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A - INTERNAL LINKS
Sound guide A stalled attempt to make a sound guide to the Mexican birds. Not so easy...
GPS link generator Creates a quick and simple link for use in mails or the like.
Impulses Mostly in Danish.
Species with split potential Mexican species that might be subject to splitting in the future.
Book Reviews Reviews of books about birds and birding relevant to Mexico.
Reports My own bird reports, from Mexico.
Mexican ebird updates 2016-2019 A compilation of changes to the ebird/Clements taxonomy relevant to Mexico.
Rancho Primavera Bird List An attempt to how the bird list for Rancho Primavera in El Tuito, south of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco could look like. In present state it reflects the status as it was in 2019, but the work was never approved or commented by the owner, and is therefore not continued or updated.
ACCOMMODATION
MEXICO
CAMPECHE
Campamento YAAX´CHE en Calakmul Camping facilities in the middle of the jungle along the road toward the ruins. Reservations can be made via booking.com and other portals. Or phone: +52 044 983 134 8818. No website anymore.
Hotel Puerta Calakmul Fully equipped cabins with a good restaurant service. This is the closest you can stay to the Calakmul ruins in a comfortable manner. It is rather expensive, but saves you the 50 kilometers drive from Xpujil in the morning, and in the evening too...
Cabañas Calakmul Cheaper and more primitive cabins than nearby Hotel Puerta Calakmul. Good recommendations. Will go there January 2020 to try myself...update to come.
COLIMA
Hotel Marbella in Manzanillo Nice middle priced hotel with restaurant and seafront view.
JALISCO
Rancho Primavera Lies south of Puerto Vallarta close to the village El Tuito. Cabins and guest houses. The guest houses are normally rented for minimum 3 nights and will have breakfast included. The 3 cabins (fully equipped houses. Really!) are rented without food service and the two larger ones only for at least two nights. The smaller one per night.
NAYARIT
Bungalows Conny Small hotel in San Blas north of the town square. Fair prices, nice owner (Tom) but neighbors can be a bit noisy.
Garza Canela Good hotel in San Blas. Big but rather expensive. Really good restaurant, El Delfín. The standard choice of much birding tours.
Casa Roxanna Bungalows in the southern part of the town center. Quiet neighborhood and modest prices. A good choice.
La Casa de Fortu Bungalows and hotel rooms in the center of San Blas.
QUINTANA ROO
Hotel Turquesa Maya Probably the best hotel in town with middle low prices. Is located nicely away from the town center, thus more quiet in the night. Breakfast included normally, if you have time to wait for it before heading to Vigía chico road...
Hotel Pal Cozumel Simple hotel close to the main square. Reasonably priced and reasonably quiet considering location. No elevator. Barn Owl in water tower on the other side of the street.
SINALOA
Hotel Río Vista, El Fuerte Birder friendly hotel with a spectacular view toward the river and good birding right from the terrace in the morning. One of the owners is working as a bird guide as well, arranging trips to the river and surrounding areas.
Hotel Posada del Hidalgo, El Fuerte More expensive than hotel Río Vista and without the river view. But they have many hummingbirds visiting their feeders. It is posible to go there to have breakfast and photograf these charming angle birds.
Tufte Jay reserve No website. Cabins in the middle of the reserve. Different sizes (pt. 4-bed cabin 1300 Pesos/night, 2-bed cabin 900 pesos/night). Limited access to electricity for charging devices, but good mobile signal in open areas. Hot water for shower, but no refrigerator. Close to village El Palmito, where you find a very limited selection of eating places. So it will be nothing fancy, but you won't starve to death. Contact Santos (Spanish only): +52 669 218 35 67 (casa) or 694 116 19 89 (mobile). He works as guide as well, if you would like to hire him. Can be an advantage the first time you're there. Is paid separately.
VERACRUZ
La Mancha, Veracruz - ecoturism Ecological camp with activities like bicycling, kayaking, mangrove trips and swimming. Beautiful lushful surroundings. Worth it both for the common tourist and the serious birder.
