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Mexico Colima

Colima Warbler vermivora crissalis ŠVince Gravel http://www.birdsofmexico.blogspot.com

Colima is a state in western Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state, sharing a border with the Mexican states of Jalisco to the north and east, and Michoacán to the south. To the west Colima borders the Pacific Ocean.

In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state's main cities include Manzanillo and Tecomán. The state has an area of 5,455 square kilometers (2,106.2 sq mi), with a population in 2005 census of about 567,996 people.

contributor

Wikipedia
(GNU Free Documentation License)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colima

useful reading

Fieldguides, CDs etc.

For a selection of appropriate fieldguides and CDs etc see the general Mexico page of Fatbirder...

reserves

Sierra De Manantlan Region And Biosphere Reserve

http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/ma/ma6.htm
The bird tally for the general area is 336 species 30% of Mexico`s birds, including the locally rare Amazona finschi (lilac-crowned amazon, cotorra); Ara militaris (military macaw, guacamaya verde) and Aquila chrysaetos (golden eagle, águila real); 30% of the species are totally or partially migratory, and 32 species are endemic to western and central Mexico.

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

1996 [December] - Barry Levine

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Colima-Jalisco-12-96.htm
A nine day trip to Puerto Vallarta, Barra, Colima, and San Blas was a little disappointing both numbers-wise and for some of the endemics I was hoping to find. Other birders that I encountered seemed to be experiencing the same malaise. What accounted for this I can`t explain. Maybe someone could tell me whether it is the time of the year (Xmas);s or just this particular year. The weather was hot on the coast during the day and the rivers were pretty low. The evenings and early mornings were quite cold. I nearly froze on the volcano at Colima. Warblers, flycatchers, hummingbirds and vireos abounded.

1998 [February] - Greg Roberts

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/mexico/mexico1/mexico.htm
...Drove to Chamela Biological Research Station (CBS). Birded a dirt road near Chamela town and thorn forest around the station. Overnight at the station`s staff quarters (pre-arranged)...

2000 [April] - David R. Ferry

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Colima-volcano.htm
I just visited the same area in February, however, and I didn`t find the road up Volcan del Fuego all that bad. We made it up in our usual rented Suburban to the 8 km exclusion zone which is decribed below. The rainy season doesn`t start for another month at least, so I doubt if the road changed that much after I was there...

2000 [July] - Andy Birch - Manzanillo

http://www.surfbirds.com/Trip%20Reports/manz.html
In comparison to the real tourist areas such as Acapulco and Baja, Manzanillo on the Pacific Coast is relatively under-developed from the tourist point of view, which could be seen as a good thing...

2001 [January] - Don Lewis

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Colima-01-2001.htm
Ed Hall and I spent a week in Manzanillo and the city of Colima, Mexico, January 18-25, 2001. There are a number of very helpful trip reports available and we will not repeat much here...

2001 [March] - Richard Carstensen

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Colima-Jalisco-02-2001.htm
Between February 7th and March 6th, 2001, I completed a circuit through diverse bird habitats in western Mexico: Melaque - Autlán - Guadalajara - El Rosario - Mazamitla - Cuidad Guzman - Cuyutlán - Manzanillo. The 1999 Howell birdfinding guide was extremely useful on this trip, as were trip logs and species lists from Blake`s Birding the Americas web site.

2002 [February] - Stephen J. Davies and Eric Preston - Jalisco and Colima

http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/trips/colima-sjd-0202.html
Eric Preston and I spent four and a half days birding in the west Mexican states of Colima and Jalisco from January 31st to February 5th 2002. A highlight of the trip was the opportunity to bird the higher elevations on Volcán de Fuego north of Colima. The entire region holds a rich avifauna and we could easily have spent 1-2 weeks here to really do it justice. Nevertheless, just over four days was enough time for a very enjoyable and productive trip, allowing us to see many of the region`s specialties and amass a trip list of 220 species...

