Bird AlbumCuba · Matanzas Province
Playa Larga
210 species and 14,700 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and April, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephala
Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordii
Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolacea
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Rock DoveColumba livia
Cuban CrowCorvus nasicus100 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 210 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Casa Ana Birding1 km168 species
- Soplillar – Sabanas de Palpite6 km190 species
- Criadero de Cocodrilos10 km153 species
- Zapata – La Turba17 km190 species
- PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas19 km207 species
- PN Ciénaga de Zapata – Santo Tomas28 km210 species
All 210 species recorded here
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops
- Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Playa Larga?
February and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Playa Larga?
210 species, from 14,700 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Playa Larga in November?
The most recorded in November: Cuban Amazon, Cuban Emerald, Cuban Blackbird, Turkey Vulture and Greater Antillean Grackle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.