DOMINICA
WEST INDIESLOCALE
| # Species: | 150 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 150 |
| # Endemics: | 22 |
| # Near Endemics: | 0 |
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 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 3 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 4 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
| 5 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
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| 6 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 7 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
| 8 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| 9 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 10 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 11 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| 12 | Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea |
| 13 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| 14 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
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| 15 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 16 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
| 17 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
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| 18 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
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| 19 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| 20 | Lesser Antillean Swift | Chaetura martinica |
| 21 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica |
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| 22 | Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
| 23 | Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| 24 | Blue-headed Hummingbird | Riccordia bicolor |
| 25 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
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| 26 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
| 27 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 28 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 29 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 30 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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| 31 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 32 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
| 33 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 34 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| 35 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
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| 36 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda |
| 37 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
| 38 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
| 39 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
| 40 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
| 41 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 42 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
| 43 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata |
| 44 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 45 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 46 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus |
| 47 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 48 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis |
| 49 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla |
| 50 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos |
| 51 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri |
| 52 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla |
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| 53 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 54 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 55 | Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini |
| 56 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| 57 | /American Herring Gull/ | Larus smithsonianus |
| 58 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| 59 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 60 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 61 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 62 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 63 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| 64 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 65 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger |
| 66 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii |
| 67 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 68 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 69 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 70 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 71 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
| 72 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus |
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| 73 | #Leach's Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates leucorhoa |
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| 74 | (Black-capped Petrel) | Pterodroma hasitata |
| 75 | Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii |
| 76 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis |
| 77 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis |
| 78 | Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus |
| 79 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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| 80 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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| 81 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 82 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 83 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 84 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
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| 85 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
| 86 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 87 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 88 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 89 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 90 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 91 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 92 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 93 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 94 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 95 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
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| 96 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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| 97 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 98 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
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| 99 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 100 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
| 101 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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| 102 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 103 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 104 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 105 | Red-necked Amazon | Amazona arausiaca |
| 106 | Imperial Amazon | Amazona imperialis |
| 107 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax |
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| 108 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| 109 | Lesser Antillean Pewee | Contopus latirostris |
| 110 | Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi |
| 111 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
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| 112 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
| 113 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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| 114 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 115 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| 116 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
| 117 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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| 118 | Kalinago Wren | Troglodytes martinicensis |
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| 119 | Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca |
| 120 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| 121 | Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda |
| 122 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
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| 123 | Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis |
| 124 | Forest Thrush | Turdus lherminieri |
| 125 | Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis |
| 126 | Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus |
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| 127 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 128 | Lesser Antillean Euphonia | Chlorophonia flavifrons |
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| 129 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| 130 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 131 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
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| 132 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 133 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
| 134 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 135 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
| 136 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
| 137 | Plumbeous Warbler | Setophaga plumbea |
| 138 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
| 139 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 140 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
| 141 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
| 142 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
| 143 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 144 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
| 145 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
| 146 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
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| 147 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 148 | Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis |
| 149 | Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor |
| 150 | Lesser Antillean Saltator | Saltator albicollis |
*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 | 37 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 13 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 4 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 5 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 4 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| 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.