List of birds of Guadeloupe

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2016 version.^[1]

Unless noted otherwise, the list is that of Bird Checklists of the World as of August 2015.^[2] The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes on population status are also from Lepage.

• (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guadeloupe
• (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Guadeloupe as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
• (Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Guadeloupe although populations exist elsewhere

This list contains 277 species, of which one is endemic, 144 are rare or accidental, 10 have been introduced, and two have been extirpated.

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

• White-faced whistling-duck, Dendrocygna viduata (A)
• Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
• West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea (A) (Vulnerable)
• Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
• Snow goose, Chen caerulescens (A)
• Wood duck, Aix sponsa (A)
• Gadwall, Anas strepera (A)
• Eurasian wigeon, Anas penelope (A)
• American wigeon, Anas americana (A)
• American black duck, Anas rubripes (A)
• Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (A)
• Blue-winged teal, Anas discors
• Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata (A)
• White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis (A)
• Northern pintail, Anas acuta (A)
• Garganey, Anas querquedula (A)
• Green-winged teal, Anas crecca (A)
• Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
• Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
• Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
• Masked duck, Nomonyx dominicus
• Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (A)

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

• Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus (I)

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

• Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps

Flamingos

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

• American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber (A)

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

• Trindade petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana (A) (Vulnerable)
• Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata (A)
• Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)
• Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
• Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A) (Near-threatened)
• Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis
• Sooty shearwater, Ardenna grisea (Near-threatened)
• Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
• Barolo shearwater, Puffinus baroli (A)
• Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri

Storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

• Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
• Leach's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

• White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
• Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus

Frigatebirds

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

• Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

Boobies and gannets

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

• Masked booby, Sula dactylatra (A)
• Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
• Red-footed booby, Sula sula
• Northern gannet, Morus bassanus (A)

Cormorants

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

• Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus (A)

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

• Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

• American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (A)
• Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
• Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
• Gray heron, Ardea cinerea (A)
• Great egret, Ardea alba
• Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A)
• Snowy egret, Egretta thula
• Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
• Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor (A)
• Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
• Green heron, Butorides virescens
• Striated heron, Butorides striata (A)
• Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (A)
• Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

• Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus (A)
• Roseate spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja (A)

Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

• Osprey, Pandion haliaetus (A)

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

• Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A)
• Eurasian marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A)
• Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus (A)
• Black kite, Milvus migrans (A)
• Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus (A)
• Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis (A)

Rails, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

• Corn crake, Crex crex (A)
• Clapper rail, Rallus crepitans
• Sora, Porzana carolina
• Spotted crake, Porzana porzana (A)
• Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
• Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata
• American coot, Fulica americana

Limpkin

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae

• Limpkin, Aramus guarauna (A)

Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes   Family:

• Black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus (A)
• American avocet, Recurvirostra americana

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

• American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

• Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
• American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica
• Collared plover, Charadrius collaris (A)
• Snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus (A) (Near-threatened)
• Wilson's plover, Charadrius wilsonia
• Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (A)
• Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
• Piping plover, Charadrius melodus (A) (Near-threatened)
• Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus (A)

Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

• Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
• Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis (A)(Critically endangered, possibly extinct)
• Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus (A)
• Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus (A)
• Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica (A)
• Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa (A)
• Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
• Red knot, Calidris canutus (Near-threatened)
• Ruff, Calidris pugnax (A)
• Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
• Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A)(Near-threatened)
• Sanderling, Calidris alba
• Dunlin, Calidris alpina (A)
• Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (A)
• Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
• White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
• Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A)(Near-threatened)
• Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
• Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (Near-threatened)
• Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
• Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
• Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (A)
• Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata
• Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor (A)
• Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (A)
• Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (A)
• Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia
• Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus (A)
• Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
• Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (A)
• Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
• Willet, Tringa semipalmata
• Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
• Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola (A)

Pratincoles

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae

• Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola (A)

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

• Great skua, Stercorarius skua (A)
• South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki (A)
• Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
• Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
• Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

• Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (A)
• Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A)
• Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
• Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
• Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan (A)
• Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
• Herring gull, Larus argentatus (A)
• Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides (A)
• Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
• Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus (A)
• Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
• Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus
• Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
• Least tern, Sternula antillarum
• Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (A)
• Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia (A)
• Black tern, Chlidonias niger (A)
• White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (A)
• Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii
• Common tern, Sterna hirundo
• Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (A)
• Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri (A)
• Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus
• Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (A)

Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

• Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)
• Scaly-naped pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa
• White-crowned pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala (Near-threatened)
• Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
• Common ground-dove, Columbina passerina
• Ruddy quail-dove, Geotrygon montana
• Bridled quail-dove, Geotrygon mystacea
• White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica
• Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita
• Eared dove, Zenaida auriculata (A)
• Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura (A)

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

• Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani
• Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
• Mangrove cuckoo, Coccyzus minor
• Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A)

