Venezuela · Zulia
Los Puertos de Altagracia – Ciénaga Salitre
153 species and 9,816 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great EgretArdea alba
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
Olive-grey SaltatorSaltator olivascens
Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatus
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- RFS Cienaga de Los Olivitos – Produsal14 km177 species
- Jardín Botánico de Maracaibo25 km179 species
- El Consejo de Ciruma – Parque Ecoturistico Ojo de Agua47 km274 species
- Campo Boscan – Hacienda La Zuliana77 km241 species
All 153 species recorded here
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum viridanum
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Slender-billed Inezia Inezia tenuirostris
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Grey Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Orinoco Saltator Saltator orenocensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Los Puertos de Altagracia – Ciénaga Salitre?
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 Los Puertos de Altagracia – Ciénaga Salitre?
153 species, from 9,816 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Los Puertos de Altagracia – Ciénaga Salitre in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-necked Stilt, Greater Yellowlegs, Southern Lapwing, Snowy Egret and Great 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.