Birds of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico hosts 284 regularly occurring species in this directory, 13 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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 VireoVireo latimeri
- Puerto Rican EmeraldRiccordia maugaeus
- Green MangoAnthracothorax viridis
- Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferus
- 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
- 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
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Puerto Rican TodyTodus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Puerto Rican BullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensis
- Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- 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 OrioleIcterus portoricensis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- 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
- 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
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Puerto Rican TanagerNesospingus speculiferus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
- Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostris
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- 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
- 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
- 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-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- 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
- 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
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus
- Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
- Green-cheeked ParakeetPyrrhura molinae
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- 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
- 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
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
- Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes