Caribbean Netherlands · Bonaire
Bonaire Southwest Shore
94 species and 8,739 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April and August–October, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Green HeronButorides virescens
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus38 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 94 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bonaire Salt Ponds2 km119 species
- Lac Bay7 km109 species
- Lac Cai9 km110 species
- Kaminda Lac Wetlands9 km102 species
- Bonaire overall12 km103 species
- Kralendijk Water Treatment Plant12 km137 species
All 94 species recorded here
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bonaire Southwest Shore?
January, April and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bonaire Southwest Shore?
94 species, from 8,739 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bonaire Southwest Shore in November?
The most recorded in November: American Flamingo, Royal Tern, Osprey, Reddish Egret and Tropical Mockingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.