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Bahamas Number of species: 373 Endemic genera: 1 Endemic species: 6 Endemic subspecies (visited islands only): 16 Extinct or Extirpated species: 3 NOTE: Endemic taxa are in red color. This bird list follows A.O.U. 7th edition and supplements (including 61th suppl.) |
Legend C = Common or Fairly Common U = Uncommon LU = Locally Uncommon R = Rare V = Very Rare or Vagrant † = Extinct or Extirpated I = Introduced E = Endemic species ES = Endemic subspecies |
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Order ANSERIFORMES Family Anatidae 1- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2- West Indian Whistling-Duck 3- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 4- Greater White-fronted Goose 5- Snow Goose 6- Ross’s Goose 7- Brant 8- Canada Goose 9- Mute Swan 10- Muscovy Duck 11- Wood Duck 12- Blue-winged Teal 13- Cinnamon Teal 14- Northern Shoveler 15- Gadwall 16- Eurasian Wigeon 17- American Wigeon 18- Mallard 19- American Black Duck 20- Mottled Duck 21- White-cheeked Pintail 22- Northern Pintail 23- Green-winged Teal 24- Canvasback 25- Redhead 26- Ring-necked Duck 27- Greater Scaup 28- Lesser Scaup 29- White-winged Scoter 30- Bufflehead 31- Hooded Merganser 32- Red-breasted Merganser 33- Masked Duck 34- Ruddy Duck Order GALLIFORMES Family Odontophoridae 35- Northern Bobwhite Family Phasianidae 36- Red Junglefowl 37- Ring-necked Pheasant 38- Indian Peafowl Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Family Phoenicopteridae 39- American Flamingo Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family Podicipedidae 40- Least Grebe 41- Pied-billed Grebe 42- Red-necked Grebe 43- Eared Grebe Order COLUMBIFORMES Family Columbidae 44- Rock Pigeon 45- Scaly-naped Pigeon 46- White-crowned Pigeon 47- African Collared-Dove 48- Eurasian Collared-Dove 49- Common Ground Dove 50- Key West Quail-Dove 51- Bridled Quail-Dove 52- Caribbean Dove 53- White-winged Dove 54- Zenaida Dove 55- Mourning Dove Order CUCULIFORMES Family Cuculidae 56- Smooth-billed Ani 57- Yellow-billed Cuckoo 58- Mangrove Cuckoo 59- Black-billed Cuckoo Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES Family Caprimulgidae 60- Common Nighthawk 61- Antillean Nighthawk 62- Chuck-will's-widow Order APODIFORMES Family Apodidae 63- Chimney Swift 64- Antillean Palm-Swift Family Trochilidae 65- Green-breasted Mango 66- Ruby-throated Hummingbird 67- Bahama Woodstar 68- Rufous Hummingbird 69- Cuban Emerald 70- Brace's Emerald Order GRUIFORMES Family Rallidae 71- Yellow Rail 72- Black Rail 73- Clapper Rail 74- Virginia Rail 75- Sora 76- Purple Gallinule 77- Common Gallinule 78- American Coot Family Aramidae 79- Limpkin Family Gruidae 80- Sandhill Crane Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Burhinidae 81- Double-striped Thick-knee Family Recurvirostridae 82- Black-necked Stilt 83- American Avocet Family Haematopodidae 84- American Oystercatcher Family Charadriidae 85- Northern Lapwing 86- Black-bellied Plover 87- American Golden-Plover 88- Pacific Golden-Plover 89- Killdeer 90- Semipalmated Plover 91- Piping Plover 92- Wilson's Plover 93- Snowy Plover Family Scolopacidae 94- Upland Sandpiper 95- Whimbrel 96- Eurasian Curlew 97- Hudsonian Godwit 98- Marbled Godwit 99- Ruddy Turnstone 100- Red Knot 101- Ruff 102- Stilt Sandpiper 103- Sanderling 104- Dunlin 105- Least Sandpiper 106- White-rumped Sandpiper 107- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 108- Pectoral Sandpiper 109- Semipalmated Sandpiper 110- Western Sandpiper 111- Short-billed Dowitcher 112- Long-billed Dowitcher 113- Wilson's