Common Birds in Turks & Caicos Islands
Our list for Turks & Caicos Islands has 44 common birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 3 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 18 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turks & Caicos Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly 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