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Saint Lucia

This checklist includes all bird species found in Saint Lucia , 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: Saint Lucia [map]

Number of species: 186
Number of endemics: 5
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2005-05-01
Last modified: 2018-12-29

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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis	Rare/Accidental
West Indian Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna arborea	Vulnerable
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	Rare/Accidental
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	Mareca americana	Rare/Accidental
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Rare/Accidental
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	Rare/Accidental
Masked Duck	Nomonyx dominicus	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
American Flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Introduced species
Scaly-naped Pigeon	Patagioenas squamosa
White-crowned Pigeon	Patagioenas leucocephala	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Introduced species
Common Ground-Dove	Columbina passerina
Ruddy Quail-Dove	Geotrygon montana
Bridled Quail-Dove	Geotrygon mystacea	Rare/Accidental
Zenaida Dove	Zenaida aurita
Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Smooth-billed Ani	Crotophaga ani	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Rare/Accidental
Mangrove Cuckoo	Coccyzus minor
Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	Rare/Accidental
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	Rare/Accidental
Rufous Nightjar	Antrostomus rufus
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Black Swift	Cypseloides niger	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Short-tailed Swift	Chaetura brachyura	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Antillean Swift	Chaetura martinica
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Rare/Accidental
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Trochilidae
Purple-throated Carib	Eulampis jugularis
Green-throated Carib	Eulampis holosericeus
Antillean Crested Hummingbird	Orthorhyncus cristatus
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Sora	Porzana carolina	Rare/Accidental
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata
American Coot	Fulica americana	Rare/Accidental
Purple Gallinule	Porphyrio martinica	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
American Oystercatcher	Haematopus palliatus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	Rare/Accidental
Collared Plover	Charadrius collaris	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Plover	Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	Rare/Accidental
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Rare/Accidental
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Rare/Accidental
Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	Rare/Accidental
Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla	Rare/Accidental
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	Rare/Accidental
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Rare/Accidental
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri	Rare/Accidental
Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Snipe	Gallinago delicata	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	Rare/Accidental
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca
Willet	Tringa semipalmata	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Rare/Accidental
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	Rare/Accidental
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Rare/Accidental
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Rare/Accidental
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern	Sternula antillarum	Rare/Accidental
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Rare/Accidental
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Rare/Accidental
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Rare/Accidental
Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus	Rare/Accidental
Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	Rare/Accidental
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	Rare/Accidental
Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	Rare/Accidental
Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	Rare/Accidental
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Audubon's Shearwater	Puffinus lherminieri	Rare/Accidental
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird	Fregata magnificens
SULIFORMES: Sulidae
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	Rare/Accidental
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	Rare/Accidental
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae
Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga	Rare/Accidental
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	Rare/Accidental
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Rare/Accidental
Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	Rare/Accidental
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	Rare/Accidental
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron	Egretta tricolor	Rare/Accidental
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron	Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Nyctanassa violacea	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Rare/Accidental
Roseate Spoonbill	Platalea ajaja	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Northern Harrier	Circus hudsonius	Rare/Accidental
Common Black Hawk	Buteogallus anthracinus	Rare/Accidental
Broad-winged Hawk	Buteo platypterus
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis	Rare/Accidental
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl	Tyto alba
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher	Megaceryle alcyon	Rare/Accidental
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Rare/Accidental
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
St. Lucia Parrot	Amazona versicolor	Endemic Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae
Caribbean Elaenia	Elaenia martinica
Yellow-bellied Elaenia	Elaenia flavogaster	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Antillean Pewee	Contopus latirostris
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher	Myiarchus oberi
Gray Kingbird	Tyrannus dominicensis
Fork-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus savana	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae
Yellow-throated Vireo	Vireo flavifrons	Rare/Accidental
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus
Yellow-green Vireo	Vireo flavoviridis
Black-whiskered Vireo	Vireo altiloquus
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Caribbean Martin	Progne dominicensis
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	Rare/Accidental
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	Rare/Accidental
Cave Swallow	Petrochelidon fulva	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Rufous-throated Solitaire	Myadestes genibarbis
Spectacled Thrush	Turdus nudigenis
Forest Thrush	Turdus lherminieri	Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae
White-breasted Thrasher	Ramphocinclus brachyurus	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Scaly-breasted Thrasher	Allenia fusca
Pearly-eyed Thrasher	Margarops fuscatus
Brown Trembler	Cinclocerthia ruficauda
Gray Trembler	Cinclocerthia gutturalis	Endemic (country/region)
Tropical Mockingbird	Mimus gilvus
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Antillean Euphonia	Euphonia musica	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	Rare/Accidental
St. Lucia Oriole	Icterus laudabilis	Endemic Near-threatened
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula	Rare/Accidental
Shiny Cowbird	Molothrus bonariensis
Carib Grackle	Quiscalus lugubris
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
Ovenbird	Seiurus aurocapilla	Rare/Accidental
Louisiana Waterthrush	Parkesia motacilla	Rare/Accidental
Northern Waterthrush	Parkesia noveboracensis	Rare/Accidental
Black-and-white Warbler	Mniotilta varia	Rare/Accidental
Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea	Rare/Accidental
Semper's Warbler	Leucopeza semperi	Endemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Kentucky Warbler	Geothlypis formosa	Rare/Accidental
Hooded Warbler	Setophaga citrina
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
Palm Warbler	Setophaga palmarum	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Setophaga coronata	Rare/Accidental
Prairie Warbler	Setophaga discolor
St. Lucia Warbler	Setophaga delicata	Endemic
Canada Warbler	Cardellina canadensis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
Scarlet Tanager	Piranga olivacea	Rare/Accidental
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus ludovicianus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae
Grassland Yellow-Finch	Sicalis luteola	Rare/Accidental
Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola
Black-faced Grassquit	Tiaris bicolor
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch	Loxigilla noctis
St. Lucia Black Finch	Melanospiza richardsoni	Endemic Endangered
Lesser Antillean Saltator	Saltator albicollis
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Rare/Accidental

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