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28 species · Records 2019–2024 · GBIF

Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in January

28 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in January

Of these, the most often recorded are Ruddy Turnstone, Grey Plover, Osprey, Least Sandpiper and Sanderling. New this month: Piping Plover, Red Knot and Peregrine Falcon.

On the move in January

GBIF · Jan

Arriving

At their peak

Leaving soon

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.

Other months

All 28 birds in January

28 birds

Smallest to largest

Length, cm
  1. Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
  2. Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
  3. Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
  4. Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
  5. Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
  6. Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
  7. Piping Plover 17–18 cm
  8. Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
  9. Sanderling 18–20 cm
  10. Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
  11. Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
  12. Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
  13. Red Knot 23–26 cm
  14. Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
  15. Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
  16. Grey Plover 27–30 cm
  17. Merlin 24–33 cm
  18. Mourning Dove 23–34 cm
  19. Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
  20. Rock Dove 31–34 cm
  21. Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
  22. Willet 33–41 cm
  23. Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
  24. Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
  25. Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
  26. Osprey 54–58 cm
  27. Great White Egret 80–104 cm
  28. Great Blue Heron 91–137 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

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