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Sint-Eustatius
This checklist includes all bird species found in Sint-Eustatius , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Sint-Eustatius [map]
Other names: Sint Eustatius
Number of globally threatened species: 6
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2018-03-26
Last modified: 2024-11-27
See also: http://ardeajournal.natuurinfo.nl/ardeapdf/a55-115-137.pdf
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| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |
| Bridled Quail Dove | Geotrygon mystacea | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
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| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | |
| Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis | |
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
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| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Rare/Accidental |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Caribbean Coot | Fulica caribaea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Near-threatened |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | Rare/Accidental |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | Near-threatened |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Rare/Accidental |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax | |
| Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna | Introduced species |
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| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Rare/Accidental |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Rare/Accidental |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Rare/Accidental |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Rare/Accidental |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
| Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis | |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
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| Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca | |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda | Rare/Accidental |
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