<< BIRD CHECKLIST
Puerto Rico Number of species: 379 Endemic family: 1 Endemic genera: 2 Endemic species: 19 Endemic subspecies: 10 Extinct and extirpated species: 2 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- White-faced Whistling-Duck 2- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3- West Indian Whistling-Duck 4- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 5- Snow Goose 6- Brant 7- Canada Goose 8- Tundra Swan 9- Muscovy Duck 10- Wood Duck 11- Blue-winged Teal 12- Cinnamon Teal 13- Northern Shoveler 14- Gadwall 15- Eurasian Wigeon 16- American Wigeon 17- American Black Duck 18- Mallard 19- White-cheeked Pintail 20- Northern Pintail 21- Garganey 22- Green-winged Teal 23- Canvasback 24- Ring-necked Duck 25- Tufted Duck 26- Lesser Scaup 27- Bufflehead 28- Hooded Merganser 29- Red-breasted Merganser 30- Masked Duck 31- Ruddy Duck Order GALLIFORMES Family Numididae 32- Helmeted Guineafowl Family Odontophoridae 33- Northern Bobwhite Family Phasianidae 34- Red Junglefowl Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Family Phoenicopteridae 35- American Flamingo Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family Podicipedidae 36- Least Grebe 37- Pied-billed Grebe Order COLUMBIFORMES Family Columbidae 38- Rock Pigeon 39- Scaly-naped Pigeon 40- White-crowned Pigeon 41- Plain Pigeon 42- African Collared-Dove 43- Eurasian Collared-Dove 44- Common Ground Dove 45- Ruddy Quail-Dove 46- Key West Quail-Dove 47- Bridled Quail-Dove 48- White-winged Dove 49- Zenaida Dove 50- Mourning Dove Order CUCULIFORMES Family Cuculidae 51- Smooth-billed Ani 52- Yellow-billed Cuckoo 53- Mangrove Cuckoo 54- Black-billed Cuckoo 55- Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES Family Caprimulgidae 56- Common Nighthawk 57- Antillean Nighthawk 58- Chuck-will's-widow 59- Puerto Rican Nightjar 60- White-tailed Nightjar Order NYCTIBIIFORMES Family Nyctibiidae 61- Northern Potoo Order APODIFORMES Family Apodidae 62- Black Swift 63- White-collared Swift 64- Chimney Swift 65- Short-tailed Swift 66- Common Swift 67- Alpine Swift 68- Antillean Palm-Swift Family Trochilidae 69- Green-breasted Mango 70- Puerto Rican Mango 71- Green Mango 72- Purple-throated Carib 73- Green-throated Carib 74- Ruby-throated Hummingbird 75- Vervain Hummingbird 76- Puerto Rican Emerald 77- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Order GRUIFORMES Family Rallidae 78- Black Rail 79- Clapper Rail 80- Virginia Rail 81- Sora 82- Yellow-breasted Crake 83- Purple Gallinule 84- Common Gallinule 85- American Coot Family Aramidae 86- Limpkin Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Recurvirostridae 87- Black-necked Stilt 88- American Avocet Family Haematopodidae 89- American Oystercatcher Family Charadriidae 90- Northern Lapwing 91- Black-bellied Plover 92- American Golden-Plover 93- Snowy Plover 94- Wilson's Plover 95- Semipalmated Plover 96- Piping Plover 97- Killdeer Family Jacanidae 98- Northern Jacana Family Scolopacidae 99- Upland Sandpiper 100- Eskimo Curlew 101- Whimbrel 102- Long-billed Curlew 103- Hudsonian Godwit 104- Marbled Godwit 105- Ruddy Turnstone 106- Red Knot 107- Ruff 108- Stilt Sandpiper 109- Curlew Sandpiper 110- Sanderling 111- Dunlin 112- Baird’s Sandpiper 113- Least Sandpiper 114- White-rumped Sandpiper 115- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 116- Pectoral Sandpiper 117- Semipalmated Sandpiper 118- Western Sandpiper 119- Short-billed Dowitcher 120- Long-billed