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Fort-de-France
This checklist includes all bird species found in Fort-de-France , 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: Fort-de-France [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 8
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |
| Bridled Quail Dove | Geotrygon mystacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Quail Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | |
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| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Antillean Swift | Chaetura martinica | |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | Rare/Accidental |
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| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-headed Hummingbird | Cyanophaia bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
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| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Coot | Fulica caribaea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
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| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
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| 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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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | Rare/Accidental |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| 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 |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
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| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi | |
| Lesser Antillean Pewee | Contopus latirostris | |
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| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Introduced species |
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| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | Introduced species |
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| Antillean Euphonia | Euphonia musica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Martinique Oriole | Icterus bonana | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grassland Yellow Finch | Sicalis luteola | Introduced species |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch | Sporophila angolensis | Introduced species |
| Lesser Antillean Saltator | Saltator albicollis | |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
| Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis | |
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| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Extirpated |
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| White-breasted Thrasher | Ramphocinclus brachyurus | |
| Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca | |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda | |
| Gray Trembler | Cinclocerthia gutturalis | |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis | |
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