TURKS & CAICOS
WEST INDIESLOCALE
| # Species: | 203 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 203 |
| # Endemics: | 7 |
| # Near Endemics: | 2 |
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 | Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| 4 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 5 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 6 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 7 | American Black Duck | Anas rubripes |
| 8 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
| 9 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 10 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| 11 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
| 12 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| 13 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
| 14 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| 15 | /Red-breasted Merganser/ | Mergus serrator |
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| 16 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 17 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
| 18 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| 19 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 20 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
| 21 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 22 | Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia |
| 23 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| 24 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| 25 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
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| 26 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 27 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
| 28 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
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| 29 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor |
| 30 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| 31 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis |
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| 32 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica |
| 33 | Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
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| 34 | Bahama Woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae |
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| 35 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans |
| 36 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
| 37 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 38 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 39 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 40 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| 41 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
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| 42 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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| 43 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 44 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
| 45 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 46 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| 47 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus |
| 48 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
| 49 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus |
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| 50 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
| 51 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
| 52 | /Long-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| 53 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
| 54 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
| 55 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 56 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
| 57 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata |
| 58 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 59 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 60 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
| 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 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 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 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 80 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 81 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 82 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| 83 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 84 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 85 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger |
| 86 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii |
| 87 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri |
| 88 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 89 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 90 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 91 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
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| 92 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| 93 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 94 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
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| 95 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus |
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| 96 | Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana |
| 97 | (Black-capped Petrel) | Pterodroma hasitata |
| 98 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis |
| 99 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis |
| 100 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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| 101 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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| 102 | Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| 103 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 104 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 105 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 106 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus |
| 107 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus |
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| 108 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| 109 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 110 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
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| 111 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
| 112 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 113 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 114 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 115 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 116 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| 117 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 118 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 119 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 120 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 121 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
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| 122 | American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| 123 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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| 124 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 125 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 126 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| 127 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius |
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| 128 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 129 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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| 130 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius |
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| 131 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 132 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 133 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 134 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens |
| 135 | |Eastern Kingbird| | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| 136 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
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| 137 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus |
| 138 | Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris |
| 139 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
| 140 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus |
| 141 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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| 142 | Cuban Crow | Corvus nasicus |
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| 143 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 144 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor |
| 145 | Bahama Swallow | Tachycineta cyaneoviridis |
| 146 | |Purple Martin| | Progne subis |
| 147 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| 148 | |Northern Rough-winged Swallow| | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| 149 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
| 150 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| 151 | Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
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| 152 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis |
| 153 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| 154 | Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii |
| 155 | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
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| 156 | /Gray-cheeked Thrush/ | Catharus minimus |
| 157 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
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| 158 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 159 | /Chipping Sparrow/ | Spizella passerina |
| 160 | /Clay-colored Sparrow/ | Spizella pallida |
| 161 | /Savannah Sparrow/ | Passerculus sandwichensis |
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| 162 | Western Spindalis | Spindalis zena |
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| 163 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| 164 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula |
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| 165 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 166 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| 167 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
| 168 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 169 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| 170 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
| 171 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
| 172 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
| 173 | |Tennessee Warbler| | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| 174 | /Nashville Warbler/ | Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
| 175 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis |
| 176 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
| 177 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas |
| 178 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
| 179 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 180 | /Kirtland's Warbler/ | Setophaga kirtlandii |
| 181 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
| 182 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
| 183 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
| 184 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca |
| 185 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 186 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| 187 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
| 188 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
| 189 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum |
| 190 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata |
| 191 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica |
| 192 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor |
| 193 | Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi |
| 194 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
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| 195 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
| 196 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea |
| 197 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| 198 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea |
| 199 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea |
| 200 | /Painted Bunting/ | Passerina ciris |
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| 201 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 202 | Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Melopyrrha violacea |
| 203 | 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 | 75 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 25 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 3 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 7 |
| [] | Accidental | 2 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 11 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| 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.