Birds in Barbados

58 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Barbados has 58 bird species recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 5 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 94,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Barbados in September

36 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 36 birds in September

Arriving in September: Great Blue Heron, Red Knot, Hudsonian Godwit, Gull-billed Tern, Upland Sandpiper.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Barbados each month: most in October (46), fewest in June (22). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Northern Waterthrush
Northern WaterthrushSmallest · 12cm
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Great Blue Heron
Great Blue HeronLargest · 137cm
From the Northern Waterthrush (12 cm) to the Great Blue Heron (137 cm)16 families

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All 58 birds on the list

Showing 47–58 of 58 species

Sand Martin

Sand Martin

Riparia ripariaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollisVU

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeataLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceusNT

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Upland Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicaudaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Sep–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Merlin

Merlin

Falco columbariusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ruddy Duck

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensisLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Prothonotary Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citreaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensisLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red Junglefowl

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Helmeted Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagrisLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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