Birds of Cuba

Endemic to Cuba

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolacea
• Cuban TodyTodus multicolor
• Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurus
• Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussus
• Cuban OrioleIcterus melanopsis
• Cuban Pygmy OwlGlaucidium siju
• Yellow-headed WarblerTeretistris fernandinae
• Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsi
• Bee HummingbirdMellisuga helenae
• Cuban ParakeetPsittacara euops
• 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
• Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolacea
• Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
• West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
• Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus
• Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
• Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
• Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Great Lizard CuckooCoccyzus merlini
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
• Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• 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
• Cuban OrioleIcterus melanopsis
• Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensis
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigra
• Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
• Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• American White IbisEudocimus albus
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
• Cuban Pygmy OwlGlaucidium siju
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
• Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
• 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
• Cuban ParakeetPsittacara euops
• Fernandina's FlickerColaptes fernandinae
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyei
• Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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 HarrierCircus hudsonius
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
• 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
• Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventer
• 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
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus
• 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
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• 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
• Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
• 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
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro
• Yucatan VireoVireo magister
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
• Papuan EclectusEclectus polychloros