Uncommon Birds in Jamaica
Our list for Jamaica has 33 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 24 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jamaica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly 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