Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in December
31 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Osprey, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Western Sandpiper.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecFrom 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 31 birds in December
31 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.87% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.51% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
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