Brazil · Rio de Janeiro
Niterói – Rio João Mendes
186 species and 18,802 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July and September–December, with up to 113 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Chestnut-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus palliatus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresilia
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Great EgretArdea alba
Band-tailed HorneroFurnarius figulus
Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum113 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 186 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Niterói – Icaraí8 km69 species
- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro19 km336 species
- Parque Natural Municipal Bosque da Barra35 km214 species
- Guapimirim – Casa Tukani e entorno50 km267 species
- Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu – Alagados62 km416 species
- Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu62 km524 species
All 186 species recorded here
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Masked Water Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Band-tailed Hornero Furnarius figulus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus
- Brazilian Tanager Ramphocelus bresilia
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Sick's Swift Chaetura meridionalis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Grey Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Black-backed Tanager Stilpnia peruviana
- Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum
- Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- White-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes cyanus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Long-billed Wren Cantorchilus longirostris
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Spot-tailed Nightjar Antiurus maculicaudus
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
- Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Slaty-breasted Wood Rail Aramides saracura
- Planalto Tyrannulet Phyllomyias fasciatus
- Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
- Rufous-margined Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana
- Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
- Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Little Nightjar Setopagis parvula
- Sooretama Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus ambiguus
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- White-throated Seedeater Sporophila albogularis
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Wedge-tailed Grass Finch Emberizoides herbicola
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Flavescent Warbler Myiothlypis flaveola
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Unicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Niterói – Rio João Mendes?
July and September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 113 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Niterói – Rio João Mendes?
186 species, from 18,802 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Niterói – Rio João Mendes in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Gallinule, Ruddy Ground Dove, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Snowy Egret and Great Kiskadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.