Birds of Guadeloupe

Endemic to Guadeloupe

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieri

All regular species

• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
• Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
• Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
• Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
• Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollis
• Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
• Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
• Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieri
• Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
• Plumbeous WarblerSetophaga plumbea
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
• Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficauda
• Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
• Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieri
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
• Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
• Least TernSternula antillarum
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostris
• Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
• Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
• Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
• American CootFulica americana
• Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenis
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
• Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinica
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
• Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
• White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
• American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
• Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
• Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberi
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
• Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
• SoraPorzana carolina
• Mangrove RailRallus longirostris
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
• WilletTringa semipalmata
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
• Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
• Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
• Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
• Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
• Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
• Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
• Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
• Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
• KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Clapper RailRallus crepitans
• Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
• Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifrons
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
• Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
• Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
• Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
• Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
• Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
• American WigeonMareca americana
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
• Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
• Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
• South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
• Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
• Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
• Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
• Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
• West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
• Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
• Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
• Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Purple MartinProgne subis
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
• Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
• White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
• Common CuckooCuculus canorus
• Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
• Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
• Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
• Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
• Greater ScaupAythya marila
• Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
• Great SkuaStercorarius skua
• Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
• American Black DuckAnas rubripes
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Hispaniolan ParakeetPsittacara chloropterus
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Northern GannetMorus bassanus
• Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
• Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
• Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
• Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
• Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca
• Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
• Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• DickcisselSpiza americana
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
• Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineola
• Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
• Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
• Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
• Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
• American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
• Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
• Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
• White-headed MuniaLonchura maja
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
• Kalinago WrenTroglodytes martinicensis
• Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
• Wood DuckAix sponsa
• Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
• American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
• Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
• Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
• Forster's TernSterna forsteri
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
• Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
• Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
• Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
• Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
• White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
• Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Corn CrakeCrex crex
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
• Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
• Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
• Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
• Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
• Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
• Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
• LimpkinAramus guarauna
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
• Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
• Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
• Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
• Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
• White CockatooCacatua alba
• Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
• European Herring GullLarus argentatus
• Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
• Wood StorkMycteria americana
• Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
• Black SkimmerRynchops niger
• Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
• Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
• Scarlet MacawAra macao
• Nanday ParakeetAratinga nenday
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
• Black-tailed TityraTityra cayana
• Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
• Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
• Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
• Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
• Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
• Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila
• St. Lucia ThrasherRamphocinclus sanctaeluciae