Birds to See in Cayman Islands in October
73 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler, Barn Swallow, White-winged Dove and Great White Egret. New this month: Gray Catbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Swainson's Thrush and Red Junglefowl and 15 more.
New in October19
- Gray Catbird
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Swainson's Thrush
- Red Junglefowl
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Blackpoll Warbler
- American Golden-Plover
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Sandwich Tern
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Least Flycatcher
- Upland Sandpiper
- Veery
- Short-eared Owl
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(29)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–May
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Regularly Oct
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Oct
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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