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 Spindalis nigricephala E

157 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra V

158 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheuticus ludovicianus nbR

159 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea V

160 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea nbR

GRASSQUITS, FINCHES & SPARROWS EMBERIZIDAE

161 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus R

162 Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor R

163 Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus E

164 Orangequit Euneornis campestris E

165 Greater Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla violacea Es

166 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola I

167 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Es

ICTERIDS ICTERIDAE

168 Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus E

169 Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger Es

170 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis R

171 Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx Es

172 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula nbR

OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE

173 House Sparrow Passer domesticus I

8 DAY No. COMMON NAME TAXONOMIC NAME STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BISHOPS PLOCEIDAE

174 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer I

175 Orange 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

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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

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