Caribbean Bird Song
Mark Oberle
The sounds of 283 species from Puerto Rico south to Grenada, with the Bahamas, Caymans and San Andrés. This covers the regular breeding and endemic species as well as common migrants of these bird-rich islands of the Caribbean. Booklet is in English and Spanish.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Least Grebe | Poliocephalus dominicus |
| Capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Caribbean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominica |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Common Black-Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Poliolimnas flaviventer |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| Caribbean Coot | Fulica caribaea |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Micropalama himantopus |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus |
| Sooty Tern | Sterna fuscata |
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Columba leucocephala |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Columba squamosa |
| Plain Pigeon | Columba inornata |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina |
| Grenada Dove | Leptotila wellsi |
| Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis |
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia |
| Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis |
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
| White-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris versicolurus |
| Cuban Parrot | Amazona leucocephala |
| Hispaniolan Parrot | Amazona ventralis |
| White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons |
| Puerto Rican Parrot | Amazona vittata |
| Red-crowned Parrot | Amazona viridigenalis |
| Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica |
| St. Lucia Parrot | Amazona versicolor |
| Red-necked Parrot | Amazona arausiaca |
| St. Vincent Parrot | Amazona guildingii |
| Imperial Parrot | Amazona imperialis |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
| Great Lizard-Cuckoo | Saurothera merlini |
| Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | Saurothera vieilloti |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Puerto Rican Screech-Owl | Otus nudipes |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| Rufous Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufus |
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Caprimulgus noctitherus |
| Black Swift | Nephoecetes niger |
| Lesser Antillean Swift | Chaetura martinica |
| Grey-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura |
| Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsuta |
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii |
| Antillean Mango | Anthracothorax dominicus |
| Green Mango | Anthracothorax viridis |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis |
| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus |
| Cuban Emerald | Chlorostilbon ricordii |
| Puerto Rican Emerald | Chlorostilbon maugaeus |
| Blue-headed Hummingbird | Cyanophaia bicolor |
| Bahama Woodstar | Philodice evelynae |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
| Puerto Rican Tody | Todus mexicanus |
| Guadelupe Woodpecker | Melanerpes herminieri |
| Puerto Rican Woodpecker | Melanerpes portoricensis |
| West Indian Woodpecker | Melanerpes superciliaris |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| Cuban Pewee | Contopus caribaeus |
| Lesser Antillean Pewee | Contopus latirostris |
| Grenada Flycatcher | Myiarchus nugator |
| Puerto Rican Flycatcher | Myiarchus antillarum |
| La Sagra's Flycatcher | Myiarchus sagrae |
| Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | Myiarchus oberi |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| Grey Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Bahama Swallow | Tachycineta cyaneoviridis |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon pallida |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
| Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Brown Trembler | Cinclocerthia ruficauda |
| Grey Trembler | Cinclocerthia gutturalis |
| White-breasted Thrasher | Ramphocinclus brachyurus |
| Scaly-breasted Thrasher | Allenia fusca |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis |
| Forest Thrush | Cichlherminia lherminieri |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli |
| Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus |
| Cocoa Thrush | Turdus fumigatus |
| Bare-eyed Robin | Turdus nudigenis |
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla |
| Cuban Crow | Corvus nasicus |
| White-necked Crow | Corvus leucognaphalus |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| Cuban Bullfinch | Melopyrrha nigra |
| Cuban Grassquit | Tiaris canora |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivacea |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Tiaris bicolor |
| Puerto Rican Bullfinch | Loxigilla portoricensis |
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla violacea |
| Lesser Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis |
| Barbados Bullfinch | Loxigilla barbadensis |
| St Lucia Black Finch | Melanospiza richardsoni |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Lesser Antillean Saltator | Saltator albicollis |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Puerto Rican Tanager | Nesospingus speculiferus |
| Western Spindalis | Spindalis zena |
| Puerto Rican Spindalis | Spindalis portoricensis |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Antillean Euphonia | Euphonia musica |
| Lesser Antillean Tanager | Tangara cucullata |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Plumbeous Warbler | Dendroica plumbea |
| Elfin Woods Warbler | Dendroica angelae |
| Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus |
| Adelaide's Warbler | Dendroica adelaidae |
| Barbuda Warbler | Dendroica subita |
| St Lucia Warbler | Dendroica delicata |
| Olive-capped Warbler | Dendroica pityophila |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor |
| Vitelline Warbler | Dendroica vitellina |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Kirtland's Warbler | Dendroica kirtlandii |
| Cape May Warbler | Dendroica tigrina |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Whistling Warbler | Catharopeza bishopi |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Bahama Yellowthroat | Geothlypis rostrata |
| Hooded Yellowthroat | Geothlypis nelsoni |
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus |
| St Andrew Vireo | Vireo caribaeus |
| Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris |
| Puerto Rican Vireo | Vireo latimeri |
| Yucatan Vireo | Vireo magister |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
| Red Siskin | Carduelis cucullata |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes |
| Avadavat | Amandava amandava |
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica |
| Bronze Mannikin | Lonchura cucullata |
| Nutmeg Mannikin | Lonchura punctulata |
| Java Sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Orange Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Jamaican Oriole | Icterus leucopteryx |
| Troupial | Icterus icterus |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Greater Antillean Oriole | Icterus dominicensis |
| Montserrat Oriole | Icterus oberi |
| St Lucia Oriole | Icterus laudabilis |
| Martinique Oriole | Icterus bonana |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius xanthomus |
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
