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Hispaniola Number of species: 313 Endemic families: 3 Endemic genera: 6 Endemic species: 33 Endemic subspecies (main island): 21 Extirpated species: 1 NOTE: Endemic taxa are in red color. This bird list follows A.O.U. 7th edition and supplements (including 63rd 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 F = Endemic Family G = Endemic Genus E = Endemic Species ES = Endemic Subspecies H = Haiti |
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Order ANSERIFORMES Family Anatidae 1- White-faced Whistling-Duck 2- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3- West Indian Whistling-Duck 4- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 5- Canada Goose 6- Wood Duck 7- Blue-winged Teal 8- Northern Shoveler 9- Gadwall 10- Eurasian Wigeon 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- Hooded Merganser 22- Red-breasted Merganser 23- Masked Duck 24- Ruddy Duck Order GALLIFORMES Family Numididae 25- Helmeted Guineafowl Family Odontophoridae 26- Northern Bobwhite Family Phasianidae 27- Red Junglefowl 28- Ring-necked Pheasant Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Family Phoenicopteridae 29- American Flamingo Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family Podicipedidae 30- Least Grebe 31- Pied-billed Grebe Order COLUMBIFORMES Family Columbidae 32- Rock Pigeon 33- Scaly-naped Pigeon 34- White-crowned Pigeon 35- Plain Pigeon 36- Eurasian Collared-Dove 37- Common Ground Dove 38- Ruddy Quail-Dove 39- White-fronted Quail-Dove 40- Key West Quail-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- Bay-breasted Cuckoo 49- Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES Family Caprimulgidae 50- Common Nighthawk 51- Antillean Nighthawk 52- Least Pauraque 53- Chuck-will's-widow 54- Hispaniolan Nightjar 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- Hispaniolan Mango 61- Ruby-throated Hummingbird 62- Vervain Hummingbird 63- Hispaniolan Emerald Order GRUIFORMES Family Rallidae 64- Black Rail 65- Clapper Rail 66- Sora 67- Yellow-breasted Crake 68- Spotted Rail 69- Purple Gallinule 70- Common Gallinule 71- American Coot Family Aramidae 72- Limpkin Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Burhinidae 73- Double-striped Thick-knee 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- Whimbrel 86- Hudsonian Godwit 87- Marbled Godwit 88- Ruddy Turnstone 89- Red Knot 90- Stilt Sandpiper 91- Sanderling 92- Dunlin 93- Baird’s Sandpiper 94- Least Sandpiper 95- White-rumped Sandpiper 96- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 97- Pectoral Sandpiper 98- Semipalmated Sandpiper 99- Western Sandpiper 100- Short-billed Dowitcher 101- Long-billed Dowitcher 102- Wilson's Snipe 103- Spotted Sandpiper 104- Solitary Sandpiper 105- Lesser Yellowlegs 106- Willet 107- Greater Yellowlegs 108- Wilson's Phalarope 109- Red-necked Phalarope Family Stercorariidae 110- Pomarine Jaeger 111- Parasitic Jaeger 112- Long-tailed Jaeger Family Laridae 113- Black-legged Kittiwake 114- Bonaparte's Gull 115- Laughing Gull 116- Franklin’s Gull 117- Ring-billed Gull 118- Herring Gull 119- Lesser Black-backed Gull 120- Great 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- Great Shearwater 140- Manx Shearwater 141- Audubon's Shearwater Order CICONIIFORMES Family Ciconiidae 142- Wood Stork Order SULIFORMES Family Fregatidae 143- Magnificent Frigatebird Family Sulidae 144- Masked Booby 145- Brown Booby 146- Red-footed Booby Family Phalacrocoracidae 147- Neotropic Cormorant 