Birds of St. Lucia
St. Lucia hosts 122 regularly occurring species in this directory, 3 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to St. Lucia
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- St. Lucia WarblerSetophaga delicata
- Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
- Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Grey TremblerCinclocerthia gutturalis
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollis
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostris
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoni
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilis
- St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolor
- Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberi
- Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinica
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- American CootFulica americana
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieri
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficauda
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala