Birding in Caribbean
birds are arguably the most visible wildlife on any Caribbean island. They are also colorful, active and display all sorts of interesting behavior. Birds are therefore an excellent portal to the natural world and are a starting point to engage audiences in their surrounding environment.
The Birds
The Caribbean is home to over 700 species of bird, including 171 species that are endemic to the region and found nowhere else in the world. In fact, there are over 110 bird species in the Caribbean that only live on one island. Overall, half of the resident birds—the ones that don’t migrate—in the region are endemic. The abundance of endemic species is one reason why the region is considered a biodiversity hotspot, and why conservation in the region is so important.
The region is also the seasonal home for over 150 migratory species that winter in the region after breeding in North America during the summer or travel through the region on their way to South America. As a stopover or wintering ground, the Caribbean is a vital resource for these migrants as they make their astounding journeys—thousands of miles each year!
The Full List of Birds in Caribbean
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens |
| Ross’s Goose | Anser rossii |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Brant | Branta bernicla |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubatus |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes |
| Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| GALLIFORMES: Cracidae | |
| Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda |
| GALLIFORMES: Numididae | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
| Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus |
| California Quail | Callipepla californica |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae | |
| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | |
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata |
| Ring-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas caribaea |
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| Blue-headed Quail-Dove | Starnoenas cyanocephala |
| Crested Quail-Dove | Geotrygon versicolor |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| Gray-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon caniceps |
| White-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon leucometopia |
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia |
| Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea |
| Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis |
| Gray-headed Dove | Leptotila plumbeiceps |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla |
| Grenada Dove | Leptotila wellsi |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |
| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Pearly-breasted Cuckoo | Coccyzus euleri |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo | Coccyzus pluvialis |
| Bay-breasted Cuckoo | Coccyzus rufigularis |
| Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus vetula |
| Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus vieilloti |
| Great Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus merlini |
| Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus longirostris |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis |
| Jamaican Pauraque | Siphonorhis americana |
| Least Pauraque | Siphonorhis brewsteri |
| Chuck-will’s-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis |
| Rufous Nightjar | Antrostomus rufus |
| Greater Antillean Nightjar | Antrostomus cubanensis |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus |
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Antrostomus noctitherus |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Nyctibiidae | |
| Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | |
| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura |
| Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris |
| Lesser Antillean Swift | Chaetura martinica |
| Alpine Swift | Apus melba |
| Common Swift | Apus apus |
| Antillean Palm-Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Trochilidae | |
| Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsutus |
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii |
| Antillean Mango | Anthracothorax dominicus |
| Green Mango | Anthracothorax viridis |
| Jamaican Mango | Anthracothorax mango |
| Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Bahama Woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae |
| Inagua Woodstar | Nesophlox lyrura |
| Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima |
| Bee Hummingbird | Mellisuga helenae |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
| Cuban Emerald | Chlorostilbon ricordii |
| Brace’s Emerald | Chlorostilbon bracei |
| Hispaniolan Emerald | Chlorostilbon swainsonii |
| Puerto Rican Emerald | Chlorostilbon maugaeus |
| Blue-headed Hummingbird | Cyanophaia bicolor |
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
| Streamertail | Trochilus polytmus |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex |
| Zapata Rail | Cyanolimnas cerverai |
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus |
| Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
| GRUIFORMES: Aramidae | |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | |
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | |
| Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus |
| Wilson’s Plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | |
| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa |
| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Wilson’s Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae | |
| Dovekie | Alle alle |
| Razorbill | Alca torda |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| Franklin’s Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| California Gull | Larus californicus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
| White Tern | Gygis alba |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Forster’s Tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus |
| GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae | |
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae | |
| Wilson’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae | |
| Leach’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae | |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana |
| Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow |
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata |
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii |
| Cory’s Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus |
| Barolo Shearwater | Puffinus baroli |
| Audubon’s Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| SULIFORMES: Fregatidae | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
