Birds to See in Cayman Islands in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Cayman Islands’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 55 birds in April
55 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 4.03% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.87% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.07% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.01% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.88% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.72% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in 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