Bird AlbumDominica · Saint Joseph Parish
Layou River – river mouth
87 species and 1,468 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 33 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
Green HeronButorides virescens
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia27 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 87 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Macoucheri – cricket pitch4 km54 species
- Sunset Bay7 km52 species
- Lower Colihaut11 km48 species
- Roseau – river mouth and market11 km53 species
- Roseau – Botanical Gardens11 km59 species
- Morne Trois Pitons NP – Middleham Falls from Laudat11 km60 species
All 87 species recorded here
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis
- Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Layou River – river mouth?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 33 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Layou River – river mouth?
87 species, from 1,468 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Layou River – river mouth in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Royal Tern, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.