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Jamaica Number of species: 319 Endemic genera: 4 Endemic species: 28 Endemic subspecies: 20 Extinct and extirpated species: 7 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 LC = Locally Common U = Uncommon LU = Locally Uncommon R = Rare V = Very Rare or Vagrant † = Extinct or Extirpated I = Introduced G = Endemic genus 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- Snow Goose 5- Canada Goose 6- Wood Duck 7- Blue-winged Teal 8- Cinnamon Teal 9- Northern Shoveler 10- Gadwall 11- American Wigeon 12- Mallard 13- White-cheeked Pintail 14- Northern Pintail 15- Green-winged Teal 16- Canvasback 17- Redhead 18- Ring-necked Duck 19- Greater Scaup 20- Lesser Scaup 21- Bufflehead 22- Hooded Merganser 23- Masked Duck 24- Ruddy Duck Order GALLIFORMES Family Numididae 25- Helmeted Guineafowl Family Odontophoridae 26- Northern Bobwhite Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Family Phoenicopteridae 27- American Flamingo Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family Podicipedidae 28- Least Grebe 29- Pied-billed Grebe Order COLUMBIFORMES Family Columbidae 30- Rock Pigeon 31- Scaly-naped Pigeon 32- White-crowned Pigeon 33- Plain Pigeon 34- Ring-tailed Pigeon 35- African Collared-Dove 36- Eurasian Collared-Dove 37- Common Ground Dove 38- Crested Quail-Dove 39- Ruddy Quail-Dove 40- Caribbean Dove 41- White-winged Dove 42- Zenaida Dove 43- Mourning Dove Order CUCULIFORMES Family Cuculidae 44- Smooth-billed Ani 45- Yellow-billed Cuckoo 46- Mangrove Cuckoo 47- Black-billed Cuckoo 48- Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo 49- Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES Family Caprimulgidae 50- Common Nighthawk 51- Antillean Nighthawk 52- Jamaican Pauraque 53- Chuck-will's-widow 54- Eastern Whip-poor-will Order NYCTIBIIFORMES Family Nyctibiidae 55- Northern Potoo Order APODIFORMES Family Apodidae 56- Black Swift 57- White-collared Swift 58- Chimney Swift 59- Antillean Palm-Swift Family Trochilidae 60- Jamaican Mango 61- Ruby-throated Hummingbird 62- Vervain Hummingbird 63- Streamertail Order GRUIFORMES Family Rallidae 64- Black Rail 65- Clapper Rail 66- Uniform Crake 67- Sora 68- Yellow-breasted Crake 69- Spotted Rail 70- Purple Gallinule 71- Common Gallinule 72- American Coot Family Aramidae 73- Limpkin Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Recurvirostridae 74- Black-necked Stilt 75- American Avocet Family Haematopodidae 76- American Oystercatcher Family Charadriidae 77- Black-bellied Plover 78- American Golden-Plover 79- Snowy Plover 80- Wilson's Plover 81- Semipalmated Plover 82- Piping Plover 83- Killdeer Family Jacanidae 84- Northern Jacana Family Scolopacidae 85- Upland Sandpiper 86- Whimbrel 87- Long-billed Curlew 88- Marbled Godwit 89- Ruddy Turnstone 90- Red Knot 91- Ruff 92- Stilt Sandpiper 93- Sanderling 94- Dunlin 95- Least Sandpiper 96- White-rumped Sandpiper 97- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 98- Pectoral Sandpiper 99- Semipalmated Sandpiper 100- Western Sandpiper 101- Short-billed Dowitcher 102- Long-billed Dowitcher 103- Wilson's Snipe 104- Spotted Sandpiper 105- Solitary Sandpiper 106- Lesser Yellowlegs 107- Willet 108- Greater Yellowlegs 109- Wilson's Phalarope 110- Red-necked Phalarope Family Stercorariidae 111- Pomarine Jaeger 112- Parasitic Jaeger 113- Long-tailed Jaeger Family Laridae 114- Black-legged Kittiwake 115- Bonaparte's Gull 116- Black-headed Gull 117- Laughing Gull 118- Ring-billed Gull 119- Herring Gull 120- Lesser Black-backed Gull 121- Brown Noddy 122- Sooty Tern 123- Bridled Tern 124- Least Tern 125- Gull-billed Tern 126- Caspian Tern 127- Black Tern 128- Roseate Tern 129- Common Tern 130- Forster's Tern 131- Royal Tern 