Birds to See in Colombia in October
105 bird species on our list for Colombia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Cattle Egret, Crimson-backed Tanager and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Broad-winged Hawk, Bay-breasted Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Prothonotary WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Gray-cheeked ThrushBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
VeeryBusiest month of the year · Sep–Nov
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
From Colombia’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 105 birds in October
105 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Golden TanagerTangara aurulentaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Oct
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Oct
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Yellow-browed SparrowAmmodramus aurifronsResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct- Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusWinter visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Oct- VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentRare30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentRare24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorRare91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentRare36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiSummer visitorRare76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSummer visitorRare10–11 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Great CurassowCrax rubraWinter visitorRare84–92 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% 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