Birds to See in French Guiana in January
36 bird species on our list for French Guiana are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs, Roadside Hawk and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Merlin.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
Leaving soon
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 36 birds in January
36 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
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