Birds to See in Curaçao in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 42 birds in October
42 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.64% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.31% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.25% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.17% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.09% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 1.02% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.47% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.30% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantRare18–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
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