VIRGIN ISLANDS
WEST INDIESLOCALE
| # Species: | 217 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 217 |
| # Endemics: | 11 |
| # 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 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| 3 | West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea |
| 4 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 5 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 6 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 7 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 8 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos |
| 9 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
| 10 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 11 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| 12 | /Ring-necked Duck/ | Aythya collaris |
| 13 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis |
| 14 | Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| 15 | /Hooded Merganser/ | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| 16 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
| 17 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
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| 18 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 19 | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa |
| 20 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala |
| 21 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 22 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
| 23 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina |
| 24 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| 25 | Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea |
| 26 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| 27 | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| 28 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
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| 29 | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major |
| 30 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 31 | (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) | Coccyzus americanus |
| 32 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
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| 33 | |Common Nighthawk| | Chordeiles minor |
| 34 | Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| 35 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis |
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| 36 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| 37 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica |
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| 38 | Puerto Rican Mango | Anthracothorax aurulentus |
| 39 | Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
| 40 | Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| 41 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
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| 42 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans |
| 43 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina |
| 44 | Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana |
| 45 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| 46 | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 47 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
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| 48 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
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| 49 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
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| 50 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 51 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica |
| 52 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 53 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| 54 | /Piping Plover/ | Charadrius melodus |
| 55 | Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia |
| 56 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus |
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| 57 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda |
| 58 | |Whimbrel| | Numenius phaeopus |
| 59 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 60 | |Hudsonian Godwit| | Limosa haemastica |
| 61 | /Marbled Godwit/ | Limosa fedoa |
| 62 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus |
| 63 | /Long-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| 64 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata |
| 65 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| 66 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius |
| 67 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 68 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes |
| 69 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata |
| 70 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 71 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 72 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
| 73 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| 74 | #Curlew Sandpiper# | Calidris ferruginea |
| 75 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus |
| 76 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis |
| 77 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 78 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
| 79 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis |
| 80 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla |
| 81 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos |
| 82 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri |
| 83 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla |
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| 84 | |Parasitic Jaeger| | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 85 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 86 | /Bonaparte's Gull/ | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| 87 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 88 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| 89 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis |
| 90 | /American Herring Gull/ | Larus smithsonianus |
| 91 | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| 92 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 93 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 94 | Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
| 95 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 96 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 97 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| 98 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 99 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger |
| 100 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 101 | (Roseate Tern) | Sterna dougallii |
| 102 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 103 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 104 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
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| 105 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
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| 106 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| 107 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 108 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
| 109 | #Red-billed Tropicbird# | Phaethon aethereus |
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| 110 | #Great Shearwater# | Ardenna gravis |
| 111 | Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
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| 112 | /Magnificent Frigatebird/ | Fregata magnificens |
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| 113 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 114 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 115 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 116 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus |
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| 117 | Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber |
| 118 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
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| 119 | /American Bittern/ | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| 120 | Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis |
| 121 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 122 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 123 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 124 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 125 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 126 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 127 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 128 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 129 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 130 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
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| 131 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
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| 132 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 133 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 134 | /Northern Harrier/ | Circus hudsonius |
| 135 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| 136 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
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| 137 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
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| 138 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius |
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| 139 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 140 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 141 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 142 | Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
| 143 | Yellow-headed Amazon | Amazona oratrix |
| 144 | Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica |
| 145 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax |
| 146 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna |
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| 147 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| 148 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens |
| 149 | Puerto Rican Flycatcher | Myiarchus antillarum |
| 150 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 151 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| 152 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
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| 153 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus |
| 154 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
| 155 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus |
| 156 | Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
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| 157 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 158 | Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| 159 | |Northern Rough-winged Swallow| | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| 160 | |Barn Swallow| | Hirundo rustica |
| 161 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| 162 | Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
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| 163 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis |
| 164 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| 165 | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
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| 166 | /Gray-cheeked Thrush/ | Catharus minimus |
| 167 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
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| 168 | Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
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| 169 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
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| 170 | Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda |
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| 171 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 172 | White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| 173 | Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
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| 174 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| 175 | |Orchard Oriole| | Icterus spurius |
| 176 | Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus |
| 177 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula |
| 178 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 179 | Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger |
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| 180 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 181 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| 182 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
| 183 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 184 | |Golden-winged Warbler| | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| 185 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| 186 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia |
| 187 | /Prothonotary Warbler/ | Protonotaria citrea |
| 188 | /Orange-crowned Warbler/ | Leiothlypis celata |
| 189 | |Connecticut Warbler| | Oporornis agilis |
| 190 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
| 191 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas |
| 192 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina |
| 193 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 194 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina |
| 195 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana |
| 196 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia |
| 197 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca |
| 198 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 199 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| 200 | |Blackpoll Warbler| | Setophaga striata |
| 201 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens |
| 202 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum |
| 203 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata |
| 204 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica |
| 205 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor |
| 206 | Adelaide's Warbler | Setophaga adelaidae |
| 207 | Golden-cheeked Warbler | Setophaga chrysoparia |
| 208 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
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| 209 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
| 210 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea |
| 211 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| 212 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea |
| 213 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea |
| 214 | |Dickcissel| | Spiza americana |
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| 215 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 216 | Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis |
| 217 | 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 | 69 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 27 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 4 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 8 |
| [] | Accidental | 9 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 12 |
| 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.