132- Sandwich Tern 133- Black Skimmer Order PHAETHONTIFORMES Family Phaethontidae 134- White-tailed Tropicbird 135- Red-billed Tropicbird Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Family Oceanitidae 136- Wilson's Storm-Petrel Family Hydrobatidae 137- Leach's Storm-Petrel Family Procellariidae 138- Black-capped Petrel 139- Cory’s Shearwater 140- Sooty Shearwater 141- Audubon's Shearwater 142- Barolo Shearwater Order CICONIIFORMES Family Ciconiidae 143- Wood Stork Order SULIFORMES Family Fregatidae 144- Magnificent Frigatebird Family Sulidae 145- Masked Booby 146- Brown Booby 147- Red-footed Booby Family Phalacrocoracidae 148- Neotropic Cormorant 149- Double-crested Cormorant Family Anhingidae 150- Anhinga Order PELECANIFORMES Family Pelecanidae 151- American White Pelican 152- Brown Pelican Family Ardeidae 153- American Bittern 154- Least Bittern 155- Great Blue Heron 156- Great Egret 157- Snowy Egret 158- Little Blue Heron 159- Tricolored Heron 160- Reddish Egret 161- Cattle Egret 162- Green Heron 163- Black-crowned Night-Heron 164- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Family Threskiornithidae 165- White Ibis 166- Scarlet Ibis 167- Glossy Ibis 168- Roseate Spoonbill Order CATHARTIFORMES Family Cathartidae 169- Black Vulture 170- Turkey Vulture Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family Pandionidae 171- Osprey Family Accipitridae 172- Swallow-tailed Kite 173- Snail Kite 174- Mississippi Kite 175- Northern Harrier 176- Sharp-shinned Hawk 177- Broad-winged Hawk 178- Red-tailed Hawk Order STRIGIFORMES Family Tytonidae 179- Barn Owl Family Strigidae 180- Jamaican Owl Order CORACIIFORMES Family Todidae 181- Jamaican Tody Family Alcedinidae 182- Belted Kingfisher Order PICIFORMES Family Picidae 183- Jamaican Woodpecker 184- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Order FALCONIFORMES Family Falconidae 185- Crested Caracara 186- American Kestrel 187- Merlin 188- Peregrine Falcon Order PSITTACIFORMES Family Psittacidae 189- Olive-throated Parakeet 190- Green-rumped Parrotlet 191- Yellow-billed Parrot 192- Black-billed Parrot Order PASSERIFORMES Family Tyrannidae 193- Jamaican Elaenia 194- Greater Antillean Elaenia 195- Western Wood-Pewee 196- Eastern Wood-Pewee 197- Jamaican Pewee 198- Willow Flycatcher 199- Sad Flycatcher 200- Rufous-tailed Flycatcher 201- Stolid Flycatcher 202- Eastern Kingbird 203- Gray Kingbird 204- Loggerhead Kingbird 205- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Family Tityridae 206- Jamaican Becard Family Vireonidae 207- Blue Mountain Vireo 208- White-eyed Vireo 209- Jamaican Vireo 210- Yellow-throated Vireo 211- Blue-headed Vireo 212- Philadelphia Vireo 213- Warbling Vireo 214- Red-eyed Vireo 215- Black-whiskered Vireo Family Corvidae 216- Black-billed Magpie 217- Jamaican Crow Family Alaudidae 218- Eurasian Skylark Family Hirundinidae 219- Purple Martin 220- Caribbean Martin 221- Tree Swallow 222- Golden Swallow 223- Northern Rough-winged Swallow 224- Bank Swallow 225- Cliff Swallow 226- Cave Swallow 227- Barn Swallow Family Regulidae 228- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Family Turdidae 229- Rufous-throated Solitaire 230- Veery 231- Gray-cheeked Thrush 232- Bicknell's Thrush 233- Swainson's Thrush 234- Wood Thrush 235- White-eyed Thrush 236- American Robin 237- White-chinned Thrush Family Mimidae 238- Gray Catbird 239- Bahama Mockingbird 240- Northern Mockingbird Family Sturnidae 241- European Starling 242- Common Myna Family Bombycillidae 243- Cedar Waxwing Family Ploceidae 244- Northern Red Bishop 245- Yellow-crowned Bishop Family Estrildidae 246- Scaly-breasted Munia 247- Tricolored Munia 248- Chestnut Munia Family Passeridae 249- House Sparrow Family Motacillidae 250- American Pipit