Cuba · Matanzas Province
PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas
207 species and 30,424 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Great EgretArdea alba
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Royal TernThalasseus maximusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Casa Ana Birding18 km168 species
- Playa Larga19 km210 species
- Soplillar – Sabanas de Palpite23 km190 species
- Criadero de Cocodrilos28 km153 species
- Refugio de Fauna Bermeja33 km195 species
- PN Ciénaga de Zapata – Santo Tomas35 km210 species
All 207 species recorded here
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
- Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas?
207 species, from 30,424 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas in November?
The most recorded in November: Cuban Black Hawk, American Flamingo, Great Egret, Tricolored Heron and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.