Dowitcher 121- Wilson's Snipe 122- Spotted Sandpiper 123- Solitary Sandpiper 124- Lesser Yellowlegs 125- Willet 126- Spotted Redshank 127- Common Greenshank 128- Greater Yellowlegs 129- Wilson's Phalarope 130- Red-necked Phalarope 131- Red Phalarope Family Stercorariidae 132- South Polar Skua 133- Pomarine Jaeger 134- Parasitic Jaeger 135- Long-tailed Jaeger Family Laridae 136- Black-legged Kittiwake 137- Sabine's Gull 138- Bonaparte's Gull 139- Black-headed Gull 140- Little Gull 141- Laughing Gull 142- Franklin’s Gull 143- Ring-billed Gull 144- Herring Gull 145- Yellow-legged Gull 146- Lesser Black-backed Gull 147- Great Black-backed Gull 148- Brown Noddy 149- Black Noddy 150- Sooty Tern 151- Bridled Tern 152- Least Tern 153- Gull-billed Tern 154- Caspian Tern 155- Black Tern 156- White-winged Tern 157- Roseate Tern 158- Common Tern 159- Arctic Tern 160- Forster's Tern 161- Royal Tern 162- Sandwich Tern 163- Black Skimmer Order PHAETHONTIFORMES Family Phaethontidae 164- White-tailed Tropicbird 165- Red-billed Tropicbird Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Family Oceanitidae 166- Wilson's Storm-Petrel Family Hydrobatidae 167- Leach's Storm-Petrel Family Procellariidae 168- Northern Fulmar 169- Trindade Petrel 170- Black-capped Petrel 171- Cory's Shearwater 172- Sooty Shearwater 173- Great Shearwater 174- Manx Shearwater 175- Audubon's Shearwater 176- Borolo Shearwater Order SULIFORMES Family Fregatidae 177- Magnificent Frigatebird Family Sulidae 178- Masked Booby 179- Brown Booby 180- Red-footed Booby 181- Northern Gannet Family Phalacrocoracidae 182- Neotropic Cormorant 183- Double-crested Cormorant Order PELECANIFORMES Family Pelecanidae 184- American White Pelican 185- Brown Pelican Family Ardeidae 186- American Bittern 187- Least Bittern 188- Great Blue Heron 189- Great Egret 190- Little Egret 191- Western Reef-Heron 192- Snowy Egret 193- Little Blue Heron 194- Tricolored Heron 195- Reddish Egret 196- Cattle Egret 197- Green Heron 198- Striated Heron 199- Black-crowned Night-Heron 200- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Family Threskiornithidae 201- White Ibis 202- Glossy Ibis 203- Roseate Spoonbill Order CATHARTIFORMES Family Cathartidae 204- Turkey Vulture Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family Pandionidae 205- Osprey Family Accipitridae 206- Swallow-tailed Kite 207- Mississippi Kite 208- Bald Eagle 209- Northern Harrier 210- Western Marsh Harrier 211- Sharp-shinned Hawk 212- Common Black Hawk 213- Ridgway’s Hawk 214- Broad-winged Hawk 215- Red-tailed Hawk Order STRIGIFORMES Family Tytonidae 216- Barn Owl Family Strigidae 217- Puerto Rican Owl 218- Short-eared Owl Order CORACIIFORMES Family Todidae 219- Puerto Rican Tody Family Alcedinidae 220- Ringed Kingfisher 221- Belted Kingfisher Order PICIFORMES Family Picidae 222- Puerto Rican Woodpecker 223- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 224- Hairy Woodpecker Order FALCONIFORMES Family Falconidae 225- American Kestrel 226- Merlin 227- Aplomado Falcon 228- Peregrine Falcon Order PSITTACIFORMES Family Psittacidae 229- Monk Parakeet 230- Orange-fronted Parakeet 231- Brown-throated Parakeet 232- Nanday Parakeet 233- Puerto Rican Parakeet 234- Hispaniolan Parakeet 235- White-winged Parakeet 236- White-fronted Parrot 237- Hispaniolan Parrot 238- Puerto Rican Parrot 239- Red-crowned Parrot 240- Yellow-headed Parrot Family Psittaculidae 241- Budgerigar Order PASSERIFORMES Family Tyrannidae 