LA PAZ & LIST
MEXICO
BAJA CALIFORNIA DEL SUR (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (10th & 14th October, 2004)
Birding Site Guide
We saw a few nice birds around town. Costa's Hummingbird visits some people's hummingbird feeders in their gardens. There is a nice beach near the ferry port with some sea and water birds. 26 species including 6 lifers.
Species seen
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens Breeding endemic
- Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
- Elegant Tern Sterna elegans Near-threatened
- Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced species
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced species
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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