Birds to See in Cayman Islands in February
47 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler, White-winged Dove, Great White Egret and Northern Flicker. New this month: Barn Swallow, Purple Martin and Prothonotary Warbler.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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.
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All 47 birds in February
47 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.58% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.16% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.79% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.73% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.35% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
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