242- Caribbean Elaenia 243- Eastern Wood-Pewee 244- Hispaniolan Pewee 245- Lesser Antillean Pewee 246- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 247- Acadian Flycatcher 248- Willow Flycatcher 249- Great Crested Flycatcher 250- Puerto Rican Flycatcher 251- Western Kingbird 252- Eastern Kingbird 253- Gray Kingbird 254- Loggerhead Kingbird 255- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 256- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Family Vireonidae 257- White-eyed Vireo 258- Puerto Rican Vireo 259- Yellow-throated Vireo 260- Philadelphia Vireo 261- Warbling Vireo 262- Red-eyed Vireo 263- Black-whiskered Vireo Family Corvidae 264- White-necked Crow Family Hirundinidae 265- Purple Martin 266- Cuban Martin 267- Caribbean Martin 268- Tree Swallow 269- Violet-green Swallow 270- Northern Rough-winged Swallow 271- Bank Swallow 272- Cliff Swallow 273- Cave Swallow 274- Barn Swallow Family Muscicapidae 275- Northern Wheatear Family Turdidae 276- Veery 277- Gray-cheeked Thrush 278- Bicknell's Thrush 279- Swainson's Thrush 280- Wood Thrush 281- American Robin 282- Red-legged Thrush Family Mimidae 283- Gray Catbird 284- Pearly-eyed Thrasher 285- Bahama Mockingbird 286- Northern Mockingbird Family Sturnidae 287- European Starling 288- Common Myna 289- Common Hill Myna Family Bombycillidae 290- Cedar Waxwing Family Ploceidae 291- Northern Red Bishop 292- Yellow-crowned Bishop Family Viduidae 293- Pin-tailed Whydah Family Estrildidae 294- Orange-cheeked Waxbill 295- Black-rumped Waxbill 296- Red Avadavat 297- Bronze Mannikin 298- Indian Silverbill 299- Java Sparrow 300- Scaly-breasted Munia 301- Tricolored Munia 302- Chestnut Munia Family Passeridae 303- House Sparrow Family Fringillidae 304- Puerto Rican Euphonia 305- Yellow-fronted Canary 306- Red Siskin 307- Island Canary Family Passerellidae 308- Grasshopper Sparrow 309- Lincoln's Sparrow 310- White-throated Sparrow 311- White-crowned Sparrow 312- Dark-eyed Junco Family Nesospingidae 313- Puerto Rican Tanager Family Spindalidae 314- Puerto Rican Spindalis Family Icteridae 315- Yellow-headed Blackbird 316- Bobolink 317- Puerto Rican Oriole 318- Orchard Oriole 319- Venezuelan Troupial 320- Bullock’s Oriole 321- Audubon's Oriole 322- Baltimore Oriole 323- Yellow-shouldered Blackbird 324- Shiny Cowbird 325- Brown-headed Cowbird 326- Great-tailed Grackle 327- Greater Antillean Grackle Family Parulidae 328- Ovenbird 329- Worm-eating Warbler 330- Louisiana Waterthrush 331- Northern Waterthrush 332- Golden-winged Warbler 333- Blue-winged Warbler 334- Black-and-white Warbler 335- Prothonotary Warbler 336- Swainson's Warbler 337- Tennessee Warbler 338- Nashville Warbler 339- Connecticut Warbler 340- Mourning Warbler 341- Kentucky Warbler 342- Common Yellowthroat 343- Elfin-woods Warbler 344- Hooded Warbler 345- American Redstart 346- Cape May Warbler 347- Cerulean Warbler 348- Northern Parula 349- Magnolia Warbler 350- Bay-breasted Warbler 351- Blackburnian Warbler 352- Yellow Warbler 353- Chestnut-sided Warbler 354- Blackpoll Warbler 355- Black-throated Blue Warbler 356- Palm Warbler 357- Pine Warbler 358- Yellow-rumped Warbler 359- Yellow-throated Warbler 360- Prairie Warbler 361- Adelaide’s Warbler 362- Black-throated Green Warbler 363- Canada Warbler 364- Wilson's Warbler Family Cardinalidae 365- Summer Tanager 366- Scarlet Tanager 367- Rose-breasted Grosbeak 368- Blue Grosbeak 369- Indigo Bunting 370- Painted Bunting 371- Dickcissel Family Thraupidae 372- Red-crested Cardinal 373- Saffron Finch 374- Blue-black Grassquit 375- Bananaquit 376- Yellow-faced Grassquit 377- Black-faced Grassquit 378- Puerto Rican Bullfinch 379- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch |
