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Turks and Caicos Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Turks and Caicos Islands , 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: Turks and Caicos Islands [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2005-05-01
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Rare/Accidental |
| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Rare/Accidental |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Bahama Woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae | |
| Bee Hummingbird | Mellisuga helenae | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Cuban Emerald | Riccordia ricordii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
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| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | Near-threatened |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
| Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Near-threatened |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dovekie | Alle alle | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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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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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Endangered |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Rare/Accidental |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | Rare/Accidental |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Rare/Accidental |
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| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Rare/Accidental |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Near-threatened |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | |
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| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Rare/Accidental |
| Hispaniolan Pewee | Contopus hispaniolensis | Rare/Accidental |
| La Sagra's Flycatcher | Myiarchus sagrae | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Giant Kingbird | Tyrannus cubensis | Extirpated Endangered |
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| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| Cuban Crow | Corvus nasicus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Bahama Swallow | Tachycineta cyaneoviridis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Rare/Accidental |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | Rare/Accidental |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Rare/Accidental |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Western Spindalis | Spindalis zena | |
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| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| 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 |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Kirtland's Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| 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 | Near-threatened |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
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| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
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