Checklist for West Indies

eBird Field Checklist

West Indies

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491 species (+50 other taxa) -

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Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

West Indian Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Graylag Goose

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

American Wigeon

Mallard

American Black Duck

White-cheeked Pintail

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

dabbling duck sp.

Ring-necked Duck

Lesser Scaup

Masked Duck

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Scaly-naped Pigeon

Bare-eyed Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon

Plain Pigeon

Ring-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas sp.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Eurasian x African Collared-Dove (hybrid)

Eurasian/African Collared-Dove

Common Ground Dove

Blue-headed Quail-Dove

Crested Quail-Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

White-fronted Quail-Dove

Key West Quail-Dove

Bridled Quail-Dove

Caribbean Dove

quail-dove sp.

White-winged Dove

Zenaida Dove

Eared Dove

Mourning Dove

Pied Imperial-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Smooth-billed Ani

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo

Bay-breasted Cuckoo

Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo

Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo

Great Lizard-Cuckoo

Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk

Antillean Nighthawk

Common/Antillean Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

Least Pauraque

Chuck-will's-widow

Cuban Nightjar

Hispaniolan Nightjar

Puerto Rican Nightjar

Potoos and Oilbird

Northern Potoo

Swifts

Black Swift

White-collared Swift

Gray-rumped Swift

Lesser Antillean Swift

Chimney Swift

Short-tailed Swift

Common Swift

Antillean Palm Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

Hummingbirds

Rufous-breasted Hermit

Jamaican Mango

Green-breasted Mango

Hispaniolan Mango

Puerto Rican Mango

Green Mango

mango sp.

Purple-throated Carib

Green-throated Carib

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Bahama Woodstar

Inagua Woodstar

Vervain Hummingbird

Bee Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald

Hispaniolan Emerald

Puerto Rican Emerald

Blue-headed Hummingbird

Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Red-billed Streamertail

Black-billed Streamertail

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

King Rail

Clapper Rail

Spotted Rail

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

Yellow-breasted Crake

Limpkin

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds

Double-striped Thick-knee

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Southern Lapwing

Wilson's Plover

Snowy Plover

Northern Jacana

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Stilt Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Laughing Gull

Audouin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

American Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Black Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

Royal Tern

tern sp.

Flamingos

American Flamingo

Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Egret

Green Heron

Western Cattle-Egret

Great Egret

Gray Heron

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Swallow-tailed Kite

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Gundlach's Hawk

Northern Harrier

Mississippi Kite

Snail Kite

Common Black Hawk

Cuban Black Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Ridgway's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

Owls

American Barn Owl

Ashy-faced Owl

Puerto Rican Owl

Bare-legged Owl

Cuban Pygmy-Owl

Burrowing Owl

Stygian Owl

Short-eared Owl

Trogons and Quetzals

Cuban Trogon

Hispaniolan Trogon

Todies

Cuban Tody

Broad-billed Tody

Narrow-billed Tody

Jamaican Tody

Puerto Rican Tody

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Antillean Piculet

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Cuban Green Woodpecker

Guadeloupe Woodpecker

Puerto Rican Woodpecker

Hispaniolan Woodpecker

Jamaican Woodpecker

West Indian Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Fernandina's Flicker

Falcons and Caracaras

Crested Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Cockatoos

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Monk Parakeet

White-winged Parakeet

Red-crowned Amazon

Red-necked Amazon

St. Lucia Amazon

Yellow-naped Amazon

Black-billed Amazon

Yellow-billed Amazon

Cuban Amazon

Hispaniolan Amazon

Puerto Rican Amazon

Imperial Amazon

St. Vincent Amazon

Orange-winged Amazon

amazon sp.

Green-rumped Parrotlet

Olive-throated Parakeet

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Brown-throated Parakeet

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Cuban Parakeet

Hispaniolan Parakeet

Becards, Tityras, and Allies

Jamaican Becard

Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies

Jamaican Elaenia

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Caribbean Elaenia

Greater Antillean Elaenia

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Jamaican Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Hispaniolan Pewee

Lesser Antillean Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Sad Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Grenada Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Stolid Flycatcher

Puerto Rican Flycatcher

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Loggerhead Kingbird

Giant Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Thick-billed Vireo

Mangrove Vireo

San Andres Vireo

Jamaican Vireo

Cuban Vireo

Puerto Rican Vireo

Flat-billed Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo

Yucatan Vireo

vireo sp. (Red-eyed Vireo complex)

vireo sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cuban Palm-Crow

Hispaniolan Palm-Crow

Cuban Crow

White-necked Crow

Jamaican Crow

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Golden Swallow

Purple Martin

Cuban Martin

Caribbean Martin

Brown-chested Martin

new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Western House-Martin

Western/Siberian House-Martin

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Gnatcatchers

Cuban Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Zapata Wren

Kalinago Wren

St. Lucia Wren

St. Vincent Wren

Grenada Wren

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Common Myna

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Martinique Thrasher

St. Lucia Thrasher

Scaly-breasted Thrasher

Pearly-eyed Thrasher

Scaly-breasted/Pearly-eyed Thrasher

Brown Trembler

Gray Trembler

Bahama Mockingbird

Tropical Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Cuban Solitaire

Rufous-throated Solitaire

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Bicknell's Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

Forest Thrush

Cocoa Thrush

Spectacled Thrush

White-chinned Thrush

Red-legged Thrush

La Selle Thrush

White-eyed Thrush

thrush sp.

Palmchat

Weavers and Allies

Village Weaver

Northern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes sp.

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Indian Silverbill

Scaly-breasted Munia

Tricolored Munia

Chestnut Munia

White-headed Munia

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Red Avadavat

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Hispaniolan Euphonia

Puerto Rican Euphonia

Lesser Antillean Euphonia

Jamaican Euphonia

Hispaniolan Crossbill

Antillean Siskin

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Zapata Sparrow

Chat-Tanagers and Hispaniolan Tanagers

Western Chat-Tanager

Eastern Chat-Tanager

Black-crowned Palm-Tanager

Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager

White-winged Warbler

Green-tailed Warbler

Puerto Rican Tanager

Spindalises

Western Spindalis

Jamaican Spindalis

Hispaniolan Spindalis

Puerto Rican Spindalis

Cuban Warblers

Yellow-headed Warbler

Oriente Warbler

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Eastern Meadowlark

Hispaniolan Oriole

Cuban Oriole

Bahama Oriole

Puerto Rican Oriole

St. Lucia Oriole

Montserrat Oriole

Martinique Oriole

Orchard Oriole

Venezuelan Troupial

Jamaican Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-shouldered Blackbird

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird

Shiny Cowbird

Cuban Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Greater Antillean Grackle

Carib Grackle

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Bahama Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

Whistling Warbler

Plumbeous Warbler

Elfin-woods Warbler

Arrowhead Warbler

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Cape May Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Olive-capped Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Vitelline Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Adelaide's Warbler

Barbuda Warbler

St. Lucia Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Tanagers and Allies

Lesser Antillean Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Saffron Finch

Grassland Yellow-Finch

Blue-black Grassquit

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Bananaquit

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Orangequit

Puerto Rican Bullfinch

Cuban Bullfinch

Grand Cayman Bullfinch

Greater Antillean Bullfinch

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit

Cuban Grassquit

Lesser Antillean Bullfinch

Barbados Bullfinch

St. Lucia Black Finch

Black-faced Grassquit

Lesser Antillean Saltator

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.