Birds to See in Curaçao in May
34 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Tern, Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Cattle Egret and Great White Egret. New this month: White-rumped Sandpiper, Bobolink, Sand Martin and Rose-ringed Parakeet and 1 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From 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 34 birds in May
34 birds
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.00% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.42% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.32% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.04% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
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