YUCATÁN
Hotel San Felipe de Jesús No website. Good little hotel in San Felipe. Rooms 8, 9 and 10 with topfloor balcony and view of the ocean. No web site but contact here: hotelsf@hotmail.com or hotelsfjesus@hotmail.com.
Hotel Villa de Pescadores Nice middle priced hotel lying right on the seafront. Mexican Sheartails at the feeders.
Hotel Punta Ponto Simple hotel on the water front. Few rooms it appears, and you have to pay with cash. A basic breakfast is included. Mexican Sheartails at the hummingbird feeders, and they can provide a boat to do the ría (estuary). 1500 pesos, January 2020, for a birding boat trip of duration 3-4 hours.
BUTTERFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES
DANMARK
Lars Andersen Information about Danish butterflies.
Danske Guldsmede v/Lars Johansen Information about Danish dragonflies and damselflies.
Lepidoptera.dk Website of the Danish Lepidopterological Association. Extensive source of information about the butterflies in Denmark.
Atlasprojektet Danmarks Guldsmede Survey project covering Danish dragonflies and damselflies.
Atlasprojektet Danmarks dagsommerfugle Survey of the butterflies of Denmark.
INTERNATIONAL
Butterflies of America Hugh collection of butterfly pictures from North and Central America including the Caribbean. Only photos but very competent.
Butterflies and moths of NA Big collection of pictures of butterflies and moths from Canada, USA and Mexico. Inclusive text, maps and more.
North American Butterfly Association Association covering the public interest in butterflies in Canada, USA and Mexico.
Dragonflies by Antoine van der Heijden About the dragonflies and damselflies of Europe.
Dragonflypix.com Well-organized and systematic site mostly about European and Australian dragonflies. Many photos. Fons Peels is the man behind, though it doesn't say on the website.
ENVIRONMENT
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Save the parrots of Mexico! The parrots of Mexico are threatened by illegal trade. DON'T BUY THEM!
Save Isla Holbox Save one of the last unspoiled natural areas on the Mexican Caribbean coast.
FESTIVALS
MEXICO
BAJA CALIFORNIA
San Quintín Bay Bird Festival Autumn festival focusing on both fauna and flora of the peninsula with conservation and education as the main goal.
GUANAJUATO
International Hummingbird Festival First year 2013. Held in August in San Miguel de Allende. Workshops, trips and talks. Entrance fee. Link update in 2019: Site downgraded to a simple facebook profile, as have the activities it seems.
JALISCO
Vallarta Bird Festival New? bird festival with focus on birding tours in the Puerto Vallarta area. March. Coordinator Nancy C. Holland.
NAYARIT
PAFIAM bird festival Festival taking place in january in San Blas. Locally managed with focus on migrating birds. The activities include daily trips and various activities with special focus on children.
QUINTANA ROO
Cozumel bird festival Local festival taking place in November.
VERACRUZ
Raptor Festival Takes place in October when the big raptor migration at Cardel is culminating. Many creative activities focusing on kids.
YUCATÁN
Toh bird festival Festival taking place in november. Among other activities bird marathon.
FORA AND MAILING LISTS
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Aves de México Bird fora with Mexican focus, various topics, but has become more and more irrelevant as facebook groups have taken over.
LOCALITIES
MEXICO
CHIAPAS
El Triunfo Ecobiósefera arranges trips to the national park El Triunfo
Fondo de conservación el Triunfo Fond aiming to conserve El Triunfo
COLIMA
El Tortugario en Cuyutlán Link error 2020-07-30. Privat organisation with focus on protection of the local Sea Turtles. Breeding and education are fundamental activities. They also have focus on educational awareness of the birds in the area.
Parque Ecológico La Campana A unique square kilometer of thorn forest right in the middle of Colima City. Because of the rich flora and avifauna local forces are working on making it a park with a conservational and educational purpose.
