Anguilla Land Birds

Land birds that inhabit Anguilla on a permanent basis or as annual visitors. Photo credits and copyright to the Anguilla National Trust/Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.


Land Birds of Anguilla


Caribbean elaenia
Weave
Elaenia martinica
Gray kingbird
Chincherry
Tyrannus doininicensis

Purple martin
Progne subis

Caribbean martin
Progne dominicensis

Tree swallow
Gale bird
Tachycineta bicolor

Bank swallow
Gale bird
Riparia riparia

Barn swallow
Hinundo nistica

American robin
Turdus migratorius

Gray
catbird
Dumetella carolinensis

Northern mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos

Pearly-eyed thrasher
Cat bird
Margarops iuscatus

Northern parula
Panda americana

Yellow warbler
Dendroica petechia

Cape May warbler
Dendroica tigrina

Black-throated blue warbler
Dendroica caerulescens

Black-throated green warbler
Dendroica virens

Yellow-throated warbler
Dendroica dominica

Prairie warbler
Dendroica discolor

Blackpoll warbler
Dendroica striata

Yellow-rumped warbler
Dendroica coronata

Black-and-white warbler
Mniotilta varia

Worm-eating warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus

Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus

Northern waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis

Common yellowthroat
Geothlypis triclas

Hooded warbler
Wilsonia citrina

Bananaquit
Yellow-breasted sparrow
Coereba flaveola

Antillean euphonia
Euphonia musica

Scarlet tanager
Piranga olivacea

Black-faced grassquit
Sparrow
Tiaris bicolor

Lesser antillean bullfinch
Loxigilla noctis

Carib grackle Blackbird
Quiscalus lugubris

Shiny cowbird
Corn bird
Molothncs bonariensis

Black-cowled oriole
Icterius dominicensis

Pied-billed grebe
Diving Duck
Podilymbns podiceps

Audubon's shearwater
Puffinus lherminieri

Greater shearwater
Puffinus gravis

Great blue heron
Large gaulin
Ardea herodias

Great egret
White gaulin
Ardea alba

Snowy egret
Gaulin
Egretta thula

Little blue heron
Small gaulin
Egretta caerulea

Cattle egret
Gaulin
Bubulcus ibis

Green heron
Gaulin
Butorides virescens

Black-crowned night heron
Nightgaulin
Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned night heron
Night gaulin
Nyctanassa violacea

Tri-colour heron
Egretta tricolor

Greater flamingo
Phoenicopterus niber

Northern shoveler
Anas clypeata

Whistling duck
Dendrocygna Spp.

Green-winged teal
Anas crecca

White-cheeked pintail
Anas bahamensis

Northern pintail.
Anas acuta

Blue winged teal
FA nas discors

Cinnamon teal
Anas cyanoptera

American wigeon
I Anas americazza

Ring-necked duck
Aytlzya collaris

Lesser scaup
Aythzya affinis

Hooded merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus

Ruddy duck
Oxyura jamaicensis

Osprey
Fish hawk
Pandion haliaetus

Broad-wined hawk
Buteo platypterus

Red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis

American kestrel
Kill -kill
Falco sparveruis

Merlin Falco
columbarius

Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus

Clapper rail
Rallus longirostris

Sora Porzana
Carolina

Yellow-breasted crake
Porzana flaviventer

Common moorhen
Gallinnla chloropus

American coot
Fulica americazza

Caribbean coot
Fulica caribaea

Black-bellied lover
Pluvialis squatarola

Snowy lover
Charadrius alexandrines

Wilson's lover
Charadrius wilsonia

Semi-palmated plover
Charadrius semi almatus

Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus

Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus

American oystercatcher
Whelk Cracker
Haematopus palliahis

Black-necked stilt
Himantopus mexicamis

American avocet
Recurvirostra americaza

Greater yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser yellowlegs
Pond Dipper
Tringa flavipes

Willet
Catoptrophorus semi almatus

Spotted sandier
Actitis macularia

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

Ruddy turnstone
Arenaria interpres

Red knot
Calidris canutus

Sanderlin
Calidris alba

Semi-palmated sandier
Calidris pusilla.

Western sandpiper
Calidris mauri

Least sandier
Calidris minntilla

White-rumped sandier
Calidris fuscicollis

Pectoral sandpiper
Calidris melanotos

Stilt sandpiper
Calidris himantopus

Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea

Ruff
Philomachus pugnax

Short-billed dowitcher
Limnodroznus griseus

Long-billed dowitcher
Limnodroznus scolo paceus

Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago

Wilson's phalarope
Phalaropes tricolor

Seal -na ed Pigeon
Columba squamosa

White-crowned pigeon
Columba leucocephala

Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto

White-wined dove
Zenaida asiatica

Zenaida dove
Turtle dove National Bird
Zenaida aurita

Common ground-dove
Columbina passerina

Yellow-billed cuckoo
Soldier Bird
Coccyzus amen canus

Mangrove cuckoo
Soldier Bird
Coccyzus minor

Antillean nighthawk
Chordeiles minor

Purple-throated Carib
Doctor-bird
Eulampis jugularis

Green-throated Carib
Green Doctor-bird
Eulampis holosericeu

Antillean crested hummingbird
Little Doctor-bird
Orthorhyncus cristat

Belted kingfisher
Caryle alcyon

 
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
  Flamingo
Flamingo
  Sandy Ground pond, home to many species of birds on Anguilla.
Sandy Ground pond, home to many species of birds on Anguilla.
 
Flamingo on Cove Pond
Flamingo on Cove Pond
  Great White Egret
Great White Egret
  Cattle Egret with sheep.
Cattle Egret with sheep.
 
Great Egret
Great Egret
 




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