Common Birds in Curaçao
Our list for Curaçao has 25 common birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 1 summer visitor, 7 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Curaçao in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Bobolink 16–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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