Birds to See in Marshall Islands in December
4 bird species on our list for Marshall Islands are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Pacific Golden-Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Tufted Duck. New this month: Tufted Duck.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecFrom Marshall Islands’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 4 birds in December
4 birds
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 11.97% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 9.86% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 9.15% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 3.52% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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