Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in October
45 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs. New this month: Red Junglefowl, White-winged Dove, Merlin and Peregrine Falcon and 4 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Stilt SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr
Blackpoll WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Dec
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · Sep–Nov
Prothonotary WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Nov
Hudsonian GodwitBusiest month of the year · Sep–Nov
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 45 birds in October
45 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.25% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.24% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.86% in Oct
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.72% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.63% in Oct- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.62% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.29% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Oct- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
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