Cuba · Ciego de Ávila Province
Cayo Guillermo
163 species and 7,897 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 114 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigra
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Great EgretArdea alba
Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordiiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna flamingos1 km146 species
- Cayo Coco – Cueva del Jabali24 km181 species
- Cayo Coco25 km229 species
- Cayo Paredon Grande50 km176 species
All 163 species recorded here
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cayo Guillermo?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 114 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cayo Guillermo?
163 species, from 7,897 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cayo Guillermo in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Catbird, Palm Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, Prairie Warbler and Cuban Bullfinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.