148- Double-crested Cormorant Family Anhingidae 149- Anhinga Order PELECANIFORMES Family Pelecanidae 150- Brown Pelican Family Ardeidae 151- American Bittern 152- Least Bittern 153- Great Blue Heron 154- Great Egret 155- Little Egret 156- Snowy Egret 157- Little Blue Heron 158- Tricolored Heron 159- Reddish Egret 160- Cattle Egret 161- Green Heron 162- Black-crowned Night-Heron 163- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Family Threskiornithidae 164- White Ibis 165- Glossy Ibis 166- Roseate Spoonbill Order CATHARTIFORMES Family Cathartidae 167- Turkey Vulture Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family Pandionidae 168- Osprey Family Accipitridae 169- Swallow-tailed Kite 170- Mississippi Kite 171- Northern Harrier 172- Sharp-shinned Hawk 173- Ridgway’s Hawk 174- Broad-winged Hawk 175- Swainson’s Hawk 176- Red-tailed Hawk Order STRIGIFORMES Family Tytonidae 177- Barn Owl 178- Ashy-faced Owl Family Strigidae 179- Burrowing Owl 180- Stygian Owl 181- Short-eared Owl Order TROGONIFORMES Family Trogonidae 182- Hispaniolan Trogon Order CORACIIFORMES Family Todidae 183- Broad-billed Tody 184- Narrow-billed Tody Family Alcedinidae 185- Belted Kingfisher Order PICIFORMES Family Picidae 186- Antillean Piculet 187- Hispaniolan Woodpecker 188- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Order FALCONIFORMES Family Falconidae 189- American Kestrel 190- Merlin 191- Peregrine Falcon Order PSITTACIFORMES Family Psittacidae 192- Olive-throated Parakeet 193- Hispaniolan Parakeet 194- Hispaniolan Parrot Order PASSERIFORMES Family Tyrannidae 195- Greater Antillean Elaenia 196- Eastern Wood-Pewee 197- Hispaniolan Pewee 198- Great Crested Flycatcher 199- Stolid Flycatcher 200- Gray Kingbird 201- Loggerhead Kingbird 202- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 203- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Family Vireonidae 204- White-eyed Vireo 205- Thick-billed Vireo 206- Flat-billed Vireo 207- Yellow-throated Vireo 208- Philadelphia Vireo 209- Warbling Vireo 210- Red-eyed Vireo 211- Black-whiskered Vireo Family Corvidae 212- Hispaniolan Palm-Crow 213- White-necked Crow Family Hirundinidae 214- Purple Martin 215- Caribbean Martin 216- Tree Swallow 217- Golden Swallow 218- Northern Rough-winged Swallow 219- Bank Swallow 220- Cliff Swallow 221- Cave Swallow 222- Barn Swallow Family Polioptilidae 223- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Family Regulidae 224- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Family Turdidae 225- Rufous-throated Solitaire 226- Veery 227- Bicknell's Thrush 228- Swainson's Thrush 229- Wood Thrush 230- American Robin 231- La Selle Thrush 232- Red-legged Thrush Family Mimidae 233- Gray Catbird 234- Pearly-eyed Thrasher 235- Northern Mockingbird Family Bombycillidae 236- Cedar Waxwing Family Dulidae 237- Palmchat Family Ploceidae 238- Village Weaver Family Estrildidae 239- Red Avadavat 240- Scaly-breasted Munia 241- Tricolored Munia 242- Chestnut Munia Family Passeridae 243- House Sparrow Family Motacillidae 244- American Pipit Family Fringillidae 245- Hispaniolan Euphonia 246- Hispaniolan Crossbill 247- Antillean Siskin Family Passerellidae 248- Savannah Sparrow 249- Grasshopper Sparrow 250- Song Sparrow 251- Lincoln's Sparrow 252- Rufous-collared Sparrow Family Calyptophilidae 253- Western Chat-Tanager 254- Eastern Chat-Tanager Family Phaenicophilidae 255- Black-crowned Palm-Tanager 256- Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager 257- White-winged Warbler 258- Green-tailed Warbler