Guam bird checklist
137 bird species in 38 families have been recorded in Guam, according to eBird; about 118 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Guam right now
1Pacific Golden-Plover
2Common Sandpiper
3Gray-tailed Tattler
4Pacific Reef-Heron
5Rock Pigeon
6Common Tern
7Philippine Collared-Dove
8Ruddy Turnstone
9Eurasian Tree Sparrow
10Red-necked Stint
Guam bird checklist
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Tinamous
- Red-winged Tinamou
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Muscovy Duck
- Garganey
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- American Wigeon
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Common Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Greater Scaup
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl
- Black Francolin
- Blue-breasted Quail
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Philippine Collared-Dove
- White-throated Ground Dove
- Zebra Dove
- Mariana Fruit-Dove
Cuckoos
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
- Pacific Koel
Swifts
- Mariana Swiftlet
- Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Guam Rail
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- White-browed Crake
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Tibetan Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Kentish Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Little Curlew
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Swinhoe's Snipe
- Latham's Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Wandering Tattler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Great Knot
- Ruff
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Long-toed Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Oriental Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Slaty-backed Gull
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Common Tern
- Black-naped Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Albatrosses
- Laysan Albatross
Northern Storm-Petrels
- Leach's Storm-Petrel
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Juan Fernandez Petrel
- Streaked Shearwater
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Christmas Shearwater
- Newell's Shearwater
- Tropical Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Cocos Booby
- Masked Booby
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Yellow Bittern
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- Little Egret
- Little Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Medium Egret
- Gray Heron
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Chinese Sparrowhawk
- Black Kite
Owls
- Short-eared Owl
Kingfishers
- Guam Kingfisher
- Mariana Kingfisher
- Belted Kingfisher
Rollers
- Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Peregrine Falcon
Honeyeaters
- Micronesian Myzomela
Fantails
- Micronesian Rufous Fantail
Drongos
- Black Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
- Guam Flycatcher
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Mariana Crow
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Nightingale Reed Warbler
Swallows
- Barn Swallow
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Bridled White-eye
Starlings
- Micronesian Starling
Waxbills and Allies
- Java Sparrow
- Chestnut Munia
Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- White Wagtail
Most common birds in Guam
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Guam’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Philippine Collared-DoveStreptopelia dusumieri
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Greater Sand-PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
- Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Largest bird families in Guam
Among its regular birds.
- Sandpipers and Allies29
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers14
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl10
- Plovers and Lapwings7
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns7
- Shearwaters and Petrels5
- Pigeons and Doves4
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots4
Reported in the last 30 days
28 species reported to eBird in Guam in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
Pacific Golden-Plover, Philippine Collared-Dove, Common Sandpiper, Pacific Reef-Heron, Gray-tailed Tattler, Eurasian Whimbrel, Rock Pigeon, Common Tern, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Red-necked Stint, Ruddy Turnstone, Greater Sand-Plover, Siberian Sand-Plover, Red Junglefowl, Mariana Fruit-Dove, Little Egret, Black Drongo, Little Tern, Sanderling, Common Ringed Plover, Yellow Bittern, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Moorhen, Whiskered Tern, Black Francolin, Black-bellied Plover, Blue-billed White-Tern, Eastern Cattle-Egret.
Get to know some of them
Little Egret
Sanderling
Black Drongo
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Eurasian Moorhen
Whiskered Tern
Black-bellied Plover
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Brown Noddy
Barn Swallow
Red-footed Booby
Northern Pintail
Wood Sandpiper
Brown Booby