Birds to See in Suriname in October
37 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
37 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover and Lineated Woodpecker. New this month: Peregrine Falcon, Burrowing Owl, Common Tern and White-rumped Sandpiper and 3 more.
New in October7
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
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Oct
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Regularly Sep–Feb
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Oct
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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