Birds to See in French Guiana in December
41 bird species on our list for French Guiana are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs, Roadside Hawk and Osprey. New this month: Black-headed Gull.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
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.
Other months
All 41 birds in December
41 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Dec
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Dec
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
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