Lesser Antilles Birds 
during the FONT Tour
in February 2011 

Dates:

February 22-27 


This list compiled by Armas Hill, 
the leader of the tour


Photo at right:  GREEN-THROATED CARIB



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A Bird-List & Photo Gallery of Caribbean Birds, in 2 parts:
Part #1: Guineafowl to Hummingbirds
Part #2: Trogons to Buntings

Codes:

AT: on Antigua
BU: on Barbuda
DM: on Dominica
GD: on Guadeloupe


(i): introduced species
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
        (t1): critical    (t2): endangered    (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(Wle):    endemic to West Indies
(WIr):     rare in the West Indies 
(LAe):    endemic to Lesser Antilles
(SLe):    endemic in St. Lucia
(SLr):     rare in St. Lucia
(SVe):    endemic in St. Vincent
(DMe):   endemic in Dominica
(DMr):    rare in Dominica

Bird-List:

1. Helmeted Guineafowl  (i)  ______  BU
   Numida meleagris
   
   
2. West Indian Whistling Duck  ______  BU
   Dendrocygna arborea
   
   
3. White-cheeked Pintail  ______  BU
   Anas bahamensis
   
   
4. Pied-billed Grebe  ______  BU
   Podilymbus podiceps 
   
   
5. Great Blue Heron  ______  GD
   Ardea herodias
   
   
6. Great Egret  ______ BD,GD
   Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta
   
   
7. Snowy Egret  ______ GD
   Egretta (formerly Leucophoyx) thula brewsteri
   
   
8. Little Blue Heron  ______ GD
   Egretta (formerly Florida) caerulea  (now monotypic)
   
   
9. Western Cattle Egret  ______ AT,BU,DM,GD
   Bubulcus ibis
   
   
10. Green Heron ______  BD,DM,GD  (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
    Butorides virescens maculata
    
    
11. Red-billed Tropicbird  ______  BU
    Phaethon aethereus
    
    
12. Magnificent Frigatebird  ______  AT,BU,DM
    Fregata magnificens
    
    
13. Brown Pelican  ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Pelecanus o. occidentalis
    
    
14. Brown Booby  ______  BU
    Sula l. leucogaster
    
    
15. Osprey  ______  BU,DM,GD
    Pandion haliaetus (2 subspecies occur in the West Indies: P. h. ridgwayi & P. h. carolinensis) 
    
    
16. Broad-winged Hawk  ______  AT,DM
    Buteo platypterus 
    
    
17. American Kestrel  ______  BU,GD
    Falco sparverius caribaearum  (this Caribbean subspecies in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, & the Lesser Antilles; resident) 
    
    
18. Merlin  ______ AT,BU
    Falco c. columbarius 
    
    
19. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule) ______ BU,GD
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris 
    
    
20. Black-necked Stilt  ______  BU
    Himantopus mexicanus
    
    
21. Spotted Sandpiper  ______ GD
    Actitis macularius  (monotypic)
    
    
22. Greater Yellowlegs______ BU,DM
    Tringa melanoleuca
    
    
23. Willet  ______  GD
    Tringa s. semipalmata
    
    
24. Laughing Gull  ______ DM
    Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla 
    
    
25. Royal Tern  ______  AT,DM,GD
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
    
    
26. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon______ DM
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) squamosa  (monotypic)
    
    
27. White-crowned Pigeon  ______  AT
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leucocephala
    
    
28. Feral Pigeon (i)  ______  GD
    Columba livia
    
    
29. Zenaida Dove ______ AT,BU,DM,GD
    Zenaida a. aurita  (subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
    
    
30. Eurasian Collared Dove (i)  ______  BU,GD
    Streptopelia decaocto
    
    
31. Common Ground Dove ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Columbina passerina nigrirostris (on Dominica)
    Columbina passerina antillarum (on St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, & Barbados)
    
    
32. Ruddy Quail-Dove______ DM
    Geotrygon m. montana
    
    
33. Imperial Amazon (or Parrot) (t2) (DMe)______ DM  (known on Dominica as the "Sisserou")
    Amazona imperialis  (monotypic)
    
