2002 Revised Revised Birds of St. John, U.S.V.I. Birds in which the bird is most likely to be to found: isin most the bird which likely Compiled by L. Brannick & Dr. D. Catanzaro Compiled by L. Brannick & Dr. eastern the on is located of St. John island The latitude North 18 degrees at Antilles Greater ofend the in is 9 miles St. John longitude. West 64 degrees and Islands Virgin point. widest its at 5 miles and length tracts protects large Park National of natural habitat can be seen of birds 144 species approximately in which year. the throughout based been updated has recently checklist This local the staff, of Park records and observations the on & of Fish .Division V.I the and Society Audubon this to been added have species new A few Wildlife. gone long have that others while list, revised us in been dropped. Please help have unreported your with list this mailing by records, accurate keeping park. the to observations recorded the follow nomenclature and Species taxonomy checklist. supplements ) and edition ( 1998, 7th U. A. O. their with names common their by listed are birds The lines separate Solid in parenthesis. names scientific families LEGEND Habitat ( OS ) Ocean/Shoreline Forest ( MF ) Moist ( DF ) Dry Forest Areas Inhabited ) IA ( (SP ) Pond Salt Status : ( A -) Abundant species encountered A frequently ( M( ) Mangroves C ) -Common habitat be seen in suitable to seen likely not always but Present ( U )Uncommon- year every not be present - May ( O ) Occasional -( R ) Rare seen Seldom Reported ( * ) Not Status: Breeding Islands Virgin in the ( B ) Breeds Breeder ( P ) Probable ( N ) Non-Breeder Season : Mar.-May ( s ) Spring Dec.-Feb. ( W ) Winter Sept.-Nov. ( F ) Fall ( S ) Summer June-Aug. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Islands National Park Virgin From Postage Name: required Address: Date: Virgin Islands National Park 1300 Cruz Bay Creek St. John U.S.V.I. 00830 Please staple closed Annaberg Leinster Bay Salt Ponds Salt Pond Brown Bay Salt Pond Francis Bay Salt Pond Maho Bay Newfound Bay Cinnamon Salt Pond Bay Haulover Hawksnest Hurricane Bay Bay Hole Caneel Bay Coral Frank Bay Bay Salt Pond Southside Salt Pond Enighed Pond Concordia Fresh Reef Bay Pond Salt Ponds Fish Bay Chocolate Hole Lameshur Bay Salt Pond Europa Bay Salt Ponds Salt Ponds Salt Pond Mandal Salt Pond N Salt Pond Bay Salt Pond Inhabited Areas Moist Forest Salt Pond Dry Forest Mangrove s Original vegetation map was provided by: The University of the Virgin Islands. 2000. Conservation Data Center, Rapid Ecological Assessment. St. Thomas, VI USA Status Status Status Status W s S Breeding Habitat Breeding Habitat W s S F Breeding Habitat W s S F Goatsuckers Breeding Habitat W s S F Grebes Plovers F Honeycreepers Common Nighthawk ( Choredeilies minor ) NIA * R * R Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) B SP UUUU Black-bellied Plover ( Pluvialis squatorla ) NSPO**O Bananaquit ( Coereba flaveola ) BDFAAAA Antillean Nighthawk ( C. gundlachii ) BIA * RUR Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) B SP UUUU American Golden-Plover ( P. dominica ) NIA***R Tanagers Chuck-will’s-widow Shearwaters Wilson’s Plover ( Charadruis wilsonia ) BSP CCCC Scarlet Tanager ( Piranga olivacea) NDF * R * R ( Caprimulgus carolinensis ) N MF R R * R Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)BOS RRRR Semipalmated Plover ( C. semipalmtus ) NSP CC* C Sparrows and Allies Hummingbirds Tropicbirds Killdeer ( C. vociferus ) B IA UURU Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) BDFCCCC Green-throated Carib ( Eulampis holoserceus ) BDFCCCC White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) BOS RRUU Oystercatchers Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Antillean Crested Hummingbird Red-billed Tropicbird (P. aetherus) B OS UURU American Oystercatcher ( Loxigilla noctis ) BDFCCCC ( Orthorhynchus cristatus ) BDFCCCC Boobies ( Haematopus palliatus ) B OS UUUU Cardinals and Allies Kingfishers Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) BOS RRRR Stilts Rose-breasted Grosbeak Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon ) NOS CC* C Brown Booby (S. leucogaster) BOS AAAA Black-necked Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) BSP CCCC ( Pheucticus ludovicianus ) NIA RR* R Woodpeckers Red-footed Booby (S. sula) BOS RRRR Turnstones, Snipes and Sandpipers Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea ) NIA R * * R Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pelicans Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca ) NSP OR * O Indigo Bunting ( P. cyanea ) NIA RR* R ( Sphyrapicus varius ) NIAR**R Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) BOS AAAA Lesser Yellowlegs ( T. flavipes ) NSP CC* C Orioles and Allies Flycatchers Cormorants Solitary Sandpiper ( T. solitaria ) NSP * O* O Bobolink ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ) NDFRR* R Caribbean Elaenia ( Elaenia martinica ) B DF UUUU Double-crested Cormorant Spotted Sandpiper ( Actitis macularia ) NSP CCRC Baltimore Oriole ( Icterus galbula ) NDFRR* R Puerto Rican Flycatcher (Phalacrocorax auritus) NOS UU* * Whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus ) NSP***R Troupial ( I. icterus ) NDFRRRR ( Myiarchus antillarum ) PDFRRRR Frigatebirds Ruddy Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres ) NSP OORO Old World Sparrows Gray Kingbird ( Tyrannus dominicensis ) BIA AAAA Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)BOS AAAA Red Knot ( Calidris canutus ) N SP RRRR House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) P IA UUUU Vireos Herons, Egrets and Bitterns Sanderling ( C. alba ) N OS R R * R White-eyed Vireo ( Vireo griseus ) NDFRR* * Other Birds Of Interest American Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus) N SPR*** Semipalmated Sandpiper ( C. pusilla ) NSP OORO Yellow-throated Vireo ( V. flavifrons ) NDFR*** Great Blue Heron ( Ardea herodias) N OS C C R C Western Sandpiper ( C. mauri ) NSP OO* O Black-whiskered Vireo ( V. altiloquus ) B DF UUUU These breeding species were not included on this Great Egret ( A. alba ) B SP UUUU Least Sandpiper ( C. minutilla ) NSP OORO Swallows and Martins list because they have gone unreported and are perhaps Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula) B M UUUU White-rumped Sandpiper ( C. fuscicollis ) NSP * O* O Caribbean Martin ( Progne dominicensis ) BOS RRR* extirpated in the area : Least Bittern,West Indian Little Blue Heron ( E. caerulea) BSP CCCC Pectoral Sandpiper ( C. melanotos ) NIA***R Bank Swallow ( Rapiria riparia ) NOSR*** Whistling-Duck, Caribbean Coot, Brown-throated Tricolored Heron ( E. tricolor) BM RRRR Dunlin ( C. alpina ) NOSR*** Cliff Swallow ( Petrochelisdon pyrrhonota ) NOSR**R Parakeet, Puerto Rican Screech Owl, Antillean Mango, Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis) BIA CCCC Stilt Sandpiper ( C. himantopus ) NSP OR * O Barn Swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) NOS R O* O Willet, and Shiny Cowbird. Green Heron ( Butorides virescens) BM CCCC Short-billed Dowitcher Mockingbirds and Thrashers Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Limnodromus griseus ) NSP ORRO Northern Mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ) B IA UUUU ( Nycticorax nycticorax) BM RRRR Wilson’s Snipe ( Gallinago delicata ) NIA RR* R Yellow-crowned Night Heron Gulls,Terns and Jaegers Pearly-eyed Thrasher ( Allenia fusca ) BIA AAAA The following birds are considered Accidentals or ( Nyctanassa violacea ) B SP UUUU Wood Warblers Vagrants : Greater Shearwater, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Pomarine Jaeger ( Stercorarius pomarinus ) NOSR*** Waterfowl Blue-winged Warbler ( Vermivora pinus ) NMFRR* * Leach’s Storm Petrel, Reddish Egret, Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull ( Larus atricilla ) BOS * AAA American Wigeon ( Anas americana ) NSP RR* R Golden-winged Warbler ( V. chrysoptera ) NMFR*** Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Upland Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull ( L. delawarensis ) NOSR*** Blue-winged Teal ( A. discors ) NSP CC* C Northern Parula ( Parula americana ) NDFCC* O Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Artic Tern, Black Gull-billed Tern ( Sterna nilotica ) PM **R* Northern Shoveler ( A. clypeata ) N SP RR* R Yellow Warbler ( Dendrocia petechia ) BM CCCC Tern, Red-eyed Vireo,Bay-breasted Warbler, Chimney Royal Tern ( S. maxima ) BOS CCRC White-cheeked Pintail ( A. bahamensis ) BSP CCCC Chestnut-sided Warbler ( D. pensylvanica ) NMF * R * * Swift,Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Veery, Sandwich Tern ( S. sandvicensis ) BOS* RUR Northern Pintail ( A. acuta ) NSPR*** Magnolia Warbler ( D. magnolia ) NMFRR* R Tennessee Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, and Dickcissel. Roseate Tern ( S. dougallii ) BOS* UCU Green-winged Teal ( A. crecca) NSPR*** Cape May Warbler ( D. tigrina ) NMFOO* O Common Tern ( S. hirundo ) N OS RRRR Black-throated Blue Warbler (D. caerulescens ) NMFOO Please contact the V.I. National Park at 776- Ring-necked Duck ( Aythya collaris ) NSP OO* O Least Tern ( S. antillarum ) B OS * UUU *O6201 ext 238 to report sightings of any of the Lesser Scaup ( A. affinis ) NSP RR* * Bridled Tern ( S. anaethetus ) B OS * UU* Yellow-rumped Warbler ( D. coronata ) NDF OR * R above birds. Then send back this list to the Hawks and Harriers Sooty Tern ( S. fuscata ) B OS * UU* Black-throated Green Warbler ( D.virens ) NMFRR* R park accompanied by detailed written or Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) NOS OO* O Brown Noddy ( Anous stolidus ) B OS * UUR Northern Harrier ( Circus cyaneus ) NSPR*** Pigeons and Doves Blackburnian Warbler ( D. fusca ) NDFR*** photographic material. Yellow-throated Warbler ( D. dominica ) NMR**R Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter striatus ) NMF***R Rock Dove ( Columba livia ) BIA RRRR Prairie Warbler ( D. discolor ) NDF OO* O Red-tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis ) B IA UUUU Scaly-naped Pigeon ( C. squamosa ) BMFCCCC Palm Warbler ( D. palmarum ) NM OO* O Falcons White-crowned Pigeon ( C. leucocphala ) B M UUUU Blackpoll Warbler ( D. striata ) NDF * R * R American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ) BIA CCCC White-winged Dove ( Zenaida asiatica )