Birds of Curaçao
245 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis
Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Green HeronButorides virescens
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensisMost recorded
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
Great EgretArdea albaHotspots with the most records
- Blue Bay Curaçao Golf & Beach Resort157 species
- LVV area125 species
- Birdwatch - Santa Barbara Plantation104 species
- Klein Hofje126 species
- Dam Muizenberg128 species
- Saliña Jan Thiel111 species
- Saliña Sint Michiel102 species
- Klein Curaçao127 species
- Mangrove Forest Park101 species
- Saliña Sint Marie97 species
- Dam Kura Piedra89 species
- Wetlands Bay Piscaderabaai North-East Side98 species
All 15 hotspots
- Malpais111 species
- Wetlands East To Curacao Airport100 species
- Mangrove Forest Bay Piscaderabaai North Side91 species
All species recorded · 245
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
- 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
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Chapman's Swift Chaetura chapmani
- 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
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- 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
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- 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
- 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
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- 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
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- 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
- 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
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- 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
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- 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
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- 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
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- 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
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola