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Dominican Republic
This checklist includes all bird species found in Dominican Republic , 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 Clements, version 2023. 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: Dominican Republic [map]
Number of species: 328
Number of endemics: 1
Number of introduced species: 12
Date last reviewed: 2007-07-18
Last modified: 2024-08-03
Number of endemics: 1
Number of introduced species: 12
Date last reviewed: 2007-07-18
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Rare/Accidental |
| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | Near-threatened |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubatus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Rare/Accidental |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Introduced species Near-threatened |
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| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
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| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Near-threatened |
| Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| White-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon leucometopia | Endemic Endangered |
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bay-breasted Cuckoo | Coccyzus rufigularis | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus longirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
| Least Pauraque | Siphonorhis brewsteri | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Near-threatened |
| Hispaniolan Nightjar | Antrostomus ekmani | |
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| Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Vulnerable |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Vulnerable |
| Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia | |
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| Hispaniolan Mango | Anthracothorax dominicus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Rare/Accidental |
| Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima | |
| Hispaniolan Emerald | Riccordia swainsonii | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |
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| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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| Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus | |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
| Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Near-threatened |
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| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Endangered |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Rare/Accidental |
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| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | Extirpated |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Rare/Accidental |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Rare/Accidental |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Near-threatened |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Ridgway's Hawk | Buteo ridgwayi | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Ashy-faced Owl | Tyto glaucops | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Stygian Owl | Asio stygius | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Hispaniolan Trogon | Priotelus roseigaster | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Broad-billed Tody | Todus subulatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Narrow-billed Tody | Todus angustirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Antillean Piculet | Nesoctites micromegas | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Hispaniolan Woodpecker | Melanerpes striatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | Introduced species |
| Hispaniolan Parrot | Amazona ventralis | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | Introduced species |
| Cuban Macaw | Ara tricolor | Rare/Accidental Extinct |
| Hispaniolan Parakeet | Psittacara chloropterus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Greater Antillean Elaenia | Elaenia fallax | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Rare/Accidental |
| Hispaniolan Pewee | Contopus hispaniolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Rare/Accidental |
| Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Flat-billed Vireo | Vireo nanus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| Hispaniolan Palm-Crow | Corvus palmarum | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-necked Crow | Corvus leucognaphalus | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Golden Swallow | Tachycineta euchrysea | Vulnerable |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis | |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Vulnerable |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Rare/Accidental |
| La Selle Thrush | Turdus swalesi | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus | |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palmchat | Dulus dominicus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Introduced species |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | Introduced species |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | Introduced species |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Hispaniolan Euphonia | Chlorophonia musica | Endemic (country/region) |
| Hispaniolan Crossbill | Loxia megaplaga | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Antillean Siskin | Spinus dominicensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Western Chat-Tanager | Calyptophilus tertius | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Eastern Chat-Tanager | Calyptophilus frugivorus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Black-crowned Palm-Tanager | Phaenicophilus palmarum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager | Phaenicophilus poliocephalus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| White-winged Warbler | Xenoligea montana | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Green-tailed Warbler | Microligea palustris | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Hispaniolan Spindalis | Spindalis dominicensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hispaniolan Oriole | Icterus dominicensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Rare/Accidental |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Tawny-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius humeralis | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Near-threatened |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
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