Birds to See in Aruba in October
44 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Merlin, Hudsonian Godwit, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Dickcissel.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Blackpoll WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–Dec
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
American Golden-PloverBusiest month of the year · Sep–Dec
Prothonotary WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
From Aruba’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 44 birds in October
44 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.36% in Oct- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.19% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.09% in Oct- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 1.09% in Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.91% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.44% in Oct- American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.36% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.29% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.23% in Oct- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
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