After a very exciting 14 months now it’s time to present the 3rd updated bird checklist for the island with all the latest discoveries and now also including the bird names in Papiamentu, the local language of the island, besides the names in English, Dutch and of course the scientific names of each species. … More 3rd Updated Bird Checklist Curaçao November 2024
On Saturday, May 9, it’s that time again. Global Big Day will be held worldwide. An international day, organized by Cornell Ornithology Lab, on which thousands of people go out into gardens and nature reserves to search for land and water birds to count them. This takes a snapshot of bird diversity and density around the world with everyone active on the same day. All counting data is entered on the eBird website, http://www.ebird.org, creating a massive database of bird diversity. … More Global Big Day – Counting birds together around the world
More and more nature is being destroyed on the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire for so-called development purposes. As a result, the habitat for many animals is shrinking, and birds, reptiles, and other animal species are increasingly coming to gardens to survive. As humans, we can give the animals a helping hand by placing bowls, mainly containing water, here and there in the garden, especially during the dry season. … More Help wildlife with a bowl of water
There are birds on our islands that still cause a lot of confusion when people ask for their identification. Despite the abundance of books, online information, and social media, some bird species are apparently so similar that they are consistently misnamed, practically creating online wars over who wants to be right. In practice, this usually involves the group of small yellow birds and the group of medium-sized black birds. In this article, we focus on the black breeding birds found on the islands, with comparative photos. To save and share whenever the discussion starts again. … More Black Birds on the ABC Islands – Save & share!
Every year on February 2nd, the world pauses to reflect on wetlands, (periodically) wet areas of great value to nature and humanity. World Wetlands Day, as it is known, marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2nd, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the Caspian Sea coast. Each year, the organization behind Ramsar sets a theme, and for 2026, that theme is “Wetlands and traditional knowledge: celebrating cultural heritage.” … More World Wetland Day
If the rainy season has been good up till now and dams and other waterways have filled up with water the chances of seeing waterfowl and other temporary migratory birds will increase on the island. Often though the rains are not sufficient and fresh water areas are scattered or not present. That is why it is ever so useful to check beforehand on ebird.org which areas are the most interesting to visit this month. … More Bird watching on Curaçao in January
Temperatures drop in the month of December and even though it will still be hot on any given day, the temperature difference between day and night is usually enough that local people will grab a pullover or a blanket at night. … More Bird watching on Curaçao in December
November usually marks the end of the masses of migratory birds passing through the many habitats of the island, but that doesn’t mean there will be no surprises left. Time has told us that the month of November sometimes provides with incredible sightings of rare species and even new species to the island. … More Bird watching on Curaçao in November
October is a true transition month. While tropical depressions sometimes bring occasional rain showers as early as August and September, October is known as the month where the rainy season begins, more or less halfway through. … More Bird watching on Curaçao in October
September is the hotspot month for bird migration in the fall. All kinds of warblers, swallows, waders, birds of prey and other waterfowl are on the move on their way south and many species will use the island as a place to rest and replenish their fat reserves after which they will continue their journey south or decide to stay longer and sometimes even overwinter. … More Bird watching on Curaçao in September
The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is one of 2 species of night herons living and breeding on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. … More Young and adult – Yellow-crowned night heron
The month of July is usually reasonably hot, a little windy and dry. However sometimes some rain showers in early July, accompanying tropical depressions extend into the month of August providing food and also water to birds. … More Bird watching on Curaçao in August
Dancing White-tipped doves, Wilson’s plovers with chicks and surprising bird species in the middle of the city center. The month of July is full of surprises on Curaçao. … More Bird Watching on Curaçao in July
The authors of the book ‘Vogels van Curaçao’ have now published their second wildlife book. Expanding the geographical field to include Aruba and Bonaire this new publication illustrates the mammals, reptiles and amphibians. (Also in Dutch). … More New Wildlife of Aruba, Curacao & Bonaire book (in Dutch)
Young birds mark the month of June, and especially birds of prey. Observe the young Brown Pelicans in flight training and Parakeets surviving on spiny fruits. … More Bird Watching on Curaçao in June
Did you know that Curaçao and Aruba share an endemic subspecies of Bananaquit and that Bonaire has its very own endemic subspecies that is somewhat different! … More Island endemics – Bananaquit
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