Birds to See in Anguilla in October
29 bird species on our list for Anguilla are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Barn Swallow. New this month: Cattle Egret, Great Blue Heron, Osprey and American Golden-Plover and 7 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
From Anguilla’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 29 birds in October
29 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.96% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.61% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 2.39% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.01% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.47% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.97% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.75% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.72% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.60% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.57% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct · 0.55% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.55% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct · 0.50% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.40% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusScarceUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 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
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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