Snipe 114- Spotted Sandpiper 115- Solitary Sandpiper 116- Lesser Yellowlegs 117- Willet 118- Greater Yellowlegs 119- Wilson's Phalarope 120- Red-necked Phalarope 121- Red Phalarope Family Stercorariidae 122- Pomarine Jaeger 123- Parasitic Jaeger 124- Long-tailed Jaeger Family Alcidae 125- Dovekie Family Laridae 126- Black-legged Kittiwake 127- Bonaparte's Gull 128- Black-headed Gull 129- Laughing Gull 130- Franklin's Gull 131- Ring-billed Gull 132- Herring Gull 133- Iceland Gull 134- Lesser Black-backed Gull 135- Great Black-backed Gull 136- Brown Noddy 137- White Tern 138- Sooty Tern 139- Bridled Tern 140- Least Tern 141- Gull-billed Tern 142- Caspian Tern 143- Black Tern 144- White-winged Tern 145- Whiskered Tern 146- Roseate Tern 147- Common Tern 148- Arctic Tern 149- Forster's Tern 150- Royal Tern 151- Sandwich Tern 152- Black Skimmer Order PHAETHONTIFORMES Family Phaethontidae 153- White-tailed Tropicbird 154- Red-billed Tropicbird Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Family Diomedeidae 155- Black-browed Albatross Family Oceanitidae 156- Wilson's Storm-Petrel Family Hydrobatidae 157- Leach's Storm-Petrel 158- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Family Procellariidae 159- Northern Fulmar 160- Trindade Petrel 161- Bermuda Petrel 162- Black-capped Petrel 163- Cory’s Shearwater 164- Sooty Shearwater 165- Great Shearwater 166- Manx Shearwater 167- Audubon's Shearwater 168- Barolo Shearwater Order CICONIIFORMES Family Ciconiidae 169- Wood Stork Order SULIFORMES Family Fregatidae 170- Magnificent Frigatebird Family Sulidae 171- Masked Booby 172- Brown Booby 173- Red-footed Booby 174- Northern Gannet Family Phalacrocoracidae 175- Neotropic Cormorant 176- Double-crested Cormorant Family Anhingidae 177- Anhinga Order PELECANIFORMES Family Pelecanidae 178- American White Pelican 179- Brown Pelican Family Ardeidae 180- American Bittern 181- Least Bittern 182- Great Blue Heron 183- Great Egret 184- Snowy Egret 185- Little Blue Heron 186- Tricolored Heron 187- Reddish Egret 188- Cattle Egret 189- Green Heron 190- Black-crowned Night-Heron 191- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Family Threskiornithidae 192- White Ibis 193- Glossy Ibis 194- Roseate Spoonbill Order CATHARTIFORMES Family Cathartidae 195- Black Vulture 196- Turkey Vulture Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family Pandionidae 197- Osprey Family Accipitridae 198- Swallow-tailed Kite 199- Northern Harrier 200- Sharp-shinned Hawk 201- Black Kite 202- Bald Eagle 203- Swainson’s Hawk 204- Red-tailed Hawk Order STRIGIFORMES Family Tytonidae 205- Barn Owl Family Strigidae 206- Burrowing Owl 207- Short-eared Owl 208- Northern Saw-whet Owl Order CORACIIFORMES Family Alcedinidae 209- Belted Kingfisher Order PICIFORMES Family Picidae 210- West Indian Woodpecker 211- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 212- Hairy Woodpecker 213- Northern Flicker 214- Fernandina's Flicker Order FALCONIFORMES Family Falconidae 215- American Kestrel 216- Merlin 217- Peregrine Falcon Order PSITTACIFORMES Family Psittacidae 218- Monk Parakeet 219- Cuban Parrot Family Psittaculidae 220- Rosy-faced Lovebird Order PASSERIFORMES Family Tyrannidae 221- Great Crested Flycatcher 222- Brown-crested Flycatcher 223- La Sagra’s Flycatcher 224- Stolid Flycatcher 225- Western Kingbird 226- Eastern Kingbird 227- Gray Kingbird 228- Loggerhead Kingbird 229- Giant Kingbird 230- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 231- Eastern Wood-Pewee 232- Cuban Pewee 233- Hispaniolan Pewee 234- Acadian Flycatcher 235- Least Flycatcher 236- Eastern