Birds of Aruba
Aruba hosts 194 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Northern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus arenarum
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- American CootFulica americana
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
- Ruby-topaz HummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
- Crowned Slaty FlycatcherEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Grey-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Yellow-shouldered AmazonAmazona barbadensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
- Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata