Curaçao has many endemic subspecies of birds and the most visible is the charming Brown-throated parakeet called Prikichi in Papiamentu. … More Where to bird in Curaçao (7)- Brown-throated parakeets
Curaçao has 2 species of native breeding hummingbirds; the Blue-tailed Emerald and the Ruby-topaz hummingbird. Many people, also locals, believe that there are 4 species as they often take males and females as separate species. … More Where to bird in Curaçao (6) – hummingbirds
Night Herons are a special group of birds that can be found almost all over the world, but are small in species numbers. Only 7 species in total are recognized in the world today, with various other species extinct or only known from fossils. … More Where to bird in Curaçao (4) – Yellow-crowned night heron
Curaçao has four (4) native resident species of birds of prey, the White-tailed hawk, the American kestrel, the Barn owl and the Crested Caracara, and one (1) relatively new natural introduction, the Black vulture. … More Where to bird in Curaçao (3) – Crested Caracara
Birding locations on Curaçao to find the orange Troupial. This is the second instalment of the series on where to find birds. … More Where to bird in Curaçao (2) – Troupials
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
Download the article in Dutch here: Most bird species on Curaçao are very pragmatic with regard to their breeding period. If it rains and there is enough food, birds will breed. Or in some cases such as the Crested Caracara, when it gets drier and there is more bait and carrion they will breed. However, … More Warning: Breeding season for coastal and seabirds is upon us again
Yellow Orioles are native breeding birds for the island of Curaçao but are much rarer than the conspicuous orange-collared troupial. These bright yellow birds have a black bib and mask as well as black wings with white markings. In Papiamentu they are called Trupial kachó which translates to ‘barking troupial’, a name which points to … More AD article: Breeding behavior of Yellow orioles
If you visit the coastline of the island regularly chances are great that you have encountered this bird along the rocky coast. And if not you might have encountered the effects of its strong bill on the surrounding snail shells. American oystercatchers can be found throughout the year and will also breed on the island. … More American oystercatcher
So agile and busy. Bananaquits have a natural diet that consists of more insects than nectar even though their name in Dutch suggests otherwise. They are called Suikerdiefje or Sugar thief in Dutch, aimed towards their taste for refined sugar when it is presented to them in feeding areas. Don’t get me wrong, in nature … More Upside down Banaquit – what to present on feeding tables
People tend to look at nature with very romantic glasses, and often push certain stereotypes onto certain species of animals. Think of the ‘ferocious King of the jungle Lion’ (where the females are often the ones hunting while the king is chilling somewhere around). It isn’t different with birds, and our name giving or the … More An amicable bonding of species or preparations for an attack….?
One of our bird monitoring points is located in the middle of the Brievengat district in a fairly busy area. Every time we do our research work at this location, we have interesting meetings and conversations with people from the neighborhood, who walk by or cycle and want to know what we do. The knowledge … More Bird behavior: fight for an Iguana tail
There are certain birds, most people don’t even know exist on the island much less that they are breeding birds. True, some of these birds make it really really difficult to photograph them in the wild due to their habitats or way of living. Like this little fellow on the photo on the left. This … More Mysterious bird: White-tailed nightjar
Help us realize the first edition of our new series of nature books about the natural resources of Curaçao! (LINK: https://gofund.me/54ab26ec ) Sun, sea and sand… but above all a lot of biodiversity. The advertising of the island of Curaçao usually does not go further than the standard pictures of white beaches with blue water, … More Nature book for educational institutes on Curacao
One of the larger pigeons on the island, this species has gone from being rare to abundantly present in 15 years. ENGLISH: Bare-eyed PigeonDUTCH: NaaktoogduifPAPIAMENTO: Ala blanca (Palomba di mondi on Bonaire)SCIENTIFIC: 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 The most well known local pigeon species on the island is the Ala blanca or Bare-eyed Pigeon, which can now be … More Birds in the garden (9): the Bare-eyed pigeon
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