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Checklist of Jamaican Birds CHECKLIST OF JAMAICAN BIRDS DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GREBES PODICIPEDIDAE 1 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus R 2 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps R PELICANS PELECANIDAE 3 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis R FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE 4 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens R TROPICBIRDS PHAETHONTIDAE 5 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus R BITTERNS & HERONS ARDEIDAE 6 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias nbR 7 Great Egret Ardea alba R 8 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens nbR 9 Tricoloured Heron Egretta tricolor R 10 Little Blue Heron Egreta cearulea R 11 Snowy Egret Egretta thula R 12 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis R 13 Green Heron Butorides virescens R 14 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax R 15 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctannassa violacea R 16 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis R IBISES & SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE 17 White Ibis Eudocimus albus R 18 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus R 1 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DUCKS ANATIDAE 19 West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea Ec 20 American Wigeon Anas americana nbR 21 Blue-winged Teal Arnas discors nbR 22 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata nbR 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris V 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis nbR 25 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus R 26 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis R NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE 27 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura R FALCONS FALCONIDAE 28 American Kestrel Falco sparverius R 29 Merlin Falco columbarius nbR 30 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus nbR HAWKS & EAGLES ACCIPITRIDAE 31 Osprey Pandion haliaetus R/nbR 32 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis R LIMPKIN ARAMIDAE 33 Limpkin Aramus guarauna R RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS RALLIDAE 34 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris R 35 Sora Porzana carolina R 36 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica R 37 Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus R 38 American Coot Fulica americana R 39 Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea Ec 2 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JACANAS JACANIDAE 40 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa R AVOCETS & STILTS RECURVIROSTRIDAE 41 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus R PLOVERS CHARADRIIDAE 42 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica nbR 43 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola nbR 44 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus nbR 45 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia R 46 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus R SANDPIPERS SCOLOPACIDAE 47 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata R 48 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus nbR 49 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus nbR 50 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca nbR 51 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes nbR 52 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria nbR 53 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius nbR 54 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus R 55 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres nbR 56 Sanderling Calidris alba nbR 57 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla nbR 58 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri nbR 59 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla nbR GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS LARIDAE 60 Herring Gull Larus argentatus V 61 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla R/nbR 62 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis R/nbR 63 Royal Tern Sterna maxima R/nbR 3 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 64 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii R 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo V 66 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri V 67 Least Tern Sterna antillarum R 68 Black Tern Chlidonias niger nbR PIGEONS & DOVES COLUMBIDAE 69 Rock Pigeon Columba livia I 70 White-crowned Pigeon Patagioneas leucocephala R 71 Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea E 72 Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata Es 73 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura R 74 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita R 75 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica R 76 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Es 77 Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis Es 78 Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor E 79 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana R PARROTS & ALLIES PSITTACIDAE 80 Jamaican Parakeet Eupsittula nana E 81 Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus I 82 Yellow-billed Parrot Amazona collaria E 83 Black-billed Parrot Amazona agilis E 84 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri I CUCKOOS & ANIS CUCULIDAE 85 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus R 86 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor Es 87 Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo Saurothera vetula E 88 Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Hyetornis pluvialis E 89 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani R 4 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BARN OWLS TYTONIDAE 90 Barn Owl Tyto alba R TYPICAL OWLS STRIGIDAE 91 Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus E POTOOS NYCTIBIIDAE 92 Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis Es NIGHTJARS CAPRIMULGIDAE 93 Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii bR SWIFTS APODIDAE 94 Black Swift Cypseloides niger R 95 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris R 96 Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia Ec HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE 97 Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango E 98 Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus E 99 Black-billed Streamertail Trochilus scitulus E 100 Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima Es KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE 101 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon nbR TODIES TODIDAE 102 Jamaican Tody Todus todus E WOODPECKERS PICIDAE 103 Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus E 104 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius nbR 5 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE 105 Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta E 106 Greater Antillean Elaenia Elaenia fallax Es 107 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens V 108 Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus E 109 Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris E 110 Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus E 111 Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus Es 112 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis bR 113 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus Es COTINGAS COTINGIDAE 114 Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger E VIREOS VIREONIDAE 115 Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus E 116 Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni E 117 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus V 118 Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus bR CROWS CORVIDAE 119 Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis E SWALLOWS HIRUNDINIDAE 120 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva R 121 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica nbR THRUSHES TURDIDAE 122 Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis Es 123 Veery Catharus fuscescens V 124 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus nbR 125 White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis E 126 White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius E 6 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MIMIDS MIMIDAE 127 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis nbR 128 Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii Es 129 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos R STARLINGS STURNIDAE 130 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris I WOOD WARBLERS PARULIDAE 131 Northern Parula Parula americana nbR 132 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia R/nbR 133 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica nbR 134 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia nbR 135 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina nbR 136 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens nbR 137 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata nbR 138 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens nbR 139 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca nbR 140 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica nbR 141 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor nbR 142 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum nbR 143 Arrowhead Warbler Dendroica pharetra E 144 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla nbR 145 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea nbR 146 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorous nbR 147 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii nbR 148 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla nbR 149 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis nbR 150 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla nbR 151 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia nbR 152 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas nbR 153 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina V 7 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BANANAQUIT COEREBIDAE 154 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Es TRUE FINCHES FRINGILLIDAE 155 Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica E CARDINALS CARDINALIDAE 156 Jamaican Spindalis 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Bishop Euplectes franciscanus I MUNIAS ESTRILDIDAE 176 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata I 177 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla I 178 Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca I ADDITIONAL BIRD SPECIES 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 NON -BIRD SPECIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NOTES KEY: STATUS CODE DAYS LOCATION R Resident Species 1 bR Breeding Resident (Summer Migrant) 2 nbR Non-breeding Resident (Winter Migrant) 3 E Endemic Species 4 Es Endemic Subspecies 5 Ec Endemic Caribbean Species 6 I Introduced Species 7 V Vagrant 8 10 .
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