Cayo Coco Is Named After This Bird. The island got its name after the coconut trees and the Coco birds which live here. You will spot the elegant pink flamingo another beautiful inhabitant here.
Its a popular tourist destination known for its stunning beaches and coral reefs. You will spot the elegant pink flamingo another beautiful inhabitant here. The island of Coco is named after the white Ibis which is a long legged wading bird that is known locally by the name of Coco.
Cayo Coco was named after the large population of white ibis mostly known as coco bird also identified as the island of flamingos due to the large colony of pink flamingos that lives on the south side of the key providing an unusual and unforgettable great show for those who travel to the key by the causeway where they can be seen very closely from La Silla lookout preferably very early in the morning or at sunset.
Named after a local Coco bird which resides on the island Cayo Coco is home to over 200 species of birds including a large colony of pink flamingos the largest in the Americas. Again Paulino picked me up at 7am and we went straight to a sewage treatment works always a great place to bird wherever in the world Good numbers of West Indian Whistling Duck also Northern Shoveler Solitary Sandpipe r Least Sandpiper Black-necked Stilt Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs. Cayo Coco offers an intriguing blend of activities as well as a relaxed beach vacation making it perfect for outdoor adventurists and. Cayo Cocos isolation has allowed it to maintain its beautiful unspoiled white sand beaches within an environment of lush greenery.