GUERRERO
El refugio de Potosí A Center for Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Education.
JALISCO
Bosque la Primavera Protected area west of Guadalajara City with limited access.
Rancho Primavera Lies south of Puerto Vallarta close to the village El Tuito. Many endemics species on the property. Minimum stay is 3 nights. However, also access to birders who just want to go there birding. Donations appreciated.
Vallarta Botanical Garden Locality south west of Puerto Vallarta. Various of the area's endemics can be seen here, and is a particular good spot to look for hummingbirds at the feeders. Good supplement to rancho Primavera in El Tuito. Entrance fee.
NUEVO LEÓN
Parque Chipinque Nature park near San Pedro Garza García.
QUERÉTARO
Sierra Gorda Highland reserve holding large biodiversity and remnants of original cloud forest.
SAN LUIS POTOSÍ
El sótano de las golondrinas Cellar of swallows. Natural hole with a free fall of 376 meters. Housing thousands of White-collared Swifts. Spectacular experience when they leave the hole in the morning and almost more impressive when they enter the hole in the afternoon.
SINALOA
Paco's Reserva de Flora y Fauna Private conservation project in low dry thorn forest in Mazatlán. Public access but perhaps only with appointment.
TAMAULIPAS
El Cielo Official site for the reserve.
VERACRUZ
La Mancha, Veracruz - ecoturism Ecological camp with activities like bicycling, kayaking, mangrove trips and swimming. Beautiful lushful surroundings. Worth it both for the common tourist and the serious birder.
Cafaselva Dead link 2020-07-30. Local initiative near Xalapa, under Pronatura Veracruz, to promote conservation of natural resources and to create jobs by eco-tourism. Also raptor monitoring.
MAGAZINES
INTERNATIONAL
Cotinga and Neotropical birding These two magazines are issued by the Neotropical bird club. Dealing with identification, logistics, observations and much more.
Audubon magazine Published by the Audubon Society. High quality articles on various subjects of birding.
USA
ALL STATES
Birding These two magazines are issued by the American Birding Association. Dealing with identification, logistics, observations and much more. Focus on North America.
OBSERVATIONS
MEXICO
ALL STATES
aVerAves e-bird for Mexico. Bird observations from the whole country.
VERACRUZ
River of Raptors Counts of the raptor migration in Veracruz.
ORGANISATIONS
CANADA
ALL STATES
Bird Studies Canada One of the two Birdlife-partners in Canada.
Nature Canada The other of the two Birdlife-partners in Canada.
INTERNATIONAL
Birdlife International The most important ngo organization dealing with protection of the worlds avifauna.
The Neotropical Bird Club Leader in compiling and presenting new information covering the area from Mexico to the southernmost South America.
The American bird conservancy Working for conservation on both American continents.
Partners in flight Focus on prevention and conservation of terrestrial bird species through out both American continents.
Defenders of Wildlife Species and habitat protection.
MEXICO
AGUASCALIENTES
AvesEcoAgs Bird trips for beginners around the the city of Aguascalientes.
ALL STATES
Pronatura Mexico Birdlife partner in Mexico. Focus on general conservation of natural ressources.
CIPAMEX General protection of birds in Mexico. Often in cooperation with american organisations and with focus on guidelines from Birdlife International.
Ducks Unlimited - Mexico Private organisation working to protect wetlands and aquatic birds in Mexico.
Bird clubs in Mexico A list of private bird clubs in all of Mexico prepared and maintained by CONABIO. USE THIS LIST TO FIND LOCAL MEXICAN CLUBS.
BAJA CALIFORNIA
Pronatura Northwest Pronatura partner in northwestern part of country. Focus primarily on conservation.
CHIAPAS
Pronatura Sur Pronatura partner in Chiapas. Focus primarily on conservation and sustainable development.
Ecobiósfera Local organisation focusing on ecotourism and sustainable development in local communities such as El Triunfo.