| SULIFORMES: Sulidae | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Bermuda Night-Heron | Nyctanassa carcinocatactes |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | |
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
| CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii |
| Gundlach’s Hawk | Accipiter gundlachi |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus |
| Cuban Black Hawk | Buteogallus gundlachii |
| Bermuda Hawk | Bermuteo avivorus |
| Ridgway’s Hawk | Buteo ridgwayi |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus |
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Ashy-faced Owl | Tyto glaucops |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |
| Puerto Rican Screech-Owl | Megascops nudipes |
| Bare-legged Owl | Margarobyas lawrencii |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula |
| Cuban Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium siju |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Stygian Owl | Asio stygius |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Jamaican Owl | Pseudoscops grammicus |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Bermuda Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius gradyi |
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | |
| Cuban Trogon | Priotelus temnurus |
| Hispaniolan Trogon | Priotelus roseigaster |
| CORACIIFORMES: Todidae | |
| Cuban Tody | Todus multicolor |
| Broad-billed Tody | Todus subulatus |
| Narrow-billed Tody | Todus angustirostris |
| Jamaican Tody | Todus todus |
| Puerto Rican Tody | Todus mexicanus |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae | |
| Channel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos vitellinus |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | |
| Antillean Piculet | Nesoctites micromegas |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Cuban Green Woodpecker | Xiphidiopicus percussus |
| Guadeloupe Woodpecker | Melanerpes herminieri |
| Puerto Rican Woodpecker | Melanerpes portoricensis |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Hispaniolan Woodpecker | Melanerpes striatus |
| Jamaican Woodpecker | Melanerpes radiolatus |
| West Indian Woodpecker | Melanerpes superciliaris |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus |
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus principalis |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Bermuda Flicker | Colaptes oceanicus |
| Fernandina’s Flicker | Colaptes fernandinae |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | |
| Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae | |
| White Cockatoo | Cacatua alba |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | |
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
| White-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris versicolurus |
| Red-crowned Parrot | Amazona viridigenalis |
| Red-necked Parrot | Amazona arausiaca |
| Martinique Parrot | Amazona martinicana |
| St. Lucia Parrot | Amazona versicolor |
| Black-billed Parrot | Amazona agilis |
| White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons |
| Yellow-billed Parrot | Amazona collaria |
| Cuban Parrot | Amazona leucocephala |
| Hispaniolan Parrot | Amazona ventralis |
| Puerto Rican Parrot | Amazona vittata |
| Imperial Parrot | Amazona imperialis |
| Guadeloupe Parrot | Amazona violacea |
| St. Vincent Parrot | Amazona guildingii |
| Orange-winged Parrot | Amazona amazonica |
| Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus |
| Green-cheeked Parakeet | Pyrrhura molinae |
| Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana |
| Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis |
| Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax |
| Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna |
| Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao |
| Cuban Macaw | Ara tricolor |
| Red-masked Parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys |
| Cuban Parakeet | Psittacara euops |
| Hispaniolan Parakeet | Psittacara chloropterus |
| Puerto Rican Parakeet | Psittacara maugei |
| Guadeloupe Parakeet | Psittacara labati |
| PASSERIFORMES: Tityridae | |
| Jamaican Becard | Pachyramphus niger |
| PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae | |
| Jamaican Elaenia | Myiopagis cotta |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| Greater Antillean Elaenia | Elaenia fallax |
| Euler’s Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens |
| Cuban Pewee | Contopus caribaeus |
| Jamaican Pewee | Contopus pallidus |
| Hispaniolan Pewee | Contopus hispaniolensis |
| Lesser Antillean Pewee | Contopus latirostris |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Say’s Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| Sad Flycatcher | Myiarchus barbirostris |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus |
| Grenada Flycatcher | Myiarchus nugator |
| Rufous-tailed Flycatcher | Myiarchus validus |
| La Sagra’s Flycatcher | Myiarchus sagrae |
| Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus |
| Puerto Rican Flycatcher | Myiarchus antillarum |
| Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| Cassin’s Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
| Giant Kingbird | Tyrannus cubensis |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
| PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae | |
| Blue Mountain Vireo | Vireo osburni |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus |
| Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris |
| Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens |
| San Andres Vireo | Vireo caribaeus |
| Jamaican Vireo | Vireo modestus |
| Cuban Vireo | Vireo gundlachii |
| Puerto Rican Vireo | Vireo latimeri |
| Flat-billed Vireo | Vireo nanus |
| Bell’s Vireo | Vireo bellii |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
| Yucatan Vireo | Vireo magister |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Palm Crow | Corvus palmarum |
| Cuban Crow | Corvus nasicus |
| White-necked Crow | Corvus leucognaphalus |
| Jamaican Crow | Corvus jamaicensis |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis |
| Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer |
| Golden Swallow | Tachycineta euchrysea |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Bahama Swallow | Tachycineta cyaneoviridis |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | |
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla |
| PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
| PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Cuban Gnatcatcher | Polioptila lembeyei |
| PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae | |
