Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in October
49 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October18
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Palm Warbler
- Gray Catbird
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Common Yellowthroat
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Peregrine Falcon
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Red Junglefowl
- Magnolia Warbler
- American Golden-Plover
- Tennessee Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Baltimore Oriole
- Common Tern
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Aug–Jun
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Sep–Nov
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Oct
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Oct
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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