MONTSERRAT
WEST INDIES
LOCALE
| # Species: | 104 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 104 |
| # Endemics: | 11 |
| # 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 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors | |
| 3 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 4 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
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| 5 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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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 | Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea | |
| 12 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| 13 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | |
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| 14 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| 15 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
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| 16 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
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| 17 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | |
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| 18 | Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis | |
| 19 | Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | |
| 20 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
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| 21 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina | |
| 22 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| 23 | American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| 24 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
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| 25 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| 26 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| 27 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 28 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica | |
| 29 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| 30 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 31 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
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| 32 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 33 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica | |
| 34 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus | |
| 35 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata | |
| 36 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius | |
| 37 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria | |
| 38 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes | |
| 39 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata | |
| 40 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 41 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 42 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus | |
| 43 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 44 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| 45 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| 46 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla | |
| 47 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos | |
| 48 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla | |
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| 49 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| 50 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 51 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 52 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 53 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| 54 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii | |
| 55 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 56 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 57 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| 58 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus | |
| 59 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| 60 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens | |
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| 61 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| 62 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| 63 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| 64 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| 65 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 66 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 67 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 68 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| 69 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 70 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| 71 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 72 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 73 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 74 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| 75 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| 76 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 77 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| 78 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| 79 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius | |
| 80 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 81 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
| 82 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
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| 83 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons | |
| 84 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| 85 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia | |
| 86 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
| 87 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica | |
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| 88 | Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca | |
| 89 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | |
| 90 | Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda | |
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| 91 | Forest Thrush | Turdus lherminieri | |
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| 92 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| 93 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| 94 | Montserrat Oriole | Icterus oberi | |
| 95 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | |
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| 96 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| 97 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia | |
| 98 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas | |
| 99 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| 100 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana | |
| 101 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | |
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| 102 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| 103 | Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis | |
| 104 | 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 | 27 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 8 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 4 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| 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.