GUANAJUATO
Audubon SMA Local birdclub in San Miguel de Allende. Arranging local birdtrips and speaks.
NAYARIT
Pronatura Northeast Pronatura partner in northeastern part of country. Focus primarily on conservation.
QUERÉTARO
Amigos de Sian Ka'an Focus primarily on conservation and sustainability in the caribian region in cooperation with universities.
QUINTANA ROO
Isla Holbox Todos unidos por la isla Holbox, is a private organization working to maintain the island as an unspoiled natural area in favor of the local people and sustainable tourism.
VERACRUZ
Pronatura Veracruz Pronatura partner in Veracruz. Focus on conservation, education, birding tours and raptor monitoring in Cardel.
COAX Dead link 2020-07-30. Bird club based in Xalapa. For everyone with an interest in wild birds. Focus on trips around the state of Veracruz but also visiting other states.
YUCATÁN
Pronatura Yucatán Pronatura partner in Yucatán. Focus primarily on conservation.
USA
ALL STATES
The American Ornithologists' Union Organization of professional ornithologists in USA.
The Audubon Society Birdlife partner in USA. One of the two publically oriented organisations. Conservation is among the focus points. Responsible for the yearly Christmas Bird Count.
The American birding association The other of the two big publically oriented organisations. Focus on active bird watching. Among others responsible for the magazine Birding.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology A corner stone in the American birding world. Research, education and among other programs responsible for e-bird.
ORNITHOLOGY IN GENERAL
DANMARK
Ringmærkningscentralen To report banded birds found in Denmark. The Danish Banding Central under Copenhagen University.
INTERNATIONAL
Neotropical birds Initiative from Cornell lab. Covering descriptions of the species from Mexico and all the American continent south from there.
Beginners tips A short introduction with links to other resources on how to get started as a birdwatcher. English. (Taylor Roberts).
Feather database German. Incomplete and with emphasis on European species.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Mexican IBAs Birdlife document treating the Mexican IBAs. 2020-07-30: Now a general entrance page where to search by country.
Mexican wetlands Ducks Unlimited Mexico. Portal showing maps and information about all the Mexican wetlands. Scientific, technical level. Only in Spanish. 2020-07-30: Not updated and link not giving access.
USA
ALL STATES
Birds of North America Complete collection of information about the species of North America. Membership required, 49 USD pr. year. 2020-07-30: This portal now includes information about all the birds in the world, though extra-American species are still only treated superficially.
Patuxent Banding Laboratory If you find a banded bird, you can report it here. First of all if the bird has been banded in North America, but they can probably pass on the information if necessary.
Tri-national landbird status. Partners in Flight report covering Canada, USA and Mexico. (Slow download, 13 MB)
AAA State of Play - Bird links for kids A bit out of range but a compilation of links aimed at kids starting to get into the wonderful world of the Wild and Free Flying Birds. By request Steven Neale, Indiana, US.
PARROTS
INTERNATIONAL
World Parrot Trust Global organization working for protection of wild parrots and minimization of the illegal trade.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Save the parrots of Mexico! The parrots of Mexico are threatened by illegal trade. DON'T BUY THEM!
PHOTO, SOUND, VIDEO
INTERNATIONAL
Xeno-canto Big collection of birdsongs from all over the world. Free access for everybody also to download files.
The Internet Bird Collection Big collection. Photos, videos and sounds from all over the world. LYNX edition.
Vireo Big collection. Photos from all over the world. The academy of natural science.
Earbirding.com Nathan Pieplow and Andrew Spencer. Articles and sounds mostly about the birds in the Americas.
AVoCet - Avian Vocalizations Center Biased toward science. Moderate collection of sounds from different continents - Pam Rasmussen.
Macaulay Library The Cornell media library and now repository of media files from ebird.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Biblioteca de Sonidos A moderate selection of bird songs. Mostly passerines.
YUCATÁN
Dan Mennill Small selection of birdsongs with spectrograms.
