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

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

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1West Indian Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arboreaManyNE
2Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosaManyE
3Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornataManyE
4Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaeaJAE
5Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephalaCBAE
6Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolorJAE
7Gray-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon canicepsCBAE
8White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopiaDR,GAE
9Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystaceaManyE
10Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsiGR,LAE
11Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialisJAE
12Bay-breasted CuckooCoccyzus rufigularisDR,GAE
13Jamaican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vetulaJAE
14Puerto Rican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vieillotiPRE
15Great Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus merliniBHS,CBAE
16Hispaniolan Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus longirostrisDR,GA,HIE
17Least PauraqueSiphonorhis brewsteriDR,GAE
18Cuban NightjarAntrostomus cubanensisCBAE
19Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherusPRE
20Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinicaManyE
21Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobiaManyE
22Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicusDR,GA,HIE
23Puerto Rican MangoAnthracothorax aurulentusPR,VIE
24Green MangoAnthracothorax viridisPRE
25Jamaican MangoAnthracothorax mangoJAE
26Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularisManyE
27Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeusManyE
28Bahama WoodstarNesophlox evelynaeBHS,TCE
29Inagua WoodstarNesophlox lyruraBHSE
30Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minimaManyE
31Bee HummingbirdMellisuga helenaeCBAE
32Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordiiBHS,CBAE
33Hispaniolan EmeraldRiccordia swainsoniiDR,GA,HIE
34Puerto Rican EmeraldRiccordia maugaeusPRE
35Blue-headed HummingbirdRiccordia bicolorDI,LA,MIE
36Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatusManyE
37Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmusJAE
38Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulusJAE
39Zapata RailMustelirallus cerveraiCBAE
40Cuban KiteChondrohierax wilsoniiCBAE
41Gundlach's HawkAstur gundlachiCBAE
42Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachiiCBA,CI,GAE
43Ridgway's HawkButeo ridgwayiDR,GA,HIE
44Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucopsDR,GA,HIE
45Puerto Rican OwlGymnasio nudipesPRE
46Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrenciiCBAE
47Cuban Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium sijuCBAE
48Jamaican OwlAsio grammicusJAE
49Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurusCBAE
50Hispaniolan TrogonPriotelus roseigasterDR,GA,HIE
51Cuban TodyTodus multicolorCBAE
52Broad-billed TodyTodus subulatusDR,GA,HIE
53Narrow-billed TodyTodus angustirostrisDR,GA,HIE
54Jamaican TodyTodus todusJAE
55Puerto Rican TodyTodus mexicanusPRE
56Antillean PiculetNesoctites micromegasDR,GA,HIE
57Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussusCBAE
58Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieriGI,LAE
59Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensisPRE
60Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatusDR,GA,HIE
61Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatusJAE
62West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliarisBHS,CBA,CI,GAE
63Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalisCBACR
64Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinaeBHS,CBAE
65Red-necked AmazonAmazona arausiacaDI,LAE
66St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolorLA,SLIE
67Yellow-shouldered AmazonAmazona barbadensisARB,BOI,CURNE
68Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilisJAE
69Yellow-billed AmazonAmazona collariaJAE
70Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephalaBHS,CBA,CI,GAE
71Hispaniolan AmazonAmazona ventralisDR,GA,HI,PRE
72Puerto Rican AmazonAmazona vittataPRE
73Imperial AmazonAmazona imperialisDI,LAE
74St. Vincent AmazonAmazona guildingiiLA,SVGE
75Cuban ParakeetPsittacara euopsCBAE
76Hispaniolan ParakeetPsittacara chloropterusManyE
77Jamaican BecardPachyramphus nigerJAE
78Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cottaJAE
79Greater Antillean ElaeniaElaenia fallaxDR,GA,HI,JAE
80Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidusJAE
81Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeusBHS,CBAE
82Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensisDR,GA,HIE
83Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostrisManyE
84Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostrisJAE
85Grenada FlycatcherMyiarchus nugatorGR,LA,SVGE
86Rufous-tailed FlycatcherMyiarchus validusJAE
87La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagraeBHS,CBA,CI,GABC
88Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidusDR,GA,HI,JAE
89Puerto Rican FlycatcherMyiarchus antillarumPR,VIE
90Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberiManyE
91Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatusManyE
92Giant KingbirdTyrannus cubensisCBAE
