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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Guadeloupe in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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