Birds to See in Puerto Rico in October
83 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
83 bird species on our list for Puerto Rico are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, Great White Egret, Rock Dove and Red-tailed Hawk. New this month: Common Yellowthroat, Cape May Warbler, Palm Warbler and Northern Shoveler and 17 more.
New in October21
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cape May Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Northern Shoveler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Baltimore Oriole
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Swainson's Thrush
- Eurasian Teal
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Indian Peafowl
- Tennessee Warbler
- Gray Catbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Winter visitors
(37)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Sep–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Aug–Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Oct
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Oct
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
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