Cuba · Holguín Province
Playa Pesquero
155 species and 8,525 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and December, with up to 85 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Great EgretArdea alba
Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolacea
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Green HeronButorides virescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 155 species recorded here
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Playa Pesquero?
February–March and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 85 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Playa Pesquero?
155 species, from 8,525 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Playa Pesquero in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Mockingbird, Turkey Vulture, Palm Warbler, Great Egret and Cuban Blackbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.