Bird AlbumCuba · Matanzas Province
Zapata – La Turba
190 species and 19,437 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Zapata WrenFerminia cerverai
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Zapata SparrowTorreornis inexpectata
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinae
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Green HeronButorides virescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Criadero de Cocodrilos8 km153 species
- Soplillar – Sabanas de Palpite16 km190 species
- Playa Larga17 km210 species
- Casa Ana Birding18 km168 species
- PN Ciénaga de Zapata – Santo Tomas28 km210 species
- PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las Salinas36 km207 species
All 190 species recorded here
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Coot Fulica americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
- Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zapata – La Turba?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zapata – La Turba?
190 species, from 19,437 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zapata – La Turba in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Zapata Wren, Turkey Vulture 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.