Birds of Guadeloupe
237 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Green HeronButorides virescensMost recorded
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollis
Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaHotspots with the most records
- Pointe Allègre114 species
- Barrage de Gaschet107 species
- Barrage de Gaschet - Partie 194 species
- Grand Marais de Port-Louis120 species
- Anse Patatoto61 species
- Petit Marais de Port-Louis103 species
- Pointe des Chateaux96 species
- Pointe des Chateaux135 species
- Pointe des Colibris92 species
- Cascade aux Ecrevisses46 species
- Saline des Galets88 species
- Corossol42 species
All 15 hotspots
- Petite Terre143 species
- Pointe des Chateaux110 species
- Saint-François Grande Saline PDC76 species
All species recorded · 237
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- 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
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- 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
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- 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
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- 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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- 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
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- 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
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea
- 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
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola