Caribbean Netherlands · Bonaire
Lac Cai
110 species and 4,186 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 57 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lac Bay2 km109 species
- Kaminda Lac Wetlands2 km102 species
- Bonaire overall7 km103 species
- Kralendijk Water Treatment Plant7 km137 species
- Bonaire Salt Ponds8 km119 species
- Washikemba – Lagun8 km92 species
All 110 species recorded here
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lac Cai?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 57 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lac Cai?
110 species, from 4,186 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lac Cai in November?
The most recorded in November: American Flamingo, Tropical Mockingbird, Greater Yellowlegs, Mangrove Warbler and House Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.