Birds of the U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands hosts 160 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- American CootFulica americana
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Clapper RailRallus crepitans
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Puerto Rican FlycatcherMyiarchus antillarum
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Adelaide's WarblerSetophaga adelaidae
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis