Birds of Cayman Islands
237 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Great EgretArdea alba
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusMost recorded
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephala
Green HeronButorides virescens
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Yucatan VireoVireo magisterHotspots with the most records
- Patricks Island Roost and DykesGeorge Town148 species
- Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park - IBA, National TrustNorth Side139 species
- Meagre Bay Pond IBA – PadBodden Town134 species
- Colliers Pond IBAEast End136 species
- Otto Watler's LakeBodden Town142 species
- SafehavenWest Bay148 species
- Barker's NPWest Bay150 species
- Malportas Pond IBA-National Trust ReserveNorth Side135 species
- Canaan Land RoadNorth Side126 species
- Sunnyfield RoadEast End130 species
- Agriculture Grounds, Grand CaymanBodden Town117 species
- Central Mangrove DykesBodden Town128 species
All 15 hotspots
- Governor Michael Gore Bird SanctuaryBodden Town117 species
- Agriculture GroundsBodden Town136 species
- Mastic Trail, National Trust – South TrailheadNorth Side110 species
All species recorded · 237
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- 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
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- 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
- 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
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- 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
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- 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
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- 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
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- 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
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- 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
- 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
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- 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
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra