List of birds of Vieques explained

This is a list of birds recorded in the island of Vieques. Vieques is an island municipality of Puerto Rico located off the east coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, south of Culebra island and west of the Virgin Islands. It has a total area of 348.15 km2, of which only 135 km2 is land area. On May 1, 2001, the western end of Vieques National Wildlife Refuge was established and on May 1, 2003, the same day as the exit of the U.S. Navy from the island, the eastern end of the refuge was established.

There are a total of 196 species recorded from the island of Vieques as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World.[1] Some species, such as the Puerto Rican parrot, have been extirpated from the island but are, nonetheless, included in this list. This list presents the following information for each species: common and scientific name of each species.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).[2] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence:

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

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West Indian whistling-duckDendrocygna arboreaalign=center
Canada gooseBranta canadensisalign=center (A)
Blue-winged tealSpatula discorsalign=center
Northern shovelerSpatula clypeataalign=center (A)
American wigeonMareca americanaalign=center (A)
White-cheeked pintailAnas bahamensisalign=center
Lesser scaupAythya affinisalign=center (A)
Red-breasted merganserMergus serratoralign=center (A)
Masked duckNomonyx dominicusalign=center (A)
Ruddy duckOxyura jamaicensisalign=center

Guineafowl

Order: GalliformesFamily: Numididae

Guineafowls are a group of African seed-eating, ground-nesting birds resembling partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled gray plumage.

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Helmeted guineafowlNumida meleagrisalign=center (I)

New World quail

Order: GalliformesFamily: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.

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Northern bobwhiteColinus virginianusalign=center (Ex)

Flamingos

Order: PhoenicopteriformesFamily: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos (genus Phoenicopterus monotypic in family Phoenicopteridae) are gregarious wading birds, usually 3to tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.

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American flamingoPhoenicopterus ruberalign=center (A)

Grebes

Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.

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Least grebeTachybaptus dominicusalign=center
Pied-billed grebePodilymbus podicepsalign=center

Pigeons and doves

Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

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Rock pigeonColumba liviaalign=center (I)
Scaly-naped pigeonPatagioenas squamosaalign=center
White-crowned pigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaalign=center
Eurasian collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoalign=center (I)
Common ground doveColumbina passerinaalign=center
Ruddy quail-doveGeotrygon montanaalign=center
Key West quail-doveGeotrygon chrysiaalign=center
Bridled quail-doveGeotrygon mystaceaalign=center
White-winged doveZenaida asiaticaalign=center
Zenaida doveZenaida auritaalign=center
Mourning doveZenaida macrouraalign=center

Cuckoos

Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.

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Smooth-billed aniCrotophaga anialign=center
Yellow-billed cuckooCoccyzus americanusalign=center (A)
Mangrove cuckooCoccyzus minoralign=center
Puerto Rican lizard-cuckooSaurothera vieillotialign=center (A)

Nightjars and allies

Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves.

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Antillean nighthawkChordeiles gundlachialign=center
Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisalign=center (A)

Swifts

Order: ApodiformesFamily: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

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White-collared swiftStreptoprocne zonarisalign=center (A)
Chimney swiftChaetura pelagicaalign=center (A)
Antillean palm swiftTachornis phoenicobiaalign=center (A)

Hummingbirds

Order: ApodiformesFamily: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.

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Puerto Rican mangoAnthracothorax aurulentusalign=center (A)
Green-throated caribEulampis holosericeusalign=center
Puerto Rican emeraldRiccordia maugaeusalign=center
Antillean crested hummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatusalign=center

Rails, gallinules, and coots

Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

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Clapper railRallus crepitansalign=center
SoraPorzana carolinaalign=center (A)
Common gallinuleGallinula galeataalign=center
American cootFulica americanaalign=center
Black railLaterallus jamaicensisalign=center (A)

Stilts and avocets

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.

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Black-necked stiltHimantopus mexicanusalign=center

Oystercatchers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large, obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.

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American oystercatcherHaematopus palliatusalign=center

Lapwings and plovers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.

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Black-bellied ploverSquatarola squatarolaalign=center
American golden-ploverPluvialis dominicaalign=center (A)
Wilson's ploverCharadrius wilsoniaalign=center
Semipalmated ploverCharadrius semipulmatusalign=center
Piping ploverCharadrius melodusalign=center (A)
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusalign=center

Sandpipers and allies

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusalign=center (A)
Hudsonian godwitLimosa haemasticaalign=center (A)
Ruddy turnstoneArenaria interpresalign=center
Red knotCalidris canutusalign=center (A)
Stilt sandpiperCalidris himantopusalign=center
SanderlingCalidris albaalign=center
Least sandpiperCalidris minutillaalign=center
White-rumped sandpiperCalidris fuscicollisalign=center (A)
Pectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotosalign=center (A)
Semipalmated sandpiperCalidris pusillaalign=center (A)
Western sandpiperCalidris maurialign=center
Short-billed dowitcherLimnodromus griseusalign=center
Wilson's snipeGallinago delicataalign=center (A)
Spotted sandpiperActitis maculariusalign=center
Solitary sandpiperTringa solitariaalign=center (A)
Greater yellowlegsTringa melanoleucaalign=center
WilletTringa semipalmataalign=center (A)
Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesalign=center

Skuas and jaegers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.

