Birds to See in Guyana in December
33 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December1
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Regularly Aug–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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