Common Birds in Puerto Rico
Our list for Puerto Rico has 29 common birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 14 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Puerto Rico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Mourning Dove 23–34 cm
- Monk Parakeet 29–31 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Red-tailed Hawk 45–65 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Glossy Ibis 48–66 cm
- Turkey Vulture 62–81 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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