Birds to See in French Guiana in October
42 bird species on our list for French Guiana are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Semipalmated Plover and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Peregrine Falcon, Little Egret, Sandwich Tern and Harpy Eagle and 3 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 42 birds in October
42 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.45% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Oct
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.31% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.22% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.12% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Oct
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Common PotooNyctibius griseusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaScarceRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mottled OwlStrix virgataPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% 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