BARBADOS
WEST INDIESLOCALE
| # Species: | 231 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 231 |
| # Endemics: | 7 |
| # 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 | Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubata |
| 5 | Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
| 6 | Garganey | Spatula querquedula |
| 7 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 8 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 9 | Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope |
| 10 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 11 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos |
| 12 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
| 13 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 14 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| 15 | Common Pochard | Aythya ferina |
| 16 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
| 17 | Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| 18 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| 19 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
| 20 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| 21 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
| 22 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
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| 23 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 24 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
| 25 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| 26 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 27 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
| 28 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 29 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| 30 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| 31 | Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata |
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| 32 | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major |
| 33 | Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| 34 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
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| 35 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor |
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| 36 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| 37 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 38 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica |
| 39 | Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura |
| 40 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 41 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis |
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| 42 | Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
| 43 | Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| 44 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
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| 45 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
| 46 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 47 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 48 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 49 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
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| 50 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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| 51 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 52 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
| 53 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 54 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 55 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| 56 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| 57 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
| 58 | Collared Plover | Anarhynchus collaris |
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| 59 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda |
| 60 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
| 61 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica |
| 62 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
| 63 | /Long-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| 64 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
| 65 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| 66 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| 67 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
| 68 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 69 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 70 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
| 71 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata |
| 72 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| 73 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 74 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 75 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 76 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
| 77 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| 78 | #Curlew Sandpiper# | Calidris ferruginea |
| 79 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus |
| 80 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis |
| 81 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 82 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| 83 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis |
| 84 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla |
| 85 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos |
| 86 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri |
| 87 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla |
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| 88 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
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| 89 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 90 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 91 | Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus |
| 92 | Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| 93 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 94 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 95 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| 96 | Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan |
| 97 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis |
| 98 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| 99 | /American Herring Gull/ | Larus smithsonianus |
| 100 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| 101 | Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| 102 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 103 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| 104 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 105 | Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
| 106 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 107 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 108 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| 109 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 110 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 111 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 112 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger |
| 113 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 114 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii |
| 115 | |Arctic Tern| | Sterna paradisaea |
| 116 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 117 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 118 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 119 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
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| 120 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 121 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
| 122 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus |
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| 123 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus |
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| 124 | #Leach's Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates leucorhoa |
| 125 | #Band-rumped Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates castro |
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| 126 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis |
| 127 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis |
| 128 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus |
| 129 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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| 130 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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| 131 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 132 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 133 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 134 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
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| 135 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 136 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia |
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| 137 | /American Bittern/ | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| 138 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
| 139 | Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus |
| 140 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 141 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 142 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 143 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 144 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 145 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 146 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 147 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 148 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 149 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 150 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 151 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 152 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| 153 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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| 154 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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| 155 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 156 | Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
| 157 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius |
| 158 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 159 | /Mississippi Kite/ | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| 160 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
| 161 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
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| 162 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
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| 163 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
| 164 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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| 165 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 166 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 167 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 168 | Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus |
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| 169 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
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| 170 | Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala |
| 171 | Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica |
| 172 | Jandaya Parakeet | Aratinga jandaya |
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| 173 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| 174 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens |
| 175 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| 176 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| 177 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
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| 178 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
| 179 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus |
| 180 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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| 181 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 182 | Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca |
| 183 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| 184 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
| 185 | Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| 186 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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| 187 | Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
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| 188 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| 189 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
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| 190 | /Gray-cheeked Thrush/ | Catharus minimus |
| 191 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
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| 192 | Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
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| 193 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
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| 194 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 195 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| 196 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula |
| 197 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 198 | Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus |
| 199 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
| 200 | Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus |
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| 201 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 202 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| 203 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 204 | |Golden-winged Warbler| | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| 205 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| 206 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
| 207 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
| 208 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis |
| 209 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
| 210 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
| 211 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 212 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
| 213 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
| 214 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
| 215 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca |
| 216 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 217 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
| 218 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
| 219 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum |
| 220 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata |
| 221 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
| 222 | |Canada Warbler| | Cardellina canadensis |
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| 223 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
| 224 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea |
| 225 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| 226 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea |
| 227 | |Dickcissel| | Spiza americana |
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| 228 | Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola |
| 229 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 230 | Barbados Bullfinch | Loxigilla barbadensis |
| 231 | 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 | 55 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 27 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 8 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 16 |
| [] | Accidental | 27 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 10 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
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.