Family Spindalidae 259- Hispaniolan Spindalis Family Icteriidae 260- Yellow-breasted Chat Family Icteridae 261- Bobolink 262- Hispaniolan Oriole 263- Orchard Oriole 264- Baltimore Oriole 265- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird 266- Shiny Cowbird 267- Great-tailed Grackle 268- Greater Antillean Grackle Family Parulidae 269- Ovenbird 270- Worm-eating Warbler 271- Louisiana Waterthrush 272- Northern Waterthrush 273- Golden-winged Warbler 274- Blue-winged Warbler 275- Black-and-white Warbler 276- Prothonotary Warbler 277- Swainson's Warbler 278- Tennessee Warbler 279- Nashville Warbler 280- Connecticut Warbler 281- Mourning Warbler 282- Kentucky Warbler 283- Common Yellowthroat 284- Hooded Warbler 285- American Redstart 286- Cape May Warbler 287- Northern Parula 288- Magnolia Warbler 289- Bay-breasted Warbler 290- Blackburnian Warbler 291- Yellow Warbler 292- Chestnut-sided Warbler 293- Blackpoll Warbler 294- Black-throated Blue Warbler 295- Palm Warbler 296- Pine Warbler 297- Yellow-rumped Warbler 298- Yellow-throated Warbler 299- Prairie Warbler 300- Black-throated Green Warbler 301- Canada Warbler 302- Wilson's Warbler Family Cardinalidae 303- Summer Tanager 304- Scarlet Tanager 305- Western Tanager 306- Rose-breasted Grosbeak 307- Blue Grosbeak 308- Indigo Bunting 309- Painted Bunting Family Thraupidae 310- Bananaquit 311- Yellow-faced Grassquit 312- Black-faced Grassquit 313- Greater Antillean Bullfinch |
Dendrocygna viduata Dendrocygna autumnalis Dendrocygna arborea Dendrocygna bicolor Branta canadensis Aix sponsa Spatula discors Spatula clypeata Mareca strepera Mareca penelope Mareca americana Anas platyrhynchos Anas bahamensis Anas acuta Anas crecca Aythya valisineria Aythya americana Aythya collaris Aythya marila Aythya affinis Lophodytes cucullatus Mergus serrator Nomonyx dominicus Oxyura jamaicensis Numida meleagris Colinus virginianus Gallus gallus Phasianus colchicus Phoenicopterus ruber Tachybaptus dominicus Podilymbus podiceps Columba livia Patagioenas squamosa Patagioenas leucocephala Patagioenas inornata Streptopelia decaocto Columbina passerina Geotrygon montana Geotrygon leucometopia Geotrygon chrysia Zenaida asiatica Zenaida aurita Zenaida macroura Crotophaga ani Coccyzus americanus Coccyzus minor Coccyzus erythropthalmus Coccyzus rufigularis Coccyzus longirostris Chordeiles minor Chordeiles gundlachii Siphonorhis brewsteri Antrostomus carolinensis Antrostomus ekmani Nyctibius jamaicensis abbotti Cypseloides niger Streptoprocne zonaris Chaetura pelagica Tachornis phoenicobia Anthracothorax dominicus Archilochus colubris Mellisuga minima vieilloti Riccordia swainsonii Laterallus jamaicensis Rallus crepitans Porzana carolina Hapalocrex flaviventer Pardirallus maculatus Porphyrio martinicus Gallinula galeata Fulica americana Aramus guarauna Burhinus bistriatus dominicensis Himantopus mexicanus Recurvirostra americana Haematopus palliatus Pluvialis squatarola Pluvialis dominica Charadrius nivosus Charadrius wilsonia Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius melodus Charadrius vociferus Jacana spinosa Numenius phaeopus Limosa haemastica Limosa fedoa Arenaria interpres Calidris canutus Calidris himantopus Calidris alba Calidris alpina Calidris bairdii 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 Leucophaeus atricilla Leucophaeus pipixcan Larus delawarensis Larus argentatus Larus fuscus Larus marinus 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 Ardenna gravis Puffinus puffinus Puffinus lherminieri Mycteria