Birds to See in Bermuda in January
68 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, European Goldfinch and Mallard. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Glossy Ibis, Black-crowned Night-heron and Forster's Tern and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Cape May WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Great Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
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 68 birds in January
68 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.30% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.66% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.53% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.51% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.32% in Jan- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.03% in Jan
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.97% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.93% in Jan- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.83% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.83% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Jan- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.23% in Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.20% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Jan · 0.16% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.14% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorUncommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriScarceUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 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