Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in July
25 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Tern, House Sparrow, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plover and Sandwich Tern. New this month: Barn Swallow, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 25 birds in July
25 birds
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.03% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary 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
- 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
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 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