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Barbuda
This checklist includes all bird species found in Barbuda , 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 2025. 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: Barbuda [map]
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 8
Number of introduced species: 5
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | Near-threatened |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | Rare/Accidental |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Rare/Accidental |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | Rare/Accidental |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Near-threatened |
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| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | |
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
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| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
| Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Hudsonian Whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Extirpated |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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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 | |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Extirpated |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
| Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
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| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
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| Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca | Extirpated |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda | |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Lesser Antillean Euphonia | Chlorophonia flavifrons | |
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| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | Introduced species |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Rare/Accidental |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Barbuda Warbler | Setophaga subita | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
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