Checklist for Puerto Rico

eBird Field Checklist

Puerto Rico

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387 species (+118 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

West Indian Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Snow Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Anser sp.

Brant

Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Tundra Swan

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Eurasian/American Wigeon

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

White-cheeked Pintail

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Anas sp.

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Canvasback

Ring-necked Duck

Tufted Duck

Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

Bufflehead

Hooded Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

Masked Duck

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Ring-necked Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Flamingos

American Flamingo

American/Greater Flamingo

flamingo sp.

Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Columba sp.

Scaly-naped Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon

Plain Pigeon

Patagioenas sp.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Eurasian x African Collared-Dove (hybrid)

Eurasian/African Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Diamond Dove

Common Ground Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Key West Quail-Dove

Bridled Quail-Dove

quail-dove sp.

White-winged Dove

Zenaida Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Smooth-billed Ani

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo

Coccyzus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

Antillean Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

Chuck-will's-widow

Puerto Rican Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Black Swift

Cypseloides sp.

White-collared Swift

Chimney Swift

Common Swift

Antillean Palm Swift

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

Puerto Rican Mango

Green Mango

mango sp.

Purple-throated Carib

Green-throated Carib

Vervain Hummingbird

Puerto Rican Emerald

Riccordia/Cynanthus/Chlorostilbon sp.

Antillean Crested Hummingbird

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Clapper Rail

large rail sp.

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

coot sp.

Purple Gallinule

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Yellow-breasted Crake

Black Rail

rail/crake sp.

Limpkin

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

golden-plover sp.

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Common Ringed/Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Wilson's Plover

Snowy Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

curlew sp.

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

phalarope sp.

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Baird's Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Scolopacidae sp.

large shorebird sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Black Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/Bridled Tern

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Forster's Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Royal Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

tropicbird sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Black-capped Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

black-and-white shearwater sp.

shearwater sp.

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

Northern Gannet

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

sulid sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

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

Striated Heron

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

Ardea sp.

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

Glossy Ibis

ibis sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Swallow-tailed Kite

Mississippi Kite

Western Marsh Harrier

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Puerto Rican Owl

Short-eared Owl

owl sp.

Todies

Puerto Rican Tody

Kingfishers

Ringed Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Puerto Rican Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

American Kestrel

Merlin

Aplomado Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Tanimbar Corella

Little Corella

White Cockatoo

Salmon-crested Cockatoo

Yellow-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

eclectus sp.

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Budgerigar

Rainbow Lorikeet

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Fischer's Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

Black-cheeked Lovebird

Gray Parrot

Senegal Parrot

Monk Parakeet

White-winged Parakeet

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Red-crowned Parrot

Yellow-headed Parrot

Yellow-crowned Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Parrot

White-fronted Parrot

Hispaniolan Parrot

Puerto Rican Parrot

Orange-winged Parrot

Amazona sp.

Green-cheeked Parakeet

Rose-fronted Parakeet

Olive-throated Parakeet

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Brown-throated Parakeet

Nanday Parakeet

Sun Parakeet

Jandaya Parakeet

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Military Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw

large macaw sp.

Blue-crowned Parakeet

Mitred Parakeet

Red-masked Parakeet

Puerto Rican Parakeet

large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies

Caribbean Elaenia

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

Lesser Antillean Pewee

Acadian Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Puerto Rican Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Loggerhead Kingbird

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus sp.

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Puerto Rican Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo

vireo sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Blue Jay

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Riparia sp.

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Purple Martin

Cuban Martin

Caribbean Martin

new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Starlings and Mynas

Common Hill Myna

European Starling

Brahminy Starling

Great Myna

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Pearly-eyed Thrasher

Bahama Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Bicknell's Thrush

Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Red-legged Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Northern Wheatear

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Weavers and Allies

Northern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes sp.

Estrildids

Zebra Finch

Bronze Mannikin

Indian Silverbill

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

White-rumped Munia

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura sp.

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

waxbill sp.

Red Avadavat

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Passer sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Puerto Rican Euphonia

Island Canary

Red Siskin

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

new world sparrow sp.

Puerto Rican Tanager

Spindalises

Puerto Rican Spindalis

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Puerto Rican Oriole

Orchard Oriole

Venezuelan Troupial

troupial sp.

Baltimore Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird

Shiny Cowbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Greater Antillean Grackle

grackle sp.

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Elfin-woods 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

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Adelaide's Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Passerina sp.

Dickcissel

Tanagers and Allies

Red-crested Cardinal

Saffron Finch

Blue-black Grassquit

Bananaquit

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Puerto Rican Bullfinch

Lesser Antillean Bullfinch

Black-faced Grassquit

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.