This checklist includes all bird species found in Barbados , 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 2024. 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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White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Rare/Accidental |
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
Brant | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubatus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Introduced species |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Extirpated Near-threatened |
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Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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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 |
African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Introduced species |
Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Rare/Accidental |
Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
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Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | Rare/Accidental |
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 |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | Rare/Accidental |
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Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Vulnerable |
White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | Rare/Accidental |
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Vulnerable |
Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | Rare/Accidental |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Rare/Accidental |
Common Swift | Apus apus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | Rare/Accidental |
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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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Sora | Porzana carolina | |
Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
American Coot | Fulica americana | |
Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
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Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Plover | Anarhynchus collaris | Rare/Accidental |
Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Rare/Accidental |
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Rare/Accidental |
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Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare/Accidental |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | 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 | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Rare/Accidental |
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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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Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Rare/Accidental |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Rare/Accidental |
Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | Uncertain origin |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
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Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
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American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Rare/Accidental |
Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | Rare/Accidental |
Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Rare/Accidental |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Rare/Accidental |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Rare/Accidental |
Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Extirpated |
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Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | Rare/Accidental |
Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Rare/Accidental |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica | Introduced species |
Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus | Extirpated |
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Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Rare/Accidental |
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Rare/Accidental |
Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Rare/Accidental |
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Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Rare/Accidental |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
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Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus | Rare/Accidental |
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca | Extirpated |
Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Extirpated |
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Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Rare/Accidental |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Rare/Accidental |
Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis | Extirpated |
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Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | Rare/Accidental |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
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Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | |
Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
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Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | Rare/Accidental |
Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Rare/Accidental |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Rare/Accidental |
Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Rare/Accidental |
Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Rare/Accidental |
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Rare/Accidental |
Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Rare/Accidental |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Rare/Accidental |
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 |
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Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Extirpated |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Rare/Accidental |
Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Rare/Accidental |
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Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola | Introduced species |
Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
Barbados Bullfinch | Loxigilla barbadensis | Endemic |
Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor |
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