Birds of Caribbean Netherlands
212 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
OspreyPandion haliaetusMost recorded
Green HeronButorides virescens
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresHotspots with the most records
- Kralendijk Water Treatment PlantBonaire137 species
- Bonaire Southwest ShoreBonaire94 species
- Bonaire Salt PondsBonaire119 species
- Bopec/GotomeerBonaire89 species
- Lac BayBonaire109 species
- Washington Slagbaai NPBonaire116 species
- Kaminda Lac WetlandsBonaire102 species
- GotomeerBonaire98 species
- Lac CaiBonaire110 species
- Salina GotoBonaire50 species
- Washikemba – LagunBonaire92 species
- Washington Slagbaai NP – Put BronswinkelBonaire85 species
All 15 hotspots
- Bonaire overallBonaire103 species
- Washington Slagbaai NP – Pond near Park EntranceBonaire98 species
- Washington Slagbaai NP – Pos MangelBonaire83 species
All species recorded · 212
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- 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
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- 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
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- 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
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- 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
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- 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
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- 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
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola