Birds of Barbados
199 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Great EgretArdea alba
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoMost recorded
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Green HeronButorides virescens
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusHotspots with the most records
- Congo Road Private ImpoundmentSaint Philip94 species
- Woodbourne Shorebird RefugeChrist Church92 species
- Congo Road private impoundmentSaint Philip73 species
- Fosters Private WetlandSaint Lucy102 species
- Chancery Lane SwampChrist Church98 species
- Graeme Hall Nature SanctuaryChrist Church92 species
- Graeme Hall Swamp - East SideChrist Church74 species
- Hampton Private ImpoundmentSaint Philip63 species
- North Point, St. LucySaint Lucy83 species
- OistinsChrist Church65 species
- Fosters Private ImpoundmentSaint Lucy81 species
- Long PondSaint Andrew64 species
All 15 hotspots
- Inch Marlowe PointChrist Church59 species
- Harrison's PointSaint Lucy78 species
- Walkers ReserveSaint Andrew64 species
All species recorded · 199
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Barbados Bullfinch Loxigilla barbadensis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola