Cuba · Ciego de Ávila Province
Cayo Paredon Grande
176 species and 10,206 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyei
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsi
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cayo Coco25 km229 species
- Cayo Coco – Cueva del Jabali27 km181 species
- Cayo Guillermo50 km163 species
- Laguna flamingos51 km146 species
All 176 species recorded here
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cayo Paredon Grande?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cayo Paredon Grande?
176 species, from 10,206 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cayo Paredon Grande in November?
The most recorded in November: Palm Warbler, Royal Tern, Magnificent Frigatebird, Thick-billed Vireo and Northern 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.