93San Andres VireoVireo caribaeus BC
94Jamaican VireoVireo modestusJAE
95Cuban VireoVireo gundlachiiCBAE
96Puerto Rican VireoVireo latimeriPRE
97Flat-billed VireoVireo nanusDR,GA,HIE
98Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburniJAE
99Cuban Palm-CrowCorvus minutusCBAE
100Hispaniolan Palm-CrowCorvus palmarumDR,GA,HIE
101Cuban CrowCorvus nasicusCBA,TCE
102White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalusDR,GA,HIE
103Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensisJAE
104Golden SwallowTachycineta euchryseaDR,GA,HI,JAE
105Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleucaManyE
106Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensisManyBC
107Bahama NuthatchSitta insularisBHSE
108Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyeiCBAE
109Zapata WrenFerminia cerveraiCBAE
110Kalinago WrenTroglodytes martinicensisDI,LAE
111St. Lucia WrenTroglodytes mesoleucusLA,SLIE
112St. Vincent WrenTroglodytes musicusLA,SVGE
113Grenada WrenTroglodytes grenadensisGR,LAE
114Martinique ThrasherRamphocinclus brachyurusLA,MIE
115St. Lucia ThrasherRamphocinclus sanctaeluciaeLA,SLIE
116Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fuscaManyE
117Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatusManyE
118Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficaudaManyE
119Gray TremblerCinclocerthia gutturalisLA,MI,SLIE
120Cuban SolitaireMyadestes elisabethCBAE
121Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbisManyE
122Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieriManyE
123White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantiusJAE
124Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeusManyE
125La Selle ThrushTurdus swalesiDR,GA,HIE
126White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensisJAE
127PalmchatDulus dominicusDR,GA,HIE
128Hispaniolan EuphoniaChlorophonia musicaDR,GA,HIE
129Puerto Rican EuphoniaChlorophonia sclateriPRE
130Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifronsManyE
131Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaicaJAE
132Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplagaDR,GA,HIE
133Antillean SiskinSpinus dominicensisDR,GA,HIE
134Zapata SparrowTorreornis inexpectataCBAE
135Black-crowned Palm-TanagerPhaenicophilus palmarumDR,GA,HIE
136Gray-crowned Palm-TanagerPhaenicophilus poliocephalusGA,HIE
137Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferusPRE
138Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephalaJAE
139Hispaniolan SpindalisSpindalis dominicensisDR,GA,HIE
140Puerto Rican SpindalisSpindalis portoricensisPRE
141Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensisDR,GA,HIE
142Cuban OrioleIcterus melanopsisCBAE
143Bahama OrioleIcterus northropiBHSE
144Puerto Rican OrioleIcterus portoricensisPRE
145St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilisLA,SLIE
146Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberiLA,MTE
147Martinique OrioleIcterus bonanaLA,MIE
148Jamaican OrioleIcterus leucopteryxJAE
149Jamaican BlackbirdNesopsar nigerrimusJAE
150Red-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius assimilisCBAE
151Yellow-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius xanthomusPRE
152Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolaceusCBAE
153Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus nigerManyE
154Semper's WarblerLeucopeza semperiLA,SLIE
155Bahama YellowthroatGeothlypis rostrataBHSE
156Whistling WarblerCatharopeza bishopiLA,SVGE
157Plumbeous WarblerSetophaga plumbeaDI,GI,LAE
158Elfin-woods WarblerSetophaga angelaePRE
159Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetraJAE
160Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophilaBHS,CBAE
161Bahama WarblerSetophaga flavescensBHSE
162Vitelline WarblerSetophaga vitellinaCI,GABC
163Adelaide's WarblerSetophaga adelaidaePR,VIE
164Barbuda WarblerSetophaga subitaABI,LAE
165St. Lucia WarblerSetophaga delicataLA,SLIE
166White-winged WarblerXenoligea montanaDR,GA,HIE
167Green-tailed WarblerMicroligea palustrisDR,GA,HIE
168Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinaeCBAE
169Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsiCBAE
170Lesser Antillean TanagerStilpnia cucullataGR,LA,SVGE
171OrangequitEuneornis campestrisJAE
172Puerto Rican BullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensisPRE
173St. Kitts BullfinchMelopyrrha grandisLA,SKNE
174Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigraCBAE
175Grand Cayman BullfinchMelopyrrha taylonCI,GAE
176Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violaceaManyE
177Yellow-shouldered GrassquitLoxipasser anoxanthusJAE
178Cuban GrassquitPhonipara canorusBHS,CBAE
179Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctisManyE
180Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensisBI,LAE
181St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoniLA,SLIE
182Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollisManyE
183Western Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus tertiusDR,GA,HIE
184Eastern Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus frugivorusDR,GAE

 

 *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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REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic178
NENear Endemic2
CRCritically Endangered1
ENEndangered0
BCBest Seen in This Country3
ATAlways a Target0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.