Birds to See in Aruba in January
31 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Rock Dove, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Cattle Tyrant.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanFrom 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 31 birds in January
31 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% 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