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 .
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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Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Rare/Accidental |
West Indian Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | Near-threatened |
Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Rare/Accidental |
Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Rare/Accidental |
Redhead | Aythya americana | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Rare/Accidental |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Extirpated Near-threatened |
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American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Rare/Accidental |
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Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Near-threatened |
Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas caribaea | Endemic Vulnerable |
Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata | Near-threatened |
Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
Crested Quail Dove | Geotrygon versicolor | Endemic Near-threatened |
Ruddy Quail Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
Blue-headed Quail Dove | Starnoenas cyanocephala | Introduced species Endangered |
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Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Rare/Accidental |
Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
Jamaican Pauraque | Siphonorhis americana | Endemic Critically endangered |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Vulnerable |
White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia | |
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Jamaican Mango | Anthracothorax mango | Endemic |
Red-billed Streamertail | Trochilus polytmus | Endemic |
Black-billed Streamertail | Trochilus scitulus | Endemic |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Rare/Accidental |
Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima | |
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Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo | Coccyzus pluvialis | Endemic |
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo | Coccyzus vetula | Endemic |
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Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
King Rail | Rallus elegans | |
Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor | Extirpated |
Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | |
Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | |
Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
American Coot | Fulica americana | |
Caribbean Coot | Fulica caribaea | |
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Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Rare/Accidental |
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Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | 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 | Rare/Accidental |
Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
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Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Rare/Accidental |
White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | Rare/Accidental |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | Rare/Accidental |
Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Rare/Accidental |
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Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Rare/Accidental |
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American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Rare/Accidental |
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American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Rare/Accidental |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | |
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |
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Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | Rare/Accidental |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Rare/Accidental |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Rare/Accidental |
Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Rare/Accidental |
Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Jamaican Owl | Pseudoscops grammicus | Endemic |
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Fernandina's Flicker | Colaptes fernandinae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Rare/Accidental |
Jamaican Woodpecker | Melanerpes radiolatus | Endemic |
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Jamaican Tody | Todus todus | Endemic |
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Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | Rare/Accidental |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Black-billed Parrot | Amazona agilis | Endemic Endangered |
Yellow-billed Parrot | Amazona collaria | Endemic Vulnerable |
Yellow-headed Parrot | Amazona oratrix | Introduced species Endangered |
Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata | Introduced species Critically endangered |
Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus | Introduced species |
Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | |
Cuban Macaw | Ara tricolor | Extinct |
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Jamaican Becard | Pachyramphus niger | Endemic |
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Greater Antillean Elaenia | Elaenia fallax | |
Jamaican Elaenia | Myiopagis cotta | Endemic |
Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Rare/Accidental |
Sad Flycatcher | Myiarchus barbirostris | Endemic |
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher | Myiarchus validus | Endemic |
Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus | |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Rare/Accidental |
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Uncertain origin |
Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | Rare/Accidental |
Western Wood Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Wood Pewee | Contopus virens | Rare/Accidental |
Jamaican Pewee | Contopus pallidus | Endemic |
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White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
Jamaican Vireo | Vireo modestus | Endemic |
Blue Mountain Vireo | Vireo osburni | Endemic Near-threatened |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | Rare/Accidental |
Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Rare/Accidental |
Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | Extirpated |
Jamaican Crow | Corvus jamaicensis | Endemic Near-threatened |
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Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | Introduced species |
Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | Rare/Accidental |
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Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | Introduced species |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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Jamaican Euphonia | Euphonia jamaica | Endemic |
Hispaniola Crossbill | Loxia megaplaga | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Rare/Accidental |
Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Rare/Accidental |
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Jamaican Spindalis | Spindalis nigricephala | Endemic |
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Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | Rare/Accidental |
Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Rare/Accidental |
Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | Rare/Accidental |
Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Rare/Accidental |
Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | Rare/Accidental |
Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Rare/Accidental |
Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Rare/Accidental |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
Arrowhead Warbler | Setophaga pharetra | Endemic |
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
Kirtland's Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Rare/Accidental |
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 | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |
Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Rare/Accidental |
Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Rare/Accidental |
Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
Jamaican Oriole | Icterus leucopteryx | |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus | Extirpated |
Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Rare/Accidental |
Jamaican Blackbird | Nesopsar nigerrimus | Endemic Endangered |
Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Introduced species |
Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger | |
Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Rare/Accidental |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Rare/Accidental |
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
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Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Introduced species |
Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | Rare/Accidental |
Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
Orangequit | Euneornis campestris | Endemic |
Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea | |
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit | Loxipasser anoxanthus | Endemic |
Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
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Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | Extirpated |
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Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
Golden Swallow | Tachycineta euchrysea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Rare/Accidental |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | Rare/Accidental |
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Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Rare/Accidental |
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Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis | |
Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Rare/Accidental |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Rare/Accidental |
Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
White-eyed Thrush | Turdus jamaicensis | Endemic |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Rare/Accidental |
White-chinned Thrush | Turdus aurantius | Endemic |
Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus |
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