PUERTO RICO
WEST INDIESLOCALE
# Species: | 350 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 350 |
# Endemics: | 35 |
# 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 | Brant | Branta bernicla |
6 | Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
7 | /Wood Duck/ | Aix sponsa |
8 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
9 | Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera |
10 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
11 | Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope |
12 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
13 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos |
14 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
15 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
16 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
17 | Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
18 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
19 | Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
20 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
21 | Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
22 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus |
23 | /Red-breasted Merganser/ | Mergus serrator |
24 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
25 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
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26 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
27 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
28 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
29 | Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata |
30 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
31 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
32 | Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata |
33 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
34 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
35 | Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia |
36 | Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea |
37 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
38 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
39 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
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40 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
41 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
42 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
43 | |Black-billed Cuckoo| | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
44 | Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus vieilloti |
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45 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor |
46 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
47 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis |
48 | Puerto Rican Nightjar | Antrostomus noctitherus |
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49 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
50 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
51 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica |
52 | Common Swift | Apus apus |
53 | Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
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54 | Puerto Rican Mango | Anthracothorax aurulentus |
55 | Green Mango | Anthracothorax viridis |
56 | Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
57 | Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
58 | Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima |
59 | Puerto Rican Emerald | Riccordia maugaeus |
60 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
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61 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans |
62 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
63 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
64 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
65 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
66 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Laterallus flaviventer |
67 | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
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68 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
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69 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
70 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
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71 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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72 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
73 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
74 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
75 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
76 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus |
77 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
78 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus |
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79 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda |
80 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
81 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica |
82 | /Marbled Godwit/ | Limosa fedoa |
83 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
84 | /Long-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
85 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
86 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
87 | Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
88 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
89 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
90 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
91 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
92 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata |
93 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
94 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
95 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
96 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
97 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
98 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
99 | #Curlew Sandpiper# | Calidris ferruginea |
100 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus |
101 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis |
102 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
103 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
104 | Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
105 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis |
106 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla |
107 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos |
108 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri |
109 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla |
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110 | |Long-tailed Jaeger| | Stercorarius longicaudus |
111 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus |
112 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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113 | Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus |
114 | Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
115 | Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini |
116 | /Bonaparte's Gull/ | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
117 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
118 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
119 | Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan |
120 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis |
121 | /American Herring Gull/ | Larus smithsonianus |
122 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
123 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
124 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
125 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
126 | Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
127 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
128 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
129 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
130 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
131 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
132 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger |
133 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
134 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii |
135 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri |
136 | |Arctic Tern| | Sterna paradisaea |
137 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
138 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
139 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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140 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
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141 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
142 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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143 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
144 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus |
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145 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus |
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146 | #Leach's Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates leucorhoa |
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147 | (Black-capped Petrel) | Pterodroma hasitata |
148 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis |
149 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis |
150 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus |
151 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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152 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
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153 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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154 | Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
155 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
156 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
157 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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158 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus |
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159 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
160 | Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber |
161 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
162 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
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163 | /American Bittern/ | Botaurus lentiginosus |
164 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
165 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
166 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
167 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
168 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
169 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
170 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
171 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
172 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
173 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
174 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
175 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
176 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
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177 | American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
178 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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179 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
180 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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181 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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182 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
183 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
184 | Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
185 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius |
186 | /Mississippi Kite/ | Ictinia mississippiensis |
187 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
188 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
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189 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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190 | Puerto Rican Owl | Gymnasio nudipes |
191 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
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192 | Puerto Rican Tody | Todus mexicanus |
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193 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
194 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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195 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius |
196 | Puerto Rican Woodpecker | Melanerpes portoricensis |
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197 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
198 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
199 | Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis |
200 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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201 | Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus |
202 | Tanimbar Corella | Cacatua goffiniana |
203 | Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
204 | Salmon-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua moluccensis |
205 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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206 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
207 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis |
208 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri |
209 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus |
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210 | Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
211 | Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri |
212 | Yellow-headed Amazon | Amazona oratrix |
213 | Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala |
214 | Turquoise-fronted Amazon | Amazona aestiva |
215 | White-fronted Amazon | Amazona albifrons |
216 | Hispaniolan Amazon | Amazona ventralis |
217 | Puerto Rican Amazon | Amazona vittata |
218 | Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica |
219 | Green-cheeked Parakeet | Pyrrhura molinae |
220 | Rose-fronted Parakeet | Pyrrhura roseifrons |
221 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana |
222 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis |
223 | Peach-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula aurea |
224 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax |
225 | Jandaya Parakeet | Aratinga jandaya |
226 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna |
227 | Military Macaw | Ara militaris |
228 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao |
229 | Red-and-green Macaw | Ara chloropterus |
230 | Blue-crowned Parakeet | Thectocercus acuticaudatus |
231 | Mitred Parakeet | Psittacara mitratus |
232 | Red-masked Parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys |
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233 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
234 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens |
235 | Lesser Antillean Pewee | Contopus latirostris |
236 | |Acadian Flycatcher| | Empidonax virescens |
237 | Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
238 | Puerto Rican Flycatcher | Myiarchus antillarum |
239 | /Western Kingbird/ | Tyrannus verticalis |
240 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
241 | Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
242 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
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243 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus |
244 | Puerto Rican Vireo | Vireo latimeri |
245 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
246 | /Warbling Vireo/ | Vireo gilvus |
247 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus |
248 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus |
249 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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250 | Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
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251 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
252 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor |
253 | Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina |
254 | |Purple Martin| | Progne subis |
255 | Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca |
256 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
257 | |Northern Rough-winged Swallow| | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
258 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
259 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
260 | Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
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261 | Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa |
262 | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
263 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum |
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264 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis |
265 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
266 | Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii |
267 | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
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268 | |Veery| | Catharus fuscescens |
269 | /Gray-cheeked Thrush/ | Catharus minimus |
270 | /Bicknell's Thrush/ | Catharus bicknelli |
271 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
272 | |Wood Thrush| | Hylocichla mustelina |
273 | /American Robin/ | Turdus migratorius |
274 | Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus |
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275 | Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
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276 | /Cedar Waxwing/ | Bombycilla cedrorum |
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277 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
278 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
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279 | Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata |
280 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
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281 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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282 | Puerto Rican Euphonia | Chlorophonia sclateri |
283 | Island Canary | Serinus canaria |
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284 | Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
285 | |Lincoln's Sparrow| | Melospiza lincolnii |
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286 | Puerto Rican Tanager | Nesospingus speculiferus |
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287 | Puerto Rican Spindalis | Spindalis portoricensis |
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288 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
289 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
290 | Puerto Rican Oriole | Icterus portoricensis |
291 | |Orchard Oriole| | Icterus spurius |
292 | Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus |
293 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula |
294 | Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
295 | Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius xanthomus |
296 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
297 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
298 | Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger |
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299 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
300 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum |
301 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
302 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
303 | |Golden-winged Warbler| | Vermivora chrysoptera |
304 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera |
305 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
306 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
307 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
308 | |Tennessee Warbler| | Leiothlypis peregrina |
309 | /Nashville Warbler/ | Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
310 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis |
311 | /Mourning Warbler/ | Geothlypis philadelphia |
312 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
313 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas |
314 | Elfin-woods Warbler | Setophaga angelae |
315 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
316 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
317 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
318 | |Cerulean Warbler| | Setophaga cerulea |
319 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
320 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
321 | |Bay-breasted Warbler| | Setophaga castanea |
322 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca |
323 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
324 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica |
325 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
326 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
327 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum |
328 | Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus |
329 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata |
330 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica |
331 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor |
332 | Adelaide's Warbler | Setophaga adelaidae |
333 | Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi |
334 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
335 | |Canada Warbler| | Cardellina canadensis |
336 | /Wilson's Warbler/ | Cardellina pusilla |
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337 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
338 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea |
339 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
340 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea |
341 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea |
342 | |Dickcissel| | Spiza americana |
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343 | Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata |
344 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
345 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
346 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
347 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
348 | Puerto Rican Bullfinch | Melopyrrha portoricensis |
349 | Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis |
350 | 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 | 83 |
\\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
|| | Transient | 39 |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 7 |
<> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
() | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
{} | Casual/Vagrant | 23 |
[] | Accidental | 15 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 20 |
V | Vulnerable | 10 |
EN | Endangered | 6 |
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.