Birds to See in Curaçao in December
30 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Great White Egret and House Sparrow. New this month: Sandwich Tern and Rose-ringed Parakeet.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecFrom Curaçao’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 30 birds in December
30 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.63% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 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