Bird AlbumCayman Islands · North Side
Malportas Pond IBA-National Trust Reserve
135 species and 11,441 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and September, with up to 64 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina64 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 135 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Canaan Land Road1 km126 species
- Mastic Trail, National Trust – South Trailhead4 km110 species
- Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park - IBA, National Trust6 km139 species
- Meagre Bay Pond IBA – Pad6 km134 species
- Central Mangrove Dykes10 km128 species
- Otto Watler's Lake11 km142 species
All 135 species recorded here
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Rock Dove Columba livia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Malportas Pond IBA-National Trust Reserve?
November–January and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 64 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Malportas Pond IBA-National Trust Reserve?
135 species, from 11,441 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Malportas Pond IBA-National Trust Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Tricolored Heron, Blue-winged Teal, Snowy Egret, Greater Yellowlegs 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.