Caribbean Netherlands · Bonaire
Bonaire overall
103 species and 2,705 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 54 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Green HeronButorides virescens
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kralendijk Water Treatment Plant0 km137 species
- Washikemba – Lagun5 km92 species
- Kaminda Lac Wetlands5 km102 species
- Lac Bay6 km109 species
- Lac Cai7 km110 species
- Bonaire Salt Ponds10 km119 species
All 103 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bonaire overall?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 54 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bonaire overall?
103 species, from 2,705 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bonaire overall in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-necked Stilt, American Flamingo, Green Heron, Tropical Mockingbird and Common Gallinule.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.