Birds to See in Antigua & Barbuda in December
36 bird species on our list for Antigua & Barbuda are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, White-winged Dove and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Willet, Sanderling and Common Tern.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Antigua & Barbuda’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 36 birds in December
36 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.05% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.05% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.00% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.95% in Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.84% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.84% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.77% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.56% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.56% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.36% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.33% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.13% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Dec
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