Birds of Barbados
Barbados hosts 162 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Barbados
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensis
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
- Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American CootFulica americana
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Little StintCalidris minuta