Common Birds in Antigua & Barbuda
Our list for Antigua & Barbuda has 32 common birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 summer visitor, 17 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Antigua & Barbuda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
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