Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in December
37 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Ruddy Turnstone, Great White Egret, Osprey and Grey Plover. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Solitary Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush and Red Junglefowl.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Turks & Caicos Islands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 37 birds in December
37 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.80% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.63% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.39% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.39% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.25% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.90% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.69% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.66% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.59% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.45% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantCommon53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.31% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.31% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.17% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.17% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.17% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusPassage migrantUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.17% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.14% in Dec
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