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Isla Margarita
This checklist includes all bird species found in Isla Margarita , 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: Isla Margarita [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2006-01-04
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Red-legged Tinamou | Crypturellus erythropus | |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
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| Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda | |
| Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | Near-threatened |
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| Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus | |
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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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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| Scaled Pigeon | Patagioenas speciosa | |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |
| Bare-eyed Pigeon | Patagioenas corensis | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Scaled Dove | Columbina squammata | |
| Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
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| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| Little Cuckoo | Coccycua minuta | |
| Dwarf Cuckoo | Coccycua pumila | |
| Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Nacunda Nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | |
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| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
| Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | |
| Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis | |
| Fork-tailed Palm Swift | Tachornis squamata | |
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| White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | |
| Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | |
| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus | |
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | |
| Green-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon alice | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buffy Hummingbird | Leucippus fallax | |
| Copper-rumped Hummingbird | Saucerottia tobaci | |
| Golden-tailed Sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone | |
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| Mangrove Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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| Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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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 | Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | |
| 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 | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Pantanal Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| Yellow-billed Tern | Sternula superciliaris | |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
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| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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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 | |
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| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | |
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| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Near-threatened |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Whistling Heron | Syrigma sibilatrix | |
| Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | |
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| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |
| White Hawk | Pseudastur albicollis | |
| Gray-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | |
| Foothill Screech-Owl | Megascops roraimae | |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Striped Owl | Asio clamator | |
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| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Russet-throated Puffbird | Hypnelus ruficollis | |
| Two-banded Puffbird | Hypnelus bicinctus | |
| Swallow-winged Puffbird | Chelidoptera tenebrosa | |
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| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | |
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| Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | |
| Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | |
| Spot-breasted Woodpecker | Colaptes punctigula | |
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| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Yellow-crowned Parrot | Amazona ochrocephala | |
| Yellow-shouldered Parrot | Amazona barbadensis | Near-threatened |
| Orange-winged Parrot | Amazona amazonica | |
| Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax | |
| Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna | |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severus | |
| Military Macaw | Ara militaris | Vulnerable |
| Blue-crowned Parakeet | Thectocercus acuticaudatus | |
| Scarlet-fronted Parakeet | Psittacara wagleri | |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Psittacara leucophthalmus | |
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| Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | |
| White-fringed Antwren | Formicivora grisea | |
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| Scaled Antpitta | Grallaria guatimalensis | |
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| Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis | |
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| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | |
| Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans | |
| Straight-billed Woodcreeper | Dendroplex picus | |
| Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | |
| Yellow-chinned Spinetail | Certhiaxis cinnamomeus | |
| Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | |
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| Lance-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia lanceolata | |
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| Cinereous Becard | Pachyramphus rufus | |
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| Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer | |
| Northern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Nesotriccus incomta | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | |
| Northern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum | |
| Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus obscurior | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| Pied Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola pica | |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| Venezuelan Flycatcher | Myiarchus venezuelensis | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | |
| Sulphury Flycatcher | Tyrannopsis sulphurea | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
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| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
| Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Chivi Vireo | Vireo chivi | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| Tawny-headed Swallow | Alopochelidon fucata | |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea | |
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| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
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| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas | |
| Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes | |
| Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis | |
| Pale-eyed Thrush | Turdus leucops | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Trinidad Euphonia | Euphonia trinitatis | |
| Violaceous Euphonia | Euphonia violacea | |
| Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
| Red Siskin | Spinus cucullatus | Endangered |
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| Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris | |
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| Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela | |
| Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus | |
| Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | |
| Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus | |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Near-threatened |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
| Vermilion Cardinal | Cardinalis phoeniceus | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
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| Masked Cardinal | Paroaria nigrogenis | |
| White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Glaucous Tanager | Thraupis glaucocolpa | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| Burnished-buff Tanager | Stilpnia cayana | |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
| Bicolored Conebill | Conirostrum bicolor | Near-threatened |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Lesson's Seedeater | Sporophila bouvronides | |
| Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | |
| Gray Seedeater | Sporophila intermedia | |
| Pileated Finch | Coryphospingus pileatus | |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
| Sooty Grassquit | Asemospiza fuliginosa | |
| Olive-gray Saltator | Saltator olivascens | |
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