Birds to See in Cayman Islands in January
50 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler, Great White Egret, White-winged Dove and Northern Flicker. New this month: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Mallard and Indian Peafowl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
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All 50 birds in January
50 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.52% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.19% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.16% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.01% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.99% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.93% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.41% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.37% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusScarceRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
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