Venezuela · Zulia
Jardín Botánico de Maracaibo
179 species and 12,625 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and October, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollis
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseus
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Scaled DoveColumbina squammata
Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Olive-grey SaltatorSaltator olivascens
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum33 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 179 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Los Puertos de Altagracia – Ciénaga Salitre25 km153 species
- RFS Cienaga de Los Olivitos – Produsal39 km177 species
- Campo Boscan – Hacienda La Zuliana52 km241 species
- El Consejo de Ciruma – Parque Ecoturistico Ojo de Agua62 km274 species
All 179 species recorded here
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax
- Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Red-billed Emerald Chlorostilbon gibsoni
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Grey Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Orinoco Saltator Saltator orenocensis
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Grey Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Slender-billed Inezia Inezia tenuirostris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum viridanum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
- Pale-tipped Inezia Inezia caudata
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jardín Botánico de Maracaibo?
April–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jardín Botánico de Maracaibo?
179 species, from 12,625 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jardín Botánico de Maracaibo in November?
The most recorded in November: Russet-throated Puffbird, White-tipped Dove, Bicolored Wren, Blue-grey Tanager and Tropical Kingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.