{"id":173,"date":"2013-04-02T18:18:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.1.10.150\/scscb\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T19:30:52","slug":"caribbean-birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.birdscaribbean.org\/caribbean-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antillean Euphonia, endemic to the Caribbean islands (photo by Dax Roman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Complete Checklist of the Birds of the West Indies<\/h3>\n

The Caribbean is home to over 700 species of bird, including 185 <\/strong>species that are endemic to the region<\/a> and found nowhere else in the world. In fact, there are over 110 bird species in the Caribbean that only live on one island. Overall, half of the resident birds\u2014the ones that don\u2019t migrate\u2014in the region are endemic. The abundance of endemic species is one reason why the region is considered a biodiversity hotspot, and why conservation in the region is so important.<\/p>\n

The region is also the seasonal home for over\u00a0180<\/strong>\u00a0migratory species that winter in the region after breeding in North America during the summer or travel through the region on their way to South America. As a stopover or wintering ground, the Caribbean is a vital resource for these migrants as they make their astounding journeys\u2014thousands of miles each year! \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Complete Checklist of the Birds of the West Indies<\/em> aims to document all of the species of birds observed in the West Indies along with the species status in a number of different categories, including abundance, seasonality, breeding status, endemism and establishment.\u00a0 The Checklist\u00a0provides a source of information on the abundance and diversity of West Indian avifauna. Its goal is to provide consistent, accurate and up-to-date information for use by researchers, conservationists and policy makers.\u00a0 The checklist can be downloaded below and consists of two different documents.<\/p>\n

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  1. The first document includes the introduction and explanatory text, definitions used and a summarized version of the species list as a pdf.<\/li>\n
  2. The second is a more detailed checklist in an excel spreadsheet.\u00a0 Providing the checklist as a spreadsheet enables you to easily sort and summarize the checklist by the columns you are most interested in, such as \u2018Endemic Region\u2019 or \u2018Abundance\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Before reviewing the checklist, please read through the Checklist introduction as there are several nuances surrounding the various categorizations. When you are birding, remember to record all your observations in eBird Caribbean<\/a> as those records will be used to keep this checklist up to date.<\/p>\n

    NOTE:<\/strong> the 2019 checklist is now out of date – it will be updated soon, thanks for your patience!<\/p>\n

    Read more about the checklist and how to use it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Complete Checklist of the Birds of the West Indies PDF<\/a> Excel Spreadsheet<\/a><\/p>\n

    Learn more about Caribbean birds from our Endemic Bird of the Day From the Nest<\/em> series<\/a>, including natural history, photos, videos, coloring pages, puzzles, and activity sheets.<\/p>\n

