Birds of the British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands hosts 117 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- American CootFulica americana
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Puerto Rican FlycatcherMyiarchus antillarum
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus