Birds of Cuba
Cuba hosts 313 regularly occurring species in this directory, 19 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Cuba
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
- Cuban TodyTodus multicolor
- Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurus
- Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussus
- Cuban Pygmy OwlGlaucidium siju
- Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinae
- Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsi
- Bee HummingbirdMellisuga helenae
- Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinae
- Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyei
- Cuban SolitaireMyadestes elisabeth
- Zapata SparrowTorreornis inexpectata
- Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrencii
- Grey-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon caniceps
- Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephala
- Red-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius assimilis
- Cuban NightjarAntrostomus cubanensis
- Giant KingbirdTyrannus cubensis
- Zapata WrenFerminia cerverai
- Cuban Palm CrowCorvus minutus
All regular species
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordii
- Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
- Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
- Cuban TodyTodus multicolor
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cuban VireoVireo gundlachii
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Tawny-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius humeralis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensis
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigra
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Cuban Pygmy OwlGlaucidium siju
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii
- Cuban CrowCorvus nasicus
- Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinae
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephala
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- American CootFulica americana
- Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsi
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Cuban GrassquitPhonipara canora
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Bee HummingbirdMellisuga helenae
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinae
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyei
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Cuban SolitaireMyadestes elisabeth
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Zapata SparrowTorreornis inexpectata
- Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrencii
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophila
- Grey-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon caniceps
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephala
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius assimilis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
- Cuban NightjarAntrostomus cubanensis
- Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Stygian OwlAsio stygius
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Giant KingbirdTyrannus cubensis
- Zapata WrenFerminia cerverai
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Cuban Palm CrowCorvus minutus
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- King RailRallus elegans
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bahama SwallowTachycineta cyaneoviridis
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Hispaniolan Palm CrowCorvus palmarum
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Little AukAlle alle
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Yucatan VireoVireo magister