Birds to See in Guadeloupe in October
51 bird species on our list for Guadeloupe are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, Semipalmated Plover, Blackpoll Warbler and Semipalmated Sandpiper. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Merlin and Bobolink and 8 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
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 51 birds in October
51 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 1.55% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.37% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.19% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.87% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.80% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.76% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.50% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.50% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.44% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.26% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.16% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaScarceUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
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