Every year the list of new species of birds recorded on Curaçao grows, thanks to the increase of people really looking around and actively identifying bird species. The story of the seedeaters is one that started with an incredible observation by a visitor … More FIRST RECORDS- Seedeaters visit the island
“Do you have a bird checklist for the island?” This is almost always the first question we get from birders who are planning to visit the island of Curaçao. A birding checklist is very handy to have when visiting a new country and looking for which species to be on the lookout for. … More Updated Bird Checklist Curaçao September 2023
For everyone who has bought either the first edition or second edition of the ‘Vogels van Curaçao’ book by authors Michelle Pors-da Costa Gomez and Léon Pors, we have wonderful surprise. As you might know, the bird book, first published in 2021 and with a second edition in 2022, which is available in local book … More Free additional pages to ‘Vogels van Curacao’ book
The Greater ani is the latest rare bird to be spotted on the island so far, thanks to a very wet rainiy season. … More Rare bird alert: Greater Ani
One of the first questions visiting birders to the island of Curacao ask is about a birding checklist where they can find all the species spotted on the island. In our answers, we always direct everyone towards ebird.org to get the most updated list for the island. And we will keep doing that, as birders … More Updated Bird Checklist Curacao May 2022
Rare bird species and even the first sighting of certain species on the island Curacao are an almost yearly occurrence. However, some observations are downward strange. Last week (week of March 7) visitors to the uninhabited island of Klein Curacao, which lies off the east point of the main island Curacao, found a duck that … More MYSTERIOUS SIGHTING: Pacific Black Duck
A juvenile scarlet ibis For four months now, between the mangroves opposite the new hospital in Otrobanda, in what should one day become an accessible mangrove park, a very young Scarlet ibis, has been roaming for food and sleeping. It is unclear how the animal ended up here on the island on its own, and … More RARE BIRD ALERT: Juvenile Scarlet Ibis
February is the month to watch once again for rare and unexpected birds visiting the island of Curacao. After the Cocoi Heron on the 16th of February, the elusive Whistling Heron was seen once again on the island on February 17th followed by the new record of a Double-striped Thick-knee. February 23rd was the day … More RARE BIRD ALERT: Double-striped Thick-knee
February 16 – Klein Curacao The island of Klein Curacao, a small island of the east coast of the main island, has been a recurring source of joy for birdwatchers in the last couple of years, after starting to really monitor the variety and diversity of birds present here. It is now protected as a … More NEW RECORD: Cocoi Heron
DUTCH Er zijn inmiddels verschillende artikelen verschenen over het nieuwe boek ‘Vogels van Curacao’ dat sinds kort in de boekhandels te krijgen is. Ook in het Antilliaans Dagblad stond eind december een volledig artikel over de publicatie van het nieuwe vogelboek. Hier kunt u de PDF van dit artikel downloaden (in het Nederlands). ENGLISHSeveral articles … More AD newspaper article about new book
As many of you already know, 2022 started with some fantastic news for Curacao!After some very stressful hair pulling weeks, the new book ‘Vogels van Curacao‘ was finally finally finally available in 3 stores on Curacao, and boy are we proud! To see our own proud Warawara on the cover in the book stores on … More New book now in bookstores on Curacao
The very popular book ‘Rikesa di yobida’, written by authors Gerard van Buurt and Carel de Haseth and illustrated with pictures by these authors and by Leon Pors, was published in 2011 by Fundashon Bon Intenshon on Curaçao. The books were distributed to schools and a limited number was for sale in bookstores. It quickly … More Book ‘Rikesa di yobida’ can now be downloaded for free!
We are incredibly proud to announce that the new book ‘Vogels van Curaçao’ (Birds of Curaçao – in Dutch), has been delivered by the printer. A large part of this edition is going off to Curaçao by boat and a limited amount is now available in the Netherlands. 300 sponsored books for educational institutions on … More New book: ‘Vogels van Curaçao’ (in Dutch)
Rare bird alert: Blue Grosbeak – Blauwe Bisschop (Dutch) The Blue Grosbeak is a very rare sighting for Curacao. Until 2019, this bird was never seen here on the island. Just once on Bonaire. In November 2019, a female Blue Grosbeak was first spotted near Blue Bay. This year (2021), for the first time in … More Rare bird alert: Blue grosbeak
Seen for the first time on Curaçao in March 2018 by visitors of the island and later by Curacao Backyard Birding in the area of Lagun, for a few weeks the Swallow-tailed kite played around the hills of Jeremi and Lagun. The animal was spotted several times and recorded as such on ebird.org. On Saturday … More Rare bird alert: Swallow-tailed kite
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