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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 .

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Country or region: Barbados [map]

Number of species: 282
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Number of introduced species: 11
Date last reviewed: 2008-11-26
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduataRare/Accidental
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
West Indian Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arboreaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
BrantBranta berniclaRare/Accidental
Orinoco GooseOressochen jubatusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaRare/Accidental
Wood DuckAix sponsaIntroduced species
GarganeySpatula querquedulaRare/Accidental
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataRare/Accidental
GadwallMareca streperaRare/Accidental
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeRare/Accidental
American WigeonMareca americanaRare/Accidental
MallardAnas platyrhynchosIntroduced species
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensisRare/Accidental
Northern PintailAnas acutaRare/Accidental
Green-winged TealAnas creccaRare/Accidental
Common PochardAythya ferinaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare/Accidental
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaRare/Accidental
Greater ScaupAythya marilaRare/Accidental
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRare/Accidental
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusRare/Accidental
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusExtirpated Near-threatened

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Red JunglefowlGallus gallusIntroduced species

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoIntroduced species
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaIntroduced species
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaRare/Accidental
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Greater AniCrotophaga majorRare/Accidental
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniRare/Accidental
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusRare/Accidental
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusRare/Accidental
Common CuckooCuculus canorusRare/Accidental

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachiiRare/Accidental

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVulnerable
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonarisRare/Accidental
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVulnerable
Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyuraRare/Accidental
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaRare/Accidental
Common SwiftApus apusRare/Accidental
Little SwiftApus affinisRare/Accidental
House SwiftApus nipalensisRare/Accidental

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularisRare/Accidental
Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

SoraPorzana carolina
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusRare/Accidental
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaRare/Accidental
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsoniaRare/Accidental
Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisRare/Accidental
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaRare/Accidental
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusRare/Accidental
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisRare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusRare/Accidental
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusRare/Accidental
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataRare/Accidental
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusRare/Accidental
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusRare/Accidental
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaRare/Accidental
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaRare/Accidental
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVulnerable
WilletTringa semipalmataRare/Accidental
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusRare/Accidental
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaRare/Accidental
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNear-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnaxRare/Accidental
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare/Accidental
Little StintCalidris minutaRare/Accidental
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNear-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincolaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare/Accidental
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusRare/Accidental
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaRare/Accidental
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusRare/Accidental
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaRare/Accidental
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusRare/Accidental
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusRare/Accidental
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisRare/Accidental
Kelp GullLarus dominicanusRare/Accidental
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusRare/Accidental
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisRare/Accidental
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusRare/Accidental
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusRare/Accidental
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerRare/Accidental
Brown NoddyAnous stolidusRare/Accidental
Black NoddyAnous minutusRare/Accidental
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Least TernSternula antillarumRare/Accidental
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaRare/Accidental
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaRare/Accidental
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaRare/Accidental
Black TernChlidonias nigerRare/Accidental
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusRare/Accidental
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaRare/Accidental
Common TernSterna hirundoRare/Accidental
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiRare/Accidental
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisRare/Accidental
Royal TernThalasseus maximus

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberRare/Accidental

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusRare/Accidental
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataRare/Accidental Endangered
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealisRare/Accidental
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisRare/Accidental
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusRare/Accidental
Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Red-footed BoobySula sulaRare/Accidental
Brown BoobySula leucogasterRare/Accidental
Masked BoobySula dactylatraRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

AnhingaAnhinga anhinga

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

White IbisEudocimus albusRare/Accidental
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberUncertain origin
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare/Accidental
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusRare/Accidental
Least BitternBotaurus exilisRare/Accidental
Little BitternBotaurus minutusRare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violaceaRare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorRare/Accidental
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularisRare/Accidental
Striated HeronButorides striataRare/Accidental
Green HeronButorides virescens
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesRare/Accidental
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Gray HeronArdea cinereaRare/Accidental
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Purple HeronArdea purpureaRare/Accidental

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusRare/Accidental
Northern HarrierCircus hudsoniusRare/Accidental
Black KiteMilvus migransRare/Accidental
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisRare/Accidental
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisRare/Accidental
White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatusRare/Accidental
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisExtirpated

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusRare/Accidental

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquataRare/Accidental
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

American KestrelFalco sparveriusRare/Accidental
MerlinFalco columbarius
Bat FalconFalco rufigularisRare/Accidental
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriIntroduced species

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonicaIntroduced species
Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinusExtirpated

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensRare/Accidental
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensRare/Accidental
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratusRare/Accidental
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsRare/Accidental
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRare/Accidental
Purple MartinProgne subisRare/Accidental
Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleucaRare/Accidental
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
Brown-chested MartinProgne taperaRare/Accidental
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisRare/Accidental
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Western House-MartinDelichon urbicumRare/Accidental
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fuscaExtirpated
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatusRare/Accidental
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusRare/Accidental
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosExtirpated

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusRare/Accidental
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusRare/Accidental
Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenisExtirpated

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanusRare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes aferRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

White WagtailMotacilla albaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusRare/Accidental
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaRare/Accidental
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorusRare/Accidental
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaRare/Accidental
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumRare/Accidental
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaRare/Accidental
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraRare/Accidental
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaRare/Accidental
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaRare/Accidental
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaRare/Accidental
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisRare/Accidental
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosaRare/Accidental
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaRare/Accidental
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaRare/Accidental
Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Northern ParulaSetophaga americanaRare/Accidental
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaRare/Accidental
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaRare/Accidental
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fuscaRare/Accidental
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaRare/Accidental
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensRare/Accidental
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumRare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataRare/Accidental
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominicaRare/Accidental
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorRare/Accidental
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensRare/Accidental
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Summer TanagerPiranga rubraRare/Accidental
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaRare/Accidental
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisExtirpated
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusRare/Accidental
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaRare/Accidental
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaRare/Accidental
DickcisselSpiza americanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae

Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteolaIntroduced species
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensisEndemic
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor

 

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