Birds to See in Bermuda in December
66 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, European Goldfinch and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: American Avocet, Black-headed Gull and White-throated Sparrow.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Bermuda’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 66 birds in December
66 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 7.06% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.20% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Dec
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Dec
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Dec
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.64% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.50% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.48% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Dec
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.90% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.89% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.63% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.17% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.16% in Dec
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantUncommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.08% in Dec
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorUncommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.03% 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