Uncommon Birds in Guyana
Our list for Guyana has 31 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 19 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
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 31, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common PotooNyctibius griseusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Sep–May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaWinter visitorUncommon89–105 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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