Birds to See in Dominica in December
9 bird species on our list for Dominica are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Broad-winged Hawk, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove and Osprey. New this month: Cattle Egret, Osprey and Sand Martin.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Dominica’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 9 birds in December
9 birds
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 3.29% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.20% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.20% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.05% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.97% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.77% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.43% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec · 0.23% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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