Uncommon Birds in Suriname
Our list for Suriname has 35 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 16 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Suriname in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Scarlet MacawAra macaoWinter visitorUncommon81–96 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Aug–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly 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