Bermuda Bird List

Status reflects more recent observations A - Abundant (possible to see 50+ a day at appropiate times of year) C - Common (possible to see 10+ a day at appropriate times of year) U - Uncommon (recorded in most years but in small numbers) R - Rare (not recorded annually) VR - Very rare (less than 15 records) Please report any Very Rare or Rare bird sightings to [email protected] or enter in ebird.org

Common Name Species Status Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis VR West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea VR Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor VR Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons VR Snow Goose Chen caerulescens U Ross's Goose Chen rossii VR Brant Branta bernicla VR Canada Goose Branta canadensis U Mute Swan Cygnus olor VR Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus VR Wood Duck Aix sponsa U Gadwall Anas strepera U Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope U American Wigeon Anas americana U American Black Duck Anas rubripes U Mallard Anas platyrhynchos A Blue-winged Teal Anas discors C Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata U Northern Pintail Anas acuta U Garganey Anas querquedula VR Green-winged Teal Anas crecca C Canvasback Aythya valisineria VR Redhead Aythya americana VR Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris C Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca VR Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula VR Greater Scaup Aythya marila R Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis U Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata VR White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca VR Black Scoter Melanitta americana VR Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis R Bufflehead Bucephala albeola U Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula R Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus C Common Merganser Mergus merganser U Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator U Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis U Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica VR Common Loon Gavia immer VR Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps C Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus R Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena VR Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis VR American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber VR Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow C Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata VR Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea C Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis C Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus C Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus C Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri VR Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus C Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa C Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro VR White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus A Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus VR Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens R Masked Booby Sula dactylatra R Brown Booby Sula leucogaster R Northern Gannet Morus bassanus R Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus C Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo R American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos VR Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis R American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus U Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis U Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias C Grey Heron Ardea cinerea VR Great Egret Ardea alba C Little Egret Egretta garzetta VR Snowy Egret Egretta thula C Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea U Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor U Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens VR Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis C Green Heron Butorides virescens C Striated Heron Butorides striata VR Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax R Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea A White Ibis Eudocimus albus VR Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus U Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura VR Osprey Pandion haliaetus U Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus U Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus VR Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis VR Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus VR Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus U Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus U Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii VR Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis VR Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis U Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus VR Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis VR Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis VR Corn Crake Crex crex VR Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans VR Virginia Rail Rallus limicola U Sora Porzana carolina U Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio VR Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus U Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata A American Coot Fulica americana A Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea VR Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis VR Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus R American Avocet Recurvirostra americana R Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus VR Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola A American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica C Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva VR Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia VR Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus C Piping Plover Charadrius melodus U Killdeer Charadrius vociferus C Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus VR Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius U Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria C Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca C Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia VR Willet Tringa semipalmata U Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes C Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola VR Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda U Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Extinct Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus U Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata VR Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica VR Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica VR Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres A Red Knot Calidris canutus U Ruff Calidris pugnax R Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata VR Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus C Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea VR Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis VR Sanderling Calidris alba C Dunlin Calidris alpina U Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima VR Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii R Little Stint Calidris minuta VR Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla C White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis C Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis U Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos C Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla C Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri U Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus C Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus R Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata C Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago VR American Woodcock Scolopax minor VR Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor R Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus VR Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius VR Great Skua Stercorarius skua R South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki R Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus U Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus U Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus U Dovekie Alle alle VR Razorbill Alca torda VR Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VR Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla R Sabine's Gull Xema sabini VR Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia U Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus R Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus VR Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla U Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan VR Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris VR Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis C California Gull Larus californicus VR Herring Gull Larus argentatus C Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides R Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus C Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus R Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus U Brown Noddy Anous stolidus VR White Tern Gygis alba VR Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus R Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus R Least Tern Sternula antillarum U Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex VR Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica R Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VR Black Tern Chlidonias niger R White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus VR Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii R Common Tern Sterna hirundo C Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea U Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri U Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus U Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis U Black Skimmer Rynchops niger VR Rock Pigeon Columba livia A Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina C White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica VR Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura A Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus C Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus U Barn Owl Tyto alba U Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio VR Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus VR Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus VR Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula VR Barred Owl Strix varia VR Long-eared Owl Asio otus VR Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus R Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus VR Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis VR Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor U Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii VR Eastern Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus VR Black Swift Cypseloides niger VR Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica U Common Swift Apus apus VR Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris R Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon C Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus VR Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius U Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens VR Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus VR Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus R Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus VR American Kestrel Falco sparverius U Merlin Falco columbarius U Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus VR Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus U Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi VR Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens U Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris R Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens R Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum U Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii U Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus U Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe U Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya VR Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens VR Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus R Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus A Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus VR Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis R Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus U Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis R Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus VR Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana VR Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus VR Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor R White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus A Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons U Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius R Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus U Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus U Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus C Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis VR Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus VR Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata VR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos A Common Raven Corvus corax VR Sky Lark Alauda arvensis VR Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris R Purple Martin Progne subis U Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis VR Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor C Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis VR Bank Swallow Riparia riparia U Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota U Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva VR Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica C Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum VR Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis R White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis VR Brown Creeper Certhia americana VR House Wren Troglodytes aedon VR Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis VR Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris VR Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa R Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula R Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis VR Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica VR Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe VR Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis C Veery Catharus fuscescens R Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus R Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli VR Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus R Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus U Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina R American Robin Turdus migratorius U Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius VR Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis C Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum VR Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos R European Starling Sturnus vulgaris A American Pipit Anthus rubescens U Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus VR Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum C Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus VR Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis R Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla C Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum U Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla U Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis C Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera R Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera U Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia C Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea U Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii R Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina U Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata U Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla U Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis U MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei VR Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia U Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa U Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas C Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina U American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla C Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii VR Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina U Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea R Northern Parula Setophaga americana C Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia U Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea U Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca U Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia C Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica U Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata C Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens U Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum C Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus U Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata C Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica U Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor U Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi VR Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens U Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis U Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla U Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens R Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus VR Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina U Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida R Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla VR Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus R Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus VR Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis C Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum U Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii VR Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni VR Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca R Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia R Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii U Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana U White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis U White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys U Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis U Summer Tanager Piranga rubra U Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea U Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana VR Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis C Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus U Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea U Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea C Painted Bunting Passerina ciris VR Dickcissel Spiza americana R Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus C Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus R Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna VR Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus VR Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus VR Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula VR Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater R Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius R Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula U Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator VR Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus VR Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra VR White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera VR Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea R Pine Siskin Spinus pinus VR American Goldfinch Spinus tristis VR European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis A Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus VR House Sparrow Passer domesticus A Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda VR Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild VR