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# Species:793
# Excl Vagrants:632
# Endemics:183
# Near Endemics:3

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1West Indian Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arboreaNENT
2Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosaE 
3White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala NT
4Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornataENT
5Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaeaEV
6Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephalaEEN
7Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolorENT
8Gray-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon canicepsEV
9White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopiaEEN
10Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystaceaE 
11Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsiECR
12Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialisE 
13Bay-breasted CuckooCoccyzus rufigularisEEN
14Jamaican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vetulaE 
15Puerto Rican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vieillotiE 
16Great Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus merliniE 
17Hispaniolan Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus longirostrisE 
18Least PauraqueSiphonorhis brewsteriENT
19/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
20Cuban NightjarAntrostomus cubanensisE 
21Hispaniolan NightjarAntrostomus ekmaniE 
22Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherusEEN
23Black SwiftCypseloides niger V
24Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinicaE 
25|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
26Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobiaE 
27Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicusE 
28Puerto Rican MangoAnthracothorax aurulentusE 
29Green MangoAnthracothorax viridisE 
30Jamaican MangoAnthracothorax mangoE 
31Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularisE 
32Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeusE 
33Bahama WoodstarNesophlox evelynaeE 
34Inagua WoodstarNesophlox lyruraE 
35Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minimaE 
36Bee HummingbirdMellisuga helenaeENT
37Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus NT
38Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordiiE 
39Hispaniolan EmeraldRiccordia swainsoniiE 
40Puerto Rican EmeraldRiccordia maugaeusE 
41Blue-headed HummingbirdRiccordia bicolorE 
42Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatusE 
43Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmusE 
44Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulusE 
45King RailRallus elegans NT
46Zapata RailMustelirallus cerveraiECR
47/Piping Plover/Charadrius melodus NT
48Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
49Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis CR
50|Red Knot|Calidris canutus NT
51#Curlew Sandpiper#Calidris ferruginea NT
52|Buff-breasted Sandpiper|Calidris subruficollis NT
53/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
54#Leach's Storm-Petrel#Hydrobates leucorhoa V
55Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana V
56Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahow EN
57(Black-capped Petrel)Pterodroma hasitata EN
58#Sooty Shearwater#Ardenna griseus NT
59Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens NT
60Cuban KiteChondrohierax wilsoniiECR
61Gundlach's HawkAstur gundlachiEEN
62Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachiiENT
63Ridgway's HawkButeo ridgwayiECR
64Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucopsE 
65Puerto Rican OwlGymnasio nudipesE 
66Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrenciiE 
67Cuban Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium sijuE 
68Jamaican OwlAsio grammicusE 
69Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurusE 
70Hispaniolan TrogonPriotelus roseigasterE 
71Cuban TodyTodus multicolorE 
72Broad-billed TodyTodus subulatusE 
73Narrow-billed TodyTodus angustirostrisE 
74Jamaican TodyTodus todusE 
75Puerto Rican TodyTodus mexicanusE 
76Antillean PiculetNesoctites micromegasE 
77Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussusE 
78Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieriE 
79Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensisE 
80Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatusE 
81Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatusE 
82West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliarisE 
83Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis CR
84Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinaeEEN
85Tanimbar CorellaCacatua goffiniana NT
86Salmon-crested CockatooCacatua moluccensis V
87Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri NT
88Red-necked AmazonAmazona arausiacaEV
89St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolorEV
90Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliata CR
91Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrix EN
92Yellow-shouldered AmazonAmazona barbadensisNENT
93Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva NT
94Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilisEEN
95Yellow-billed AmazonAmazona collariaEV
96Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephalaENT
97Hispaniolan AmazonAmazona ventralisEV
98Puerto Rican AmazonAmazona vittataECR
99Imperial AmazonAmazona imperialisECR
100St. Vincent AmazonAmazona guildingiiEV
101Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
102Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularis V
103Military MacawAra militaris V
104Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleri NT
105Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenys NT
106Cuban ParakeetPsittacara euopsEV
107Hispaniolan ParakeetPsittacara chloropterusEV
108Jamaican BecardPachyramphus nigerE 
109Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cottaE 
110Blue Mountain ElaeniaElaenia fallaxE 
111Hispaniolan ElaeniaElaenia cherrieiE 
112Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidusE 
113Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeusE 
114Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensisE 
115Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostrisE 
116Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostrisE 
117Grenada FlycatcherMyiarchus nugatorE 
118Rufous-tailed FlycatcherMyiarchus validusE 
119Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidusE 
120Puerto Rican FlycatcherMyiarchus antillarumE 
121Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberiE 
122Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatusE 
123Giant KingbirdTyrannus cubensisEEN
124San Andres VireoVireo caribaeusEV
125Jamaican VireoVireo modestusE 
126Cuban VireoVireo gundlachiiE 
127Puerto Rican VireoVireo latimeriE 
128Flat-billed VireoVireo nanusE 
129Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburniENT
130Cuban Palm-CrowCorvus minutusE 
131Hispaniolan Palm-CrowCorvus palmarumE 
132Cuban CrowCorvus nasicusE 
133White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalusEV
134Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensisENT
135Golden SwallowTachycineta euchryseaEV
136Bahama SwallowTachycineta cyaneoviridisEEN
137Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleucaE 
138Bahama NuthatchSitta insularisECR
139Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyeiE 
140Zapata WrenFerminia cerveraiEEN
141Kalinago WrenTroglodytes martinicensisE 
142St. Lucia WrenTroglodytes mesoleucusE 
143St. Vincent WrenTroglodytes musicusE 
144Grenada WrenTroglodytes grenadensisE 
145Martinique ThrasherRamphocinclus brachyurusEEN
146St. Lucia ThrasherRamphocinclus sanctaeluciaeEEN
147Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fuscaE 
148Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatusE 
149Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficaudaE 
150Gray TremblerCinclocerthia gutturalisE 
151Cuban SolitaireMyadestes elisabethENT
152Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbisE 
153/Bicknell's Thrush/Catharus bicknelli V
154White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantiusE 
155Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeusE 
156Eastern Red-legged ThrushTurdus ardosiaceusE 
157La Selle ThrushTurdus swalesiEV
158White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensisE 
159Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieriENT
160PalmchatDulus dominicusE 
161Hispaniolan EuphoniaChlorophonia musicaE 
162Puerto Rican EuphoniaChlorophonia sclateriE 
163Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifronsE 
164Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaicaE 
165Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplagaEEN
166Antillean SiskinSpinus dominicensisE 
167Zapata SparrowTorreornis inexpectataENT
168Black-crowned Palm-TanagerPhaenicophilus palmarumE 
169Gray-crowned Palm-TanagerPhaenicophilus poliocephalusENT
170Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferusEV
171Western SpindalisSpindalis zenaNE 
172Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephalaE 
173Hispaniolan SpindalisSpindalis dominicensisE 
174Puerto Rican SpindalisSpindalis portoricensisE 
175Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
176Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensisE 
177Cuban OrioleIcterus melanopsisE 
178Bahama OrioleIcterus northropiEEN
179Puerto Rican OrioleIcterus portoricensisE 
180St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilisEEN
181Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberiEV
182Martinique OrioleIcterus bonanaEV
183Jamaican OrioleIcterus leucopteryxE 
184Jamaican BlackbirdNesopsar nigerrimusEEN
185Red-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius assimilisE 
186Tawny-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius humeralisE 
187Yellow-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius xanthomusEEN
188Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolaceusE 
189Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus nigerE 
190|Golden-winged Warbler|Vermivora chrysoptera NT
191Semper's WarblerLeucopeza semperiECR
192Bahama YellowthroatGeothlypis rostrataE 
193Whistling WarblerCatharopeza bishopiEEN
194Plumbeous WarblerSetophaga plumbeaE 
195Elfin-woods WarblerSetophaga angelaeEEN
196Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetraE 
197/Kirtland's Warbler/Setophaga kirtlandii NT
198|Cerulean Warbler|Setophaga cerulea NT
199|Blackpoll Warbler|Setophaga striata NT
200Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophilaE 
201Bahama WarblerSetophaga flavescensEEN
202Vitelline WarblerSetophaga vitellina NT
203Adelaide's WarblerSetophaga adelaidaeE 
204Barbuda WarblerSetophaga subitaEV
205St. Lucia WarblerSetophaga delicataE 
206White-winged WarblerXenoligea montanaEV
207Green-tailed WarblerMicroligea palustrisE 
208Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinaeE 
209Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsiE 
210/Western Tanager/Piranga ludoviciana  
211Lesser Antillean TanagerStilpnia cucullataE 
212OrangequitEuneornis campestrisE 
213Puerto Rican BullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensisE 
214St. Kitts BullfinchMelopyrrha grandisE 
215Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigraE 
216Grand Cayman BullfinchMelopyrrha taylonE 
217Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violaceaE 
218Yellow-shouldered GrassquitLoxipasser anoxanthusE 
219Cuban GrassquitPhonipara canorusE 
220Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctisE 
221Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensisE 
222St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoniEEN
223Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollisE 
224Western Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus tertiusEV
225Eastern Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus frugivorusENT

 

 *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.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic183
LCLocal0
NENear Endemic3
RRRestricted Range0

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened15
VVulnerable19
ENEndangered22
CRCritically Endangered8

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.