Birds to See in Guyana in October
44 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
44 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Turkey Vulture, Cocoi Heron and Roadside Hawk. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Waterthrush and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 2 more.
New in October6
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
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
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Aug–Feb
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Oct
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
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