Skip to content
birdfact
Identify
Records 2019–2024 · GBIF

Birds in Jamaica

Our list for Jamaica has 59 bird species recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 35 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors

The list comes from 315,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Species on our list
59
In October
41
Common
21
Busiest month
Mar

This month: October

GBIF · Oct

Most likely

  1. Northern MockingbirdNorthern Mockingbird3.55%
  2. American RedstartAmerican Redstart3.28%
  3. Turkey VultureTurkey Vulture2.77%
  4. Cattle EgretCattle Egret2.19%
  5. White-winged DoveWhite-winged Dove1.50%
  6. Black-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Blue Warbler1.37%

Arriving now

  1. Black-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerWinter visitorSep 0.09% → Oct 1.37%
  2. Palm WarblerPalm WarblerWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.57%
  3. MerlinMerlinWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.14%
  4. Bay-breasted WarblerBay-breasted WarblerPassage migrantSep 0.00% → Oct 0.12%
  5. Magnolia WarblerMagnolia WarblerWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.12%
  6. Peregrine FalconPeregrine FalconWinter visitorSep 0.02% → Oct 0.09%

Share of all bird records in Jamaica in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.

The bird calendar for Jamaica

Month by month

When each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.

The year in Jamaica

Records by month
Bird records in Jamaica by month, 2019–2024
January45,194
February59,367
March69,868
April22,053
May11,042
June4,747
July5,546
August7,428
September5,311
October7,587
November35,034
December41,987

March has the most records (70,000). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.

By family

10 of 10

How common

All 59 birds, A to Z

Show all 59 birds

Questions

3

How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Jamaica?

59 species, each recorded regularly in Jamaica (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 11 residents, 35 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Jamaica, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

What birds can I see in Jamaica in October?

41 species on our list for Jamaica are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, American Redstart, Turkey Vulture, Cattle Egret and White-winged Dove.

What are the most common birds in Jamaica?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Jamaica are Northern Mockingbird, Turkey Vulture, American Redstart, White-winged Dove and Cattle Egret.

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

Download citations (7)