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This checklist includes all bird species found in Tobago , 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 2022. 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: Tobago [map]
Number of species: 297
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2011-08-18
Last modified: 2023-05-23
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2011-08-18
Last modified: 2023-05-23
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| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | |
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda | |
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| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | |
| Lined Quail-Dove | Zentrygon linearis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
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| Nacunda Nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | |
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| Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | |
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| Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
| Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | |
| Fork-tailed Palm Swift | Tachornis squamata | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | |
| Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsutus | |
| Green Hermit | Phaethornis guy | |
| Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus | |
| Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | |
| White-tailed Sabrewing | Campylopterus ensipennis | |
| Copper-rumped Hummingbird | Saucerottia tobaci | |
| White-chested Emerald | Chrysuronia brevirostris | |
| Blue-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes notata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| Azure Gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris | |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | |
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| Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Extirpated |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Pantanal Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
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| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari | Rare/Accidental |
| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Agami Heron | Agamia agami | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
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| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | |
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| White Hawk | Pseudastur albicollis | |
| Gray-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | |
| Striped Owl | Asio clamator | |
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| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | |
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| Trinidad Motmot | Momotus bahamensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
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| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | |
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| Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | |
| Red-rumped Woodpecker | Dryobates kirkii | |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus | |
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| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Rare/Accidental |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Orange-winged Parrot | Amazona amazonica | |
| Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus | Introduced species |
| Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna | Introduced species |
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| Great Antshrike | Taraba major | |
| Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | |
| Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | |
| White-flanked Antwren | Myrmotherula axillaris | Rare/Accidental |
| White-fringed Antwren | Formicivora grisea | |
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| Gray-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus albigularis | |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | |
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | |
| Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans | |
| Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | |
| Yellow-chinned Spinetail | Certhiaxis cinnamomeus | |
| Stripe-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis cinnamomea | |
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| Blue-backed Manakin | Chiroxiphia pareola | |
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| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | |
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| White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | |
| Ochre-lored Flycatcher | Tolmomyias flaviventris | |
| Forest Elaenia | Myiopagis gaimardii | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis | |
| Fuscous Flycatcher | Cnemotriccus fuscatus | |
| Venezuelan Flycatcher | Myiarchus venezuelensis | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
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| Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | |
| Golden-fronted Greenlet | Pachysylvia aurantiifrons | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Chivi Vireo | Vireo chivi | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | Rare/Accidental |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | |
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| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes | |
| White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis | |
| Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Violaceous Euphonia | Euphonia violacea | |
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| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| Red-breasted Meadowlark | Leistes militaris | |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | Introduced species |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Rare/Accidental |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | |
| 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 | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Rare/Accidental |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | 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 |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
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| White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Lesson's Seedeater | Sporophila bouvronides | Rare/Accidental |
| Lined Seedeater | Sporophila lineola | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | Extirpated |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Sporophila angolensis | Introduced species |
| Wing-barred Seedeater | Sporophila americana | Extirpated |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
| Sooty Grassquit | Asemospiza fuliginosa | |
| Olive-gray Saltator | Saltator olivascens | |
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