Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in May
37 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Semipalmated Plover, Common Tern, Least Sandpiper and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Roseate Tern.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayFrom 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 37 birds in May
37 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.98% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.41% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
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