Birds in Martinique
Our list for Martinique has 39 bird species recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 5 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
The list comes from 28,000 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
- 39
- In October
- 26
- Common
- 27
- Busiest month
- Feb
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Arriving now
Rock DoveResidentSep 0.19% → Oct 0.78%
Black-crowned Night-heronPassage migrantSep 0.14% → Oct 0.47%
Blackpoll WarblerPassage migrantSep 0.00% → Oct 0.47%
Peregrine FalconPassage migrantSep 0.00% → Oct 0.41%
Chestnut MuniaPassage migrantSep 0.00% → Oct 0.36%
Northern WaterthrushPassage migrantSep 0.19% → Oct 0.31%
Share of all bird records in Martinique 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 Martinique
Month by monthWhen 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.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad-winged Hawk | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Collared Dove | ||||||||||||
| Semipalmated Plover | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Least Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Osprey | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | ||||||||||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||||||||||
| Greater Yellowlegs | ||||||||||||
| Red Junglefowl | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Grey Plover | ||||||||||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | ||||||||||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Solitary Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Great Blue Heron | ||||||||||||
| Whimbrel | ||||||||||||
| Merlin | ||||||||||||
| Black-crowned Night-heron | ||||||||||||
| Western Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Muscovy Duck | ||||||||||||
| Roseate Tern | ||||||||||||
| Sanderling | ||||||||||||
| Willet | ||||||||||||
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | ||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern |
The year in Martinique
Records by month| January | 3,415 |
|---|---|
| February | 3,843 |
| March | 3,747 |
| April | 2,488 |
| May | 1,581 |
| June | 2,086 |
| July | 1,747 |
| August | 2,057 |
| September | 2,087 |
| October | 1,928 |
| November | 1,601 |
| December | 1,897 |
February has the most records (3,843). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
7 of 7How common
All 39 birds, A to Z
- Barn Swallow
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut Munia
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Shearwater
- Great White Egret
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Grey Plover
- Least Sandpiper
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Merlin
- Muscovy Duck
- Northern Waterthrush
- Osprey
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Red Junglefowl
- Ring-billed Gull
- Rock Dove
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Martinique?
39 species, each recorded regularly in Martinique (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 4 residents, 5 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Martinique, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Martinique in October?
26 species on our list for Martinique are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Broad-winged Hawk.
What are the most common birds in Martinique?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Martinique are Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Broad-winged Hawk 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







