Birds of Bahamas
311 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
Great EgretArdea alba
Turkey VultureCathartes auraMost recorded
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Green HeronButorides virescens
Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American CootFulica americana
La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaHotspots with the most records
- Reef Golf Course - FreeportFreeport and West Grand Bahama207 species
- Grand Bahama - Garden of the GrovesFreeport and West Grand Bahama174 species
- Grand Bahama - West EndFreeport and West Grand Bahama217 species
- Garden of Grand Bahama Birders B&BFreeport and West Grand Bahama122 species
- The Retreat National ParkNew Providence138 species
- Freeport Pine Ridge LandfillFreeport and West Grand Bahama148 species
- Lakeview Drive PondsNew Providence140 species
- The Emerald Golf CourseFreeport and West Grand Bahama151 species
- Blue Shark Golf CourseNew Providence163 species
- Abaco – Bahama Palm ShoresSouth Abaco and Moore's Island152 species
- Lake West of Bridge road opposite Lighthouse roadSan Salvador and Rum Cay91 species
- Gerace Research CenterSan Salvador and Rum Cay139 species
All 15 hotspots
- Abaco – Sandy PointSouth Abaco and Moore's Island144 species
- Ruby Golf Course - FreeportFreeport and West Grand Bahama130 species
- Rand Nature CenterFreeport and West Grand Bahama138 species
All species recorded · 311
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- 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
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- 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
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Bahama Nuthatch Sitta insularis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Bahama Yellowthroat Geothlypis rostrata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Olive-capped Warbler Setophaga pityophila
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bahama Warbler Setophaga flavescens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch Melopyrrha violacea
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor