List of seabird species that breed in the Caribbean (from Bradley and Norton 2009) Family Common name Scientific name Range (Caribbean) Status Petrels Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow Bermuda Endemic to Bermuda, Globally endangered, AZE species Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Hispaniola Endemic to Greater Antilles, Globally endangered, AZE species Jamaica Petrel Pterodroma caribbea Jamaica Endemic to Jamaica, globally critically endangered or extinct Shearwaters Audubon’s Puffinus lherminieri Caribbean Caribbean endemic sub- Shearwater species CARS Tropicbirds White-tailed Phaethon lepturus Caribbean Caribbean endemic sub- Tropicbird catesbyi species CARS Red-billed Phaethon aethereys Pantropical CNIC Tropicbird mesonauta Boobies Masked Booby Sula d. dactylatra Caribbean and SW CARS Atlantic Brown Booby Sula l. leucogaster Caribbean and tropical CARS Atlantic Red-footed Booby Sula s. sula Caribbean and SW CNIC Atlantic Pelicans Brown Pelican Pelecanus o. occidentalis Caribbean Caribbean endemic sub- species CARS Frigatebirds Magnificent Fregata m. magnificens Tropical Americas CARS Frigatebird Gulls and Laughing Gull Larus a. atricilla Caribbean CNIC Terns Brown Noddy Anous s. stolidus Pantropical CNIC Black Noddy Anous minutus Caribbean and S. Atlantic CARS americanus Sooty Tern Onychprion f. fuscatus Pantropical CARS Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Caribbean and E. Atlantic CARS melanoptera Least Tern Sternula a. antillarum US, Caribbean and CARS Venezuela Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica E. US and northern CARS aranea Caribbean Roseate Tern Sterna d. dougallii Cosmopolitan CARS Common Tern Sterna h. hirundo Cosmopolitan CARS Royal Tern Thalasseus m. maximus Caribbean CARS Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvincensis E US, Gulf coasts and CARS acuflavidus Caribbean Cayenne Tern Thalasseus sandvincensis S. America and CARS eurygnatha Caribbean AZE = Alliance for Zero Extinction; CARS= Caribbean At Risk Species; CNIC Caribbean Seabird of No Immediate Concern .