United States Ramsar wetland
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
259 bird species recorded; the most from March to April and in October.
P. Hughes · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
197 species in January.193 species in February.216 species in March.217 species in April.167 species in May.117 species in June.123 species in July.147 species in August.172 species in September.201 species in October.188 species in November.190 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
259 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).
- 259Speciesrecorded more than once
- 143Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 618,045Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 18Raptors
- 5Owls
- 23Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 21Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 118Songbirds
- 40Other 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 259 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Ducks & geese21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American WigeonMareca americana
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds118 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Florida Scrub JayAphelocoma coerulescensVU
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
Other birds40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
- Rallus elegansRallus elegans
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- American CootFulica americana
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Leuconotopicus borealisLeuconotopicus borealis
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaNT
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Nanday ParakeetNandayus nenday
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from March to April and in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/12°48 mm
- Feb23°/14°46 mm
- Mar25°/16°51 mm
- Apr28°/19°58 mm
- May30°/22°107 mm
- Jun30°/25°220 mm
- Jul31°/26°199 mm
- Aug31°/26°221 mm
- Sep30°/24°195 mm
- Oct28°/21°87 mm
- Nov25°/17°49 mm
- Dec23°/15°55 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
Nature reserve in southwest Florida, U.S.A.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
259 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 618,045 open records.
The most recorded are the Red-shouldered Hawk, the Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígíí and the Northern Cardinal.
41 species come for the summer, 87 for the winter and 15 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Lesser yellowlegs and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from March to April and in October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Kehl Oaks Campsitecampsite · 8.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Orangetreenearest town · 9.3 km in a straight line
- Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 23 km in a straight lineCar hire at RSW airport (Fort Myers)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
- 1marked trails within 4 kmCREW Bird Rookery Swamp Trail
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmMarsh Observation Tower
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmKehl Oaks Campsite, CREW Cypress Dome Primitive Campsite
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
United States
- 80Birdyas Score
- 259Species
- 143Migrants
- 6Threatened
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
United States · 197 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 305Species
- 180Migrants
- 12Threatened
Everglades National Park
United States · 150 km
- 63Birdyas Score
- 155Species
- 69Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5170871) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 618,045 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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