Birds of Cuba
298 species recorded at 21 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordii
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus
Cuban BlackbirdPtiloxena atroviolacea
West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniMost recorded
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
Great Lizard CuckooCoccyzus merlini
Cuban TodyTodus multicolor
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae
Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuban Green WoodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussus
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Cuban VireoVireo gundlachii
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaHotspots with the most records
- Refugio de Fauna BermejaMatanzas Province195 species
- PN Cienaga de Zapata – Las SalinasMatanzas Province207 species
- Soplillar – Sabanas de PalpiteMatanzas Province190 species
- Cayo CocoCiego de Ávila Province229 species
- PN Ciénaga de Zapata – Santo TomasMatanzas Province210 species
- Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario – Las TerrazasArtemisa Province180 species
- Cayo Coco – Cueva del JabaliCiego de Ávila Province181 species
- Zapata – La TurbaMatanzas Province190 species
- Playa LargaMatanzas Province210 species
- Cueva de los PortalesPinar del Río Province139 species
- Casa Ana BirdingMatanzas Province168 species
- Playa del ChivoVereda Nueva, La Habana135 species
All 21 hotspots
- Criadero de CocodrilosMatanzas Province153 species
- Jardín Botánico NacionalVereda Nueva, La Habana154 species
- Cayo Paredon GrandeCiego de Ávila Province176 species
- Hacienda CortinaPinar del Río Province155 species
- Sierra del Chorillo – Sendero de las AvesCamagüey Province151 species
- Rancho La BelenCamagüey Province144 species
- Playa PesqueroHolguín Province155 species
- Laguna flamingosCiego de Ávila Province146 species
- Cayo GuillermoCiego de Ávila Province163 species
All species recorded · 298
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- 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
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
- Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Zapata Rail Mustelirallus cerverai
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- 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
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- 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
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- 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
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- 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
- Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cuban Tody Todus multicolor
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Cuban Palm Crow Corvus minutus
- Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai
- Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae
- Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
- Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- 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
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- 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
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora