Birds of Barbados

Endemic to Barbados

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensis

All regular species

• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensis
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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 HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus
• 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
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• 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
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus