Uncommon Birds in Guadeloupe
Our list for Guadeloupe has 37 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 3 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
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 37, most common first
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly May–Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cm
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