Jamaica · Saint Elizabeth Parish
Font Hill Nature Preserve
171 species and 65,377 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Jamaican TodyTodus todus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
OrangequitEuneornis campestris
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Jamaican VireoVireo modestus
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
BananaquitCoereba flaveolaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Marshalls Pen43 km111 species
- Rocklands Bird Sanctuary43 km130 species
- Montego Bay Sewage Ponds46 km128 species
- Stewart Town64 km96 species
All 171 species recorded here
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx
- Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch Melopyrrha violacea
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius
- Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
- Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Jamaican Tody Todus todus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Orangequit Euneornis campestris
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra
- Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Font Hill Nature Preserve?
January–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Font Hill Nature Preserve?
171 species, from 65,377 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Font Hill Nature Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: American Redstart, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, American Kestrel, Little Blue Heron and Jamaican Tody.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.