United States Ramsar wetland
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
133 bird species recorded; the most in April.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region · CC BY 2.0
This month here
7 species in January.64 species in February.65 species in March.81 species in April.52 species in May.45 species in June.31 species in July.8 species in August.55 species in September.3 species in October.30 species in November.74 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
133 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).
- 133Speciesrecorded more than once
- 70Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,201Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 58 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 2Owls
- 7Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 76Songbirds
- 18Other 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 133 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- American WigeonMareca americana
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Songbirds76 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- American CootFulica americana
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan9°/-1°86 mm
- Feb12°/0°111 mm
- Mar17°/5°127 mm
- Apr22°/11°132 mm
- May26°/16°140 mm
- Jun31°/21°82 mm
- Jul33°/22°91 mm
- Aug33°/22°96 mm
- Sep30°/18°81 mm
- Oct24°/11°108 mm
- Nov17°/4°106 mm
- Dec11°/0°133 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.
National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, USA
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
133 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,201 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern Cardinal, the Turkey Vulture and the Agelaius phoeniceus.
29 species come for the summer, 37 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Rusty Blackbird, Chimney Swift and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Clarendonnearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 77 km in a straight lineCar hire at MEM airport (Memphis)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 Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmLittle Hill · 1.6 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.
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
United States
- 62Birdyas Score
- 133Species
- 70Migrants
- 3Threatened
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge
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- 73Birdyas Score
- 179Species
- 109Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3423289) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,201 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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