Cuba · Matanzas Province
Refugio de Fauna Bermeja
195 species and 39,284 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 117 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Cuban VireoVireo gundlachii
Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephala
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrencii
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolaceaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Soplillar – Sabanas de Palpite25 km190 species
- Playa Larga30 km210 species
- Casa Ana Birding30 km168 species
- PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas33 km207 species
- Criadero de Cocodrilos33 km153 species
- Zapata – La Turba40 km190 species
All 195 species recorded here
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae
- Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Refugio de Fauna Bermeja?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 117 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Refugio de Fauna Bermeja?
195 species, from 39,284 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Refugio de Fauna Bermeja in November?
The most recorded in November: Zenaida Dove, American Redstart, West Indian Woodpecker, Cuban Pewee and Blue-grey Gnatcatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.