Birds to See in Aruba in December
34 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Rock Dove, Osprey and Greater Yellowlegs.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Aruba’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 34 birds in December
34 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.97% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.26% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% 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