Dendrocygna viduata Dendrocygna autumnalis Dendrocygna arborea Dendrocygna bicolor Anser caerulescens Branta bernicla Branta canadensis Cygnus columbianus Cairina moschata Aix sponsa Spatula discors Spatula cyanoptera Spatula clypeata Mareca strepera Mareca penelope Mareca americana Anas rubripes Anas platyrhynchos Anas bahamensis Anas acuta Anas querquedula Anas crecca Aythya valisineria Aythya collaris Aythya fuligula Aythya affinis Bucephala albeola Lophodytes cucullatus Mergus serrator Nomonyx dominicus Oxyura jamaicensis Numida meleagris Colinus virginianus Gallus gallus Phoenicopterus ruber Tachybaptus dominicus Podilymbus podiceps Columba livia Patagioenas squamosa Patagioenas leucocephala Patagioenas inornata wetmorei Streptopelia roseogrisea Streptopelia decaocto Columbina passerina Geotrygon montana Geotrygon chrysia Geotrygon mystacea Zenaida asiatica Zenaida aurita Zenaida macroura Crotophaga ani Coccyzus americanus Coccyzus minor Coccyzus erythropthalmus Coccyzus vieilloti Chordeiles minor Chordeiles gundlachii Antrostomus carolinensis Antrostomus noctitherus Hydropsalis cayennensis Nyctibius jamaicensis Cypseloides niger Streptoprocne zonaris Chaetura pelagica Chaetura brachyura Apus apus Apus melba Tachornis phoenicobia Anthracothorax prevostii Anthracothorax aurulentus Anthracothorax viridis Eulampis jugularis Eulampis holosericeus Archilochus colubris Mellisuga minima Riccordia maugaeus Orthorhyncus cristatus Laterallus jamaicensis Rallus longirostris Rallus limicola Porzana carolina Hapalocrex flaviventer Porphyrio martinicus Gallinula galeata Fulica americana Aramus guarauna Himantopus mexicanus Recurvirostra americana Haematopus palliatus Vanellus vanellus Pluvialis squatarola Pluvialis dominica Charadrius nivosus Charadrius wilsonia Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius melodus Charadrius vociferus Jacana spinosa Bartramia longicauda Numenius borealis Numenius phaeopus Numenius americanus Limosa haemastica Limosa fedoa Arenaria interpres Calidris canutus Calidris pugnax Calidris himantopus Calidris ferruginea 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 erythropus Tringa nebularia Tringa melanoleuca Phalaropus tricolor Phalaropus lobatus Phalaropus fulicarius Stercorarius maccormicki Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Rissa tridactyla Xema sabini Chroicocephalus philadelphia Chroicocephalus ridibundus Hydrocoloeus minutus Leucophaeus atricilla Leucophaeus pipixcan Larus delawarensis Larus argentatus Larus michahellis Larus fuscus Larus marinus Anous stolidus Anous minutus Onychoprion fuscatus Onychoprion anaethetus Sternula antillarum Gelochelidon nilotica Hydroprogne caspia Chlidonias niger Chlidonias leucopterus Sterna dougallii Sterna hirundo Sterna paradisaea Sterna forsteri Thalasseus maximus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rynchops niger Phaethon lepturus Phaethon aethereus Oceanites oceanicus Hydrobates leucorhous Fulmarus glacialis Pterodroma arminjoniana Pterodroma hasitata Calonectris diomedea Ardenna grisea Ardenna gravis Puffinus puffinus Puffinus lherminieri Puffinus baroli Fregata magnificens Sula dactylatra Sula leucogaster Sula sula Morus bassanus Phalacrocorax brasilianus Phalacrocorax auritus Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelecanus occidentalis Botaurus lentiginosus Ixobrychus exilis Ardea herodias Ardea alba Egretta garzetta Egretta gularis Egretta thula Egretta caerulea Egretta tricolor Egretta rufescens Bubulcus ibis Butorides virescens Butorides striata Nycticorax nycticorax Nyctanassa violacea Eudocimus albus Plegadis falcinellus Platalea ajaja Cathartes aura Pandion haliaetus Elanoides forficatus Ictinia mississippiensis Haliaeetus leucocephalus Circus hudsonius Circus aeruginosus Accipiter striatus venator Buteogallus anthracinus Buteo ridgwayi Buteo platypterus brunnescens Buteo jamaicensis Tyto alba Gymnasio nudipes Asio flammeus Todus mexicanus Megaceryle torquata Megaceryle alcyon Melanerpes portoricensis Sphyrapicus varius Dryobates villosus Falco sparverius Falco columbarius Falco femoralis Falco peregrinus Myiopsitta monachus Eupsittula canicularis Eupsittula pertinax Aratinga nenday Psittacara maugei Psittacara chloropterus Brotogeris versicolurus Amazona albifrons Amazona ventralis Amazona vittata Amazona viridigenalis Amazona oratrix Melopsittacus undulatus Elaenia martinica Contopus virens Contopus hispaniolensis Contopus latirostris blancoi Empidonax flaviventris Empidonax virescens Empidonax traillii Myiarchus crinitus Myiarchus antillarum Tyrannus verticalis Tyrannus tyrannus Tyrannus dominicensis Tyrannus caudifasciatus taylori Tyrannus forficatus Tyrannus savana Vireo griseus Vireo latimeri Vireo flavifrons Vireo philadelphicus Vireo gilvus Vireo olivaceus Vireo altiloquus Corvus leucognaphalus Progne subis Progne cryptoleuca Progne dominicensis Tachycineta bicolor Tachycineta thalassina Stelgidopteryx serripennis Riparia riparia Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Petrochelidon fulva puertoricensis Hirundo rustica Oenanthe oenanthe Catharus fuscescens Catharus minimus Catharus bicknelli Catharus ustulatus Hylocichla mustelina Turdus migratorius Turdus plumbeus Dumetella carolinensis Margarops fuscatus Mimus gundlachii Mimus polyglottos Sturnus vulgaris Acridotheres tristis Gracula religiosa Bombycilla cedrorum Euplectes franciscanus Euplectes afer Vidua macroura Estrilda melpoda Estrilda troglodytes Amandava amandava Spermestes cucullata Euodice malabarica Lonchura oryzivora Lonchura punctulata Lonchura malacca Lonchura atricapilla Passer domesticus Euphonia sclateri Crithagra mozambica Spinus cucullatus Serinus canaria Ammodramus savannarum borinquensis Melospiza lincolnii Zonotrichia albicollis Zonotrichia leucophrys Junco hyemalis Nesospingus speculiferus Spindalis portoricensis Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Dolichonyx oryzivorus Icterus portoricensis Icterus spurius Icterus icterus Icterus bullockii Icterus graduacauda Icterus galbula Agelaius xanthomus Molothrus bonariensis Molothrus ater Quiscalus mexicanus Quiscalus niger brachypterus 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 angelae 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 adelaidae Setophaga virens Cardellina canadiensis Cardellina pusilla Piranga rubra Piranga olivacea Pheucticus ludovicianus Passerina caerulea Passerina cyanea Passerina ciris Spiza americana Paroaria coronata Sicalis flaveola Volatinia jacarina Coereba flaveola portoricensis Tiaris olivaceus bryanti Melanospiza bicolor Melopyrrha portoricensis Loxigilla noctis |
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