Birds of the Bahamas

Endemic to the Bahamas

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Bahama YellowthroatGeothlypis rostrata
• Bahama WarblerSetophaga flavescens
• Bahama OrioleIcterus northropi
• Inagua WoodstarNesophlox lyrura
• Bahama NuthatchSitta insularis

All regular species

• Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• Turkey VultureCathartes aura
• Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Bahama WoodstarNesophlox evelynae
• Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
• Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
• Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
• Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
• KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae
• Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
• Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
• Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
• Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
• Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
• Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
• Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordii
• American CootFulica americana
• OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
• Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
• Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii
• Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
• Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
• Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
• Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
• American White IbisEudocimus albus
• Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
• Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
• Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
• Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
• Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
• Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
• Least TernSternula antillarum
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
• Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
• Bahama SwallowTachycineta cyaneoviridis
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis
• West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
• WilletTringa semipalmata
• Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
• Cuban GrassquitPhonipara canora
• Bahama YellowthroatGeothlypis rostrata
• Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
• Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephala
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• LimpkinAramus guarauna
• Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
• Clapper RailRallus crepitans
• White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
• American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
• Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
• Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophila
• Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
• Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Pied Imperial PigeonDucula bicolor
• Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
• Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
• Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
• Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
• Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
• White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Bahama WarblerSetophaga flavescens
• Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
• Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Bahama OrioleIcterus northropi
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
• BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
• Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
• SoraPorzana carolina
• Inagua WoodstarNesophlox lyrura
• Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
• Great Lizard CuckooCoccyzus merlini
• American WigeonMareca americana
• Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
• Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
• Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
• Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
• Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
• Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
• Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
• Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
• Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
• Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
• Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
• Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
• Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
• Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
• American Barn OwlTyto furcata
• Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
• Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
• Purple MartinProgne subis
• Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
• American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
• Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
• Forster's TernSterna forsteri
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Black SkimmerRynchops niger
• Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
• Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
• Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
• Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
• Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
• American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
• Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
• Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
• Canada GooseBranta canadensis
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
• White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
• Black VultureCoragyps atratus
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
• Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
• American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
• American PipitAnthus rubescens
• Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
• Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
• Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
• American Black DuckAnas rubripes
• Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
• Wood DuckAix sponsa
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
• Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• BuffleheadBucephala albeola
• Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
• Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
• American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
• Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
• Bahama NuthatchSitta insularis
• Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
• Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
• White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
• Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
• Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
• VeeryCatharus fuscescens
• Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
• Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
• American RobinTurdus migratorius
• Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
• RedheadAythya americana
• Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
• Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
• Northern GannetMorus bassanus
• Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
• Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
• Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
• Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
• Wood StorkMycteria americana
• Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
• Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
• Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
• Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
• Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
• Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
• Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
• Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
• Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
• DickcisselSpiza americana
• Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
• Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila
• Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
• Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
• Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
• Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
• Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
• Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
• Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
• Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
• Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Nanday ParakeetAratinga nenday
• Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
• Greater ScaupAythya marila
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus
• Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
• Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
• Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
• Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
• Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
• Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
• Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii
• Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro
• Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
• Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
• Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
• Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
• Virginia RailRallus limicola
• Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
• Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Military MacawAra militaris
• Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
• Bell's VireoVireo bellii
• Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
• Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
• Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
• Ross's GooseAnser rossii
• Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus
• Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
• Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severus
• Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca