Sayulita Bird Watching Tours

Sayulita Bird Watching Tours has been operating on Mexico's Pacific coast since 2008, founded and led by L. Vidal Prado Paniagua, a Nayarit-born birder who traces his interest in the field back to a childhood encounter with an Elegant Trogon. The company runs guided outings across Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, regularly turning up 50 to 137 species per trip depending on season. The operation pairs commercial guiding with support for community ecotourism projects in western Mexico, with an emphasis on endemic and near-endemic Pacific-slope species. Tours cater to both serious listers chasing regional specialties and casual visitors basing themselves in the resort towns of Sayulita and San Blas.