Birds in Puerto Rico
98 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Puerto Rico has 98 bird species recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 1 summer visitor, 37 winter visitors, 32 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 1.6 million 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.
Birds to see in Puerto Rico in September
64 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
White-winged Dove
Resident
Northern Mockingbird
Resident
Great White Egret
Resident
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Winter visitor
Semipalmated Plover
Winter visitor
Lesser Yellowlegs
Winter visitor
Grey Plover
Winter visitor
Red-tailed Hawk
Resident
Arriving in September: Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Merlin, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Ovenbird, American Golden-Plover, Peregrine Falcon, Prothonotary Warbler and 8 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Puerto Rico each month: most in October (83), fewest in June (39). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavoLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jan
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicusLC
Regularly Feb–May
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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