Common Birds in Caribbean Netherlands
Our list for Caribbean Netherlands has 28 common birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 3 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Caribbean Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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