Birds to See in Bermuda in October
86 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
86 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 24 more.
New in October28
- Palm Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Ring-billed Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Northern Shoveler
- Cattle Egret
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Swainson's Thrush
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Dickcissel
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- American Bittern
- Wood Duck
- American Avocet
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Chipping Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Virginia Rail
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Western Kingbird
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Veery
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Clay-colored Sparrow
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–May
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(37)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Sep–Nov
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly May–Feb
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Aug–Nov
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Oct
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Oct
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Oct
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Oct
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallidaLC
Regularly Oct
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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