DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
WEST INDIES
LOCALE
| # Species: | 291 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 291 |
| # Endemics: | 46 |
| # 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 | West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 3 | Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubata | |
| 4 | /Wood Duck/ | Aix sponsa | |
| 5 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors | |
| 6 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 7 | Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| 8 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana | |
| 9 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 10 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| 11 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 12 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| 13 | /Redhead/ | Aythya americana | |
| 14 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris | |
| 15 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| 16 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis | |
| 17 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| 18 | /Red-breasted Merganser/ | Mergus serrator | |
| 19 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
| 20 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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| 21 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
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| 22 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
| 23 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| 24 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 25 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |
| 26 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |
| 27 | Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata | |
| 28 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 29 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| 30 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| 31 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| 32 | White-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon leucometopia | |
| 33 | Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | |
| 34 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| 35 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
| 36 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| 37 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| 38 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus | |
| 39 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| 40 | Bay-breasted Cuckoo | Coccyzus rufigularis | |
| 41 | Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus longirostris | |
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| 42 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor | |
| 43 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
| 44 | Least Pauraque | Siphonorhis brewsteri | |
| 45 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis | |
| 46 | Hispaniolan Nightjar | Antrostomus ekmani | |
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| 47 | Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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| 48 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | |
| 49 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
| 50 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica | |
| 51 | Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia | |
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| 52 | Hispaniolan Mango | Anthracothorax dominicus | |
| 53 | /Ruby-throated Hummingbird/ | Archilochus colubris | |
| 54 | Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima | |
| 55 | Hispaniolan Emerald | Riccordia swainsonii | |
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| 56 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| 57 | Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| 58 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina | |
| 59 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| 60 | American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| 61 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| 62 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | |
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| 63 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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| 64 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus | |
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| 65 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
| 66 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
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| 67 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| 68 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 69 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica | |
| 70 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 71 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| 72 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 73 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus | |
| 74 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
| 75 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | |
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| 76 | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |
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| 77 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda | |
| 78 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 79 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| 80 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica | |
| 81 | /Marbled Godwit/ | Limosa fedoa | |
| 82 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus | |
| 83 | /Long-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| 84 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata | |
| 85 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| 86 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 87 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius | |
| 88 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria | |
| 89 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes | |
| 90 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata | |
| 91 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 92 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 93 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus | |
| 94 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| 95 | #Curlew Sandpiper# | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 96 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus | |
| 97 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis | |
| 98 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 99 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina | |
| 100 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| 101 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla | |
| 102 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos | |
| 103 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri | |
| 104 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla | |
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| 105 | |Long-tailed Jaeger| | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| 106 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| 107 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| 108 | /Bonaparte's Gull/ | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| 109 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| 110 | Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| 111 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis | |
| 112 | /Herring Gull/ | Larus argentatus | |
| 113 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| 114 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| 115 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| 116 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 117 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 118 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 119 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| 120 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 121 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 122 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger | |
| 123 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii | |
| 124 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri | |
| 125 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 126 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 127 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| 128 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus | |
| 129 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| 130 | #Leach's Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates leucorhoa | |
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| 131 | (Black-capped Petrel) | Pterodroma hasitata | |
| 132 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| 133 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis | |
| 134 | Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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| 135 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| 136 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens | |
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| 137 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| 138 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| 139 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| 140 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus | |
| 141 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus | |
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| 142 | American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
| 143 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| 144 | /American Bittern/ | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| 145 | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| 146 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 147 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 148 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 149 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| 150 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | |
| 151 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 152 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| 153 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 154 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 155 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 156 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| 157 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| 158 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 159 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| 160 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| 161 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 162 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| 163 | /Mississippi Kite/ | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
| 164 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius | |
| 165 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| 166 | Ridgway's Hawk | Buteo ridgwayi | |
| 167 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| 168 | |Swainson's Hawk| | Buteo swainsoni | |
| 169 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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| 170 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| 171 | Ashy-faced Owl | Tyto glaucops | |
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| 172 | Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| 173 | Stygian Owl | Asio stygius | |
| 174 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| 175 | Hispaniolan Trogon | Priotelus roseigaster | |
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| 176 | Broad-billed Tody | Todus subulatus | |
| 177 | Narrow-billed Tody | Todus angustirostris | |
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| 178 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| 179 | Antillean Piculet | Nesoctites micromegas | |
| 180 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| 181 | Hispaniolan Woodpecker | Melanerpes striatus | |
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| 182 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| 183 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius | |
| 184 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 185 | Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus | |
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| 186 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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| 187 | Hispaniolan Parrot | Amazona ventralis | |
| 188 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | |
| 189 | Hispaniolan Parakeet | Psittacara chloropterus | |
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| 190 | Greater Antillean Elaenia | Elaenia fallax | |
| 191 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens | |
| 192 | Hispaniolan Pewee | Contopus hispaniolensis | |
| 193 | Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus | |
| 194 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| 195 | Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | |
| 196 | /Scissor-tailed Flycatcher/ | Tyrannus forficatus | |
| 197 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
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| 198 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus | |
| 199 | Flat-billed Vireo | Vireo nanus | |
| 200 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons | |
| 201 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| 202 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus | |
| 203 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| 204 | Hispaniolan Palm-Crow | Corvus palmarum | |
| 205 | White-necked Crow | Corvus leucognaphalus | |
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| 206 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia | |
| 207 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| 208 | Golden Swallow | Tachycineta euchrysea | |
| 209 | |Purple Martin| | Progne subis | |
| 210 | Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca | |
| 211 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
| 212 | |Northern Rough-winged Swallow| | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| 213 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica | |
| 214 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| 215 | Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |
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| 216 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| 217 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| 218 | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| 219 | Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis | |
| 220 | |Veery| | Catharus fuscescens | |
| 221 | /Bicknell's Thrush/ | Catharus bicknelli | |
| 222 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus | |
| 223 | La Selle Thrush | Turdus swalesi | |
| 224 | Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus | |
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| 225 | /Cedar Waxwing/ | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| 226 | Palmchat | Dulus dominicus | |
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| 227 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
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| 228 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| 229 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
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| 230 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| 231 | Hispaniolan Euphonia | Chlorophonia musica | |
| 232 | Hispaniolan Crossbill | Loxia megaplaga | |
| 233 | Antillean Siskin | Spinus dominicensis | |
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| 234 | Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| 235 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| 236 | |Lincoln's Sparrow| | Melospiza lincolnii | |
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| 237 | Black-crowned Palm-Tanager | Phaenicophilus palmarum | |
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| 238 | Hispaniolan Spindalis | Spindalis dominicensis | |
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| 239 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
| 240 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| 241 | Hispaniolan Oriole | Icterus dominicensis | |
| 242 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula | |
| 243 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| 244 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
| 245 | Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger | |
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| 246 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| 247 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| 248 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla | |
| 249 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| 250 | |Golden-winged Warbler| | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
| 251 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| 252 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia | |
| 253 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea | |
| 254 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii | |
| 255 | |Tennessee Warbler| | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| 256 | /Nashville Warbler/ | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
| 257 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis | |
| 258 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa | |
| 259 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas | |
| 260 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina | |
| 261 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| 262 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina | |
| 263 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana | |
| 264 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia | |
| 265 | |Bay-breasted Warbler| | Setophaga castanea | |
| 266 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca | |
| 267 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | |
| 268 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
| 269 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata | |
| 270 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| 271 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum | |
| 272 | Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
| 273 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata | |
| 274 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica | |
| 275 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor | |
| 276 | Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| 277 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens | |
| 278 | /Wilson's Warbler/ | Cardellina pusilla | |
| 279 | White-winged Warbler | Xenoligea montana | |
| 280 | Green-tailed Warbler | Microligea palustris | |
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| 281 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra | |
| 282 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea | |
| 283 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| 284 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea | |
| 285 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea | |
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| 286 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| 287 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| 288 | Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea | |
| 289 | Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
| 290 | Western Chat-Tanager | Calyptophilus tertius | |
| 291 | Eastern Chat-Tanager | Calyptophilus frugivorus | |
*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 | 81 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 32 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 5 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 10 |
| [] | Accidental | 5 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 18 |
| V | Vulnerable | 11 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| 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.