Birds to See in Guyana in September
39 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
39 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Cocoi Heron, Cattle Egret and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Barn Swallow, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone and White-rumped Sandpiper and 10 more.
New in September14
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Aug–Feb
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Sep
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
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