| Zapata Wren | Ferminia cerverai |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae | |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| White-breasted Thrasher | Ramphocinclus brachyurus |
| Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda |
| Gray Trembler | Cinclocerthia gutturalis |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum |
| Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis |
| Cuban Solitaire | Myadestes elisabeth |
| Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus |
| Bicknell’s Thrush | Catharus bicknelli |
| Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina |
| Cocoa Thrush | Turdus fumigatus |
| Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis |
| Forest Thrush | Turdus lherminieri |
| White-eyed Thrush | Turdus jamaicensis |
| La Selle Thrush | Turdus swalesi |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| White-chinned Thrush | Turdus aurantius |
| Grand Cayman Thrush | Turdus ravidus |
| Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae | |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dulidae | |
| Palmchat | Dulus dominicus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla |
| White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja |
| Java Sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora |
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Sprague’s Pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | |
| Jamaican Euphonia | Euphonia jamaica |
| Antillean Euphonia | Euphonia musica |
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| Hispaniolan Crossbill | Loxia megaplaga |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus |
| Antillean Siskin | Spinus dominicensis |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis |
| Red Siskin | Spinus cucullatus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae | |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| LeConte’s Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii |
| Nelson’s Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni |
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| Zapata Sparrow | Torreornis inexpectata |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
| Bermuda Towhee | Pipilo naufragus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Calyptophilidae | |
| Western Chat-Tanager | Calyptophilus tertius |
| Eastern Chat-Tanager | Calyptophilus frugivorus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phaenicophilidae | |
| Black-crowned Palm-Tanager | Phaenicophilus palmarum |
| Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager | Phaenicophilus poliocephalus |
| White-winged Warbler | Xenoligea montana |
| Green-tailed Warbler | Microligea palustris |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nesospingidae | |
| Puerto Rican Tanager | Nesospingus speculiferus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Spindalidae | |
| Western Spindalis | Spindalis zena |
| Jamaican Spindalis | Spindalis nigricephala |
| Hispaniolan Spindalis | Spindalis dominicensis |
| Puerto Rican Spindalis | Spindalis portoricensis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Teretistridae | |
| Yellow-headed Warbler | Teretistris fernandinae |
| Oriente Warbler | Teretistris fornsi |
| PASSERIFORMES: Icteriidae | |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae | |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| Hispaniolan Oriole | Icterus dominicensis |
| Cuban Oriole | Icterus melanopsis |
| Bahama Oriole | Icterus northropi |
| Puerto Rican Oriole | Icterus portoricensis |
| St. Lucia Oriole | Icterus laudabilis |
| Montserrat Oriole | Icterus oberi |
| Martinique Oriole | Icterus bonana |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus |
| Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus |
| Bullock’s Oriole | Icterus bullockii |
| Jamaican Oriole | Icterus leucopteryx |
| Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Jamaican Blackbird | Nesopsar nigerrimus |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Red-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius assimilis |
| Tawny-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius humeralis |
| Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius xanthomus |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus |
| Cuban Blackbird | Ptiloxena atroviolacea |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
| Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae | |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| Bachman’s Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| Swainson’s Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
| Virginia’s Warbler | Leiothlypis virginiae |
| Semper’s Warbler | Leucopeza semperi |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| MacGillivray’s Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa |
| Bahama Yellowthroat | Geothlypis rostrata |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Whistling Warbler | Catharopeza bishopi |
| Plumbeous Warbler | Setophaga plumbea |
| Elfin-woods Warbler | Setophaga angelae |
| Arrowhead Warbler | Setophaga pharetra |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Kirtland’s Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum |
| Olive-capped Warbler | Setophaga pityophila |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica |
| Bahama Warbler | Setophaga flavescens |
| Vitelline Warbler | Setophaga vitellina |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor |
| Adelaide’s Warbler | Setophaga adelaidae |
| Barbuda Warbler | Setophaga subita |
| St. Lucia Warbler | Setophaga delicata |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens |
| Townsend’s Warbler | Setophaga townsendi |
| Golden-cheeked Warbler | Setophaga chrysoparia |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis |
| Wilson’s Warbler | Cardellina pusilla |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana |
| PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae | |
| Lesser Antillean Tanager | Stilpnia cucullata |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| Lined Seedeater | Sporophila lineola |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Sporophila angolensis |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
| Orangequit | Euneornis campestris |
| Puerto Rican Bullfinch | Melopyrrha portoricensis |
| Cuban Bullfinch | Melopyrrha nigra |
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea |
| Yellow-shouldered Grassquit | Loxipasser anoxanthus |
| Cuban Grassquit | Phonipara canora |
| Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis |
| Barbados Bullfinch | Loxigilla barbadensis |
| St. Lucia Black Finch | Melanospiza richardsoni |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor |
| Lesser Antillean Saltator | Saltator albicollis |
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