El Triunfo
🇲🇽 Mexico
North America, Mexico 977 spp. recorded
El Triunfo is cloud forest on the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, reached on foot over several days, and birders come for one animal above all: the horned guan, a turkey-sized bird with a red horn that lives only on these mountains and is recorded on about one trip in seven.
15.637° N 92.817° W
🦜 Nature
316 Species sighted
9,384 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Apr Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
+ 712 more species with insufficient data
Recent sightings in El Triunfo
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
35Jan
61Feb
39Mar
73Apr
36May
0.4Jun
32Jul
31Aug
31Sep
40Oct
37Nov
30Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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El Paval to 3 de Mayo
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Clay-colored Thrush~70%-10%
Black-headed Saltator~60%+20%
Red-legged Honeycreeper~60%+20%
Social Flycatcher~60%≈
White-tipped Dove~60%+10%
Golden-fronted Woodpecker~50%≈
Berylline Hummingbird~50%-10%
Rufous-capped Warbler~50%≈
Yellow-winged Tanager~50%≈
Melodious Blackbird~50%-20%
Dusky-capped Flycatcher~50%-10%
Highland Guan~10%-20%
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
1
dayTrails
Hard
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
Very goodHow rich is the wildlife?
4.5
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 577
🐒 Mammals 203
🦎 Reptiles 145
🐸 Amphibians 52
977 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
36 Threatened 113 Endemic
🔭
Sighting
Very goodHow likely to see animals?
3.4
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
57% 📊
Coverage (229 species at ≥5% of 977 in the inventory)
23% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 2 reptile, 1 mammal)
54% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
185 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
17 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
21 🏕️
Experience
Very goodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
3.6
Climate Mixed Medium
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Hard Low
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
After breakfast we walked the Costa Trail to the mirador where we saw Barred Forest-Falcon nice and close, Blue-throated Motmots, Blue-crowned Chlorophonias at a possible nest, and a pair of Singing Quail that walked right out into the open.
We identified wild animals relevant for people in El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, southern Mexico considering four types of interactions: Use, affect (either positive or negative), and conflict.
Before you go
What animals can you see in El Triunfo?
977 species
El Triunfo has 977 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Clay-colored Thrush (about 80%), Godman's Montane Pit Viper (about 70%), Melodious Blackbird (about 60%), Berylline Hummingbird (about 60%) and Social Flycatcher (about 60%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Gray Fox (about 50%).
When is the best time to visit El Triunfo for wildlife?
November
In that month the park's 12 most-seen species average about 70% on a given day, against about 40% in July to September. That is one of El Triunfo's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 420 mm in June.
Can you see a Highland Guan in El Triunfo?
Yes
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Highland Guan sighting in El Triunfo on a given day, based on 81 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is April (about 70%).
Can you see a Godman's Montane Pit Viper in El Triunfo?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Godman's Montane Pit Viper sighting in El Triunfo on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March (about 80%).
Where in El Triunfo is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Campamento El Triunfo
The richest sighting zone is around Campamento El Triunfo, followed by El Paval to 3 de Mayo, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is El Triunfo good for wildlife watching?
3.7 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, El Triunfo rates 3.7/5: 154th of 316 parks worldwide and 12th in North America. 29 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
