Birds to See in Jamaica in February
48 bird species on our list for Jamaica are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are American Redstart, Turkey Vulture, Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove and Black-throated Blue Warbler. New this month: Gray Catbird and Baltimore Oriole.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebLeaving soon
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 February
48 birds
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 3.12% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.50% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
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