Colombia · La Guajira Department
SFF Los Flamencos – Resguardo Perratpu/Boca de Camarones
350 species and 64,890 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March and October–November, with up to 188 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great EgretArdea alba
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
WilletTringa semipalmata
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- SFF Los Flamencos – Ciénaga del Navío Quebrado3 km343 species
All 350 species recorded here
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Slender-billed Inezia Inezia tenuirostris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orinoco Saltator Saltator orenocensis
- Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax
- Grey Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus
- White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Red-billed Emerald Chlorostilbon gibsoni
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris
- Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Pale-tipped Inezia Inezia caudata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Tocuyo Sparrow Arremonops tocuyensis
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
- Black-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanonotus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Venezuelan Flycatcher Myiarchus venezuelensis
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Grey-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Grey Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
- Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- White-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes cyanus
- Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Military Macaw Ara militaris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Steely-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia saucerottei
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Red-legged Tinamou Crypturellus erythropus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at SFF Los Flamencos – Resguardo Perratpu/Boca de Camarones?
January–March and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 188 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at SFF Los Flamencos – Resguardo Perratpu/Boca de Camarones?
350 species, from 64,890 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at SFF Los Flamencos – Resguardo Perratpu/Boca de Camarones in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Laughing Gull and Willet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.