2003 [January]

http://home.comcast.net/~jwwdvm/birdstuff/trips/colijali/colijali.htm
...these pages are a crude travelogue detailing a recent birding trip to the west coast of Mexico. Having traveled a bit in the Mexican State of Sonora, I ventured farther south in February of 2002 and birded San Blas and the Durango Highway. Finding it hard to get enough of Mexican birding, I began plotting a trip farther south into the States of Colima and Jalisco...

2003 [March] - Neil Osborne

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/mexico/mexico15/mex-03.htm
This report covers a trip to West Mexico ( Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima) and The Yucatan Peninsula (Yucatan and Quintana Roo).

2004 [December] - Paul Prevett

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/mexico/mexico16/west-mex-dec-04.htm
... This report provides brief updates for some of the familiar birding sites in the 3 west-central regions (5, 6, 7) of the country, reflecting changes we noted that might have relevance for visiting birders. We also give an overview of the birds we saw. Throughout, we use Howells site names and numbering system. Our trip encompassed 22 days from November 18 to December 9, 2004...

2005 [February] - Dave Sargeant

http://www.worldtwitch.com/baja_california_mexico_sargeant.htm
...The habitat looks very good, though dense, and the road is pleasantly quiet with very little traffic. We failed to find Flammulated Flycatcher. The highlight of our visit was Lucy's Warbler in the mesquite immediately adjacent to the beach...

2005 [January] - Rich Hoyer

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Colima-Jalisco-01-2005.htm
...Around Km. 5.5 we had a very, very large mixed flock on the afternoon of Jan. 6, which the Field Guides tour apparently relocated around Jan. 20. In it was a female GRAY-COLLARED BECARD, one of the harder birds here...

2007 [Colima] - Bob Cecil - Manantlan Biosphere

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Colima-02-2007.htm
...A guide might also help you find what has been described as the West Coast counterpart of cloud forest, alleged to be on up the mountain. Talking to a couple of other guys, John got what he thought was a convincing description of Eared Quetzals, including the white undertail...

tour operators

Birding with Eduardo and Elena

http://www.projectamigo.org/BRD.htm
See an array of about 275 species of beautiful birds in the spectacular scenery of the Colima Volcano...

Fieldguides

http://www.fieldguides.com/colima.htm
Next trip Jan 05. Halfway down the Pacific coast of Mexico lie the states of Colima and Jalisco. They comprise a region of lush mountains and dry forest, mangroves and desert--one of the finest birding areas in all of Mexico. The tiny state of Colima, embracing only a little more than 2000 square miles, provides the focus for much of our lowland birding; neighboring Jalisco is our destination for highland habitats...

Wings

http://wingsbirds.com/tours/view/6
Next trip: Tuesday 8 February to Saturday 19 February 2005. Mexico is noted for its spectacular and varied avifauna and its remarkable diversity of habitats. Nowhere is this variety better represented than in the tiny state of Colima and surrounding areas of Jalisco. We`ll travel from pristine Pacific beaches to deliciously cool montane forests on the Volcanes del Colima, whose majestic twin peaks dominate the region. Some 400 species occur in this small area, including more than 40 of Mexico`s 100 or so endemics...

places to stay

Fiesta Inn

http://www.buyerssellersauction.com/mexico/mexicohotels83.htm
Searchable database

Hotel La Posada

http://www.mexonline.com/laposada.htm
Bart Varelmann, the American owner and operator since 1960, provides a unique personal touch to the small (22 rooms) seaside inn. Here you are someone special - not just a room number. You`ll be greeted personally upon arrival (there`s no front desk) and quickly began to relax and enjoy total informality at Bart`s unique seaside inn.

Colima Birds & Butterflies

http://colima-birds-butterflies.com/
Colima, the second smallest Mexican State (5,191 km˛) after Tlaxcala, has perhaps the greatest diversity in landscapes and habitats and thus incredible biological richness...