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Cozumel Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Cozumel Island , 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 2022. 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: Cozumel Island [map]
Number of species: 338
Number of endemics: 3
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2009-05-06
Last modified: 2022-10-16
See also: http://www98.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.curry/Cozumel/birdlist.html
Number of endemics: 3
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2009-05-06
Last modified: 2022-10-16
See also: http://www98.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.curry/Cozumel/birdlist.html
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | |
| Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | |
| Great Curassow | Crax rubra | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |
| Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Rare/Accidental |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Rare/Accidental |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| Yucatan Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus | |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | |
| Yucatan Nightjar | Antrostomus badius | |
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| Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
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| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Cozumel Emerald | Cynanthus forficatus | Endemic |
| Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | Rare/Accidental |
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| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | |
| Russet-naped Wood-Rail | Aramides albiventris | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Crake | Laterallus ruber | |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
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| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Rare/Accidental |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | Rare/Accidental |
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| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| Gray Hawk | Buteo plagiatus | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Middle American Screech-Owl | Megascops guatemalae | |
| Stygian Owl | Asio stygius | |
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| Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Rare/Accidental |
| American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea | |
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| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Yucatan Woodpecker | Melanerpes pygmaeus | |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons | |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates scalaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Dryobates fumigatus | |
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| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | |
| Yellow-lored Parrot | Amazona xantholora | |
| Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | |
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| Northern Barred-Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | |
| Ivory-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus flavigaster | |
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| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |
| Gray-collared Becard | Pachyramphus major | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | |
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| Royal Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus coronatus | |
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| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | |
| Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Rare/Accidental |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | |
| Yucatan Flycatcher | Myiarchus yucatanensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Rare/Accidental |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cozumel Vireo | Vireo bairdi | Endemic |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yucatan Vireo | Vireo magister | |
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| Yucatan Jay | Cyanocorax yucatanicus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Catbird | Melanoptila glabrirostris | |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Cozumel Thrasher | Toxostoma guttatum | Endemic |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Rare/Accidental |
| Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
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| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Rare/Accidental |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Western Spindalis | Spindalis zena | |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater | |
| Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | |
| Orange Oriole | Icterus auratus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Rare/Accidental |
| Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
| 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 |
| Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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| Rose-throated Tanager | Piranga roseogularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
| Flame-colored Tanager | Piranga bidentata | |
| Red-throated Ant-Tanager | Habia fuscicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Gray-throated Chat | Granatellus sallaei | |
| Blue Bunting | Cyanocompsa parellina | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
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| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | Rare/Accidental |
| Morelet's Seedeater | Sporophila morelleti | |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps | |
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