americana Fregata magnificens Sula dactylatra Sula leucogaster Sula sula Phalacrocorax brasilianus Phalacrocorax auritus Anhinga anhinga Pelecanus occidentalis Botaurus lentiginosus Ixobrychus exilis Ardea herodias Ardea alba Egretta garzetta Egretta thula Egretta caerulea Egretta tricolor Egretta rufescens Bubulcus ibis Butorides virescens Nycticorax nycticorax Nyctanassa violacea Eudocimus albus Plegadis falcinellus Platalea ajaja Cathartes aura Pandion haliaetus Elanoides forficatus Ictinia mississippiensis Circus hudsonius Accipiter striatus striatus Buteo ridgwayi Buteo platypterus Buteo swainsoni Buteo jamaicensis Tyto alba Tyto glaucops Athene cunicularia troglodytes Asio stygius noctipetens Asio flammeus domingensis Priotelus roseigaster Todus subulatus Todus angustirostris Megaceryle alcyon Nesoctites micromegas Melanerpes striatus Sphyrapicus varius Falco sparverius dominicensis Falco columbarius Falco peregrinus Eupsittula nana Psittacara chloropterus Amazona ventralis Elaenia fallax cherriei Contopus virens Contopus hispaniolensis Myiarchus crinitus Myiarchus stolidus dominicensis Tyrannus dominicensis Tyrannus caudifasciatus gabbii Tyrannus forficatus Tyrannus savana Vireo griseus Vireo crassirostris Vireo nanus Vireo flavifrons Vireo philadelphicus Vireo gilvus Vireo olivaceus Vireo altiloquus Corvus palmarum Corvus leucognaphalus Progne subis Progne dominicensis Tachycineta bicolor Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri Stelgidopteryx serripennis Riparia riparia Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Petrochelidon fulva fulva Hirundo rustica Polioptila caerulea Regulus calendula Myadestes genibarbis montanus Catharus fuscescens Catharus bicknelli Catharus ustulatus Hylocichla mustelina Turdus migratorius Turdus swalesi Turdus plumbeus Dumetella carolinensis Margarops fuscatus Mimus polyglottos Bombycilla cedrorum Dulus dominicus Ploceus cucullatus Amandava amandava Lonchura punctulata Lonchura malacca Lonchura atricapilla Passer domesticus Anthus rubescens Chlorophonia musica Loxia megaplaga Spinus dominicensis Passerculus sandwichensis Ammodramus savannarum intricatus Melospiza melodia Melospiza lincolnii Zonotrichia capensis antillarum Calyptophilus tertius Calyptophilus frugivorus Phaenicophilus palmarum Phaenicophilus poliocephalus Xenoligea montana Microligea palustris Spindalis dominicensis Icteria virens Dolichonyx oryzivorus Icterus dominicensis Icterus spurius Icterus galbula Agelaius humeralis Molothrus bonariensis Quiscalus mexicanus Quiscalus niger niger Seiurus aurocapilla Helmitheros vermivorum Parkesia motacilla Parkesia noveboracensis Vermivora chrysoptera Vermivora cyanoptera Mniotilta varia Protonotaria citrea Limnothlypis swainsonii Leiothlypis peregrina Leiothlypis ruficapilla Leiothlypis agilis Geothlypis philadelphia Geothlypis formosa Geothlypis trichas Setophaga citrina Setophaga ruticilla Setophaga tigrina Setophaga americana Setophaga magnolia Setophaga castanea Setophaga fusca Setophaga petechia albicollis Setophaga pensylvanica Setophaga striata Setophaga caerulescens Setophaga palmarum Setophaga pinus chrysoleuca Setophaga coronata Setophaga dominica Setophaga discolor Setophaga virens Cardellina canadiensis Cardellina pusilla Piranga rubra Piranga olivacea Piranga ludoviciana Pheucticus ludovicianus Passerina caerulea Passerina cyanea Passerina ciris Coereba flaveola bananivora Tiaris olivaceus Melanospiza bicolor Melopyrrha violacea affinis |
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