Birds of Puerto Rico

Endemic to Puerto Rico

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensis
• Puerto Rican SpindalisSpindalis portoricensis
• Puerto Rican TodyTodus mexicanus
• Puerto Rican BullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensis
• Puerto Rican OrioleIcterus portoricensis
• Puerto Rican Lizard CuckooCoccyzus vieilloti
• Puerto Rican VireoVireo latimeri
• Puerto Rican EmeraldRiccordia maugaeus
• Green MangoAnthracothorax viridis
• Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferus
• Puerto Rican EuphoniaChlorophonia sclateri
• Yellow-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius xanthomus
• Elfin Woods WarblerSetophaga angelae
• Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherus
• Puerto Rican AmazonAmazona vittata

All regular species

• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
• White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensis
• Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
• Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
• Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
• Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
• Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
• Adelaide's WarblerSetophaga adelaidae
• Puerto Rican SpindalisSpindalis portoricensis
• Puerto Rican FlycatcherMyiarchus antillarum
• Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Puerto Rican TodyTodus mexicanus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Puerto Rican BullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensis
• Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• Turkey VultureCathartes aura
• Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
• Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
• Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
• Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
• Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicus
• Puerto Rican MangoAnthracothorax aurulentus
• Puerto Rican OrioleIcterus portoricensis
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• Puerto Rican Lizard CuckooCoccyzus vieilloti
• Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
• Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
• White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurus
• KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
• Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
• Puerto Rican VireoVireo latimeri
• Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
• White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
• Puerto Rican EmeraldRiccordia maugaeus
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
• Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
• Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
• Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
• White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
• Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Green MangoAnthracothorax viridis
• Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
• Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
• Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
• Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
• Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
• American CootFulica americana
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferus
• American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Puerto Rican OwlGymnasio nudipes
• Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
• Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostris
• Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
• Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
• Least TernSternula antillarum
• Clapper RailRallus crepitans
• Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
• Puerto Rican EuphoniaChlorophonia sclateri
• Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
• Yellow-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius xanthomus
• OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
• Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
• WilletTringa semipalmata
• Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
• Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
• Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
• West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
• Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
• Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
• Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
• Elfin Woods WarblerSetophaga angelae
• Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia
• American White IbisEudocimus albus
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherus
• SoraPorzana carolina
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
• LimpkinAramus guarauna
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
• Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
• Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
• White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
• Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
• Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
• Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
• White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
• Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularis
• Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
• Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
• Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
• Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
• Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
• Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata
• Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
• Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• American WigeonMareca americana
• Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
• Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
• Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
• Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventer
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Java SparrowPadda oryzivora
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• Red-crowned AmazonAmazona viridigenalis
• Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
• Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
• Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
• Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
• Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
• Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
• Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenys
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• White CockatooCacatua alba
• American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
• Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
• Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
• Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
• Forster's TernSterna forsteri
• Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
• Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
• Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
• Black SkimmerRynchops niger
• Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
• Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
• American Barn OwlTyto furcata
• Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
• BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
• American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
• Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
• American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
• Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
• CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
• American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
• Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
• Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
• Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
• Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
• Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
• Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
• Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
• Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
• Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
• Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
• Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
• Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
• Eastern Red-legged ThrushTurdus ardosiaceus
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Salmon-crested CockatooCacatua moluccensis
• Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
• Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
• Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
• Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
• Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
• Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
• Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
• Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
• Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
• Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca
• Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
• Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
• Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
• Greylag GooseAnser anser
• Black VultureCoragyps atratus
• DickcisselSpiza americana
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
• Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
• Puerto Rican AmazonAmazona vittata
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
• Sabine's GullXema sabini
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
• Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
• Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrix
• Hispaniolan AmazonAmazona ventralis
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• BuffleheadBucephala albeola
• Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
• Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Wood DuckAix sponsa

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
• Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
• Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
• Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
• American Black DuckAnas rubripes
• Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
• Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
• Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
• American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
• Blue-crowned ParakeetThectocercus acuticaudatus
• Brant GooseBranta bernicla
• Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
• Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
• Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
• Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
• White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
• Nanday ParakeetAratinga nenday
• Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
• Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus
• Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
• Green-cheeked ParakeetPyrrhura molinae
• Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Mitred ParakeetPsittacara mitratus
• Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
• Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
• Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri
• Scarlet MacawAra macao
• Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
• Tanimbar CorellaCacatua goffiniana
• VeeryCatharus fuscescens
• Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
• Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
• Wood StorkMycteria americana
• White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
• Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
• Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
• Purple MartinProgne subis
• Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
• Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
• Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
• Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
• Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii
• Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Hispaniolan EuphoniaChlorophonia musica
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila
• Rose-fronted ParakeetPyrrhura roseifrons