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Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Moves through the canopy in small groups, eating fruit and dropping the seeds that grow the next forest. Where the tall fruiting trees go, the toucans go too.
Ornate Hawk-Eagle · Spizaetus ornatus
Birding · Southeast Mexico
Your next trophy is a photograph.
The forests and lagoons of southeast Mexico are still full of birds, and most are easy to see if you know where to look. Come early, look closely, and take the picture home.
Come for one bird, or for all of them.
Some people arrive with a single species in mind. Others want the whole adventure: the early start, the lagoons at first light, a list that grows by the hour. Either way you leave with a photograph, and a reason to want these forests kept exactly as they are.
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Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Wades in shallow lagoons, salt ponds and flooded flats, picking small prey from the surface. It nests on open ground and calls loudly at anyone who comes close.
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Red-capped Manakin
Ceratopipra mentalis
In the shaded understory of the selva, males gather at display perches, sliding backwards along a branch and snapping their wings to attract females.
345+
bird species recorded in Quintana Roo. Some of them live nowhere else, and most people who visit this coast never learn a single name.
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
Pampa curvipennis
Species pageMost of what threatens these birds is ordinary.
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Deforestation
Once the tall trees are gone, the birds do not come back.
- 02
Rubbish
What ends up in the water ends up in the birds.
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Hunting
Large, slow birds are still shot for food.
- 04
No one enforcing it
Protection exists on paper.
- 05
No one explaining it
Communities are rarely shown why the birds matter.
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Until man learns to respect and communicate with the animal world, he will never be able to know his true role on Earth.
Come and see them for yourself.
We start before dawn, because that is when the birds are out. This is not a business and there are no set prices. Write, and we will work it out.
- Most trips
- 5 to 7 days across the southeast
- Or
- A morning near Cancún, or one full day
- Group
- 2 to 6 people
- Start
- Before dawn
Write to us.
Tell us what you want to see, or just what you saw. There is no booking form and no deposit, only a conversation.
birdtrophy@outlook.comLugo provided a wonderful experience at Muyil. He is deeply knowledgeable about birds, local culture and history. I cannot wait to return and do some more birding.