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28 species · Records 2019–2024 · GBIF

Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in January

28 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in January

Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, House Sparrow, Osprey, Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper. New this month: White-winged Dove and Red-tailed Hawk.

On the move in January

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Arriving

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 28 birds in January

28 birds

Smallest to largest

Length, cm
  1. Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
  2. Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
  3. House Sparrow 14–17 cm
  4. Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
  5. Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
  6. Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
  7. Sanderling 18–20 cm
  8. Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
  9. Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
  10. Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
  11. Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
  12. Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
  13. Grey Plover 27–30 cm
  14. Merlin 24–33 cm
  15. White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
  16. Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
  17. Rock Dove 29–37 cm
  18. Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
  19. Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
  20. Willet 33–41 cm
  21. Whimbrel 40–46 cm
  22. Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
  23. Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
  24. Red-tailed Hawk 45–65 cm
  25. Osprey 54–58 cm
  26. Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
  27. Great White Egret 80–104 cm
  28. 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

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