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    Caribbean Endemics<\/h3>\n
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    West Indian Whistling-Duck<\/div>\n
    Scaly-naped Pigeon<\/div>\n
    Plain Pigeon<\/div>\n
    Ring-tailed Pigeon<\/div>\n
    Blue-headed Quail-Dove<\/div>\n
    Crested Quail-Dove<\/div>\n
    Gray-fronted Quail-Dove<\/div>\n
    White-fronted Quail-Dove<\/div>\n
    Key West Quail-Dove<\/div>\n
    Bridled Quail-Dove<\/div>\n
    Grenada Dove<\/div>\n
    Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo<\/div>\n
    Bay-breasted Cuckoo<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo<\/div>\n
    Great Lizard-Cuckoo<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo<\/div>\n
    Least Pauraque<\/div>\n
    Cuban Nightjar<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Nightjar<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Nightjar<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Swift<\/div>\n
    Antillean Palm Swift<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Mango<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Mango<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Mango<\/div>\n
    Green Mango<\/div>\n
    Purple-throated Carib<\/div>\n
    Green-throated Carib<\/div>\n
    Bahama Woodstar<\/div>\n
    Inagua Woodstar<\/div>\n
    Vervain Hummingbird<\/div>\n
    Bee Hummingbird<\/div>\n
    Cuban Emerald<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Emerald<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Emerald<\/div>\n
    Blue-headed Hummingbird<\/div>\n
    Antillean Crested Hummingbird<\/div>\n
    Red-billed Streamertail<\/div>\n
    Black-billed Streamertail<\/div>\n
    Zapata Rail<\/div>\n
    Cuban Kite<\/div>\n
    Gundlach’s Hawk<\/div>\n
    Cuban Black Hawk<\/div>\n
    Ridgway’s Hawk<\/div>\n
    Ashy-faced Owl<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Owl<\/div>\n
    Bare-legged Owl<\/div>\n
    Cuban Pygmy-Owl<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Owl<\/div>\n
    Cuban Trogon<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Trogon<\/div>\n
    Cuban Tody<\/div>\n
    Broad-billed Tody<\/div>\n
    Narrow-billed Tody<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Tody<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Tody<\/div>\n
    Antillean Piculet<\/div>\n
    Cuban Green Woodpecker<\/div>\n
    Guadeloupe Woodpecker<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Woodpecker<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Woodpecker<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Woodpecker<\/div>\n
    West Indian Woodpecker<\/div>\n
    Fernandina’s Flicker<\/div>\n
    Red-necked Amazon<\/div>\n
    St. Lucia Amazon<\/div>\n
    Black-billed Amazon<\/div>\n
    Yellow-billed Amazon<\/div>\n
    Cuban Amazon<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Amazon<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Amazon<\/div>\n
    Imperial Amazon<\/div>\n
    St. Vincent Amazon<\/div>\n
    Cuban Parakeet<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Parakeet<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Becard<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Elaenia<\/div>\n
    Greater Antillean Elaenia<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Pewee<\/div>\n
    Cuban Pewee<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Pewee<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Pewee<\/div>\n
    Sad Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    Grenada Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    Rufous-tailed Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    La Sagra’s Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    Stolid Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Flycatcher<\/div>\n
    Loggerhead Kingbird<\/div>\n
    Giant Kingbird<\/div>\n
    Blue Mountain Vireo<\/div>\n
    Thick-billed Vireo<\/div>\n
    San Andres Vireo<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Vireo<\/div>\n
    Cuban Vireo<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Vireo<\/div>\n
    Flat-billed Vireo<\/div>\n
    Cuban Palm-Crow<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Palm-Crow<\/div>\n
    Cuban Crow<\/div>\n
    White-necked Crow<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Crow<\/div>\n
    Golden Swallow<\/div>\n
    Bahama Swallow<\/div>\n
    Bahama Nuthatch<\/div>\n
    Cuban Gnatcatcher<\/div>\n
    Zapata Wren<\/div>\n
    Kalinago Wren<\/div>\n
    St. Lucia Wren<\/div>\n
    St. Vincent Wren<\/div>\n
    Grenada Wren<\/div>\n
    Martinique Thrasher<\/div>\n
    St. Lucia Thrasher<\/div>\n
    Scaly-breasted Thrasher<\/div>\n
    Pearly-eyed Thrasher<\/div>\n
    Brown Trembler<\/div>\n
    Gray Trembler<\/div>\n
    Bahama Mockingbird<\/div>\n
    Cuban Solitaire<\/div>\n
    Rufous-throated Solitaire<\/div>\n
    Forest Thrush<\/div>\n
    White-chinned Thrush<\/div>\n
    Red-legged Thrush<\/div>\n
    La Selle Thrush<\/div>\n
    White-eyed Thrush<\/div>\n
    Palmchat<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Euphonia<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Euphonia<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Euphonia<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Euphonia<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Crossbill<\/div>\n
    Antillean Siskin<\/div>\n
    Zapata Sparrow<\/div>\n
    Western Chat-Tanager<\/div>\n
    Eastern Chat-Tanager<\/div>\n
    Black-crowned Palm-Tanager<\/div>\n
    Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager<\/div>\n
    White-winged Warbler<\/div>\n
    Green-tailed Warbler<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Tanager<\/div>\n
    Western Spindalis<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Spindalis<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Spindalis<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Spindalis<\/div>\n
    Yellow-headed Warbler<\/div>\n
    Oriente Warbler<\/div>\n
    Hispaniolan Oriole<\/div>\n
    Cuban Oriole<\/div>\n
    Bahama Oriole<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Oriole<\/div>\n
    St. Lucia Oriole<\/div>\n
    Montserrat Oriole<\/div>\n
    Martinique Oriole<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Oriole<\/div>\n
    Jamaican Blackbird<\/div>\n
    Red-shouldered Blackbird<\/div>\n
    Tawny-shouldered Blackbird<\/div>\n
    Yellow-shouldered Blackbird<\/div>\n
    Cuban Blackbird<\/div>\n
    Greater Antillean Grackle<\/div>\n
    Bahama Yellowthroat<\/div>\n
    Whistling Warbler<\/div>\n
    Plumbeous Warbler<\/div>\n
    Elfin-woods Warbler<\/div>\n
    Arrowhead Warbler<\/div>\n
    Olive-capped Warbler<\/div>\n
    Bahama Warbler<\/div>\n
    Vitelline Warbler<\/div>\n
    Adelaide’s Warbler<\/div>\n
    Barbuda Warbler<\/div>\n
    St. Lucia Warbler<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Tanager<\/div>\n
    Orangequit<\/div>\n
    Puerto Rican Bullfinch<\/div>\n
    Cuban Bullfinch<\/div>\n
    Grand Cayman Bullfinch<\/div>\n
    Greater Antillean Bullfinch<\/div>\n
    Yellow-shouldered Grassquit<\/div>\n
    Cuban Grassquit<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Bullfinch<\/div>\n
    Barbados Bullfinch<\/div>\n
    St. Lucia Black Finch<\/div>\n
    Lesser Antillean Saltator<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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