Checklist for West Indies

eBird Field Checklist

West Indies

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545 species (+106 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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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

Canada Goose

Orinoco Goose

goose sp.

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

American Black Duck

Mottled Duck

White-cheeked Pintail

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Garganey/Green-winged Teal

teal sp.

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Masked Duck

Ruddy Duck

Masked/Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Flamingos

American Flamingo

American/Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

grebe sp.

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

Gray-fronted Quail-Dove

White-fronted Quail-Dove

Key West Quail-Dove

Bridled Quail-Dove

Caribbean Dove

Grenada Dove

quail-dove sp.

White-winged Dove

Zenaida Dove

Eared Dove

Mourning Dove

Mourning/Zenaida Dove

Pied Imperial-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Smooth-billed Ani

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo

Bay-breasted Cuckoo

Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo

Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo

Great Lizard-Cuckoo

Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo

Coccyzus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

Antillean Nighthawk

Common/Antillean Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

White-tailed Nightjar

Least Pauraque

Chuck-will's-widow

Rufous Nightjar

Cuban Nightjar

Hispaniolan Nightjar

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Puerto Rican Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Potoos and Oilbird

Northern Potoo

Swifts

Black Swift

White-collared Swift

Gray-rumped Swift

Lesser Antillean Swift

Chimney Swift

Short-tailed Swift

Antillean Palm Swift

small swift sp.

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

Red-billed/Black-billed Streamertail

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

King Rail

Clapper Rail

large rail sp.

Spotted Rail

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Yellow-breasted Crake

Gray-breasted Crake

Black Rail

Limpkin

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds

Double-striped Thick-knee

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Southern Lapwing

Wilson's Plover

Snowy Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Northern Jacana

Whimbrel

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Stilt Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Baird's Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper (hybrid)

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

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

South Polar Skua

jaeger sp.

skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)

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

Common/Arctic 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. (white-rumped)

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Black-capped Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Cory's/Great Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

black-and-white shearwater sp.

shearwater sp.

procellariid sp.

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

sulid sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

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

Snowy x Little Egret (hybrid)

Striated Heron

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Gray Heron

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

White x Scarlet Ibis (hybrid)

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Hook-billed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Snail Kite

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Gundlach's Hawk

Accipiter sp.

Common Black Hawk

Cuban Black Hawk

White-tailed Hawk

Ridgway's Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Ashy-faced Owl

Puerto Rican Owl

Bare-legged Owl

Cuban Pygmy-Owl

Burrowing Owl

Jamaican Owl

Stygian Owl

Short-eared Owl

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Cuban Trogon

Hispaniolan Trogon

Todies

Cuban Tody

Broad-billed Tody

Narrow-billed Tody

Broad-billed/Narrow-billed Tody

Jamaican Tody

Puerto Rican Tody

Kingfishers

Ringed Kingfisher

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

large falcon sp.

small falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

White Cockatoo

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Budgerigar

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Monk Parakeet

White-winged Parakeet

Red-crowned Parrot

Red-necked Parrot

St. Lucia Parrot

Yellow-naped Parrot

Yellow-crowned Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Parrot

Black-billed Parrot

Yellow-billed Parrot

Black-billed/Yellow-billed Parrot

Cuban Parrot

Hispaniolan Parrot

Puerto Rican Parrot

Imperial Parrot

St. Vincent Parrot

Orange-winged Parrot

Amazona sp.

Green-rumped Parrotlet

Olive-throated Parakeet

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Brown-throated Parakeet

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw

Cuban Parakeet

Hispaniolan Parakeet

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

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

Jamaican Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Hispaniolan Pewee

Lesser Antillean Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Acadian 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

Myiarchus sp.

Tropical Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Loggerhead Kingbird

Giant Kingbird

Tyrannus sp.

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

Blue Mountain Vireo

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.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cuban Palm-Crow

Hispaniolan Palm-Crow

Cuban Crow

White-necked Crow

Jamaican Crow

American/Fish Crow

crow sp.

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

White-winged Swallow

Golden Swallow

Bahama Swallow

Purple Martin

Cuban Martin

Purple/Cuban Martin

Caribbean Martin

new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Gnatcatchers

Cuban Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

gnatcatcher sp.

Wrens

Zapata Wren

House Wren

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Common Myna

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

White-breasted 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

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

Cocoa Thrush

Spectacled Thrush

Forest Thrush

White-eyed Thrush

La Selle Thrush

American Robin

White-chinned Thrush

Red-legged Thrush

Turdus sp.

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Palmchat

Weavers and Allies

Village Weaver

Northern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Indian Silverbill

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

Tricolored Munia

Chestnut Munia

Tricolored/Chestnut Munia

White-headed Munia

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Red Avadavat

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

White Wagtail

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

Rufous-collared Sparrow

White-crowned 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

Yellow-headed x Oriente Warbler (hybrid)

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

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

Jamaican Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-shouldered Blackbird

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird

Shiny Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Cuban Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Greater Antillean Grackle

Carib Grackle

grackle sp.

blackbird sp.

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

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Bahama Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

yellowthroat sp.

Whistling Warbler

Plumbeous Warbler

Elfin-woods Warbler

Arrowhead Warbler

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Kirtland's Warbler

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

Bahama Warbler

Vitelline Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Adelaide's Warbler

Barbuda Warbler

St. Lucia Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Tanagers and Allies

Lesser Antillean Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Saffron Finch

Grassland Yellow-Finch

Blue-black Grassquit

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

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.