Family Fringillidae 251- Jamaican Euphonia 252- Hispaniolan Crossbill Family Passerellidae 253- Lark Sparrow 254- Grasshopper Sparrow 255- Lincoln's Sparrow 256- White-crowned Sparrow 257- Dark-eyed Junco Family Spindalidae 258- Jamaican Spindalis Family Icteriidae 259- Yellow-breasted Chat Family Icteridae 260- Bobolink 261- Orchard Oriole 262- Jamaican Oriole 263- Baltimore Oriole 264- Jamaican Blackbird 265- Shiny Cowbird 266- Great-tailed Grackle 267- Greater Antillean Grackle Family Parulidae 268- Ovenbird 269- Worm-eating Warbler 270- Louisiana Waterthrush 271- Northern Waterthrush 272- Golden-winged Warbler 273- Blue-winged Warbler 274- Black-and-white Warbler 275- Prothonotary Warbler 276- Swainson's Warbler 277- Tennessee Warbler 278- Orange-crowned Warbler 279- Nashville Warbler 280- Connecticut Warbler 281- Mourning Warbler 282- Kentucky Warbler 283- Common Yellowthroat 284- Arrowhead Warbler 285- Hooded Warbler 286- American Redstart 287- Cape May Warbler 288- Cerulean Warbler 289- Northern Parula 290- Magnolia Warbler 291- Bay-breasted Warbler 292- Blackburnian Warbler 293- Yellow Warbler 294- Chestnut-sided Warbler 295- Blackpoll Warbler 296- Black-throated Blue Warbler 297- Palm Warbler 298- Pine Warbler 299- Yellow-rumped Warbler 300- Yellow-throated Warbler 301- Prairie Warbler 302- Black-throated Green Warbler 303- Canada Warbler 304- Wilson's Warbler Family Cardinalidae 305- Summer Tanager 306- Scarlet Tanager 307- Rose-breasted Grosbeak 308- Blue Grosbeak 309- Indigo Bunting 310- Painted Bunting 311- Dickcissel Family Thraupidae 312- Saffron Finch 313- Red-legged Honeycreeper 314- Bananaquit 315- Yellow-faced Grassquit 316- Black-faced Grassquit 317- Orangequit 318- Greater Antillean Bullfinch 319- Yellow-shouldered Grassquit |
Dendrocygna autumnalis Dendrocygna arborea Dendrocygna bicolor Anser caerulescens Branta canadensis Aix sponsa Spatula discors Spatula cyanoptera Spatula clypeata Mareca strepera Mareca americana Anas platyrhynchos Anas bahamensis Anas acuta Anas crecca Aythya valisineria Aythya americana Aythya collaris Aythya marila Aythya affinis Bucephala albeola Lophodytes cucullatus Nomonyx dominicus Oxyura jamaicensis Numida meleagris Colinus virginianus Phoenicopterus ruber Tachybaptus dominicus Podilymbus podiceps Columba livia Patagioenas squamosa Patagioenas leucocephala Patagioenas inornata exigua Patagioenas caribaea Streptopelia roseogricea Streptopelia decaocto Columbina passerina jamaicensis Geotrygon versicolor Geotrygon montana Leptotila jamaicensis jamaicensis Zenaida asiatica Zenaida aurita Zenaida macroura Crotophaga ani Coccyzus americanus Coccyzus minor Coccyzus erythropthalmus Coccyzus pluvialis Coccyzus vetula Chordeiles minor Chordeiles gundlachii Siphonorhis americana Antrostomus carolinensis Antrostomus vociferus Nyctibius jamaicensis jamaicensis Cypseloides niger Streptoprocne zonaris Chaetura pelagica Tachornis phoenicobia Anthracothorax mango Archilochus colubris Mellisuga minima minima Trochilus polytmus Laterallus jamaicensis Rallus crepitans Amaurolimnas concolor concolor Porzana carolina Hapalocrex flaviventer Pardirallus maculatus Porphyrio martinicus Gallinula galeata Fulica americana Aramus guarauna Himantopus mexicanus Recurvirostra americana Haematopus palliatus Pluvialis squatarola Pluvialis dominica Charadrius nivosus Charadrius wilsonia Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius melodus Charadrius vociferus Jacana spinosa Bartramia longicauda Numenius phaeopus Numenius americanus 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 Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Rissa tridactyla Chroicocephalus philadelphia Chroicocephalus ridibundus Leucophaeus atricilla Larus delawarensis Larus