Common Birds in Anguilla
Our list for Anguilla has 25 common birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 5 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Anguilla in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantCommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Ruddy Duck 35–43 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made