Birds to See in Guyana in February
35 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Turkey Vulture, Cocoi Heron and Roadside Hawk. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt 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 35 birds in February
35 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentCommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.51% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentCommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
Common PotooNyctibius griseusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
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