Phoebe Family Laniidae 237- Loggerhead Shrike Family Vireonidae 238- White-eyed Vireo 239- Thick-billed Vireo 240- Bell's Vireo 241- Yellow-throated Vireo 242- Blue-headed Vireo 243- Philadelphia Vireo 244- Warbling Vireo 245- Red-eyed Vireo 246- Black-whiskered Vireo Family Corvidae 247- American Crow 248- Cuban Crow 249- Fish Crow Family Alaudidae 250- Horned Lark Family Hirundinidae 251- Bank Swallow 252- Tree Swallow 253- Bahama Swallow 254- Northern Rough-winged Swallow 255- Caribbean Martin 256- Purple Martin 257- Cuban Martin 258- Barn Swallow 259- Cliff Swallow 260- Cave Swallow Family Sittidae 261- Brown-headed Nuthatch Family Troglodytidae 262- House Wren 263- Sedge Wren Family Polioptilidae 264- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Family Regulidae 265- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Family Muscicapidae 266- Northern Wheatear Family Turdidae 267- Eastern Bluebird 268- Veery 269- Gray-cheeked Thrush 270- Swainson's Thrush 271- Hermit Thrush 272- Wood Thrush 273- American Robin 274- Red-legged Thrush Family Mimidae 275- Gray Catbird 276- Pearly-eyed Thrasher 277- Brown Thrasher 278- Bahama Mockingbird 279- Northern Mockingbird Family Sturnidae 280- European Starling 281- Common Myna Family Bombycillidae 282- Cedar Waxwing Family Estrildidae 283- Scaly-breasted Munia 284- Tricolored Munia Family Passeridae 285- House Sparrow Family Motacillidae 286- American Pipit 287- Sprague's Pipit Family Fringillidae 288- American Goldfinch Family Calcariidae 289- Snow Bunting Family Passerellidae 290- Grasshopper Sparrow 291- Lark Sparrow 292- Chipping Sparrow 293- Clay-colored Sparrow 294- Dark-eyed Junco 295- White-crowned Sparrow 296- White-throated Sparrow 297- Vesper Sparrow 298- Savannah Sparrow 299- Song Sparrow 300- Lincoln's Sparrow 301- Swamp Sparrow Family Spindalidae 302- Western Spindalis Family Icteriidae 303- Yellow-breasted Chat Family Icteridae 304- Yellow-headed Blackbird 305- Bobolink 306- Bahama Oriole 307- Orchard Oriole 308- Bullock's Oriole 309- Baltimore Oriole 310- Red-winged Blackbird 311- Shiny Cowbird 312- Brown-headed Cowbird 313- Common Grackle 314- Boat-tailed Grackle Family Parulidae 315- Ovenbird 316- Worm-eating Warbler 317- Louisiana Waterthrush 318- Northern Waterthrush 319- Bachman's Warbler 320- Golden-winged Warbler 321- Blue-winged Warbler 322- Black-and-white Warbler 323- Prothonotary Warbler 324- Swainson's Warbler 325- Tennessee Warbler 326- Orange-crowned Warbler 327- Nashville Warbler 328- Virginia's Warbler 329- Connecticut Warbler 330- Mourning Warbler 331- Kentucky Warbler 332- Bahama Yellowthroat 333- Common Yellowthroat 334- Hooded Warbler 335- American Redstart 336- Kirtland’s Warbler 337- Cape May Warbler 338- Cerulean Warbler 339- Northern Parula 340- Magnolia Warbler 341- Bay-breasted Warbler 342- Blackburnian Warbler 343- Yellow Warbler 344- Chestnut-sided Warbler 345- Blackpoll Warbler 346- Black-throated Blue Warbler 347- Palm Warbler 348- Olive-capped Warbler 349- Pine Warbler 350- Yellow-rumped Warbler 351- Yellow-throated Warbler 352- Bahama Warbler 353- Prairie Warbler 354- Townsend's Warbler 355- Black-throated Green Warbler 356- Canada Warbler 357- Wilson's Warbler Family Cardinalidae 358- Summer Tanager 359- Scarlet Tanager 360- Western Tanager 361- Northern Cardinal 362- Rose-breasted Grosbeak 363- Blue Grosbeak 364- Indigo Bunting 365- Painted Bunting 366- Dickcissel Family Thraupidae 367- Bananaquit 368- Yellow-faced Grassquit 369- Greater Antillean Bullfinch 370- Black-faced Grassquit |
Dendrocygna autumnalis Dendrocygna arborea Dendrocygna bicolor Anser albifrons Anser caerulescens Anser rossii Branta bernicla Branta canadensis Cygnus olor Cairina moschata Aix sponsa Spatula discors Spatula cyanoptera Spatula clypeata Mareca strepera Mareca penelope Mareca americana Anas platyrhynchos Anas rubripes Anas fulvigula Anas bahamensis Anas acuta Anas crecca Aythya valisineria Aythya americana Aythya collaris Aythya marila Aythya affinis Melanitta fusca Bucephala albeola Lophodytes cucullatus Mergus serrator Nomonyx dominicus Oxyura jamaicensis Colinus virginianus Gallus gallus Phasianus colchicus Pavo cristatus Phoenicopterus ruber Tachybaptus dominicus Podilymbus podiceps Podiceps grisegena Podiceps nigricollis Columba livia Patagioenas squamosa Patagioenas leucocephala Streptopelia roseogrisea Streptopelia decaocto Columbina passerina Geotrygon chrysia Geotrygon mystacea Leptotila jamaicensis Zenaida asiatica Zenaida aurita Zenaida macroura Crotophaga ani Coccyzus americanus Coccyzus minor Coccyzus erythropthalmus Chordeiles minor Chordeiles gundlachii Antrostomus carolinensis Chaetura pelagica Tachornis phoenicobia Anthracothorax prevostii Archilochus colubris Nesophlox evelynae Selasphorus rufus Chlorostilbon ricordii Chlorostilbon bracei Coturnicops noveboracensis Laterallus jamaicensis Rallus crepitans Rallus limicola Porzana carolina Porphyrio martinicus Gallinula galeata Fulica americana Aramus guarauna Antigone canadensis Burhinus bistriatus Himantopus mexicanus Recurvirostra americana Haematopus palliatus Vanellus vanellus Pluvialis squatarola Pluvialis dominica Pluvialis fulva Charadrius vociferus Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius melodus Charadrius wilsonia Charadrius nivosus Bartramia longicauda Numenius phaeopus Numenius arquata Limosa haemastica Limosa fedoa Arenaria interpres Calidris canutus Calidris pugnax Calidris himantopus Calidris alba Calidris alpina Calidris minutilla Calidris fuscicollis Calidris subruficollis Calidris melanotos Calidris pusilla Calidris mauri Limnodromus griseus Limnodromus scolopaceus Gallinago delicata Actitis macularius Tringa solitaria Tringa flavipes Tringa semipalmata Tringa melanoleuca Phalaropus tricolor Phalaropus lobatus Phalaropus fulicarius Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Alle alle Rissa tridactyla Chroicocephalus philadelphia Chroicocephalus ridibundus Leucophaeus atricilla Leucophaeus pipixcan Larus delawarensis Larus argentatus Larus glaucoides Larus fuscus Larus marinus Anous stolidus Gygis alba Onychoprion fuscatus Onychoprion anaethetus Sternula antillarum Gelochelidon nilotica Hydroprogne caspia Chlidonias niger Chlidonias leucopterus Chlidonias hybrida Sterna dougallii Sterna hirundo Sterna paradisaea Sterna forsteri Thalasseus maximus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rynchops niger Phaethon lepturus Phaethon aethereus Thalassarche melanophris Oceanites oceanicus Hydrobates leucorhous Hydrobates castro Fulmarus glacialis Pterodroma arminjoniana Pterodroma cahow Pterodroma hasitata Calonectris diomedea Ardenna grisea Ardenna gravis Puffinus puffinus Puffinus lherminieri Puffinus baroli Mycteria americana Fregata magnificens Sula dactylatra Sula leucogaster Sula sula Morus bassanus Phalacrocorax brasilianus Phalacrocorax auritus Anhinga anhinga Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelecanus occidentalis Botaurus lentiginosus Ixobrychus exilis Ardea herodias Ardea alba Egretta thula Egretta caerulea Egretta tricolor Egretta rufescens Bubulcus ibis Butorides virescens Nycticorax nycticorax Nyctanassa violacea Eudocimus albus Plegadis falcinellus Platalea