USA
ALL STATES
Naturesong Modest collection of North American bird recordings. Also Costa Rica and more.
Seabirding Many photos of species with relevance for Mexico. Brian Patterson.
Global Bird Photo Moderate selection of species from USA (despite the name) with relevance for Mexico. Many nest pictures.
Applied Bioacustics - Arch McCallum Articles related to North American bird sounds. Mostly Tyrant Flycatchers.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MEXICO
ALL STATES
CONABIO Responsable for surveillance of species and biodiversity as well as keeping up with international agreements.
CONABIO, IBA-areas Presentation of IBA areas in Mexico.
SEMARNAT Maintain protection and restauration of natural resources in a sustainable perspective.
CONANP Independent organisation under SEMARNAT. Administers protected natural areas and resources in a sustainable perspective.
PROFEPA Independent organisation under SEMARNAT. Responsable for control with violence of laws and rules.
Report corruption Experiencing corruption and violation from police or other law inforcement personal, you can report it in full anonymity.
Avesmex.net - Conabio Register of species with status for all official localities in Mexico (IBAs, Parks, states etc.).
TAXONOMY
DENMARK
Danish bird names - global list The official list of Danish bird names. Based on Monroe and Sibley.
INTERNATIONAL
Clements check list Official site for updates regarding the Clements taxonomy.
Avibase - checklists Listing of the different taxonomies in use today, and useful tool to compare species names between taxonomies. Also species lists for the different countries and continents.
IUCN Redlist Official fauna lists with general species data and state of abundance.
IOC World Bird List The International Ornithologist Union. The most popular taxonomic alternative to ebird/Clements. The most popular taxonomy in Europe.
NACC The American Ornithologist Union. NACC is the committee maintaining the official list of species registered in the North American area, including handling taxonomic issues.
SACC The American Ornithologist Union. SACC is the committee maintaining the official list of species registered in the South American area, and also handles taxonomic issues. Click on Proposal Roster to see earlier decisions.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Officiel species list with bird names in Spanish and English (2015) Revised list from Dec 2015 with up-to-date species and Mexican names. De facto reference from now on. Conabio is responsible. Direct often doesn't work, http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/especies/scripts_aves/docs/checklist_aves_mexico_2015x.pdf, so download is from my site.
Officiel species list with bird names in Spanish and English (2017) Revised list from 2017 with up-to-date species and Mexican names. Conabio is responsible. Direct link often doesn't work, http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/especies/scripts_aves/docs/lista_actualizada_aos_2017.pdf, so download is from my site.
SPAIN
Official species lists with the world's bird names in Spanish (Castenallo) Seo, Spanish Birdlife, has compiled a set of pdfs with Spanish names to all the species in the world.
TOURISM
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Report bad service Experiencing problems interacting with other public authorities, you can report it here. Only in Spanish.
Visit Mexico Official general site with information for tourists in Mexico. English and Spanish plus more.
Distance, time and gasoline consumption in Mexico Private initiative. Calculates distances, time and gasoline consumption between to points in Mexico.
Find your route SCT - The Secretary of communication and transport. Public site for calculations of distances, time, gas consumption. Especially useful because it lists the prices for passing the toll booths on the highways. Only in Spanish.
México Desconocido Traveling magazine covering all of Mexico. Good source of inspiration.
COAHUILA
Bird museum in Saltillo Exhibitions showing the majority of the Mexican bird species.
TRIP REPORTS
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Surfbirds Moderate selection. Only a few up todate.
Birdtours Moderate selection. Only a few uptodate. Most from Yucatan.
Avibase Big selection of links to reports from various sites.
WEATHER
INTERNATIONAL
National Hurricane Center Information about hurricanes in both the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. In English.
International weather General weather page, many languages
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Mexican meteorological service Official Mexican weather. In Spanish.
Mountain Forecasts The weather in the Mexican mountaneous region per locality.
National Center for Seismic acitivity (EARTHQUAKES)