    
34. Red-necked Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (another name is "Bouquet's Amazon") (DMe)______ DM  (known on Dominica as the "Jaco" or "Perroquet")
    Amazona arausiaca  (monotypic)
    
    
35. Mangrove Cuckoo ______ BU,GD  
    Coccyzus minor (now said to be monotypic, formerly subspecies in the West Indies: Coccyzus m. nesiotes)
    
    
36. Lesser Antillean Swift (LAe)______ DM
    Chaetura martinica  (monotypic)
    
    
37. Blue-headed Hummingbird (LAe)______ DM  (restricted to the 2 islands of Dominica & Martinique)
    Cyanophaia bicolor  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  
    
    
38. Purple-throated Carib (LAe)______ DM 
    Eulampis jugularis  (monotypic)
    
    
39. Green-throated Carib (WIe) ______ AT
    Eulampis h. holosericeus
    
    
40. Antillean Crested Hummingbird (WIe) ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Orthorhyncus cristatus exilis (on Dominica)
    
    
41. Guadeloupe Woodpecker  (GDe)  ______  GD
    Melanerpes herminieri
    
    
42. Gray Kingbird ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Tyrannus dominicensis vorax  (this subspecies restricted to the Lesser Antilles & Trinidad)
    
    
43. Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (LAe)______ DM,GD
    Myiarchus o. oberi  (this subspecies restricted to Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     
    
44. Caribbean Elaenia (WIe)  ______ BU
    Elaenia m. martinica  (this subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
    
    
45. Black-whiskered Vireo  ______  GD
    Vireo altiloquus
    
    
46. Caribbean Martin  ______  GD
    Progne dominicensis
    
    
47. "Lesser Antillean" House Wren  ______  DM
    Troglodytes aedon rufescens
    
    
48. Tropical Mockingbird  ______ GD
    Mimus gilvus antillarum  (this subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
    
    
49. Scaly-breasted Thrasher  (LAe)  ______  DM,GD
    Allenia (or has been said to be Margarops) fuscus  (the single member of its genus)
    A. f. hypenema  (on Dominica)
    
    
50. Pearly-eyed Thrasher  (WIe)______ BU,GD
    Margarops fuscatus 
    
    
51. Brown Trembler (LAe)  ______ DM  
    Cinclocerthia r. ruficauda  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies) 
    
    
52. Forest Thrush (nt) (LAe)  ______  DM,GD
    Cichlherminia lherminieri  
    
    
53. Rufous-throated Solitaire (WIe)______ DM
    Myadestes genibarbis dominicanus  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    
    
54. Yellow Warbler  ______ BU   
    Dendroica petechia 
    
    
55. Barbuda Warbler  (nt) (BUe)  ______  BU  (formerly conspecific with the Adelaide's Warbler of Puerto Rico & the Saint Lucia Warbler)
    Dendroica subita  (monotypic)  
    
    
56. Plumbeous Warbler (LAe)______ DM,GD  (this species restricted to 2 islands, Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Dendroica plumbea  (monotypic)
    
    
57. Northern Waterthrush  ______  BU
    Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) molacilla
    
    
58. Common Yellowthroat  ______  BU
    Geothlypis trichas
    
    
59. Bananaquit  ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Coereba flaveola bartholemica  
    (In all, there are 41 subspecies of the Bananaquit; 24 of them are on islands in the Caribbean.)    
     
    
60. Carib Grackle  ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Quiscalus lugubris fortirostris  (on Antigua & Barbuda)
    Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     
    
61. Lesser Antillean Saltator (LAe)  ______ GD  (was conspecific with Streaked Saltator of South America)
    Saltator albicollis guadelupenis   
    
    
62. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (LAe)  ______  AT,BU,DM,GD
    Loxigilla noctis dominicana  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    
    
63. Black-faced Grassquit ______ AT,BU,DM,GD
    Tiaris bicolor omissus  (this subspecies occurs from Puerto Rico south to Venezuela)