Birds of the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands hosts 238 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephala
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
- La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Vitelline WarblerSetophaga vitellina
- Yucatan VireoVireo magister
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Cuban BullfinchMelopyrrha nigra
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
- Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tawny-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius humeralis
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- RedheadAythya americana
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
- Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliata