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Birding Tours Caribbean Jamaica 2018 & 2019
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Jamaica

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​Number of species: 320
Endemic genera: 4 
Endemic species: 28
Endemic subspecies: 19
Extinct and extirpated species: 7​
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NOTE: Endemic taxa are in red color. This bird list follows A.O.U. 7th edition and supplements (including 63rd suppl.)​​
             
Legend
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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                                 

​Common Name
Scientific Name ​
​                 Status     Recorded

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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

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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- Red-billed Streamertail
64-
 Black-billed Streamertail
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​​Order GRUIFORMES
Family Rallidae


65- Black Rail
66- Clapper Rail
67- Uniform Crake
68- Sora
69- Yellow-breasted Crake
70- Spotted Rail
71- Purple Gallinule
72- Common Gallinule
73- American Coot

Family Aramidae

74- Limpkin

Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family Recurvirostridae

 
75- Black-necked Stilt
76- American Avocet

Family Haematopodidae
 
77- American Oystercatcher

Family Charadriidae

78- Black-bellied Plover
79- American Golden-Plover
80- Snowy Plover
81- Wilson's Plover
82- Semipalmated Plover
83- Piping Plover
84- Killdeer 

Family Jacanidae
 
85- Northern Jacana

Family Scolopacidae
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​86- Upland Sandpiper
​87- Whimbrel

88- Long-billed Curlew
89- Marbled Godwit
90- Ruddy Turnstone
91- Red Knot
92- Ruff
93- Stilt Sandpiper
94- Sanderling
95- Dunlin
96- Least Sandpiper
97- White-rumped Sandpiper
98- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
99- Pectoral Sandpiper
100- Semipalmated Sandpiper
101- Western Sandpiper
102- Short-billed Dowitcher
103- Long-billed Dowitcher
104- Wilson's Snipe
​105- Spotted Sandpiper

106- Solitary Sandpiper
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107- Lesser Yellowlegs
108- Willet
​109- Greater Yellowlegs
110- Wilson's Phalarope
111- Red-necked Phalarope

Family Stercorariidae

112- Pomarine Jaeger
113- Parasitic Jaeger
114- Long-tailed Jaeger

Family Laridae

115- Black-legged Kittiwake
116- Bonaparte's Gull
​117- Black-headed Gull

118- Laughing Gull
119- Ring-billed Gull
120- Herring Gull
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121- Lesser Black-backed Gull
122- Brown Noddy
123- Sooty Tern
124- Bridled Tern
125- Least Tern
126- Gull-billed Tern
127- Caspian Tern
128- Black Tern
129- Roseate Tern
130- Common Tern
131- Forster's Tern
132- Royal Tern
133- Sandwich Tern
134- Black Skimmer

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Order PHAETHONTIFORMES
Family Phaethontidae


135- White-tailed Tropicbird
136- Red-billed Tropicbird

Order PROCELLARIIFORMES
Family Oceanitidae
 
137- Wilson's Storm-Petrel


Family Hydrobatidae

138- Leach's Storm-Petrel
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Family Procellariidae

139- Black-capped Petrel
140- Cory’s  Shearwater
141- Sooty Shearwater
142- Audubon's Shearwater
143- Barolo Shearwater

Order CICONIIFORMES
Family Ciconiidae

 
144- Wood Stork

Order SULIFORMES
Family Fregatidae

 
145- Magnificent Frigatebird

Family Sulidae
 
146- Masked Booby
147- Brown Booby
148- Red-footed Booby

Family Phalacrocoracidae

149- Neotropic Cormorant
150- Double-crested Cormorant

Family Anhingidae
 
151- Anhinga

Order PELECANIFORMES
Family Pelecanidae

 
152- American White Pelican
153- Brown Pelican

Family Ardeidae
 
154- American Bittern
155- Least Bittern
156- Great Blue Heron
157- Great Egret
158- Snowy Egret
159- Little Blue Heron
160- Tricolored Heron
161- Reddish Egret
162- Cattle Egret
163- Green Heron
164- Black-crowned Night-Heron
165- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Family Threskiornithidae

166- White Ibis
167- Scarlet Ibis
168- Glossy Ibis
169- Roseate Spoonbill

Order CATHARTIFORMES
Family Cathartidae

 
170- Black Vulture
171- Turkey Vulture

Order ACCIPITRIFORMES
Family Pandionidae

172- Osprey

Family Accipitridae
 
173- Swallow-tailed Kite
174- Snail Kite
175- Mississippi Kite
176- Northern Harrier
177- Sharp-shinned Hawk
178- Broad-winged Hawk
179- Red-tailed Hawk

Order STRIGIFORMES
Family Tytonidae


180- Barn Owl

Family Strigidae

181- Jamaican Owl

Order CORACIIFORMES
Family Todidae


182- Jamaican Tody

Family Alcedinidae

183- Belted Kingfisher

Order PICIFORMES
Family Picidae


184- Jamaican Woodpecker
185- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Order FALCONIFORMES
Family Falconidae


186- Crested Caracara
187- American Kestrel
188- Merlin
189- Peregrine Falcon

Order PSITTACIFORMES
Family Psittacidae


190- Olive-throated Parakeet
191- Green-rumped Parrotlet
192- Yellow-billed Parrot
193- Black-billed Parrot


