Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea   By Biól. Nat. Eduardo Villegas April 06, 2025 The Indigo Bunting is a small but striking bird belonging to the Cardinal family. This species gets its name from the bright blue color of the male’s plumage during the breeding season. The female is much more inconspicuous, with brown […]

Oncidium hintonii

Oncidium hintonii Oncidium hintonii By Biól. Biologist Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso​ April 1, 2025 During spring and summer, the flowers of the Oncidium orchid once again take center stage in the Vallarta Botanical Garden. This time, O. hintonii surprises us with the floral and aromatic display of its long inflorescences. This orchid is endemic to […]

Northern Mockingbird Mimus

Northern Mockingbird Mimus Northern Mockingbird Mimus Mimus polyglottos By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso March 15, 2025 Surely you know it by Cenzontle or its nickname “the bird of 400 voices”, the first comes from the nahuatl Centzontototl, the second comes from its ability to sing. Ornithologists have wanted to reaffirm this fact because Mimus […]

Nelson Orchid

Nelson Orchid Nelson Orchid Aulosepalum nelsonii   By Biól. Jesús Manuel Peinado Arellano March 10, 2025 I bloom in the spring and am one of the first flowers of the season, so I provide plenty of food for all the bees and butterflies that have been waiting during the winter. My presence in the garden […]

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris By Eduardo Villegas October 25, 2024 Did you know that some hummingbirds migrate thousands of miles? This is the case of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, which spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, migrating to Canada and other parts of North America to breed during the summer. In […]

Mexipedium xerophyticum

Mexipedium xerophyticum Mexipedium xerophyticum By Jesús Reyes October 1, 2024 “Los Chimalapas” region, located between Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Veracruz, is kaleidoscope of biodiversity, with approximately 595,000 hectares, it is the largest area of tropical rainforest in Mexico, More than 24 years ago in this region a group of Mexican researchers found a true jewel of Mexican orchids: Mexipedium xerophyticum. Of […]

San Blas Jay

San Blas Jay:Cyanocorax sanblasianus San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus   By Biól. Nat. Eduardo Villegas February 10, 2024 Its Latin name, Cyanocorax sanblasianus, means Blue Raven; it belongs to the raven family and has blue feathers. San Blas Jays are endemic in the west of México, from Nayarit to Guerrero states. Their habitat is subtropical and deciduous forest; […]

Nutting’s Flycatcher

Nutting’s Flycatcher Nutting’s Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso January 10, 2024 This bird from the Tyrannidae family weighs around 28 grams, is diurnal and omnivorous, but gets its name from its peculiar ability to catch flies. They live 9 to 11 years and live in forests and jungles from northwest […]

Bletia reflexa

Bletia reflexa Bletia reflexa By Biól. Dr. Cristóbal Sánchez January 10, 2024 Today we present to you a Mexican orchid called Bletia reflexa. This species lives in the mountains, among hillside rocks and meadows of oak and pine forests. It has thickened underground stems that serve as a reserve in difficult times and has long, narrow leaves that hide […]

Vanilla pompona

Vanilla pompona Vanilla pompona   By Biól. Nat. Eduardo Villegas February 10, 2022 We want to share the Vanilla pompona with you. Hands down, it is one of Mexico´s most emblematic orchids, due to its exploitation. This orchid belongs to the “climbing orchids group” as a “vaine.” It can grow up to 20 feet, climbing different species of trees in […]