Birds to See in Guyana in September
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.
On the move in September
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At 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 39 birds in September
39 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentCommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentCommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Common PotooNyctibius griseusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
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