argentatus Larus fuscus Anous stolidus Onychoprion fuscatus Onychoprion anaethetus Sternula antillarum Gelochelidon nilotica Hydroprogne caspia Chlidonias niger Sterna dougallii Sterna hirundo Sterna forsteri Thalasseus maximus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rynchops niger Phaethon lepturus Phaethon aethereus Oceanites oceanicus Hydrobates leucorhous Pterodroma hasitata caribbaea Calonectris diomedea Ardenna grisea Puffinus lherminieri Puffinus baroli Mycteria americana Fregata magnificens Sula dactylatra Sula leucogaster Sula sula 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 Eudocimus ruber Plegadis falcinellus Platalea ajaja Coragyps atratus Cathartes aura Pandion haliaetus Elanoides forficatus Rostrhamus sociabilis Ictinia mississippiensis Circus hudsonius Accipiter striatus Buteo platypterus Buteo jamaicensis Tyto alba Pseudoscops grammicus Todus todus Megaceryle alcyon Melanerpes radiolatus Sphyrapicus varius Caracara cheriway Falco sparverius Falco columbarius Falco peregrinus Eupsittula nana nana Forpus passerinus Amazona collaria Amazona agilis Myiopagis cotta Elaenia fallax fallax Contopus sordidulus Contopus virens Contopus pallidus Empidonax traillii Myiarchus barbirostris Myiarchus validus Myiarchus stolidus stolidus Tyrannus tyrannus Tyrannus dominicensis Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis Tyrannus savana Pachyramphus niger Vireo osburni Vireo griseus Vireo modestus Vireo flavifrons Vireo solitarius Vireo philadelphicus Vireo gilvus Vireo olivaceus Vireo altiloquus Pica hudsonia Corvus jamaicensis Alauda arvensis Progne subis Progne dominicensis Tachycineta bicolor Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea Stelgidopteryx serripennis Riparia riparia Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Petrochelidon fulva poeciloma Hirundo rustica Regulus calendula Myadestes genibarbis solitarius Catharus fuscescens Catharus minimus Catharus bicknelli Catharus ustulatus Hylocichla mustelina Turdus jamaicensis Turdus migratorius Turdus aurantius Dumetella carolinensis Mimus gundlachii hillii Mimus polyglottos Sturnus vulgaris Acridotheres tristis Bombycilla cedrorum Euplectes franciscanus Euplectes afer Lonchura punctulata Lonchura malacca Lonchura atricapilla Passer domesticus Anthus rubescens Euphonia jamaica Loxia megaplaga Chondestes grammacus Ammodramus savannarum savannarum Melospiza lincolnii Zonotrichia leucophrys Junco hyemalis Spindalis nigricephala Icteria virens Dolichonyx oryzivorus Icterus spurius Icterus leucopteryx leucopteryx Icterus galbula Nesopsar nigerrimus Molothrus bonariensis Quiscalus mexicanus Quiscalus niger crassirostris Seiurus aurocapilla Helmitheros vermivorum Parkesia motacilla Parkesia noveboracensis Vermivora chrysoptera Vermivora cyanoptera Mniotilta varia Protonotaria citrea Limnothlypis swainsonii Leiothlypis peregrina Leiothlypis celata Leiothlypis ruficapilla Oporornis agilis Geothlypis philadelphia Geothlypis formosa Geothlypis trichas Setophaga pharetra Setophaga citrina Setophaga ruticilla Setophaga tigrina Setophaga cerulea Setophaga americana Setophaga magnolia Setophaga castanea Setophaga fusca Setophaga petechia Setophaga pensylvanica Setophaga striata Setophaga caerulescens Setophaga palmarum Setophaga pinus Setophaga coronata Setophaga dominica Setophaga discolor Setophaga virens Cardellina canadiensis Cardellina pusilla Piranga rubra Piranga olivacea Pheucticus ludovicianus Passerina caerulea Passerina cyanea Passerina ciris Spiza americana Sicalis flaveola Cyanerpes cyaneus Coereba flaveola flaveola Tiaris olivaceus Melanospiza bicolor Euneornis campestris Melopyrrha violacea ruficollis Loxipasser anoxanthus |
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