Birds of Jamaica

Endemic to Jamaica

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus
• Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmus
• White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantius
• Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaica
• Jamaican VireoVireo modestus
• OrangequitEuneornis campestris
• Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostris
• Jamaican TodyTodus todus
• Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephala
• Jamaican MangoAnthracothorax mango
• Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaea
• Yellow-shouldered GrassquitLoxipasser anoxanthus
• Rufous-tailed FlycatcherMyiarchus validus
• Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensis
• Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetra
• White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensis
• Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidus
• Yellow-billed AmazonAmazona collaria
• Jamaican BecardPachyramphus niger
• Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialis
• Jamaican Lizard CuckooCoccyzus vetula
• Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulus
• Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cotta
• Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolor
• Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburni
• Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilis
• Jamaican OwlAsio grammicus
• Jamaican BlackbirdNesopsar nigerrimus

All regular species

• Turkey VultureCathartes aura
• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
• Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus
• Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmus
• White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantius
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Jamaican OrioleIcterus leucopteryx
• Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaica
• Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
• Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana
• Jamaican VireoVireo modestus
• Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
• OrangequitEuneornis campestris
• Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostris
• Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
• Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
• Jamaican TodyTodus todus
• Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephala
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
• Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
• Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
• Jamaican MangoAnthracothorax mango
• Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis
• Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
• Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaea
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Yellow-shouldered GrassquitLoxipasser anoxanthus
• Rufous-tailed FlycatcherMyiarchus validus
• Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensis
• Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
• Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetra
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensis
• Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidus
• Yellow-billed AmazonAmazona collaria
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Jamaican BecardPachyramphus niger
• Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
• Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
• Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbis
• Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialis
• Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• Jamaican Lizard CuckooCoccyzus vetula
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
• Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulus
• Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
• Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
• Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cotta
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
• Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolor
• Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
• Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
• Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburni
• White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
• Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
• Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
• Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilis
• Jamaican OwlAsio grammicus
• Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinus
• KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
• Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
• Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• American CootFulica americana
• Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
• Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
• Jamaican BlackbirdNesopsar nigerrimus
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
• Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
• Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
• Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Blue Mountain ElaeniaElaenia fallax
• WilletTringa semipalmata
• Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
• Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
• Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
• Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
• American White IbisEudocimus albus
• Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii
• American Barn OwlTyto furcata
• American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
• Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
• Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
• Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
• LimpkinAramus guarauna
• Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
• Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
• Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
• American WigeonMareca americana
• SoraPorzana carolina
• Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
• Clapper RailRallus crepitans
• Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
• Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
• Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliata
• Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
• Least TernSternula antillarum
• Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
• Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
• Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
• Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
• Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
• Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
• Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
• Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
• Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventer
• Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
• Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
• Forster's TernSterna forsteri
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
• Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
• Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
• White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
• American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
• Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
• American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
• Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
• Dusky ParrotPionus fuscus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
• Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
• Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
• Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
• Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
• Purple MartinProgne subis
• Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
• Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
• Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
• Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus
• Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
• Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
• Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
• Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
• Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
• Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
• Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
• VeeryCatharus fuscescens
• Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
• BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
• Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus