Birdwatching
Coba
HALF DAY GUIDED BIRDING TOUR
"Live the Mayan culture through birds"
TOUR PROGRAM
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6:00 a.m. Pick up at your accommodation (earlier if farther from Tulum)
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7:00 a.m. Birding in Mayan community around the lake of Coba
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9:00 a.m. Birding in the archaeological site of Coba
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11:45 a.m. Brunch
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12:30 p.m. End of the excursion
An ancient Maya city buried in the jungle and the #1 hotspot on ebird.
The different ecosystems including some lakes allowed the early settlers of Coba to form their city; which was the largest settlement in the northern part of the Yucatan between 300 – 900 AD. These days a great place to visit and enjoy its great bird diversity in this #1 hotspot on ebird.
We begin with a walk around the lake of Coba where we search for water birds such as Spotted Rail, Least Grebe, Ruddy Crake, Limpkin, Snail Kite, Purple Gallinule and other beautiful birds around the lake such as Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Blue-gray and Yellow-winged Tanagers, Orange, Hooded and other species of Orioles, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Morelet´s Seedeater and many more.
Once the archaeological site opens its doors we will be one of the first people to get in to start birding in the primary jungle now covering this great ancient city in search of birds such as Ocellated Turkey, Lesson´s and Turquoise-browed Motmot, Black-headed, Gartered and Collared Trogons, Masked and Black-crowned Tityras, Yucatan, Green and Brown Jays, Yucatan Parrot… and the list goes on.
On this tour it is possible to identify from 40 to 80 species of birds (depending on the time of the year).
Enjoy a delicious meal to replenish your energy before heading back to your hotel/house.
BIRDS WE HOPE TO SEE
Limpkin, Least Grebe, Northern Jacana, Ocellated Turkey, Groove billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Black headed Trogon, Gartered Trogon, Collared Aracari, Turquoise browed Motmot, Lesson´s Motmot, Yucatan Woodpecker, Golden Olive Woodpecker, Pale billed Woodpecker, Lineated Woodpecker, Ladder backed Woodpecker, Ivory billed Woodcreeper, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Barred Woodcreeper, Tawny winged Woodcreeper, Ruddy Woodcreeper, Long billed Gnatwren, Barred Antshrike, Mexican Antthrush, Masked Tityra, Rose-throated Becard, Yucatan Jay, Brown Jay, Green Jay, Spot breasted Wren, Clay colored Thrush, Rufous browed Peppershrike, Scrub Euphonia, Yellow throated Euphonia, Blue-grey Tanager, Red throated Ant Tanager, Red crowned Ant Tanager, Yellow faced grassquit, Morelet´s Seedeater, Yellow tailed Oriole, Black cowled Oriole, Yellow backed Oriole, Hooded Oriole, Altamira Oriole, Orange Oriole.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Birds
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Nature, culture and history
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Eco-tourism
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Wildlife photography
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