United States Ramsar wetland
Caddo Lake
189 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Jay Carriker ( User:JCarriker ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
This month here
95 species in January.77 species in February.80 species in March.100 species in April.69 species in May.82 species in June.60 species in July.31 species in August.74 species in September.80 species in October.95 species in November.140 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
189 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).
- 189Speciesrecorded more than once
- 102Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,183Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 12Raptors
- 3Owls
- 4Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 22Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 100Songbirds
- 24Other 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 189 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
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- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls3 species
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- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Waders4 species
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- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
Gulls & seabirds6 species
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- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Common LoonGavia immer
Ducks & geese22 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- RedheadAythya americana
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
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- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
Storks & cranes2 species
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- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds100 species
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- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
Other birds24 species
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- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- American CootFulica americana
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan13°/2°103 mm
- Feb15°/4°119 mm
- Mar20°/8°125 mm
- Apr24°/12°110 mm
- May28°/17°111 mm
- Jun33°/22°106 mm
- Jul35°/23°95 mm
- Aug35°/23°82 mm
- Sep32°/19°89 mm
- Oct26°/13°116 mm
- Nov19°/7°95 mm
- Dec14°/3°122 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Caddo Lake.
Lake in Texas and Louisiana, United States
Caddo Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
189 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,183 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern Cardinal, the Northern Mockingbird and the American Crow.
44 species come for the summer, 57 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Horned Grebe and Rusty Blackbird.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Gavel Falls Campgroundcampsite · 12 km · 3 within 10 km
- God's Country Grand Lodgeplace to stay · 12 km · 2 within 10 km
- Blanchardnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at SHV airport (Shreveport)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
- 3campsites within 10 kmGavel Falls Campground
- 2places to stay within 10 kmGod's Country Grand Lodge, God's Country Cabins
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Caddo Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmMount Gilead · 16 kmPine Hills · 19 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmCaddo Lake60 km² · 0.5 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyBig Cypress Bayou
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.
Caddo Lake
United States
- 71Birdyas Score
- 189Species
- 102Migrants
- 3Threatened
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- 179Species
- 109Migrants
- 4Threatened
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United States · 334 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 133Species
- 70Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1627906) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,183 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, Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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