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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Puerto Rico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
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