Birds to See in Puerto Rico in December
65 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
65 bird species on our list for Puerto Rico are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Great White Egret, Red-tailed Hawk and Rock Dove. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Northern Pintail.
New in December3
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
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
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Winter visitors
(37)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(3)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