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Parasitic jaegerStercorarius parasiticusalign=center (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, terns and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 25–30 years.

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Laughing gullLeucophaeus atricillaalign=center
Herring gullLarus argentatusalign=center
Lesser black-backed gullLarus fuscusalign=center (A)
Brown noddyAnous stolidusalign=center
Sooty ternOnychoprion fuscatusalign=center
Bridled ternOnychoprion anaethetusalign=center
Least ternSternula antillarumalign=center
Gull-billed ternGelochelidon niloticaalign=center (A)
Caspian ternHydroprogne caspiaalign=center (A)
Roseate ternSterna dougalliialign=center
Common ternSterna hirundoalign=center
Forster's ternSterna forsterialign=center (A)
Royal ternThalasseus maximusalign=center
Sandwich ternThalasseus sandvicensisalign=center (A)
Black skimmerRynchops nigeralign=center (A)

Tropicbirds

Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head.

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White-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon lepturusalign=center
Red-billed tropicbirdPhaethon aethereusalign=center

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae

The Procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.

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Cory's shearwaterCalonectris diomedeaalign=center (A)

Storks

Order: CiconiiformesFamily: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills, and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute.

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Wood storkMycteria americanaalign=center (A)

Frigatebirds

Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black or black-and-white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

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Magnificent frigatebirdFregata magnificensalign=center

Boobies and gannets

Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies with only boobies occurring in Vieques. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

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Masked boobySula dactylatraalign=center
Brown boobySula leucogasteralign=center

Cormorants and shags

Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage coloration is varied with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being quite colorful.

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Double-crested cormorantNannopterum auritumalign=center (A)

Pelicans

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.

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American white pelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosalign=center (A)
Brown pelicanPelecanus occidentalisalign=center

Bitterns, herons and egrets

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.

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Least bitternIxobrychus exilisalign=center
Great blue heronArdea herodiasalign=center
Great egretEgretta albaalign=center
Snowy egretEgretta thulaalign=center
Little blue heronEgretta caeruleaalign=center
Tricolored heronEgretta tricoloralign=center
Reddish egretEgretta rufescensalign=center (A)
Cattle egretBubulcus ibisalign=center
Green heronButorides virescensalign=center
Black-crowned night heronNycticorax nycticoraxalign=center
Yellow-crowned night heronNyctanassa violaceaalign=center

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and, rather surprisingly, given their size and weight, very capable soarers.

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Scarlet ibisEudocimus ruberalign=center (A)
Glossy ibisPlegadis falcinellusalign=center (A)

New World vultures

Order: CathartiformesFamily: Cathartidae

The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses.

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Turkey vultureCathartes auraalign=center (I)

Osprey

Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

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OspreyPandion haliaetusalign=center

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.

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Swallow-tailed kiteElanoides forficatusalign=center (A)
Northern harrierCircus hudsoniusalign=center (A)
Broad-winged hawkButeo platypterusalign=center
Red-tailed hawkButeo jamaicensisalign=center

Owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

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Short-eared owlAsio flammeusalign=center

Kingfishers

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.

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Belted kingfisherMegaceryle alcyonalign=center

Woodpeckers

Order: PiciformesFamily: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

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Yellow-bellied sapsuckerSphyrapicus variusalign=center (A)
Puerto Rican woodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensisalign=center

Falcons and caracaras

Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.

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American kestrelFalco sparveriusalign=center
MerlinFalco columbariusalign=center (A)
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusalign=center (A)

New World and African parrots

Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittacidae

Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back.

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Monk parakeetMyiopsitta monachusalign=center (I)
Puerto Rican parrotAmazona vittataalign=center (Ex)
Brown-throated parakeetEupsittula pertinaxalign=center (Ex)

Tyrant flycatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatchers are Passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.

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Caribbean elaeniaElaenia martinicaalign=center
Puerto Rican flycatcherMiarchus antillarumalign=center
Gray kingbirdTyrannus dominicensisalign=center
Loggerhead kingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatusalign=center
Scissor-tailed flycatcherTyrannus caudifasciatusalign=center (A)
Fork-tailed flycatcherTyrannus caudifasciatusalign=center (A)

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are typically greenish in color and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills.

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White-eyed vireoVireo griseusalign=center (A)
Yellow-throated vireoVireo flavifronsalign=center (A)
Red-eyed vireoVireo olivaceusalign=center
Black-whiskered vireoVireo altiloquusalign=center

Swallows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

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Northern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennisalign=center (A)
Caribbean martinProgne dominicensisalign=center
Bank swallowRiparia ripariaalign=center (A)
Barn swallowHirundo rusticaalign=center
Cliff swallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaalign=center (A)
Cave swallowPetrochelidon fulvaalign=center

Starlings

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are medium-sized passerines with strong feet. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

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European starlingSturnus vulgarisalign=center (A)

Mockingbirds and thrashers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance.

