Birds to See in Aruba in February
32 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs, Great Blue Heron and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Sand Martin and Cape May Warbler.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
Leaving soon
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 32 birds in February
32 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.74% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
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