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This checklist includes all bird species found in Saint Kitts and Nevis , 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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Country or region: Saint Kitts and Nevis [map]

Other names: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès, Saint-Christophe-et-Nevis, Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis

Number of species: 236
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 13
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2019-03-10
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: http://www.birdsofstkittsnevis.com/index.php/list-of-birds.html
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduataRare/Accidental
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisRare/Accidental
West Indian Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arboreaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorRare/Accidental
Wood DuckAix sponsaRare/Accidental
Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsRare/Accidental
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraRare/Accidental
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataRare/Accidental
GadwallMareca streperaRare/Accidental
American WigeonMareca americanaRare/Accidental
MallardAnas platyrhynchosRare/Accidental
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensisRare/Accidental
Northern PintailAnas acutaRare/Accidental
Green-winged TealAnas creccaRare/Accidental
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaRare/Accidental
RedheadAythya americanaRare/Accidental
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare/Accidental
Greater ScaupAythya marilaRare/Accidental
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRare/Accidental
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusRare/Accidental
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorRare/Accidental
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusRare/Accidental
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisRare/Accidental

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisRare/Accidental

 
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
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montanaRare/Accidental
Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaRare/Accidental
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniRare/Accidental
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusRare/Accidental

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachiiRare/Accidental
Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Black SwiftCypseloides nigerRare/Accidental Vulnerable
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonarisRare/Accidental
Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinicaRare/Accidental

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Clapper RailRallus crepitansRare/Accidental
SoraPorzana carolinaRare/Accidental
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaRare/Accidental
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisRare/Accidental
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusRare/Accidental
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataRare/Accidental
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaRare/Accidental
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental Vulnerable
WilletTringa semipalmataRare/Accidental
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Red KnotCalidris canutusRare/Accidental Near-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
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNear-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriRare/Accidental
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare/Accidental
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaRare/Accidental
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusRare/Accidental
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisRare/Accidental
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusRare/Accidental
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusRare/Accidental
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerRare/Accidental
Brown NoddyAnous stolidusRare/Accidental
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusRare/Accidental
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusRare/Accidental
Least TernSternula antillarum
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaRare/Accidental
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaRare/Accidental
Black TernChlidonias nigerRare/Accidental
Forster's TernSterna forsteriRare/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 podicepsRare/Accidental

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

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

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castroRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjonianaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldicaRare/Accidental
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 lherminieriRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

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

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

AnhingaAnhinga anhingaRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianumRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare/Accidental
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusRare/Accidental
Least BitternBotaurus exilisRare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticoraxRare/Accidental
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorRare/Accidental
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Little EgretEgretta garzettaRare/Accidental
Green HeronButorides virescens
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea albaRare/Accidental
Gray HeronArdea cinereaRare/Accidental
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias

 
CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae

Turkey VultureCathartes auraRare/Accidental

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusRare/Accidental
Northern HarrierCircus hudsoniusRare/Accidental
Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinusRare/Accidental
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusRare/Accidental
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

American Barn OwlTyto furcataRare/Accidental

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaExtirpated

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonRare/Accidental

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusRare/Accidental

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbariusRare/Accidental
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostrisRare/Accidental
Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidusRare/Accidental
Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberi
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusRare/Accidental
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsRare/Accidental
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaRare/Accidental
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRare/Accidental
Purple MartinProgne subisRare/Accidental
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficauda
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumRare/Accidental
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

VeeryCatharus fuscescensRare/Accidental
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusRare/Accidental
Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusRare/Accidental
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaRare/Accidental
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisRare/Accidental
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubrisExtirpated

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaRare/Accidental
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumRare/Accidental
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaRare/Accidental
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisRare/Accidental
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaRare/Accidental
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosaRare/Accidental
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasRare/Accidental
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaRare/Accidental
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaRare/Accidental
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaRare/Accidental
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaRare/Accidental
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensRare/Accidental
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinusRare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataRare/Accidental
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominicaRare/Accidental
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorRare/Accidental
Adelaide's WarblerSetophaga adelaidaeRare/Accidental
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Summer TanagerPiranga rubraRare/Accidental
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaRare/Accidental
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusRare/Accidental
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaRare/Accidental
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae

Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteolaRare/Accidental
Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollisRare/Accidental
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
St. Kitts BullfinchMelopyrrha grandisEndemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violaceaRare/Accidental
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollisRare/Accidental

 

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