Birds to See in Suriname in January
28 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
28 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Lineated Woodpecker, Roadside Hawk and Osprey. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willet, Common Potoo and Muscovy Duck.
New in January4
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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