Cuba · Ciego de Ávila Province
Cayo Coco
229 species and 26,252 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April, with up to 156 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsi
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigra
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cayo Coco – Cueva del Jabali4 km181 species
- Cayo Paredon Grande25 km176 species
- Cayo Guillermo25 km163 species
- Laguna flamingos26 km146 species
All 229 species recorded here
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cayo Coco?
February–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 156 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cayo Coco?
229 species, from 26,252 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cayo Coco in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-necked Stilt, Oriente Warbler, American Redstart, Turkey Vulture and Palm Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.