In order to carry out a long-term monitoring of waterbird populations in Venezuela, the Venezuelan Ornithologists’ Union (UVO) have conducted the Neotropical Waterbird Census in Venezuela (CNAAV) annually and consecutively the for the last eight years. Here, we present the results of CNAAV 2013. As in previous years, there were two bird counts, one in February and other in July, with a total participation of 26 surveyors (20 in February, nine in July). Surveys were conducted in six states and 26 locations (21 in February, 20 in July). Sixty five species were recorded in both counts (60 in February, 60 in July), 19 of which were Neartic migrant (19 in February, 16 in July), 39 were resident species (35 in February, 36 in July) and eight were residents with populations that migrate from the Nearctic region (six in February, five in July). Overall, 823,053 individuals were recorded (412,204 in February; 410,849 in July). Nearctic migrants were more abundant in February with 4,864 records, while only 203 were recorded in July. The most abundant Nearctic migrants were the Blue-winged Teal Anas discors and the Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri, followed by the Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca and the Shortbilled Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus. The Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus and the American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber were the most abundant resident species.