Birds in Guadeloupe
74 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Guadeloupe has 74 bird species recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 5 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 229,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Guadeloupe in September
41 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Eurasian Collared Dove
Resident

Semipalmated Sandpiper
Winter visitor

Semipalmated Plover
Winter visitor

Cattle Egret
Resident

Lesser Yellowlegs
Winter visitor

Least Sandpiper
Winter visitor

Barn Swallow
Winter visitor

Scaly-breasted Munia
Resident
Arriving in September: Northern Waterthrush, Wilson's Phalarope, Sand Martin, Red Knot, Gull-billed Tern, Upland Sandpiper, Common Tern, Rose-ringed Parakeet.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Guadeloupe each month: most in October (51), fewest in June (30). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Nov

American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec

Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly May–Jul

Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
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Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year

Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year

Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year

Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Feb–Jun

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Sep–Oct

Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Dec

Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
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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