Birds to See in Suriname in December
26 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
26 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Lineated Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture and Osprey. New this month: Broad-winged Hawk and Sandwich Tern.
New in December2
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
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