Birds to See in Antigua & Barbuda in January
33 bird species on our list for Antigua & Barbuda are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, White-winged Dove and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Glossy Ibis.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt 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 33 birds in January
33 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.19% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.19% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.17% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.11% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.94% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.68% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.60% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.56% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.54% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.45% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.31% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan · 0.08% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
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