United States · Florida
Plantation Preserve
240 species and 143,792 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and April, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Great EgretArdea alba
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wakodahatchee Wetlands41 km233 species
- Green Cay Wetlands & Nature Center42 km260 species
- Loxahatchee NWR43 km268 species
- Peaceful Waters Sanctuary57 km236 species
- Stormwater Treatment Area 5/678 km226 species
All 240 species recorded here
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Plantation Preserve?
September–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Plantation Preserve?
240 species, from 143,792 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Plantation Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Gallinule, Blue Jay, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Palm Warbler and Northern Mockingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.