri | Caribbean dove | Paloma Caribeña | Rr |
79 | Amazona xantholora | Yucatan parrot | Loro Yucateco | R |
80 | Coccyzus minor | Mangrove cuckoo | Cuco Manglero | R |
81 | Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed ani | Garrapatero Piquiliso | R |
82 | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed ani | Garrapatero Pijuy | R |
83 | Otus guatemalae | Vermiculated screech-owl | Tecolote Vermiculado | R |
84 | Nyctidromus albicollis | Pauraque | Tapacaminos Picuyo | R |
85 | Caprimulgus badius | Yucatan nightjar | Tapacaminos Yucateco | Rr |
86 | Chaetura vauxi | Vaux’s swift | Vencejo de Vaux | R |
87 | Chloristilbon forficatus | Cozumel emerald | Esmeralda de Cozumel | R |
88 | Chloroceryle aenea stictoptera | Pygmy kingfisher | Martin-pescador Enano | Rr |
89 | Melanerpes pygmaeus | Yucatan woodpecker | Carpintero Yucateco | R |
90 | Melanerpes aurifrons | Golden-fronted woodpecker | Carpintero Frentidorado | R |
91 | Camptostoma imberbe | Northern beardless tyrannulet | Mosquerito Lampino Norteño | Rr |
92 | Myiopagis viridicata | Greenish elaenia | Elenia Verdosa | Rr |
93 | Elaenia martinica remota | Caribbean elaenia | Elenia Caribeña | Rr |
94 | Attila spadiceus | Bright-rumped attila | Atila Rabadilla-brillante | Rr |
95 | Myiarchus yucatanensis | Yucatan flycatcher | Copetón Yucateco | R |
96 | Tyrannus melancholicus | Tropical kingbird | Tirano Tropical | R |
97 | Tachycineta a. albilinea | Mangrove swallow | Golondrina Manglera | Rr |
98 | Troglodytes beani | Cozumel wren | Saltapared de Cozumel | Rr |
99 | Polioptila caerulea | Blue-grey gnatcatcher | Perlita Grisilla | R |
100 | Dumetella glabrirostris | Black catbird | Pájaro-gato Negro | R |
101 | Mimus gilvus | Tropical mockingbird | Cenzontle Sureño | R |
102 | Toxostoma guttatum | Cozumel thrasher | Cuitlacoche de Cozumel | E |
103 | Vireo bairdi | Cozumel vireo | Vireo de Cozumel | Rr |
104 | Vireo m. Magister | Yucatan vireo | Vireo Yucateco | R |
105 | Cyclarhis gujanensis | Rufous-browed peppershrike | Vireón Cejirrufo | R |
106 | Dendroica petechia | Yellow warbler | Chipe Amarillo | R |
107 | Coereba flaveola | Bananaquit | Platanero | R |
108 | Spindalis zena benedicti | Stripe-headed tanager | Tángara Cabecirrayada | R |
109 | Piranga roseogularis | Rose-throated tanager | Tángara Yucateca | R |
110 | Cardinalis cardinalis | Northern cardinal | Cardenal Norteño | Rr |
111 | Sporophila torqueola | White-collared seedeater | Semillero Collarejo | R |
112 | Tiaris olivacea | Yellow-faced grassquit | Semillero Oliváceo | R |
113 | Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed grackle | Zanate Mayor | R |
114 | Icterus cucullatus | Hooded Oriole | Bolsero Cuculado | R |
115 | Anhinga anhinga leucogaster | Anhinga | Anhinga Americana | W/R |
116 | Egretta thula | Snowy egret | Garza Nivea | W/R? |
117 | Egretta caerulea | Little blue heron | Garza Azul | W/R? |
118 | Egretta tricolor | Tricolored heron | Garza Tricolor | W/R? |
119 | Egretta rufescens | Reddish egret | Garza Rojiza | W/R? |
120 | Nycticorax violaceus | Yellow-crowned night-heron | Garza-nocturna Coroniclara | W/R? |
121 | Eudocimus albus | White ibis | Ibis Blanco | W/R? |
122 | Platalea ajaja | Roseate spoonbill | Espátula Rosada | W/R? |
123 | Charadrius wilsonia | Wilson’s plover | Chorlito Piquigrueso | W/R? |
124 | Haematopus palliatus | American oystercatcher | Ostrero Americano | W/R? |
125 | Contopus cinereus | Tropical pewee | Pibí Tropical | W/R? |
126 | Columba leucocephala | White-crowned pigeon | Paloma Coroniblanca | R? |
127 | Zenaida aurita salvadorii | Zenaida dove | Paloma de Zenaida | X/R? |
128 | Zenaida asiatica | White-winged dove | Paloma Aliblanca | R/S? |
129 | Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | Gavilán Pescador | R |
130 | Chondrohierax uncinatus | Hook-billed kite | Milano Piquiganchudo | V/R? |
131 | Pelecanus occidentalis | Brown pelican | Pelícano Café | V/R? |
132 | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Neotropic Cormorant | Cormorán Neotropical | V/R? |
133 | Fregata magnificens | Magnificent frigatebird | Fragata Magnífica | V/R? |
134 | Ardea herodias | Great blue heron | Garzón Cenizo | V/R? |
135 | Egretta alba egretta | Great egret | Garza Grande | V/R? |
136 | Cochlearius cochlearius | Boat-billed heron | Garza Cucharón | R? |
137 | Buteogallus anthracinus | Common black hawk | Gavilán Pescador | R? |
138 | Jacana s. spinosa | Northern jacana | Jacana Mesoamericana | R |
139 | Tyto alba | Barn owl | Lechuza de Campanario | R? |
140 | Asio stygius | Stygian owl | Búho-cornudo Oscuro | V/R? |