Bird AlbumFrench Guiana
Salines de Montjoly
186 species and 3,054 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 65 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Pied Water TyrantFluvicola pica
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Striated HeronButorides striata
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
Rufous Crab HawkButeogallus aequinoctialis
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca38 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 186 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Marais Leblond6 km175 species
- Vieux Port de Cayenne7 km145 species
- Sentier du Bagne des Annamites28 km237 species
- Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures40 km219 species
- Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour44 km252 species
- Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches47 km151 species
All 186 species recorded here
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Southern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Golden-spangled Piculet Picumnus exilis
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Crimson-hooded Manakin Pipra aureola
- Short-tailed Parrot Graydidascalus brachyurus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
- Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
- Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Black Caracara Daptrius ater
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
- Amazonian Grosbeak Cyanoloxia rothschildii
- Golden-headed Manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae
- Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
- White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
- Grey-crowned Flatbill Tolmomyias poliocephalus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
- Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salines de Montjoly?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 65 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salines de Montjoly?
186 species, from 3,054 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salines de Montjoly in November?
The most recorded in November: Tricolored Heron, Pied Water Tyrant, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Great Kiskadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.