Birds to See in Guyana in January
34 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Turkey Vulture, Cocoi Heron and Cattle Egret. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush and Pied-billed Grebe.
On the move in January
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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 34 birds in January
34 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentCommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Jan
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentCommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Common PotooNyctibius griseusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
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