Guadeloupe
Barrage de Gaschet
107 species and 8,047 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 64 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Great EgretArdea alba
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Green HeronButorides virescens
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Barrage de Gaschet - Partie 10 km94 species
- Petit Marais de Port-Louis5 km103 species
- Grand Marais de Port-Louis6 km120 species
- Anse Patatoto13 km61 species
- Pointe Allègre28 km114 species
- Cascade aux Ecrevisses34 km46 species
All 107 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Barrage de Gaschet?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 64 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Barrage de Gaschet?
107 species, from 8,047 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Barrage de Gaschet in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Great Egret, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Gallinule and Osprey.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.