Birds of Dominican Republic
252 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatus
PalmchatDulus dominicus
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Black-crowned Palm-tanagerPhaenicophilus palmarum
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Hispaniolan Lizard CuckooCoccyzus longirostris
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Hispaniolan MangoAnthracothorax dominicus
Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaMost recorded
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus
Broad-billed TodyTodus subulatus
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Western Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus
White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalus
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Green HeronButorides virescens
Great EgretArdea alba
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibisHotspots with the most records
- Jardín Botánico NacionalSanto Domingo Province142 species
- Rabo de GatoIndependencia152 species
- Paraíso Caño HondoHato Mayor Province146 species
- ZapoténPedernales Province154 species
- Monumento Natural Bahía de las CalderasPeravia Province141 species
- Punta Cana Ecological FoundationLa Altagracia Province124 species
- Cabo Rojo - PedernalesPedernales Province165 species
- Las SalinasPeravia Province131 species
- P.N. del EsteLa Altagracia Province138 species
- P. N. Los HaitisesHato Mayor Province142 species
- Laguna OviedoPedernales Province150 species
- Reserva Científica Ebano VerdeLa Vega Province100 species
All 15 hotspots
- Rancho BaiguateLa Vega Province102 species
- Punta Cana Resort and ClubLa Altagracia Province138 species
- Salinas Del Pueblo, Monte CristiMonte Cristi Province111 species
All species recorded · 252
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- 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
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- 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
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Least Poorwill Siphonorhis brewsteri
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Hispaniolan Nightjar Antrostomus ekmani
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus
- Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima
- Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Bay-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis
- Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris
- 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
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- White-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopia
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- 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
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- 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
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- 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
- 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
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- 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
- 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
- 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-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- 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
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus
- Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris
- Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas
- Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara chloropterus
- Blue Mountain Elaenia Elaenia fallax
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hispaniolan Palm Crow Corvus palmarum
- White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Palmchat Dulus dominicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
- La Selle Thrush Turdus swalesi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga
- Antillean Siskin Spinus dominicensis
- Puerto Rican Euphonia Chlorophonia sclateri
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Western Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus tertius
- Eastern Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus
- Black-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum
- Green-tailed Warbler Microligea palustris
- White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana
- Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- 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
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- 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
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch Melopyrrha violacea
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor