Birds to See in Guyana in December
33 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Cocoi Heron and Roadside Hawk. New this month: Merlin.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecFrom 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 33 birds in December
33 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentCommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentCommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Dec
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Common PotooNyctibius griseusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
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