Birds to See in Cayman Islands in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Cayman Islands’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 73 birds in October
73 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.36% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.31% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.36% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.22% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.12% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.12% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.02% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.80% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.62% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.50% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.19% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 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