Adapted from Jim Conrad's online book
A Birding Trip through Mexico

Here's the birds seen on the lake, including atop rafts of vegetation floating along its margins.
November 20: latitude 18º26'N, longitude 95º01'W

MEXICO: Veracruz; Laguna Catemaco, freshwater lake and shore in vicinity of Coyame about 10 kms east of town of Catemaco, on north shore; elevation about sea level and about 25 kms inland

RESIDENCY STATUS:
permanent resident
winter resident
  1. Pied-billed Grebe
  2. Lesser Scaup
  3. Osprey
  4. Great Egret
  5. Snowy Egret
  6. Great Blue Heron
  7. Green Heron
  8. Little Blue Heron
  9. Tricolored Heron
  10. American Coot
  11. Northern Jacana
  12. Laughing Gull
  13. Common Tern
  14. Belted Kingfisher
  15. Green Kingfisher
  16. Northern Waterthrush
  17. Great-tailed Grackle

In this list there's not a single bird not also appearing in the US.