Common Birds in Barbados
Our list for Barbados has 33 common birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 5 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Barbados in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–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