Dominican Republic Ramsar wetland
Lake Enriquillo
117 bird species recorded; the most in March.
Juan Alberto Silver · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
61 species in January.71 species in February.97 species in March.83 species in April.46 species in May.32 species in June.19 species in July.44 species in August.77 species in September.24 species in October.79 species in November.65 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
117 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 117Speciesrecorded more than once
- 52Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,625Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 1Owls
- 15Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 35Songbirds
- 30Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 117 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arboreaNT
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Caribbean FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Songbirds35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Palm CrowCorvus palmarum
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
- Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus
- PalmchatDulus dominicus
- Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
- Black-crowned TanagerPhaenicophilus palmarum
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalusVU
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensis
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
- Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensis
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Flat-billed VireoVireo nanus
- Hispaniolan SpindalisSpindalis dominicensis
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Other birds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatus
- Todus subulatusTodus subulatus
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Antillean Palm-swiftTachornis phoenicobia
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicus
- Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornataNT
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- American CootFulica americana
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
- Saurothera longirostrisSaurothera longirostris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Hispaniolan ParrotAmazona ventralisVU
- Hispaniolan ParakeetAratinga chloroptera
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaNT
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Riccordia swainsoniiRiccordia swainsonii
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Narrow-billed TodyTodus angustirostris
- Aztec ParakeetAratinga nana
- Least PoorwillSiphonorhis brewsteriNT
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/18°19 mm
- Feb29°/18°17 mm
- Mar30°/19°26 mm
- Apr31°/20°40 mm
- May30°/21°64 mm
- Jun30°/22°41 mm
- Jul31°/22°38 mm
- Aug31°/22°66 mm
- Sep31°/22°45 mm
- Oct30°/22°76 mm
- Nov29°/20°62 mm
- Dec28°/19°28 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Enriquillo.
Hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic
Lake Enriquillo is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Dominican Republic.
117 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,625 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Egret, the Snowy Egret and the Palm Crow.
19 species come for the summer, 33 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, White-necked Crow and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in March.
Get there and watch
- Los Ríosnearest town · 4.7 km in a straight line
- Maria Montez International Airport (BRX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at PAP airport (Port-au-Prince)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Enriquillo.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas79 mountains within 25 kmCerro de la Vaca · 14 kmLoma Yerbabuena · 16 kmLoma Zapatero · 16 kmCerro Vuelta Hoyo Grande · 16 kmLoma Sobacón · 19 kmMoto Sierra de Neiba · 19 km↗Loma Gajo en Medio · 21 kmMorne Vincent · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake Enriquillo
Dominican Republic
- 60Birdyas Score
- 117Species
- 52Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1464758) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,625 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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