Birds to See in Jamaica in December
48 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Sep–Feb
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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