ajaja Coragyps atratus Cathartes aura Pandion haliaetus Elanoides forficatus Circus hudsonius Accipiter striatus Milvus migrans Haliaeetus leucocephalus Buteo swainsoni Buteo jamaicensis Tyto alba Athene cunicularia Asio flammeus Aegolius acadicus Megaceryle alcyon Melanerpes superciliaris blackei Sphyrapicus varius Dryobates villosus piger Colaptes auratus Colaptes fernandinae Falco sparverius Falco columbarius Falco peregrinus Myiopsitta monachus Amazona leucocephala bahamensis Agapornis roseicollis Myiarchus crinitus Myiarchus tyrannulus Myiarchus sagrae lucaysiensis Myiarchus stolidus Tyrannus verticalis Tyrannus tyrannus Tyrannus dominicensis Tyrannus caudifasciatus bahamensis Tyrannus cubensis Tyrannus forficatus Contopus virens Contopus caribaeus bahamensis Contopus hispaniolensis Empidonax virescens Empidonax minimus Sayornis phoebe Lanius ludovicianus Vireo griseus Vireo crassirostris crassirostris Vireo flavifrons Vireo bellii Vireo solitarius Vireo philadelphicus Vireo gilvus Vireo olivaceus Vireo altiloquus Corvus brachyrhynchos Corvus nasicus Corvus ossifragus Eremophila alpestris Riparia riparia Tachycineta bicolor Tachycineta cyaneoviridis Stelgidopteryx serripennis Progne dominicensis Progne subis Progne cryptoleuca Hirundo rustica Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Petrochelidon fulva Sitta pusilla Troglodytes aedon Cistothorus platensis Polioptila caerulea caesiogaster Regulus calendula Oenanthe oenanthe Sialia sialis Catharus fuscescens Catharus minimus Catharus ustulatus Catharus guttatus Hylocichla mustelina Turdus migratorius Turdus plumbeus plumbeus Dumetella carolinensis Margarops fuscatus Toxostoma rufum Mimus gundlachii Mimus polyglottos Sturnus vulgaris Acridotheres tristis Bombycilla cedrorum Lonchura punctulata Lonchura malacca Passer domesticus Anthus rubescens Anthus spragueii Spinus tristis Plectrophenax nivalis Ammodramus savannarum Chondestes grammacus Spizella passerina Spizella pallida Junco hyemalis Zonotrichia leucophrys Zonotrichia albicollis Pooecetes gramineus Passerculus sandwichensis Melospiza melodia Melospiza lincolnii Melospiza georgiana Spindalis zena townsendi Icteria virens Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Dolichonyx oryzivorus Icterus northropi Icterus spurius Icterus bullockii Icterus galbula Agelaius phoeniceus bryanti Molothrus bonariensis Molothrus ater Quiscalus quiscula Quiscalus major Seiurus aurocapilla Helmitheros vermivorum Parkesia motacilla Parkesia noveboracensis Vermivora bachmanii Vermivora chrysoptera Vermivora cyanoptera Mniotilta varia Protonotaria citrea Limnothlypis swainsonii Leiothlypis peregrina Leiothlypis celata Leiothlypis ruficapilla Leiothlypis virginiae Oporornis agilis Geothlypis philadelphia Geothlypis formosa Geothlypis rostrata Geothlypis trichas Setophaga citrina Setophaga ruticilla Setophaga kirtlandii Setophaga tigrina Setophaga cerulea Setophaga americana Setophaga magnolia Setophaga castanea Setophaga fusca Setophaga petechia Setophaga pensylvanica Setophaga striata Setophaga caerulescens Setophaga palmarum Setophaga pityophila Setophaga pinus achrustera Setophaga coronata Setophaga dominica Setophaga flavescens Setophaga discolor Setophaga townsendi Setophaga virens Cardellina canadensis Cardellina pusilla Piranga rubra Piranga olivacea Piranga ludoviciana Cardinalis cardinalis Pheucticus ludovicianus Passerina caerulea Passerina cyanea Passerina ciris Spiza americana Coereba flaveola bahamensis Tiaris olivaceus Melopyrrha violacea violacea Melanospiza bicolor |
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