Common Birds in Cayman Islands
Our list for Cayman Islands has 37 common birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 1 summer visitor, 13 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cayman Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
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