Birds to See in Guyana in April
31 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Scarlet Macaw and Cocoi Heron. New this month: House Sparrow and Sanderling.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprAt their peak
From Guyana’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 31 birds in April
31 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentCommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentCommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Apr
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Common PotooNyctibius griseusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
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