Barn-owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

• Barn owl, Tyto alba (Ex)

Typical owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

• Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia (A)

Nightjars and allies

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

• Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor (A)
• Antillean nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii (A)
• Chuck-will's-widow, Antrostomus carolinensis (A)

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Apodidae

• Black swift, Cypseloides niger
• White-collared swift, Streptoprocne zonaris (A)
• Chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica (A)(Near-threatened)
• Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura (A)
• Lesser Antillean swift, Chaetura martinica
• Alpine swift, Apus melba (A)

Hummingbirds

Order: Trochiliformes   Family: Trochilidae

• Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis
• Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus
• Antillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

• Ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata
• Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon

Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae

• Guadeloupe woodpecker, Melanerpes herminieri (Endemic) (Near-threatened)
• Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius (A)

Falcons and caracaras

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

• Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus (A)
• American kestrel, Falco sparverius
• Merlin, Falco columbarius
• Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus

Tyrant flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae

• Caribbean elaenia, Elaenia martinica
• Eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens (A)
• Lesser Antillean pewee, Contopus latirostris
• Lesser Antillean flycatcher, Myiarchus oberi
• Gray kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
• Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana (A)

Vireos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

• White-eyed vireo, Vireo griseus (A)
• Yellow-throated vireo, Vireo flavifrons (A)
• Philadelphia vireo, Vireo philadelphicus (A)
• Red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceus
• Black-whiskered vireo, Vireo altiloquus

Swallows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

• Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis (A)
• Purple martin, Progne subis (A)
• Caribbean martin, Progne dominicensis
• Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor (A)
• Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
• Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
• Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Cave swallow, Petrochelidon fulva (A)
• Common house-martin, Delichon urbica (A)

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

• House wren, Troglodytes aedon (Ex)

Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Muscicapidae

• Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe (A)

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

• Gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus (A)
• Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus (A)
• Spectacled thrush, Turdus nudigenis
• Forest thrush, Turdus lherminieri (Vulnerable)

Mockingbirds and thrashers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae

• Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis (A)
• Scaly-breasted thrasher, Allenia fusca
• Pearly-eyed thrasher, Margarops fuscatus
• Brown trembler, Cinclocerthia ruficauda
• Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus

Waxwings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Bombycillidae

• Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum (A)

New World warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Parulidae

• Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla
• Worm-eating warbler, Helmitheros vermivorum (A)
• Louisiana waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla (A)
• Northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis
• Blue-winged warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera (A)
• Black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta varia
• Prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria citrea
• Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina (A)
• Nashville warbler, Oreothlypis ruficapilla (A)
• Connecticut warbler, Oporornis agilis (A)
• Kentucky warbler, Geothlypis formosa (A)
• Common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas (A)
• Plumbeous warbler, Setophaga plumbea
• Hooded warbler, Setophaga citrina (A)
• American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla
• Cape May warbler, Setophaga tigrina (A)
• Cerulean warbler, Setophaga cerulea (A)(Vulnerable)
• Northern parula, Setophaga americana
• Magnolia warbler, Setophaga magnolia (A)
• Bay-breasted warbler, Setophaga castanea (A)
• Blackburnian warbler, Setophaga fusca (A)
• Yellow warbler, Setophaga petechia
• Chestnut-sided warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica (A)
• Blackpoll warbler, Setophaga striata
• Black-throated blue warbler, Setophaga caerulescens (A)
• Palm warbler, Setophaga palmarum (A)
• Pine warbler, Setophaga pinus (A)
• Yellow-rumped warbler, Setophaga coronata (A)
• Yellow-throated warbler, Setophaga dominica (A)
• Prairie warbler, Setophaga discolor
• Black-throated green warbler, Setophaga virens (A)
• Canada warbler, Cardellina canadensis (A)

Tanagers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae

• Grassland yellow-finch, Sicalis luteola (I)
• Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
• Black-faced grassquit, Tiaris bicolor
• Lesser Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis
• Lesser Antillean saltator, Saltator albicollis

Cardinals and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cardinalidae

• Summer tanager, Piranga rubra (A)
• Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea (A)
• Rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus (A)
• Blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea (A)
• Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea (A)
• Dickcissel, Spiza americana (A)

Troupials and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Icteridae

• Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Carib grackle, Quiscalus lugubris
• Shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis (A)
• Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius (A)
• Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula (A)

Finches, euphonias, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

• Antillean euphonia, Euphonia musica

Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

• House sparrow, Passer domesticus (I)

Weavers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Ploceidae

• Northern red bishop, Euplectes franciscanus (I)

Waxbills, munias, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

• Orange-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda melpoda (I)
• Black-rumped waxbill, Estrilda troglodytes (I)
• Red avadavat, Amandava amandava (I)
• Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata (I)

References

See also

• List of birds
• Lists of birds by region