Birds to See in Curaçao in January
30 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Rock Dove, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and House Sparrow. New this month: Western Sandpiper and Muscovy Duck.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanFrom 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 January
30 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
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
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Western Sandpiper 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
- 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
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 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