Birds to See in Bermuda in December
64 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
64 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 and Black-headed Gull.
New in December2
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphiaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly May–Feb
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–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