Birds of St. Lucia

Endemic to St. Lucia

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoni
• St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilis
• St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolor

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
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
• Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinica
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifrons
• St. Lucia ThrasherRamphocinclus sanctaeluciae
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• 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
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
• White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
• Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• Black-hooded TanagerStilpnia whitelyi
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Hispaniolan EuphoniaChlorophonia musica