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# Species:789
# Excl Vagrants:628
# Endemics:181
# Near Endemics:3

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1West Indian Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arboreaNENT
2Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosaE 
3White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala NT
4Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornataENT
5Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaeaEV
6Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephalaEEN
7Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolorENT
8Gray-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon canicepsEV
9White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopiaEEN
10Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystaceaE 
11Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsiECR
12Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialisE 
13Bay-breasted CuckooCoccyzus rufigularisEEN
14Jamaican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vetulaE 
15Puerto Rican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vieillotiE 
16Great Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus merliniE 
17Hispaniolan Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus longirostrisE 
18Least PauraqueSiphonorhis brewsteriENT
19/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
20Cuban NightjarAntrostomus cubanensisE 
21Hispaniolan NightjarAntrostomus ekmaniE 
22Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherusEEN
23Black SwiftCypseloides niger V
24Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinicaE 
25|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
26Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobiaE 
27Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicusE 
28Puerto Rican MangoAnthracothorax aurulentusE 
29Green MangoAnthracothorax viridisE 
30Jamaican MangoAnthracothorax mangoE 
31Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularisE 
32Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeusE 
33Bahama WoodstarNesophlox evelynaeE 
34Inagua WoodstarNesophlox lyruraE 
35Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minimaE 
36Bee HummingbirdMellisuga helenaeENT
37Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus NT
38Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordiiE 
39Hispaniolan EmeraldRiccordia swainsoniiE 
40Puerto Rican EmeraldRiccordia maugaeusE 
41Blue-headed HummingbirdRiccordia bicolorE 
42Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatusE 
43Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmusE 
44Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulusE 
45King RailRallus elegans NT
46Zapata RailMustelirallus cerveraiECR
47/Piping Plover/Charadrius melodus NT
48Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
49Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis CR
50|Red Knot|Calidris canutus NT
51#Curlew Sandpiper#Calidris ferruginea NT
52|Buff-breasted Sandpiper|Calidris subruficollis NT
53/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
54#Leach's Storm-Petrel#Hydrobates leucorhoa V
55Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana V
56Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahow EN
57(Black-capped Petrel)Pterodroma hasitata EN
58#Sooty Shearwater#Ardenna griseus NT
59Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens NT
60Cuban KiteChondrohierax wilsoniiECR
61Gundlach's HawkAstur gundlachiEEN
62Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachiiENT
63Ridgway's HawkButeo ridgwayiECR
64Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucopsE 
65Puerto Rican OwlGymnasio nudipesE 
66Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrenciiE 
67Cuban Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium sijuE 
68Jamaican OwlAsio grammicusE 
69Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurusE 
70Hispaniolan TrogonPriotelus roseigasterE 
71Cuban TodyTodus multicolorE 
72Broad-billed TodyTodus subulatusE 
73Narrow-billed TodyTodus angustirostrisE 
74Jamaican TodyTodus todusE 
75Puerto Rican TodyTodus mexicanusE 
76Antillean PiculetNesoctites micromegasE 
77Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussusE 
78Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieriE 
79Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensisE 
80Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatusE 
81Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatusE 
82West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliarisE 
83Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis CR
84Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinaeEEN
85Tanimbar CorellaCacatua goffiniana NT
86Salmon-crested CockatooCacatua moluccensis V
87Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri NT
88Red-necked AmazonAmazona arausiacaEV
89St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolorEV
90Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliata CR
91Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrix EN
92Yellow-shouldered AmazonAmazona barbadensisNENT
93Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva NT
94Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilisEEN
95Yellow-billed AmazonAmazona collariaEV
96Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephalaENT
97Hispaniolan AmazonAmazona ventralisEV
98Puerto Rican AmazonAmazona vittataECR
99Imperial AmazonAmazona imperialisECR
100St. Vincent AmazonAmazona guildingiiEV
101Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
102Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularis V
103Military MacawAra militaris V
104Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleri NT
105Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenys NT
106Cuban ParakeetPsittacara euopsEV
107Hispaniolan ParakeetPsittacara chloropterusEV
108Jamaican BecardPachyramphus nigerE 
109Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cottaE 
110Greater Antillean ElaeniaElaenia fallaxE 
111Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidusE 
112Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeusE 
113Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensisE 
114Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostrisE 
115Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostrisE 
116Grenada FlycatcherMyiarchus nugatorE 
117Rufous-tailed FlycatcherMyiarchus validusE 
118Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidusE 
119Puerto Rican FlycatcherMyiarchus antillarumE 
120Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberiE 
121Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatusE 
122Giant KingbirdTyrannus cubensisEEN
123San Andres VireoVireo caribaeusEV
124Jamaican VireoVireo modestusE 
125Cuban VireoVireo gundlachiiE 
126Puerto Rican VireoVireo latimeriE 
127Flat-billed VireoVireo nanusE 
128Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburniENT
129Cuban Palm-CrowCorvus minutusE 
130Hispaniolan Palm-CrowCorvus palmarumE 
131Cuban CrowCorvus nasicusE 
132White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalusEV
133Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensisENT
134Golden SwallowTachycineta euchryseaEV
135Bahama SwallowTachycineta cyaneoviridisEEN
136Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleucaE 
137Bahama NuthatchSitta insularisECR
138Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyeiE 
139Zapata WrenFerminia cerveraiEEN
140Kalinago WrenTroglodytes martinicensisE 
141St. Lucia WrenTroglodytes mesoleucusE 
142St. Vincent WrenTroglodytes musicusE 
143Grenada WrenTroglodytes grenadensisE 
144Martinique ThrasherRamphocinclus brachyurusEEN
145St. Lucia ThrasherRamphocinclus sanctaeluciaeEEN
146Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fuscaE 
147Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatusE 
148Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficaudaE 
149Gray TremblerCinclocerthia gutturalisE 
150Cuban SolitaireMyadestes elisabethENT
151Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbisE 
152/Bicknell's Thrush/Catharus bicknelli V
153Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieriENT
154White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantiusE 
155Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeusE 
156La Selle ThrushTurdus swalesiEV
157White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensisE 
158PalmchatDulus dominicusE 
159Hispaniolan EuphoniaChlorophonia musicaE 
160Puerto Rican EuphoniaChlorophonia sclateriE 
161Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifronsE 
162Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaicaE 
163Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplagaEEN
164Antillean SiskinSpinus dominicensisE 
165Zapata SparrowTorreornis inexpectataENT
166Black-crowned Palm-TanagerPhaenicophilus palmarumE 
167Gray-crowned Palm-TanagerPhaenicophilus poliocephalusENT
168Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferusEV
169Western SpindalisSpindalis zenaNE 
170Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephalaE 
171Hispaniolan SpindalisSpindalis dominicensisE 
172Puerto Rican SpindalisSpindalis portoricensisE 
173Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
174Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensisE 
175Cuban OrioleIcterus melanopsisE 
176Bahama OrioleIcterus northropiEEN
177Puerto Rican OrioleIcterus portoricensisE 
178St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilisEEN
179Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberiEV
180Martinique OrioleIcterus bonanaEV
181Jamaican OrioleIcterus leucopteryxE 
182Jamaican BlackbirdNesopsar nigerrimusEEN
183Red-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius assimilisE 
184Tawny-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius humeralisE 
185Yellow-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius xanthomusEEN
186Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolaceusE 
187Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus nigerE 
188|Golden-winged Warbler|Vermivora chrysoptera NT
189Semper's WarblerLeucopeza semperiECR
190Bahama YellowthroatGeothlypis rostrataE 
191Whistling WarblerCatharopeza bishopiEEN
192Plumbeous WarblerSetophaga plumbeaE 
193Elfin-woods WarblerSetophaga angelaeEEN
194Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetraE 
195/Kirtland's Warbler/Setophaga kirtlandii NT
196|Cerulean Warbler|Setophaga cerulea NT
197|Blackpoll Warbler|Setophaga striata NT
198Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophilaE 
199Bahama WarblerSetophaga flavescensEEN
200Vitelline WarblerSetophaga vitellina NT
201Adelaide's WarblerSetophaga adelaidaeE 
202Barbuda WarblerSetophaga subitaEV
203St. Lucia WarblerSetophaga delicataE 
204White-winged WarblerXenoligea montanaEV
205Green-tailed WarblerMicroligea palustrisE 
206Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinaeE 
207Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsiE 
208/Western Tanager/Piranga ludoviciana  
209Lesser Antillean TanagerStilpnia cucullataE 
210OrangequitEuneornis campestrisE 
211Puerto Rican BullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensisE 
212St. Kitts BullfinchMelopyrrha grandisE 
213Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigraE 
214Grand Cayman BullfinchMelopyrrha taylonE 
215Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violaceaE 
216Yellow-shouldered GrassquitLoxipasser anoxanthusE 
217Cuban GrassquitPhonipara canorusE 
218Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctisE 
219Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensisE 
220St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoniEEN
221Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollisE 
222Western Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus tertiusEV
223Eastern Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus frugivorusENT

 

 *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.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic181
LCLocal0
NENear Endemic3
RRRestricted Range0

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened15
VVulnerable19
ENEndangered22
CRCritically Endangered8

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.