Birds of St. Lucia
136 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
St. Lucia WarblerSetophaga delicata
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostris
Grey TremblerCinclocerthia gutturalis
St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoni
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibisMost recorded
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolor
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilis
Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollis
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Lesser Antillean FlycatcherMyiarchus oberi
Brown BoobySula leucogasterHotspots with the most records
- Des Cartiers Rainforest TrailMicoud Quarter73 species
- Eau Piquant PondVieux Fort Quarter92 species
- Anse ChastanetSoufrière Quarter80 species
- White-breasted Thrasher spotMicoud Quarter54 species
- Pigeon Island National ParkGros Islet Quarter77 species
- CastriesCastries Quarter79 species
- Millet Nature ReserveAnse la Raye Quarter70 species
- Quilesse Forest ReserveMicoud Quarter77 species
- Bouton JunctionSoufrière Quarter50 species
- Windjammer Landing Villa Beach ResortGros Islet Quarter66 species
- Marigot BayCastries Quarter76 species
- Anse CochonCanaries76 species
All 15 hotspots
- SoufriereSoufrière Quarter74 species
- Edmond Forest Reserve, Soufriere sideLaborie Quarter65 species
- Marquis EstateGros Islet Quarter57 species
All species recorded · 136
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica
- 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
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- 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
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- 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
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- 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
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- 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
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- 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
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- St. Lucia Amazon Amazona versicolor
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- 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
- St. Lucia Thrasher Ramphocinclus sanctaeluciae
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis
- Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
- Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Puerto Rican Euphonia Chlorophonia sclateri
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- St. Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- St. Lucia Warbler Setophaga delicata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- St. Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola