Birds of Aruba
253 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Green HeronButorides virescensMost recorded
Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticoraxHotspots with the most records
- Bubali Bird Sanctuary217 species
- Spaans Lagoon143 species
- Aruba Salina118 species
- Arashi Beach121 species
- Salina Malmok118 species
- Divi Village Golf Course124 species
- Marriott's Salina111 species
- Baby Beach at southern tip99 species
- Near California lighthouse114 species
- Mill Resort Salina98 species
- Oranjestad – Wilhelmina Park94 species
- Arikok NP101 species
All 15 hotspots
- North of Arashi98 species
- Pond east of Tierra del Sol Golf Course102 species
- Divi Links Round About96 species
All species recorded · 253
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Chapman's Swift Chaetura chapmani
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola