Birds of Curaçao
Curaçao hosts 209 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Blue-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Great EgretArdea alba
- American CootFulica americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Northern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus arenarum
- Ruby-topaz HummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis
- SoraPorzana carolina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- American WigeonMareca americana
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Yellow-shouldered AmazonAmazona barbadensis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Pied PloverHoploxypterus cayanus
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Red-collared LorikeetTrichoglossus rubritorquis
- Crowned Slaty FlycatcherEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
- Chapman's SwiftChaetura chapmani
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Lesson's SeedeaterSporophila bouvronides
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineola
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Swallow TanagerTersina viridis
- Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus
- Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis
- Red-fan ParrotDeroptyus accipitrinus
- Green AracariPteroglossus viridis