Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Santa Cruz (former county)
This checklist includes all bird species found in Santa Cruz (former county) , 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: Santa Cruz (former county) [map]
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2022-10-16
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| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| Alexander's Swift | Apus alexandri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Breeding endemic |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Breeding endemic |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Cape Verde Sparrow | Passer iagoensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
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| Cape Verde Warbler | Acrocephalus brevipennis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
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