Dates & Pricing

2027 April 15-26, 2027
Price: $6995 per person sharing Single room supplement: $600 Guides: Adam Sell, Luis Trinchan, and an SDBA representative
Maximum of 8 participants

Mexico: The yucatán Peninsula

Special for the san diego bird alliance

The Yucatán Peninsula is a well-known area for tourism from the States.  Miles of beachfront, easy flights, Mayan ruins and Cozumel Island are all big attractions.  For the nature-lover and birder, the Yucatán is equally famous.  The region’s forests, scrub, and beaches are home to over 15 endemic species, from the conspicuous Yucatan Jay to the retiring Yucatan Nightjar.  

The Yucatán is also a great introduction to tropical birding.  Flashy neotropical bird families like motmots, trogons and toucans are represented in the area, while species diversity within familiar families like flycatchers increases without being overwhelming.  

This tour is also timed for the peak of spring migration, when migrants are pouring through Middle America and stacking up on the Yucatán, ready for their long flight over the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast US. Many of these are species that rarely, if ever, show up on the west coast. This includes two dozen species of warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Dickcissel, thrushes, flycatchers, and shorebirds.

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