Birds of St. Vincent & Grenadines
126 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Lesser Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla noctis
Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusMost recorded
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
Grenada FlycatcherMyiarchus nugator
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
St. Vincent AmazonAmazona guildingii
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Lesser Antillean TanagerStilpnia cucullata
Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenis
Zenaida DoveZenaida auritaHotspots with the most records
- St. Vincent Parrot Preserve – Vermont trailSaint Andrew Parish69 species
- Ashton LagoonGrenadines Parish68 species
- Montreal TrailCharlotte Parish44 species
- Botanical Gardens, KingstownSaint George Parish54 species
- Belmont Salt PondGrenadines Parish58 species
- Beachcombers HotelSaint George Parish60 species
- Port Elizabeth, BequiaGrenadines Parish54 species
- KingstownSaint George Parish75 species
- Lagoon Beach area, Mustique IslandGrenadines Parish59 species
- Montreal GardensCharlotte Parish42 species
- Vermont Nature TrailSaint Andrew Parish28 species
- Blue LagoonSaint George Parish46 species
All 15 hotspots
- Arnos Vale BaySaint George Parish47 species
- Buccament River MouthSaint Andrew Parish49 species
- Argyle International AirportSaint George Parish48 species
All species recorded · 126
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- 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
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- 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
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- St. Vincent Amazon Amazona guildingii
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Grenada Flycatcher Myiarchus nugator
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
- Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
- Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Puerto Rican Euphonia Chlorophonia sclateri
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Whistling Warbler Catharopeza bishopi
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Lesser Antillean Tanager Stilpnia cucullata