United States · Florida
Loxahatchee NWR
268 species and 155,872 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great EgretArdea alba
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Green Cay Wetlands & Nature Center6 km260 species
- Wakodahatchee Wetlands8 km233 species
- Peaceful Waters Sanctuary15 km236 species
- Plantation Preserve43 km240 species
- Stormwater Treatment Area 5/672 km226 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Loxahatchee NWR?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Loxahatchee NWR?
268 species, from 155,872 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Loxahatchee NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: Palm Warbler, Little Blue Heron, Great Egret, Turkey Vulture and Blue-grey Gnatcatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.