French Guiana
Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches
151 species and 6,004 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 62 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Black VultureCoragyps atratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour4 km252 species
- Golf de l'Anse6 km219 species
- Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures7 km219 species
- Route du Dégrad Saramaca - Piste pK 119 km230 species
- Roche Corail17 km295 species
- Sentier du Bagne des Annamites39 km237 species
All 151 species recorded here
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis
- Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Black Nunbird Monasa atra
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Little Wood Rail Aramides mangle
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Swallow-winged Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa
- Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana
- Brown Jacamar Brachygalba lugubris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 62 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches?
151 species, from 6,004 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Turnstone, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Laughing Gull, Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.