Order PASSERIFORMES
Family Tyrannidae


194- Jamaican Elaenia
195- Greater Antillean Elaenia

196- Western Wood-Pewee
197- Eastern Wood-Pewee
198- Jamaican Pewee
199- Willow  Flycatcher
200- Sad Flycatcher
201- Rufous-tailed  Flycatcher
202- Stolid Flycatcher

203- Eastern Kingbird
204- Gray Kingbird
205- Loggerhead Kingbird
206- Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Family Tityridae

207- Jamaican Becard

Family Vireonidae
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208- Blue Mountain Vireo
209- White-eyed Vireo
210- Jamaican Vireo
211- Yellow-throated Vireo
212- Blue-headed Vireo
​213- Philadelphia Vireo
214- Warbling Vireo
215- Red-eyed Vireo
216- Black-whiskered Vireo

Family Corvidae

217- Black-billed  Magpie
218- Jamaican Crow

Family Alaudidae
 
219- Eurasian Skylark

Family Hirundinidae

220- Purple Martin
221- Caribbean Martin
222- Tree Swallow
223- Golden Swallow
224- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
225- Bank Swallow
226- Cliff Swallow
227- Cave Swallow
228- Barn Swallow

Family Regulidae

229- Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Family Turdidae

230- Rufous-throated Solitaire
231- Veery
232- Gray-cheeked Thrush
233- Bicknell's Thrush
234- Swainson's Thrush
235- Wood Thrush
236- White-eyed Thrush
237- American Robin
238- White-chinned Thrush

Family Mimidae

239- Gray Catbird
240- Bahama Mockingbird
241- Northern Mockingbird

Family Sturnidae 

242- European Starling
243- Common Myna

​Family Bombycillidae

244- Cedar Waxwing
​
Family Ploceidae
 
245- Northern Red Bishop
246- Yellow-crowned Bishop

Family Estrildidae

247- Scaly-breasted Munia
248- Tricolored  Munia
249- Chestnut Munia
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​Family Passeridae


250- House Sparrow

Family Motacillidae

251- American Pipit

Family Fringillidae

252- Jamaican Euphonia
253- Hispaniolan Crossbill

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Family Passerellidae

254- Lark Sparrow
255- Grasshopper Sparrow
256- Lincoln's Sparrow
257- White-crowned Sparrow
258- Dark-eyed Junco

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Family Spindalidae
​
 
259- Jamaican Spindalis

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Family Icteriidae

260- Yellow-breasted Chat

​
Family Icteridae
 
261- Bobolink
​
262- Orchard Oriole
​263- Jamaican Oriole
264- Baltimore Oriole
265- Jamaican 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- Orange-crowned Warbler
280- Nashville Warbler
281- Connecticut  Warbler
283- Mourning  Warbler
283- Kentucky Warbler
284- Common Yellowthroat
285- Arrowhead Warbler
286- Hooded Warbler
287- American Redstart
288- Cape May Warbler
289- Cerulean Warbler
290- Northern Parula
291- Magnolia Warbler
292- Bay-breasted Warbler
293- Blackburnian Warbler
294- Yellow Warbler
295- Chestnut-sided Warbler
296- Blackpoll Warbler
297- Black-throated Blue Warbler
298- Palm Warbler
299- Pine Warbler
300- Yellow-rumped Warbler
301- Yellow-throated Warbler
302- Prairie Warbler
303- Black-throated Green Warbler
304- Canada Warbler
305- Wilson's Warbler

Family Cardinalidae

306- Summer Tanager
307- Scarlet Tanager
308- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
309- Blue Grosbeak
310- Indigo Bunting
311- Painted Bunting
312- Dickcissel


Family Thraupidae

313- Saffron Finch
314- Red-legged Honeycreeper
315- Bananaquit
316- Yellow-faced Grassquit
317- Black-faced Grassquit
318- Orangequit
319- Greater Antillean Bullfinch
320- Yellow-shouldered Grassquit

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​Dendrocygna autumnalis
Dendrocygna arborea
Dendrocygna bicolor
Anser caerulescens
Branta canadensis
Aix sponsa
Spatula discors
Spatula cyanoptera
Spatula clypeata
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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                                                       
    
         
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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



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​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
​
Trochilus scitulus



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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 
 

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​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
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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​
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Phaethon lepturus
Phaethon aethereus




Oceanites oceanicus


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Hydrobates leucorhous

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​Pterodroma hasitata caribbaea
Calonectris diomedea
Ardenna grisea
Puffinus lherminieri
Puffinus baroli


 

Mycteria americana



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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
 

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​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



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Passer domesticus
 


Anthus rubescens




Euphonia jamaica
Loxia megaplaga ​



​Chondestes grammacus
Ammodramus savannarum  savannarum
Melospiza lincolnii
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Junco hyemalis


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​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



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Sicalis flaveola
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Coereba flaveola flaveola
Tiaris olivaceus

Melanospiza bicolor
Euneornis campestris
Melopyrrha violacea ruficollis

Loxipasser anoxanthus



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