Birds to See in Bermuda in February
66 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, European Goldfinch and Mallard. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher, Purple Martin, Manx Shearwater and American Robin and 3 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
SanderlingBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
Black-headed GullBusiest month of the year · Dec–Mar
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.
Other months
All 66 birds in February
66 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 7.15% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.27% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.29% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.24% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.99% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Feb- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.91% in Feb
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.83% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Feb- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Feb
- SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantUncommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Feb- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Feb- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.11% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorUncommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.05% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaPassage migrantRare12–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% 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