Birds to See in Jamaica in December
48 bird species on our list for Jamaica are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are American Redstart, Turkey Vulture, Northern Mockingbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Cattle Egret. New this month: Solitary Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Muscovy Duck and Chestnut Munia.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Jamaica’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 48 birds in December
48 birds
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 3.15% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Dec
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.97% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.74% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% 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