Common Birds in French Guiana
Our list for French Guiana has 15 common birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 3 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in French Guiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceCommon18–21 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Palm Tanager 16–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Leach's Storm-petrel 18–21 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Lineated Woodpecker 32–38 cm
- Roadside Hawk 33–41 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Turkey Vulture 62–81 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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