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Jamaica Number of species: 320 Endemic genera: 4 Endemic species: 28 Endemic subspecies: 19 Extinct and extirpated species: 7 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 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- Red-billed Streamertail 64- Black-billed Streamertail 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Family Passeridae 250- House Sparrow Family Motacillidae 251- American Pipit Family Fringillidae 252- Jamaican Euphonia 253- Hispaniolan Crossbill Family Passerellidae 254- Lark Sparrow 255- Grasshopper Sparrow 256- Lincoln's Sparrow 257- White-crowned Sparrow 258- Dark-eyed Junco Family Spindalidae 259- Jamaican Spindalis 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 |
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 Trochilus scitulus 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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