Birds to See in Anguilla in January
20 bird species on our list for Anguilla are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Great White Egret and Grey Plover. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher, Osprey, Pied-billed Grebe and Northern Waterthrush and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Anguilla’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 20 birds in January
20 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.16% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.80% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.57% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.35% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.08% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.03% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.58% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.54% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.27% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan · 0.27% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan · 0.22% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made