Birds to See in Marshall Islands in October
7 bird species on our list for Marshall Islands are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Pacific Golden-Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Whimbrel and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. New this month: Whimbrel, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit and Pectoral Sandpiper.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctFrom Marshall Islands’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 7 birds in October
7 birds
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 11.69% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 10.71% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 5.84% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 5.52% in Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantCommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 3.90% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 2.92% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct · 1.62% in Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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