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Jamaica’s
bird list is a bit unusual in that while over 300 species have been recorded for
the island, many of these are, not surprisingly for an island, rare vagrants.
When one counts only residents, summer breeders, and regular wintering
and transient birds (i.e. the birds you’d realistically expect to see within a
year), the list is about 170 species. Jamaica
does, however, have an impressive 28 endemics (more than Cuba) and another 17
endemic subspecies. Among the
110+ species of birds seen in Jamaica on past trips are the
following. As usual, some are common, some less common, and some fairly
rare.
 | West
Indian Whistling-Duck |
|
Blue-winged
Teal
|
| Northern
Shoveler |
|
Masked Duck
|
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Ruddy
Duck
|
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Pied-billed
Grebe
|
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Least
Grebe
|
|
White-tailed
Tropicbird
|
|
Magnificent
Frigatebird
|
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Brown
Pelican
|
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Great
Blue Heron
|
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Great
Egret
|
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Snowy
Egret
|
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Little
Blue Heron
|
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Tricolored
Heron
|
|
Reddish
Egret
|
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Cattle
Egret
|
|
Green
Heron
|
|
Black-crowned Night-heron
|
|
White
Ibis
|
| Glossy
Ibis
|
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Osprey
|
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Red-tailed
Hawk
|
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Sora
|
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Purple
Gallinule
|
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Common
Gallinule
|
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American
Coot
|
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Caribbean
Coot
|
| Limpkin
|
|
Wilson's
Plover |
|
Semipalmated
Plover |
|
Killdeer |
|
Black-necked Stilt |
| Spotted Sandpiper
|
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Greater
Yellowlegs
|
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Lesser
Yellowlegs |
|
Ruddy
Turnstone |
|
Willet
|
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Northern
Jacana
|
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Laughing
Gull
|
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Royal
Tern
|
|
White-crowned
Pigeon
|
|
Zenaida
Dove
|
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Mourning
Dove
|
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Common
Ground-Dove
|
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Caribbean
Dove
|
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Crested
Quail-Dove
|
|
Ruddy
Quail-Dove |
|
Mangrove
Cuckoo
|
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Chestnut-bellied
Cuckoo
|
|
Jamaican
Lizard-Cuckoo
|
|
Smooth-billed
Ani |
|
Jamaican
Owl |
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Northern Potoo
|
|
Antillean
Nighthawk |
|
Black
Swift |
|
White-collared
Swift
|
|
Antillean
Palm-Swift
|
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Jamaican
Mango
|
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Red-billed
Streamertail
|
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Black-billed
Streamertail
|
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Vervain
Hummingbird
|
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Jamaican
Tody
|
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Belted
Kingfisher
|
|
Jamaican
Woodpecker
|
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American
Kestrel
|
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Green-rumped
Parrotlet
|
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Olive-throated
Parakeet
|
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Yellow-billed
Parrot
|
|
Black-billed
Parrot
|
|
Jamaican
Elaenia
|
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Greater
Antillean Elaenia
|
|
Jamaican
Pewee
|
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Sad
Flycatcher
|
|
Rufous-tailed
Flycatcher
|
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Stolid
Flycatcher
|
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Gray
Kingbird
|
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Loggerhead
Kingbird
|
|
Jamaican
Becard
|
|
Jamaican
Vireo
|
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Blue
Mountain Vireo
|
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Black-whiskered
Vireo
|
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Jamaican
Crow
|
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Cave
Swallow
|
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Barn
Swallow
|
|
Rufous-throated
Solitaire
|
|
White-eyed
Thrush
|
|
White-chinned
Thrush
|
|
Gray
Catbird
|
|
Northern
Mockingbird
|
|
Bahama
Mockingbird
|
|
Ovenbird
|
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Worm-eating
Warbler
|
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Northern
Waterthrush
|
|
Black-and-white
Warbler
|
|
Common
Yellowthroat
|
|
Arrowhead
Warbler
|
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American
Redstart
|
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Northern
Parula
|
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Yellow
(Golden) Warbler
|
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Black-throated
Blue Warbler
|
|
Palm
Warbler
|
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Yellow-throated
Warbler
|
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Prairie
Warbler
|
|
Black-throated
Green Warbler
|
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Bananaquit
|
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Jamaican
Spindalis
|
|
Yellow-faced
Grassquit
|
|
Black-faced
Grassquit |
|
Yellow-shouldered
Grassquit |
|
Greater
Antillean Bullfinch
|
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Orangequit
|
|
Jamaican
Blackbird
|
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Greater
Antillean Grackle
|
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Shiny
Cowbird
|
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Jamaican
Oriole
|
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Jamaican
Euphonia
|
|
Scaly-breasted
Munia (Nutmeg Manakin) |
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Black-headed
Munia |
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