Chocohuital
Ecotourism Center
CChocochuital is a beautiful estuary located south of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, within the La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve. The vegetation surrounding this ecotourism center is mainly made up of mangroves of great height, among which the Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) stands out. In Chocohuital you will find resident and migratory birds typical of Chiapas’ coast: herons, cormorants, pelicans, kingfishers, sandpipers, hawks; and specialties of the region, such as the Giant Wren (Matraca Chiapaneca), the Spot-Breasted Oriole and the Yellow Warbler (Mangrove). To get to Chocohuital we recommend taking the coastal highway (Carretera federal 200), entering the detour before the Nuevo Urbina town and the Pijijiapan bridge, along 20 km of road (about 12.42 miles) until reaching Chocohuital’s estuary; and then embarking on a trip by boat to Costa Azul.
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Birds that can be watched: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck or White-winged Whistling-Duck / Dendrocygna autumnalis, Red-billed Pigeon / Patagioenas flavirostris, Ruddy Ground Dove / Columbina talpacoti, Squirrel Cuckoo / Piaya Cayana, Lesser Nighthawk or Trilling Nighthawk / Chordeiles acutipennis, Cinnamon Hummingbird / Amazilia rutila, Gray Plover / Pluvialis squatarola, Collared Plover / Charadrius collaris, Common Whimbrel / Numenius phaeopus, Semipalmated Snipe or Willet / Tringa semipalmata, Royal Tern / Thalasseus maximus, Wood Ibis or Flinthead / Mycteria americana, Magnificent Frigate Bird or Cape Verde Frigatebird / Fregata magnificens, American Anhinga / Anhinga anhinga, Neotropic Cormorant / Nannopterum brasilianum, Brown Pelican / Pelecanus occidentalis, Bare-throated Tiger Heron / Tigrisoma mexicanum, Blue Heron or Blue Herring / Ardea herodias, Tri-colored Heron / Egretta tricolor, White Ibis / Eudocimus albus, Roseate Spoonbill / Platalea ajaja, Fish Hawk or Osprey / Pandion haliaetus, Plumbeous Kite / Ictinia plumbea, Common Black Hawk / Buteogallus anthracinus, Pacific Screech-Owl / Megascops cooperi, Ringed Kingfisher / Megaceryle torquata, Crested Caracara or Northern Caracara / Caracara plancus, Orange-chinned Parakeet or Tovi Parakeet / Brotogeris jugularis, White-fronted Parrot / Amazona albifrons, Common Tody-Flycatcher / Todirostrum cinereum, Mangrove Swallow / Tachycineta albilinea, Giant Wren / Campylorhynchus chiapensis, Spot-breasted Oriole / Icterus pectoralis, Common Water Thrush, Northern Waterthrush or Short-billed Waterthrush / Parkesia noveboracensis, Nuthatch Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler / Mniotilta varia, Yellow Warbler (Mangrove) / Setophaga petechia (erithachorides group).
Contact details:
Pablo Valdovinos
Certified Guide
Telephone:
Email: gcostaverde@gmail.com