Birds to See in Guadeloupe in August
34 bird species on our list for Guadeloupe are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Plover. New this month: White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, American Golden-Plover and Western Sandpiper and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Guadeloupe’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 34 birds in August
34 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.86% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.44% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.72% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.47% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.42% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.07% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
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