Guadeloupe
Pointe des Chateaux
96 species and 5,005 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 55 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
SanderlingCalidris alba
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Saint-François Grande Saline PDC0 km76 species
- Pointe des Chateaux1 km135 species
- Pointe des Chateaux1 km110 species
- Pointe des Colibris11 km92 species
- Petite Terre12 km143 species
- Saline des Galets12 km88 species
All 96 species recorded here
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pointe des Chateaux?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 55 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pointe des Chateaux?
96 species, from 5,005 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pointe des Chateaux in November?
The most recorded in November: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Sanderling, Least Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone and Semipalmated Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.