Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in April
39 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, House Sparrow, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Common Tern, Pectoral Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper and Sand Martin and 3 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Caribbean Netherlands’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 39 birds in April
39 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.44% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.01% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.65% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
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