Birds of Anguilla
101 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaMost recorded
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Least TernSternula antillarum
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Green HeronButorides virescens
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatusHotspots with the most records
- Anguilla – Road Salt Pond74 species
- West End Pond59 species
- Anguilla – East End Village Pond62 species
- Anguilla – Cove Pond60 species
- East End Pond IBA68 species
- Forest Bay and Forest Bay Pond62 species
- Rendezvous Bay Pond55 species
- Long Pond Bay48 species
- Bad Cox Pond53 species
- Long Salt Pond by Fish Farm Rocks49 species
- Caul's Pond56 species
- Anguilla – Long Salt Pond58 species
All 15 hotspots
- Sandy Ground53 species
- Junk's Hole Pond41 species
- Anguilla - West End Pond42 species
All species recorded · 101
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- 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
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- 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
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- 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
- 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
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor