Birds
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
1,592 verified records
Its trees drop their leaves in the dry season and green up again with the first rains, so the same hillside looks entirely different in March and in September. It is the dominant land ecosystem around Huatulco.
For your visit
Keep to marked trails, carry water, and do not collect plants or seeds.
See the species
28 species recorded
Birds
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
1,493 verified records
Birds
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
1,470 verified records
Birds
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Cyanocorax formosus
1,267 verified records
BirdsLeast concern
Inca Dove
Columbina inca
1,262 verified records
Reptiles
Western Spiny-tailed Iguana
Ctenosaura pectinata
1,081 verified records
Birds
Yellow-winged Cacique
Cassiculus melanicterus
1,061 verified records
Birds
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker
Melanerpes chrysogenys
1,027 verified records
Birds
Orange-breasted Bunting
Passerina leclancherii
1,022 verified records
Reptiles
Longtail Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus siniferus
854 verified records
ReptilesSujeta a protección especial
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
742 verified records
Plants
pitayo gigante
Stenocereus chacalapensis
671 verified records
PlantsLeast concern
Gumbo Limbo
Bursera simaruba
628 verified records
Plants
Tasajillo de Oaxaca
Acanthocereus oaxacensis
556 verified records
Plants
Indian Comb
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
553 verified records
PlantsAmenazada
guayacan
Guaiacum coulteri
550 verified records
Mammals
Red-bellied Squirrel
Sciurus aureogaster
526 verified records
Plants
Decumbent Prickly Pear
Opuntia decumbens
435 verified records
Insects
Dorantes Longtail
Cecropterus dorantes
341 verified records
Insects
Elf Butterfly
Microtia elva
317 verified records
Insects
Glaucous Cracker
Hamadryas glauconome
296 verified records
