Birds to See in Guadeloupe in December
42 bird species on our list for Guadeloupe are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, Scaly-breasted Munia, Great White Egret and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Cape May Warbler, Black-headed Gull, Prothonotary Warbler and Yellow-rumped Warbler and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Guadeloupe’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 December
42 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.21% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec · 0.18% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.16% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec · 0.12% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
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