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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Jamaica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceUncommon33–42 cm
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar
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