Birds of Sint Maarten
123 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Great EgretArdea alba
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American CootFulica americana
Green HeronButorides virescens
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsMost recorded
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
American KestrelFalco sparveriusHotspots with the most records
- Little Bay Pond74 species
- Great Salt Pond92 species
- Emilio Wilson Park47 species
- Great Salt Pond – South East66 species
- Point Blanche Port71 species
- Bush road Fresh Pond39 species
- Fresh Pond58 species
- Fort Amsterdam51 species
- Kim Sha Beach48 species
- Little Bay Beach49 species
- Great Bay Marina47 species
- Maho Beach – Sonesta Maho Beach Resort46 species
All 15 hotspots
- Philipsburg50 species
- Pond Island47 species
- Maho Beach37 species
All species recorded · 123
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- 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
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- 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
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- 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
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- 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
- 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
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- 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
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor