Birds to See in Bermuda in January
66 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
66 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.
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
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
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
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–May
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphiaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jan
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly Jan
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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