Birds of Jamaica
Jamaica hosts 218 regularly occurring species in this directory, 25 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- Black-billed StreamertailTrochilus scitulus
- Jamaican ElaeniaMyiopagis cotta
- Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolor
- Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburni
- Black-billed AmazonAmazona agilis
- 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
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaica
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- 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
- Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensis
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetra
- 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
- Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- 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
- 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