Rare Birds in Guyana
Our list for Guyana has 10 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor, 5 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guyana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaScarceRare28–32 cm
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceRare48–66 cm
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusScarceRare34–44 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaScarceRare12–14 cm
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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