Terrestrial birds

Currently volunteers in collaboration with Waardenburg Ecology and DCNA are monitoring terrestrial breeding birds for all 6 islands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustoatius.

Observations became recently available for a few months, varying per island, see summary below

At this moment it is not yet possible to provide monitoring indicators.

 

Bonaire (November, December 2022, January, February, March 2023 ): 

American Flamingo
Bananaquit
Bare-eyed Pigeon
Barn Swallow
Black-faced Grassquit
Black-whiskered Vireo
Blue-tailed Emerald
Brown Booby
Brown Pelican
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Brown-throated Parakeet
Caribbean Elaenia
Common Ground Dove
Crested Caracara
Crested Caracara (Northern)
Eared Dove
Gray Kingbird
Greater Yellowlegs
House Sparrow
hummingbird sp.
Lesser Yellowlegs
Magnificent Frigatebird
Merlin
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
Northern Waterthrush
Osprey
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Peregrine Falcon
Red-eyed/Chivi Vireo
Royal Tern
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Saffron Finch
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Tropical Mockingbird
Venezuelan Troupial
White-tipped Dove
Yellow Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler (Golden)
Yellow-shouldered Parrot

 

Aruba (Arikok, March and April 2023): 

Bananaquit
Bare-eyed Pigeon
Barn Swallow
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-faced Grassquit
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue-tailed Emerald
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Carib Grackle
Caribbean Elaenia
Common Ground Dove
Crested Caracara
Crested Caracara (Northern)
Eared Dove
Groove-billed Ani
Indigo Bunting
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Shiny Cowbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Venezuelan Troupial
White-tipped Dove
Yellow Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler (Golden)

 

Curacao (March and May 2023)

American kestrel
Bananaquit
Blackfaced grassquit
Blue-tailed emerald
Brown-crested flycatcher
Brown-throated Parakeet
Caribbean elaenia
Common Ground Dove
Crested Caracara
Grey Kingbird
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern scrub flycatcher
Northern waterthrush
Pigeon
Reiger
Rufous Collared sparrow
Scaly-naped pigeon
Tropical mockingbird
Troupial
White tipped dove
White-tailed hawk
Yellow Oriole
Yellow warbler

 

Saba (April 2023) 

American Kestrel
Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Bananaquit
Barn Swallow
Black-faced Grassquit
Black-whiskered Vireo
Bridled Quail-Dove
Brown Trembler
Brown-throated Parakeet
Caribbean Martin
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Gray Kingbird
Green-throated Carib
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Purple-throated Carib
Red-tailed Hawk
Scaly-breasted Thrasher
Scaly-naped Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Yellow Warbler
Zenaida Dove

 

Statia (March, April, May 2023) 

American Kestrel
Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Bananaquit
Black-faced Grassquit
Black-whiskered Vireo
Brown Pelican
Brown Trembler
Caribbean Elaenia
Common Ground Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Gray Kingbird
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
Magnificent Frigatebird
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Hawk
Scaly-breasted Thrasher
Scaly-naped Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Zenaida Dove

 

Sint Maarten (April, May, August, September, October, November 2023)

American Kestrel
Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Bananaquit
Black-faced Grassquit
Black-whiskered Vireo
Brown Pelican
Carib Grackle
Caribbean Elaenia
Caribbean Martin
Common Ground Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Gray Kingbird
Great Egret
Green-throated Carib
Laughing Gull
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
Magnificent Frigatebird
Mangrove Cuckoo
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Royal Tern
Scaly-breasted Thrasher
Scaly-naped Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Yellow Warbler
Zenaida Dove
Contact

Hannah Madden (email: h.madden@waardenburg.eco)