United States · Florida
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
260 species and 651,516 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 177 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
American CootFulica americana
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Paynes Prairie Preserve SP – La Chua Trail3 km273 species
- Snake Pit4 km165 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sweetwater Wetlands Park?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 177 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sweetwater Wetlands Park?
260 species, from 651,516 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sweetwater Wetlands Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Common Gallinule, Anhinga, Great Egret and Little Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.