Birds of the British Virgin Islands

• Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
• Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
• BananaquitCoereba flaveola
• Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• 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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Green HeronButorides virescens
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
• Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
• Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
• 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
• Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
• 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
• Puerto Rican MangoAnthracothorax aurulentus

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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