Wildlife· Barra de Potosí· Mexico
Laguna de Potosí (Barra de Potosí)
17° 32.7′ N · 101° 25.5′ W · approximate
An 800-hectare mangrove lagoon behind the village of Barra de Potosí, with 454 ha of mangrove and 212 recorded bird species (82 aquatic or marine, 23 endemic). Villagers run panga and kayak tours through the mangroves.
Practical
Approximate: placed inside the OpenStreetMap outline of the lagoon (way 443564600), whose mouth meets the sea at the village (about 17.536, -101.443). Wikipedia: 212 bird species (19 listed at risk under NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010), 454 ha of mangrove in an 800-ha system; villagers offer lagoon tours, fishing trips, kayak rentals and winter humpback whale watching. Do not try to take a yacht or a dinghy across the bar from the sea: it is a surf-beach river mouth. Hire a local panga or kayak from the village instead; go early morning for birds.
Best for
Mangrove birding by kayak or panga
Season
Best Nov-Apr (dry season, winter migrants)
Nearby
- Barra de Potosí Enramadas (Beach Restaurants)1.1 NM away
- Barra de Potosí Anchorage (Punta Potosí)1.6 NM away
- Playa Blanca (Barra de Potosí)2.6 NM away
- Los Morros de Potosí (Zihuatanejo)4.2 NM away
- Carlo Scuba (Playa Las Gatas)8.6 NM away
- Faro Punta Garrobo (Zihuatanejo)8.6 NM away
- Playa La Ropa (Zihuatanejo)8.6 NM away
- Playa Las Gatas8.6 NM away