eBird Field Checklist
Nicaragua
ebird.org/region/NI
604 species (+32 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Tinamous
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Masked Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Gray-headed Chachalaca
White-bellied Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Highland Guan
Great Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Crested Bobwhite
Spotted Wood-Quail
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
White-crowned Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
White-faced Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Pheasant Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Lesser Roadrunner
Squirrel Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Ocellated Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Northern Potoo
Swifts
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
Bronzy Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Brown Violetear
Mexican Violetear
Green-breasted Mango
Black-crested Coquette
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Plain-capped Starthroat
Green-breasted Mountain-gem
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Canivet's Emerald
White-eared Hummingbird
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Blue-tailed Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
White-bellied Emerald
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Mangrove Rail
Spotted Rail
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Ruddy Crake
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Finfoots
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Black Skimmer
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Storm-Petrels
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Agami Heron
Pinnated Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Harpy Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Black-collared Hawk
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
White Hawk
Gray Hawk
Gray/Gray-lined Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Middle American Screech-Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Great Horned Owl
Central American Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
Stygian Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Resplendent Quetzal
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Elegant Trogon
Collared Trogon
Motmots
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-eared Toucanet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Red-throated Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Barred Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-naped Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Green Parakeet
Pacific Parakeet
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Fasciated Antshrike
Great Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
White-flanked Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Dot-winged Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Bare-crowned Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Ocellated Antbird
Gnateaters and Antpittas
Scaled Antpitta
Antthrushes
Black-faced Antthrush
Woodcreepers
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Slaty Spinetail
Manakins
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Cotingas
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Northern Schiffornis
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Gray-collared Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Stub-tailed Spadebill
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Northern Bentbill
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
White-throated Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
White-ringed Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Green Shrike-Vireo
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Mangrove Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Bushy-crested Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
Nightingale Wren
House Wren
Rufous-browed Wren
Carolina Wren
Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Banded Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cabanis's Wren
Canebrake Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Tropical/Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Slate-colored Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Mountain Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Estrildids
Tricolored Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Elegant Euphonia
Blue-crowned Chlorophonia
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Red Crossbill
Black-headed Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Rusty Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-vented Oriole
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-backed Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Nicaraguan Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Crescent-chested Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Fan-tailed Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Carmiol's Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Seedeater
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
Tawny-crested Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Rufous-winged Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Shining Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
tanager sp. (Thraupidae sp.)
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Nicaraguan Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila sp.
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak