Birds of Montserrat
98 species recorded at 11 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Green HeronButorides virescens
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Great EgretArdea albaMost recorded
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaHotspots with the most records
- Old Road Bay74 species
- Fox's Bay59 species
- Carr's Bay56 species
- Montserrat Volcano Observatory and Woodlands Beach23 species
- Little Bay41 species
- Montserrat Interior18 species
- Montserrat41 species
- Montserrat Volcano Observatory16 species
- Coastal Montserrat10 species
- Woodlands21 species
- Woodlands Beach13 species
All species recorded · 98
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- 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
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- 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 Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- 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
- 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
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- 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
- Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri
- Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor