Birds to See in Curaçao in October
42 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
42 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Rock Dove and Least Sandpiper. New this month: Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Northern Shoveler and Baltimore Oriole and 2 more.
New in October6
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Apr–Dec
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly May–Nov
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly May–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Nov
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly May–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