Bird AlbumCaribbean Netherlands · Bonaire
Lac Bay
109 species and 4,967 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, May and October–December, with up to 50 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis46 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 109 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lac Cai2 km110 species
- Kaminda Lac Wetlands2 km102 species
- Bonaire Salt Ponds6 km119 species
- Bonaire overall6 km103 species
- Kralendijk Water Treatment Plant6 km137 species
- Bonaire Southwest Shore7 km94 species
All 109 species recorded here
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lac Bay?
February, May and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 50 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lac Bay?
109 species, from 4,967 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lac Bay in November?
The most recorded in November: American Flamingo, Tricolored Heron, Osprey, Reddish Egret and Royal Tern.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.