Birds to See in Cayman Islands in April
55 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
55 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, Barn Swallow, Palm Warbler and Northern Flicker. New this month: White-rumped Sandpiper, Bay-breasted Warbler, Gull-billed Tern and Common Tern and 3 more.
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Apr–Jun
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–May
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
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