Uncommon Birds in French Guiana
Our list for French Guiana has 31 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 1 summer visitor, 8 winter visitors, 7 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 31, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Common PotooNyctibius griseusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
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