Birds to See in French Guiana in August
35 bird species on our list for French Guiana are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Greater Yellowlegs, Great White Egret, Roadside Hawk and Lineated Woodpecker. New this month: Barn Swallow, White-rumped Sandpiper, Red Knot and Stilt Sandpiper and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From French Guiana’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 35 birds in August
35 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.13% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common PotooNyctibius griseusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.08% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in 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