Common Birds in Guadeloupe
Our list for Guadeloupe has 29 common birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 2 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guadeloupe in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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