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Great Salt Pond
92 species and 3,162 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 43 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Great EgretArdea alba
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Green HeronButorides virescens
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Rock DoveColumba livia43 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 92 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pond Island0 km47 species
- Philipsburg1 km50 species
- Fresh Pond1 km58 species
- Bush road Fresh Pond1 km39 species
- Great Salt Pond – South East1 km66 species
- Emilio Wilson Park2 km47 species
All 92 species recorded here
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Great Salt Pond?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 43 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Great Salt Pond?
92 species, from 3,162 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Great Salt Pond in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Gallinule, Magnificent Frigatebird, Great Egret, Brown Pelican and Snowy Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.