Birds to See in French Guiana in September
36 bird species on our list for French Guiana are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Barn Swallow. New this month: American Golden-Plover, Rock Dove, Pectoral Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper and 1 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
White-rumped SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–Dec
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
SanderlingBusiest month of the year · All year
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 September
36 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Sep
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.55% in Sep
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep- SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.23% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Common PotooNyctibius griseusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Sep
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusPassage migrantRare46–63 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
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