Bird AlbumVenezuela · Aragua
Embalse de Taiguayguay
236 species and 18,098 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, May and October, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Scaled DoveColumbina squammata
Striated HeronButorides striata
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna de Taiguaiguai – Planta de Tratamiento2 km210 species
- Parque Codazzi, Turmero7 km165 species
- Embalse Tierra Blanca21 km253 species
- PN Henri Pittier – Estacion Rancho Grande31 km439 species
- PN Macarao – El Barniz47 km247 species
- Escuela Perros y Pensión Los Teques53 km152 species
All 236 species recorded here
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Plain Thornbird Phacellodomus inornatus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Grey Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Two-banded Puffbird Hypnelus bicinctus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Grey Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
- Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Crested Spinetail Cranioleuca subcristata
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Pale-tipped Inezia Inezia caudata
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse de Taiguayguay?
February, May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse de Taiguayguay?
236 species, from 18,098 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse de Taiguayguay in November?
The most recorded in November: Southern Lapwing, Scaled Dove, Striated Heron, Carib Grackle and Great Kiskadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.