Uncommon Birds in Cayman Islands
Our list for Cayman Islands has 41 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cayman Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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