Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in October
49 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Blackpoll Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Grey Plover and Osprey. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher, Palm Warbler, Gray Catbird and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Turks & Caicos Islands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 49 birds in October
49 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 4.02% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.67% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.61% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.44% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 1.19% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 1.08% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.03% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.97% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.87% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.74% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.54% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.52% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.47% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.43% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.32% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.31% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.27% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaScarceUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.22% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.16% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.09% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in 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