JAMAICA
WEST INDIES
LOCALE
| # Species: | 259 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 259 |
| # Endemics: | 40 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 3 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 4 | Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera |
| 5 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 6 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 7 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos |
| 8 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 9 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| 10 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
| 11 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
| 12 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
| 13 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 15 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| 16 | Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata |
| 17 | Ring-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas caribaea |
| 18 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 19 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
| 20 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 21 | Crested Quail-Dove | Geotrygon versicolor |
| 22 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| 23 | Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis |
| 24 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| 25 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| 26 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
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| 27 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 28 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
| 29 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
| 30 | Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo | Coccyzus pluvialis |
| 31 | Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus vetula |
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| 32 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor |
| 33 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| 34 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis |
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| 35 | Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis |
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| 36 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| 37 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 38 | Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
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| 39 | Jamaican Mango | Anthracothorax mango |
| 40 | Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima |
| 41 | Red-billed Streamertail | Trochilus polytmus |
| 42 | Black-billed Streamertail | Trochilus scitulus |
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| 43 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans |
| 44 | Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus |
| 45 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
| 46 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 47 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 48 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| 49 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Laterallus flaviventer |
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| 50 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
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| 51 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| 52 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
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| 53 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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| 54 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 55 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
| 56 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 57 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 58 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| 59 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus |
| 60 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| 61 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
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| 62 | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa |
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| 63 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda |
| 64 | |Hudsonian Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
| 65 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
| 66 | /Long-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| 67 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
| 68 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| 69 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 70 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
| 71 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 72 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
| 73 | Saltmarsh Willet | Tringa semipalmata |
| 74 | /Prairie Willet/ | Tringa inornata |
| 75 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 76 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 77 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
| 78 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus |
| 79 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 80 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
| 81 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis |
| 82 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla |
| 83 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos |
| 84 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri |
| 85 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla |
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| 86 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 87 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 88 | /Bonaparte's Gull/ | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| 89 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 90 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| 91 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis |
| 92 | /American Herring Gull/ | Larus smithsonianus |
| 93 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 94 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| 95 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 96 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 97 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 98 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| 99 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 100 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 101 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger |
| 102 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri |
| 103 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 104 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 105 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 106 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
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| 107 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| 108 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 109 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
| 110 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus |
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| 111 | (Black-capped Petrel) | Pterodroma hasitata |
| 112 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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| 113 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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| 114 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 115 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 116 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 117 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus |
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| 118 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| 119 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 120 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
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| 121 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
| 122 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 123 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 124 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 125 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 126 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| 127 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 128 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 129 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 130 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 131 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
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| 132 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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| 133 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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| 134 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 135 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 136 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius |
| 137 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
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| 138 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 139 | Jamaican Owl | Asio grammicus |
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| 140 | Jamaican Tody | Todus todus |
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| 141 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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| 142 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius |
| 143 | Jamaican Woodpecker | Melanerpes radiolatus |
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| 144 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima |
| 145 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 146 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 147 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 148 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
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| 149 | Dusky Parrot | Pionus fuscus |
| 150 | Red-lored Amazon | Amazona autumnalis |
| 151 | Yellow-naped Amazon | Amazona auropalliata |
| 152 | Black-billed Amazon | Amazona agilis |
| 153 | Yellow-billed Amazon | Amazona collaria |
| 154 | Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus |
| 155 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana |
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| 156 | Jamaican Becard | Pachyramphus niger |
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| 157 | Jamaican Elaenia | Myiopagis cotta |
| 158 | Blue Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia fallax |
| 159 | Jamaican Pewee | Contopus pallidus |
| 160 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens |
| 161 | Sad Flycatcher | Myiarchus barbirostris |
| 162 | /Great Crested Flycatcher/ | Myiarchus crinitus |
| 163 | Rufous-tailed Flycatcher | Myiarchus validus |
| 164 | Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus |
| 165 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| 166 | Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
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| 167 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus |
| 168 | Jamaican Vireo | Vireo modestus |
| 169 | Blue Mountain Vireo | Vireo osburni |
| 170 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
| 171 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus |
| 172 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus |
| 173 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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| 174 | Jamaican Crow | Corvus jamaicensis |
| 175 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 176 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 177 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor |
| 178 | Golden Swallow | Tachycineta euchrysea |
| 179 | |Purple Martin| | Progne subis |
| 180 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| 181 | |Northern Rough-winged Swallow| | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| 182 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
| 183 | Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
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| 184 | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
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| 185 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis |
| 186 | Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii |
| 187 | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
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| 188 | Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis |
| 189 | |Veery| | Catharus fuscescens |
| 190 | /Gray-cheeked Thrush/ | Catharus minimus |
| 191 | /Bicknell's Thrush/ | Catharus bicknelli |
| 192 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
| 193 | |Wood Thrush| | Hylocichla mustelina |
| 194 | White-chinned Thrush | Turdus aurantius |
| 195 | White-eyed Thrush | Turdus jamaicensis |
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| 196 | /Cedar Waxwing/ | Bombycilla cedrorum |
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| 197 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| 198 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
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| 199 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 200 | Jamaican Euphonia | Euphonia jamaica |
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| 201 | Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| 202 | /Savannah Sparrow/ | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| 203 | |Lincoln's Sparrow| | Melospiza lincolnii |
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| 204 | Jamaican Spindalis | Spindalis nigricephala |
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| 205 | Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| 206 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| 207 | |Orchard Oriole| | Icterus spurius |
| 208 | Jamaican Oriole | Icterus leucopteryx |
| 209 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula |
| 210 | Jamaican Blackbird | Nesopsar nigerrimus |
| 211 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 212 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| 213 | Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger |
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| 214 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 215 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| 216 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
| 217 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 218 | |Golden-winged Warbler| | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| 219 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| 220 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
| 221 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
| 222 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
| 223 | |Tennessee Warbler| | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| 224 | /Nashville Warbler/ | Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
| 225 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis |
| 226 | /Mourning Warbler/ | Geothlypis philadelphia |
| 227 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
| 228 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas |
| 229 | Arrowhead Warbler | Setophaga pharetra |
| 230 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
| 231 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 232 | /Kirtland's Warbler/ | Setophaga kirtlandii |
| 233 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
| 234 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
| 235 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
| 236 | |Bay-breasted Warbler| | Setophaga castanea |
| 237 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca |
| 238 | /Mangrove Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 239 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| 240 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
| 241 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
| 242 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum |
| 243 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata |
| 244 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica |
| 245 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor |
| 246 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
| 247 | /Wilson's Warbler/ | Cardellina pusilla |
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| 248 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
| 249 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea |
| 250 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| 251 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea |
| 252 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea |
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| 253 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| 254 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 255 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
| 256 | Orangequit | Euneornis campestris |
| 257 | Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea |
| 258 | Yellow-shouldered Grassquit | Loxipasser anoxanthus |
| 259 | Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 77 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 28 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 7 |
| [] | Accidental | 3 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 15 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
Other Locales