Birds of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic hosts 250 regularly occurring species in this directory, 3 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to the Dominican Republic
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatus
- PalmchatDulus dominicus
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicus
- Black-crowned Palm-tanagerPhaenicophilus palmarum
- Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
- Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Broad-billed TodyTodus subulatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Hispaniolan AmazonAmazona ventralis
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Hispaniolan EmeraldRiccordia swainsonii
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Antillean PiculetNesoctites micromegas
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalus
- Narrow-billed TodyTodus angustirostris
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Hispaniolan SpindalisSpindalis dominicensis
- Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Green-tailed WarblerMicroligea palustris
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensis
- West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Hispaniolan TrogonPriotelus roseigaster
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Blue Mountain ElaeniaElaenia fallax
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American CootFulica americana
- Antillean SiskinSpinus dominicensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Ridgway's HawkButeo ridgwayi
- Flat-billed VireoVireo nanus
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Golden SwallowTachycineta euchrysea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Hispaniolan Palm CrowCorvus palmarum
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Hispaniolan NightjarAntrostomus ekmani
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplaga
- Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
- White-winged WarblerXenoligea montana
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucops
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Western Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus tertius
- Least PoorwillSiphonorhis brewsteri
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- La Selle ThrushTurdus swalesi
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopia
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Eastern Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus frugivorus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Eastern Red-legged ThrushTurdus ardosiaceus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Stygian OwlAsio stygius
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Hispaniolan ElaeniaElaenia cherriei
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- RedheadAythya americana
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minuta
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca