Suriname · Nickerie District
Bigi Pan
263 species and 3,265 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, September and November, with up to 73 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great EgretArdea alba
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
Greater AniCrotophaga major
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 263 species recorded here
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Pale-tipped Inezia Inezia caudata
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Arrowhead Piculet Picumnus minutissimus
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Slender-billed Kite Helicolestes hamatus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Blood-colored Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
- Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
- White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
- Swallow-winged Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata
- Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Painted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum pictum
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Coraya Wren Pheugopedius coraya
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilatus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx auritus
- Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus
- Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
- Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata
- Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Yellow-crowned Elaenia Myiopagis flavivertex
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
- Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
- Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis
- Grey Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
- Guianan Streaked Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
- Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula
- Golden-spangled Piculet Picumnus exilis
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae
- Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis
- Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
- Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
- Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
- Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Rufous-crowned Elaenia Elaenia ruficeps
- Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis
- Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
- Guianan Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
- Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
- White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
- Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis
- Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus
- Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini
- Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
- Amazonian Plain Xenops Xenops genibarbis
- Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
- Blackish Antbird Cercomacroides nigrescens
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Ash-winged Antwren Euchrepomis spodioptila
- Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger
- Ferruginous-backed Antbird Myrmoderus ferrugineus
- Black-throated Antbird Myrmophylax atrothorax
- Variable Woodpecker Celeus undatus
- Grey Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus
- Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
- Guianan Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bigi Pan?
March, September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 73 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bigi Pan?
263 species, from 3,265 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bigi Pan in November?
The most recorded in November: Scarlet Ibis, Cocoi Heron, Osprey, Tricolored Heron and Spotted Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.