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This checklist includes all bird species found in Jamaica , 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 .

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Country or region: Jamaica [map]

Number of species: 332
Number of endemics: 30
Number of globally threatened species: 24
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 15
Date last reviewed: 2005-05-01
Last modified: 2024-11-27
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisRare/Accidental
West Indian Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arboreaNear-threatened
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorRare/Accidental
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensRare/Accidental
Canada GooseBranta canadensisRare/Accidental
Wood DuckAix sponsaRare/Accidental
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraRare/Accidental
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataRare/Accidental
GadwallMareca streperaRare/Accidental
American WigeonMareca americanaRare/Accidental
MallardAnas platyrhynchosRare/Accidental
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensisRare/Accidental
Northern PintailAnas acutaRare/Accidental
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaRare/Accidental
RedheadAythya americanaRare/Accidental
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare/Accidental
Greater ScaupAythya marilaRare/Accidental
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRare/Accidental
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaRare/Accidental
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisIntroduced species

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusExtirpated Near-threatened

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosaRare/Accidental
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaNear-threatened
Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornataNear-threatened
Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaeaEndemic Vulnerable
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoIntroduced species
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephalaIntroduced species Endangered
Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolorEndemic Near-threatened
Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusRare/Accidental
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusRare/Accidental
Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialisEndemic
Jamaican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vetulaEndemic

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Common NighthawkChordeiles minorRare/Accidental
Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
Jamaican PauraqueSiphonorhis americanaEndemic Critically endangered
Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
NYCTIBIIFORMES: Nyctibiidae

Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVulnerable
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Jamaican MangoAnthracothorax mangoEndemic
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisRare/Accidental
Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmusEndemic
Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulusEndemic

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

King RailRallus elegansNear-threatened
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Spotted RailPardirallus maculatusRare/Accidental
Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolorExtirpated
SoraPorzana carolinaRare/Accidental
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventer
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisRare/Accidental

 
GRUIFORMES: Aramidae

LimpkinAramus guarauna

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaRare/Accidental
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNear-threatened
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensisRare/Accidental
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Northern JacanaJacana spinosa

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaRare/Accidental
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusRare/Accidental
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataRare/Accidental
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusRare/Accidental
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaRare/Accidental
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVulnerable
WilletTringa semipalmata
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNear-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Red KnotCalidris canutusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnaxRare/Accidental
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNear-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare/Accidental
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusRare/Accidental
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisRare/Accidental
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusRare/Accidental
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerRare/Accidental
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Least TernSternula antillarum
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaRare/Accidental
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaRare/Accidental
Black TernChlidonias niger
Forster's TernSterna forsteriRare/Accidental
Common TernSterna hirundoRare/Accidental
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Royal TernThalasseus maximus

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberRare/Accidental

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataRare/Accidental Endangered
Jamaican PetrelPterodroma caribbaeaEndemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroliRare/Accidental
Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieriRare/Accidental

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Wood StorkMycteria americanaRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Red-footed BoobySula sulaRare/Accidental
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Masked BoobySula dactylatraRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

AnhingaAnhinga anhingaRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumRare/Accidental
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianumRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

White IbisEudocimus albus
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberRare/Accidental
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare/Accidental
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosRare/Accidental
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusRare/Accidental
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Green HeronButorides virescens
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias

 
CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae

Black VultureCoragyps atratusRare/Accidental
Turkey VultureCathartes aura

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusRare/Accidental
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusRare/Accidental
Northern HarrierCircus hudsoniusRare/Accidental
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisRare/Accidental
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisRare/Accidental
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusRare/Accidental
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

American Barn OwlTyto furcata

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Jamaican OwlAsio grammicusEndemic

 
CORACIIFORMES: Todidae

Jamaican TodyTodus todusEndemic

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusRare/Accidental
Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatusEndemic
Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinaeRare/Accidental Endangered

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Yellow-headed CaracaraDaptrius chimachimaRare/Accidental
American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbariusRare/Accidental
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliataIntroduced species Critically endangered
Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrixIntroduced species Endangered
Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilisEndemic Endangered
Yellow-billed AmazonAmazona collariaEndemic Vulnerable
Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinusIntroduced species
Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana
Cuban MacawAra tricolorExtinct

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tityridae

Jamaican BecardPachyramphus nigerEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cottaEndemic
Greater Antillean ElaeniaElaenia fallax
Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidusEndemic
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulusRare/Accidental
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensRare/Accidental
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensUncertain origin
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiRare/Accidental
Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostrisEndemic
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusRare/Accidental
Rufous-tailed FlycatcherMyiarchus validusEndemic
Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusRare/Accidental
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburniEndemic Near-threatened
White-eyed VireoVireo griseusRare/Accidental
Jamaican VireoVireo modestusEndemic
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsRare/Accidental
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusRare/Accidental
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusRare/Accidental
Warbling VireoVireo gilvusRare/Accidental
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Black-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaExtirpated
Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensisEndemic Near-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisExtirpated

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaRare/Accidental
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRare/Accidental
Golden SwallowTachycineta euchryseaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Purple MartinProgne subisRare/Accidental
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisRare/Accidental
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRare/Accidental
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisRare/Accidental
Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbis
VeeryCatharus fuscescensRare/Accidental
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusRare/Accidental
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaRare/Accidental
American RobinTurdus migratoriusRare/Accidental
White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantiusEndemic
Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensisEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanusRare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes aferIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataIntroduced species
Tricolored MuniaLonchura malaccaIntroduced species
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

American PipitAnthus rubescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaicaEndemic
Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplagaRare/Accidental Endangered

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusRare/Accidental
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisRare/Accidental
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysRare/Accidental
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisRare/Accidental
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Spindalidae

Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephalaEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusRare/Accidental
Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterusExtirpated
Jamaican OrioleIcterus leucopteryx
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaRare/Accidental
Jamaican BlackbirdNesopsar nigerrimusEndemic Endangered
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisIntroduced species
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusRare/Accidental
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumRare/Accidental
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraRare/Accidental
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaRare/Accidental
Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiRare/Accidental
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaRare/Accidental
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataRare/Accidental
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaRare/Accidental
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisRare/Accidental
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaRare/Accidental
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosaRare/Accidental
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetraEndemic
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaRare/Accidental
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandiiRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaRare/Accidental
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaRare/Accidental
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fuscaRare/Accidental
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaRare/Accidental
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinusRare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensRare/Accidental
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensisRare/Accidental
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Summer TanagerPiranga rubraRare/Accidental
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaRare/Accidental
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusRare/Accidental
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaRare/Accidental
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaRare/Accidental
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisRare/Accidental
DickcisselSpiza americanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae

Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneusRare/Accidental
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaIntroduced species
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
OrangequitEuneornis campestrisEndemic
Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
Yellow-shouldered GrassquitLoxipasser anoxanthusEndemic
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor

 

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