Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in August
34 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper and House Sparrow. New this month: Pectoral Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, White-winged Dove and Western Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in August
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At their peak
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 34 birds in August
34 birds
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.44% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.44% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.13% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.27% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
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