BAHAMAS
WEST INDIES
LOCALE
| # Species: | 306 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 302 |
| # Endemics: | 23 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| 2 | West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | |
| 3 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 4 | Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| 5 | Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| 6 | /Wood Duck/ | Aix sponsa | |
| 7 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors | |
| 8 | Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | |
| 9 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 10 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana | |
| 11 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 12 | American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
| 13 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| 14 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 15 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| 16 | /Redhead/ | Aythya americana | |
| 17 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris | |
| 18 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| 19 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis | |
| 20 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| 21 | /Red-breasted Merganser/ | Mergus serrator | |
| 22 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
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| 23 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
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| 24 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
| 25 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| 26 | Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
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| 27 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 28 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |
| 29 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 30 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| 31 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| 32 | Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | |
| 33 | Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea | |
| 34 | Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
| 35 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| 36 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| 37 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| 38 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| 39 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus | |
| 40 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| 41 | |Black-billed Cuckoo| | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
| 42 | Great Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus merlini | |
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| 43 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor | |
| 44 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
| 45 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis | |
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| 46 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica | |
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| 47 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| 48 | /Ruby-throated Hummingbird/ | Archilochus colubris | |
| 49 | Bahama Woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae | |
| 50 | Inagua Woodstar | Nesophlox lyrura | |
| 51 | Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | |
| 52 | Cuban Emerald | Riccordia ricordii | |
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| 53 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| 54 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina | |
| 55 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| 56 | American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| 57 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| 58 | Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | |
| 59 | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |
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| 60 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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| 61 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
| 62 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
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| 63 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| 64 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 65 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica | |
| 66 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| 67 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 68 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus | |
| 69 | Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| 70 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
| 71 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | |
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| 72 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda | |
| 73 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 74 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica | |
| 75 | /Marbled Godwit/ | Limosa fedoa | |
| 76 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus | |
| 77 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata | |
| 78 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| 79 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 80 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius | |
| 81 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria | |
| 82 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes | |
| 83 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata | |
| 84 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 85 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 86 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus | |
| 87 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus | |
| 88 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis | |
| 89 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 90 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina | |
| 91 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| 92 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla | |
| 93 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos | |
| 94 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri | |
| 95 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla | |
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| 96 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| 97 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| 98 | Dovekie | Alle alle | |
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| 99 | Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| 100 | /Bonaparte's Gull/ | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| 101 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| 102 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis | |
| 103 | /Herring Gull/ | Larus argentatus | |
| 104 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| 105 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| 106 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 107 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 108 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 109 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| 110 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 111 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 112 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger | |
| 113 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 114 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii | |
| 115 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri | |
| 116 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 117 | Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | |
| 118 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 119 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| 120 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus | |
| 121 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| 122 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| 123 | #Leach's Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates leucorhoa | |
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| 124 | Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | |
| 125 | (Black-capped Petrel) | Pterodroma hasitata | |
| 126 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| 127 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis | |
| 128 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus | |
| 129 | Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| 130 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| 131 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens | |
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| 132 | Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
| 133 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| 134 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| 135 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| 136 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| 137 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus | |
| 138 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus | |
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| 139 | American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
| 140 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| 141 | /American Bittern/ | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| 142 | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| 143 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 144 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 145 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 146 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| 147 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | |
| 148 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 149 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| 150 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 151 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 152 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| 153 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| 154 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 155 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| 156 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| 157 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| 158 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 159 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| 160 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius | |
| 161 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| 162 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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| 163 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 164 | Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| 165 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| 166 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| 167 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| 168 | West Indian Woodpecker | Melanerpes superciliaris | |
| 169 | Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | |
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| 170 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| 171 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius | |
| 172 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 173 | Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | |
| 174 | Cuban Parrot | Amazona leucocephala | |
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| 175 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens | |
| 176 | Cuban Pewee | Contopus caribaeus | |
| 177 | |Acadian Flycatcher| | Empidonax virescens | |
| 178 | /Eastern Phoebe/ | Sayornis phoebe | |
| 179 | /Great Crested Flycatcher/ | Myiarchus crinitus | |
| 180 | La Sagra's Flycatcher | Myiarchus sagrae | |
| 181 | Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus | |
| 182 | /Western Kingbird/ | Tyrannus verticalis | |
| 183 | |Eastern Kingbird| | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| 184 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| 185 | Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | |
| 186 | Giant Kingbird | Tyrannus cubensis | |
| 187 | /Scissor-tailed Flycatcher/ | Tyrannus forficatus | |
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| 188 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus | |
| 189 | Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris | |
| 190 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons | |
| 191 | /Blue-headed Vireo/ | Vireo solitarius | |
| 192 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| 193 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus | |
| 194 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| 195 | Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | |
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| 196 | Cuban Crow | Corvus nasicus | |
| 197 | Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | |
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| 198 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia | |
| 199 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| 200 | Bahama Swallow | Tachycineta cyaneoviridis | |
| 201 | |Purple Martin| | Progne subis | |
| 202 | |Northern Rough-winged Swallow| | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| 203 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica | |
| 204 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| 205 | /Ruby-crowned Kinglet/ | Corthylio calendula | |
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| 206 | Bahama Nuthatch | Sitta insularis | |
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| 207 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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| 208 | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
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| 209 | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| 210 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| 211 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| 212 | Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
| 213 | Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii | |
| 214 | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| 215 | Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
| 216 | |Veery| | Catharus fuscescens | |
| 217 | /Gray-cheeked Thrush/ | Catharus minimus | |
| 218 | /Bicknell's Thrush/ | Catharus bicknelli | |
| 219 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus | |
| 220 | /Hermit Thrush/ | Catharus guttatus | |
| 221 | |Wood Thrush| | Hylocichla mustelina | |
| 222 | /American Robin/ | Turdus migratorius | |
| 223 | Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus | |
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| 224 | /Cedar Waxwing/ | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| 225 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| 226 | /American Pipit/ | Anthus rubescens | |
| 227 | Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | |
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| 228 | American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
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| 229 | Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| 230 | Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| 231 | /Chipping Sparrow/ | Spizella passerina | |
| 232 | /Clay-colored Sparrow/ | Spizella pallida | |
| 233 | /Lark Sparrow/ | Chondestes grammacus | |
| 234 | Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| 235 | |White-crowned Sparrow| | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| 236 | Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
| 237 | /Savannah Sparrow/ | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| 238 | Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| 239 | |Lincoln's Sparrow| | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| 240 | Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
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| 241 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
| 242 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| 243 | Hispaniolan Oriole | Icterus dominicensis | |
| 244 | Bahama Oriole | Icterus northropi | |
| 245 | |Orchard Oriole| | Icterus spurius | |
| 246 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula | |
| 247 | Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| 248 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| 249 | /Brown-headed Cowbird/ | Molothrus ater | |
| 250 | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | |
| 251 | Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | |
| 252 | Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | |
| 253 | Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
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| 254 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| 255 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| 256 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla | |
| 257 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| 258 | |Golden-winged Warbler| | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
| 259 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| 260 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia | |
| 261 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea | |
| 262 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii | |
| 263 | |Tennessee Warbler| | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| 264 | /Orange-crowned Warbler/ | Leiothlypis celata | |
| 265 | /Nashville Warbler/ | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
| 266 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis | |
| 267 | /Mourning Warbler/ | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
| 268 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa | |
| 269 | Bahama Yellowthroat | Geothlypis rostrata | |
| 270 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas | |
| 271 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina | |
| 272 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| 273 | /Kirtland's Warbler/ | Setophaga kirtlandii | |
| 274 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina | |
| 275 | |Cerulean Warbler| | Setophaga cerulea | |
| 276 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana | |
| 277 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia | |
| 278 | |Bay-breasted Warbler| | Setophaga castanea | |
| 279 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca | |
| 280 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | |
| 281 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
| 282 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata | |
| 283 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| 284 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum | |
| 285 | Olive-capped Warbler | Setophaga pityophila | |
| 286 | Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
| 287 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata | |
| 288 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica | |
| 289 | Bahama Warbler | Setophaga flavescens | |
| 290 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor | |
| 291 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens | |
| 292 | |Canada Warbler| | Cardellina canadensis | |
| 293 | /Wilson's Warbler/ | Cardellina pusilla | |
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| 294 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra | |
| 295 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea | |
| 296 | /Western Tanager/ | Piranga ludoviciana | |
| 297 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| 298 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea | |
| 299 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea | |
| 300 | /Painted Bunting/ | Passerina ciris | |
| 301 | |Dickcissel| | Spiza americana | |
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| 302 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| 303 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| 304 | Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea | |
| 305 | Cuban Grassquit | Phonipara canorus | |
| 306 | Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 98 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 39 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 6 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 19 |
| [] | Accidental | 15 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 19 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 7 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.