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Wildlife in the Yucatán
Guide to Yucatán Wildlife Watching and Ecotourism in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico - Yucatán Wildlife
Welcome to the world of nature in the Yucatan peninsula! This area is well known for the beach resorts of Cancun and the Mayan Riviera. But few nature lovers know that there are many exciting opportunities for watching wildlife, which are only hours away from the tourist hotspots of Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Cozumel. The Yucatan Peninsula has incredible bio-diversity. It is home to 50% of all the birds living in Mexico, several of them endemic, 25% of Mexican mammals, and 10% of Mexico´s flora...
Yucatán Birds: United for Birds - Yucatán Birds
Yucatán awakens anyone's curiosity. Both nature and culture may be enjoyed through the state: its picturesque villages, archaeological sites, cenotes, coastal lagoons, underground caves, haciendas and beaches. There are activities for all preferences, including bird watching. Along with the creation of the Bird Festival in 2002, the Organization has been working towards conservation and nature tourism, giving way to the Yucatán Bird Site, where you will learn more about bird watching in this area, conservation activities, and where you can exchange knowledge and experiences with others like you throughout the year...
Have Wings, Will Travel - MexicoBev
MexicoBev reports on birding trips in the Yucatan and elsewhere.
Birding in the Yucatán - Mundo Maya
There are 400 bird species within the ten million square kilometers encompassed by the European continent; yet Mundo Maya area 20 times smaller-harbors 700. Few regions of the planet have as many bird species as Mundo Maya, a territory running roughly from the Gulf Coast of Tabasco, México, through the Yucatán Peninsula and all the way down to Honduras. Over sixty-percent of Mundo Maya's bird species are permanent residents; the rest are migratory, heading north to summer in the United States and Canada. Some make short stops in the region as they travel between North and South America; others simply choose to linger around the Caribbean. Strangely, few bird species are exclusive to the region...
Yucatán Bird Festival - Yucatán Today
The Annual Bird Festival of Yucatán Toh is an important yearly event for both the local people and our tourist guests. It is a clear example of what can be done when the three levels of government work together with the private sector, the civil organizations and the Mayan communities. The dates of this event in 2009 are from Thursday, November 19th to Sunday, November 22. The sites of this ever more popular event are Mérida and Izamal. In the birdwatchers world, birders from the US and Mexico await this festival as the Yucatán is every birdwatchers dream come true...
Plants, Animals & Ecology of the Northern Yucatan Peninsula - Jim Conrad
The Yucatán is a geological PENINSULA, but it is an ecological ISLAND. It's isolated from other land toward the north, east and west by the sea, and to the south it's isolated from the rest of México by this climatological fact: The Yucatán is much more arid than that part of México adjoining it toward the south. The Yucatán, then, is an ecological island of aridity, and Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos reminds us that on islands unique species tend to evolve. That's the case with the Yucatán.
When a biologist says that an organism is "endemic" to a certain area, he or she means that in the whole world that thing is found only in that limited area. A surprising number of organisms are endemic to the Yucatán. Nearly 10% of the Yucatán's plant species are endemics. The Yucatán is home to 14 endemic cactus species, and here in the northern Yucatán -- the most arid part of the arid island -- we are home to ten of them...