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Gray catbirdDumetella carolinensisalign=center (A)
Pearly-eyed thrasherMargarops fuscatusalign=center
Northern mockingbirdMimus polyglottosalign=center

Thrushes and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae

The Thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

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Bicknell's thrushCatharus bicknellialign=center (A)
Red-legged thrushTurdus plumbeusalign=center (A)

Weavers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Ploceidae

Weavers are a group of small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical Asia. Weavers get their name from the large woven nests many species make. They are gregarious birds which often breed colonially.

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Northern red bishopEuplectes franciscanusalign=center (A)

Waxbills and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colors and patterns.

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Bronze mannikinSpermestes cucullataalign=center (I)
Scaly-breasted muniaLonchura punctulataalign=center (I)

Whydahs

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Viduidae

The Viduidae is a family of small passerine birds native to Africa that includes indigobirds and whydahs. All species are brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches. Species usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage.

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Pin-tailed whydahVidua macrouraalign=center (I)

Old World sparrows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae

Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

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House sparrowPasser domesticusalign=center (I)

Finches, euphonias, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.

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Puerto Rican euphonia[3] Chlorophonia sclaterialign=center (Ex)

New World sparrows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passerellidae

New World sparrows are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many species have distinctive head patterns.

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Grasshopper sparrowAmmodramus savannarumalign=center

Spindalises

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Spindalidae

The members of this small family are native to the Greater Antilles. They were formerly classified as tanagers but were placed in their own family in 2017.

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Puerto Rican spindalisSpindalis portoricensisalign=center (A)

Troupials and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.

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BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusalign=center (A)
Baltimore orioleIcterus galbulaalign=center (A)
Yellow-shouldered blackbirdAgelaius xanthomusalign=center (A)
Shiny cowbirdMolothrus bonariensisalign=center
Brown-headed cowbirdMolothrus ateralign=center (A)
Greater Antillean grackleQuiscalus nigeralign=center

New World warblers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Parulidae

The New World warblers are a group of small often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores.

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OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaalign=center
Worm-eating warblerHelmitheros vermivorumalign=center (A)
Louisiana waterthrushParkesia motacillaalign=center (A)
Northern waterthrushParkesia novaboracensisalign=center
Black-and-white warblerMniotilta variaalign=center
Prothonotary warblerProtonotaria citreaalign=center (A)
Tennessee warblerLeiothlypis peregrinaalign=center (A)
Connecticut warblerOporornis agilisalign=center (A)
Mourning warblerGeothlypis philadelphiaalign=center (A)
Kentucky warblerGeothlypis formosaalign=center (A)
Common yellowthroatGeothlypis trichasalign=center
Hooded warblerSetophaga citrinaalign=center (A)
American redstartSetophaga ruticillaalign=center
Cape May warblerSetophaga tigrinaalign=center
Northern parulaSetophaga americanaalign=center
Magnolia warblerSetophaga magnoliaalign=center (A)
Blackburnian warblerSetophaga fuscaalign=center (A)
Yellow warblerSetophaga petechiaalign=center
Blackpoll warblerSetophaga striataalign=center
Black-throated blue warblerSetophaga caerulescensalign=center (A)
Palm warblerSetophaga palmarumalign=center (A)
Pine warblerSetophaga pinusalign=center (A)
Yellow-rumped warblerSetophaga coronataalign=center (A)
Yellow-throated warblerSetophaga dominicaalign=center (A)
Prairie warblerSetophaga discoloralign=center
Adelaide's warblerSetophaga adelaidaealign=center
Black-throated green warblerSetophaga virensalign=center (A)
Canada warblerCardellina canadensisalign=center (A)

Cardinals and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cardinalidae

The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages.

width=20% Common namewidth=20% Specieswidth=8% Status
Scarlet tanagerPiranga olivaceaalign=center (A)
Rose-breasted grosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusalign=center (A)
Indigo buntingPasserina cyaneaalign=center (A)

Tanagers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thraupidae

The bananaquit is a small passerine bird. It has a slender, curved bill, adapted to taking nectar from flowers. It is the only member of the genus Coereba (Vieillot, 1809) and is normally placed within the family Thraupidae.

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BananaquitCoereba flaveolaalign=center
Yellow-faced grassquitTiaris olivaceusalign=center
Lesser Antillean bullfinch Loxigilla noctisalign=center (A)
Black-faced grassquitMelanospiza bicoloralign=center

See also

References

  1. Web site: Checklist of Birds of Vieques . Lepage . Denis . March 13, 2021 . Avibase bird checklists of the world . August 14, 2021.
  2. Web site: Check-list of North and Middle American Birds . Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2022. Check-list of North American Birds (online). American Ornithological Society. . July 29, 2022 . American Ornithological Society . July 7, 2022.
  3. [Alexander Wetmore|Wetmore]

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