Uncommon Birds in Puerto Rico
Our list for Puerto Rico has 31 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 1 summer visitor, 16 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
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 31, most common first
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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