Birds of the Cayman Islands

Endemic to the Cayman Islands

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Grand Cayman BullfinchMelopyrrha taylori

All regular species

• 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
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephala
• Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• 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
• Grand Cayman BullfinchMelopyrrha taylori
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
• 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
• Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
• Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
• American WigeonMareca americana
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Turkey VultureCathartes aura
• Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus
• 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
• Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
• Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
• Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
• White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
• Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliata