Birds of Montserrat

Endemic to Montserrat

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberi

All regular species

• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
• Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
• Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
• Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieri
• Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
• Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberi
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
• Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficauda
• Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
• Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
• Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
• Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
• Least TernSternula antillarum
• Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
• American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• WilletTringa semipalmata
• Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
• American CootFulica americana
• SoraPorzana carolina
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
• Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
• KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
• OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
• Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifrons