Birds to See in Barbados in January
36 bird species on our list for Barbados are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher, Ruff and Long-billed Dowitcher.
On the move in January
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At their peak
From Barbados’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 January
36 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.01% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.32% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.41% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.29% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.24% in Jan
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan · 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