Birds to See in Bermuda in October
87 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Gray Catbird and European Goldfinch. New this month: Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ring-billed Gull and Great Black-backed Gull and 25 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Blackpoll WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Nov
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
MerlinBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Peregrine FalconBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
From Bermuda’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 87 birds in October
87 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 5.81% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.16% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Oct- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.49% in Oct
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 2.47% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.83% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.53% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.25% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.01% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.87% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct- MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.57% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in Oct- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.45% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Oct- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.34% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.27% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.23% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.19% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisScarceUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct · 0.08% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensScarceUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorUncommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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