Birds of Antigua & Barbuda
159 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatusMost recorded
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Green HeronButorides virescens
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeusHotspots with the most records
- McKinnon's Saltpond IBASaint John120 species
- McKinnon's Saltpond IBA, point 1Saint John86 species
- Potworks DamSaint Paul100 species
- Fitches Creek SwampSaint Peter74 species
- St JohnSaint John75 species
- River RoadBarbuda78 species
- Hanson's Bay-Flashes IBASaint Mary87 species
- Wallings Forest & Reservoir IBASaint Mary72 species
- Nevis Street WetlandSaint John83 species
- Bethesda DamSaint Paul67 species
- Galley BaySaint John62 species
- Darkwoods SaltpondSaint Mary77 species
All 15 hotspots
- Jolly Beach ResortSaint Mary53 species
- Nelson's DockyardSaint Paul62 species
- Great Bird IslandSaint Peter64 species
All species recorded · 159
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Puerto Rican Euphonia Chlorophonia sclateri
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola