Birds to See in Cayman Islands in December
54 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and White-winged Dove. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt 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 54 birds in December
54 birds
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 4.21% in Dec
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.25% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.18% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.05% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.93% in Dec
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.92% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.69% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Dec
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.62% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.51% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Dec
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.10% in Dec
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
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