Birds to See in Barbados in October
46 bird species on our list for Barbados are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove and Greater Yellowlegs. New this month: Peregrine Falcon, Ruff, Bobolink and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 6 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Barbados’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 46 birds in October
46 birds
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 2.35% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 2.35% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.70% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.61% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.36% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.21% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.04% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.00% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.70% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.60% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.38% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.31% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% 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