Birds of Dominica
130 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Red-necked AmazonAmazona arausiaca
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
Plumbeous WarblerSetophaga plumbea
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinica
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Blue-headed HummingbirdRiccordia bicolor
Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularisMost recorded
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberi
Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficauda
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Imperial AmazonAmazona imperialis
Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollis
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisHotspots with the most records
- Morne Diablotin NP – Syndicate Nature TrailSaint John Parish69 species
- Syndicate TrailSaint Peter Parish72 species
- Layou River – river mouthSaint Joseph Parish87 species
- Morne Diablotin NP – Morne Diablotin trailSaint John Parish62 species
- Lower ColihautSaint Peter Parish48 species
- Roseau – Botanical GardensSaint George Parish59 species
- Cabrits NPSaint John Parish69 species
- Macoucheri – cricket pitchSaint Joseph Parish54 species
- Morne Trois Pitons NP – Middleham Falls from LaudatSaint George Parish60 species
- Roseau – town and vicinitySaint George Parish64 species
- Emerald PoolSaint David Parish60 species
- Portsmouth – Indian riverSaint John Parish55 species
All 15 hotspots
- Sunset BaySaint Joseph Parish52 species
- Portsmouth – townSaint John Parish50 species
- Roseau – river mouth and marketSaint George Parish53 species
All species recorded · 130
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis
- Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- 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
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- 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
- 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
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- 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
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca
- Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris
- 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
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
- Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- 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
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor