Birds of St. Kitts & Nevis
137 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common GallinuleGallinula galeataMost recorded
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatusHotspots with the most records
- Royal St Kitts GC pondsSaint Kitts87 species
- Frigate Bay Golf CourseSaint Kitts76 species
- Half Moon Bay PondSaint Kitts75 species
- Romney ManorSaint Kitts60 species
- Port ZanteSaint Kitts54 species
- BasseterreSaint Kitts75 species
- Cockleshell Bay PondsSaint Kitts64 species
- Frigate Bay PondSaint Kitts68 species
- WingfieldSaint Kitts38 species
- Greatheeds PondSaint Kitts63 species
- Central Forest ReserveSaint Kitts50 species
- Friars Bay PondSaint Kitts58 species
All 15 hotspots
- Frigate Bay - Marriott ResortSaint Kitts66 species
- Majors Bay PondSaint Kitts41 species
- Great Salt Pond-St KittsSaint Kitts74 species
All species recorded · 137
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- 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
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- 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
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- 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
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- 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
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- 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
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor