SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
WEST INDIESLOCALE
| # Species: | 164 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 164 |
| # Endemics: | 12 |
| # 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 | /Wood Duck/ | Aix sponsa |
| 4 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 5 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 6 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 7 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
| 8 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 9 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| 10 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
| 11 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| 12 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
| 13 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| 14 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
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| 15 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 16 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
| 17 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| 18 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 19 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 20 | Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea |
| 21 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| 22 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
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| 23 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 24 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
| 25 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
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| 26 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
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| 27 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
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| 28 | Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
| 29 | Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| 30 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
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| 31 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
| 32 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 33 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 34 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 35 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| 36 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
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| 37 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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| 38 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 39 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
| 40 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 41 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 42 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| 43 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus |
| 44 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
| 45 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus |
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| 46 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
| 47 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 48 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica |
| 49 | /Marbled Godwit/ | Limosa fedoa |
| 50 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
| 51 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
| 52 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| 53 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
| 54 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 55 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
| 56 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata |
| 57 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 58 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 59 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
| 60 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| 61 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus |
| 62 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis |
| 63 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 64 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
| 65 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis |
| 66 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla |
| 67 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos |
| 68 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri |
| 69 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla |
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| 70 | |Long-tailed Jaeger| | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| 71 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 72 | /Bonaparte's Gull/ | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| 73 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 74 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| 75 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis |
| 76 | /American Herring Gull/ | Larus smithsonianus |
| 77 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| 78 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 79 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| 80 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 81 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 82 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 83 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| 84 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 85 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 86 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii |
| 87 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri |
| 88 | |Arctic Tern| | Sterna paradisaea |
| 89 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 90 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 91 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 92 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
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| 93 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 94 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
| 95 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus |
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| 96 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis |
| 97 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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| 98 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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| 99 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 100 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 101 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 102 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus |
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| 103 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
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| 104 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
| 105 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 106 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 107 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 108 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 109 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 110 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 111 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 112 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 113 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 114 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
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| 115 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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| 116 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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| 117 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 118 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| 119 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
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| 120 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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| 121 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 122 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 123 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 124 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| 125 | Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi |
| 126 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
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| 127 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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| 128 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 129 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor |
| 130 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| 131 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
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| 132 | Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca |
| 133 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| 134 | Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda |
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| 135 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
| 136 | Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis |
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| 137 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 138 | Lesser Antillean Euphonia | Chlorophonia flavifrons |
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| 139 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| 140 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 141 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
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| 142 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 143 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
| 144 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 145 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
| 146 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
| 147 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
| 148 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
| 149 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 150 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
| 151 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
| 152 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
| 153 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 154 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| 155 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
| 156 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
| 157 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata |
| 158 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor |
| 159 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
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| 160 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea |
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| 161 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 162 | St. Kitts Bullfinch | Melopyrrha grandis |
| 163 | Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis |
| 164 | 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 | 52 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 14 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 6 |
| [] | Accidental | 4 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| 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.