Birds in the Lesser Antilles
of the West Indies
in the Caribbean  

including the islands of:

Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, 
Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, 
Saint Vincent

noting birds during Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*)

A Lesser Antilles Bird List compiled by Armas Hill


Photo at right: PURPLE-THROATED CARIB,
one of the hummingbirds of the Antilles   



2-letter codes following the bird names indicate islands where birds are found.

AB =  Antigua (A) & Barbuda (B)
BD =  Barbados  
DM =  Dominica
GD =  Guadeloupe 
GR =  Grenada 
MN =  Montserrat  
SL =  St. Lucia  
SV =  St. Vincent  


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in the Caribbean

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

Rare Birds of the Caribbean today & those that have gone extinct 

Mammals during FONT Caribbean Tours, including Cetaceans off Dominica 

Directory of Photos in this Website 

Codes:

(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
(GRe):   endemic in Grenada

Some Cetaceans and other Marine Life (during Dominica pelagic trips) follows the bird-list.

(ph):  species with a photo in this FONT website

Bird-List:

1. Helmeted Guineafowl  ______  AB(B)(*)
   Numida meleagris
   
   
2. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
   Dendrocygna autumnalis
   
   
3. Fulvous Whistling Duck  ______  AB  SL(rare)
   Dendrocygna bicolor
   
   
4. West Indian Whistling Duck  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)
   Dendrocygna arborea
   
   
5. White-cheeked Pintail  ______  AB(B)(*)  SL(rare)
   Anas bahamensis
   
   
6. Northern Pintail  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
   Anas acuta
   
   
7. Blue-winged Teal  (ph) ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
   Anas discors  (monotypic)
   
   
8. Green-winged Teal  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
   Anas carolinensis
   
   
9. Common Teal  ______  SL(vagrant)
   Anas crecca
   
   
10. Northern Shoveler  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL(rare)
    Anas clypedata
    
    
11. American Wigeon  (ph)  ______  GD  SL(rare)
    Anas americana
    
    
12. Eurasian Wigeon  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Anas penelope
    
    
13. Ring-necked Duck  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Aythya collaris
    
    
14. Lesser Scaup  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Aythia affinis
    
    
15. Hooded Merganser  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)  
    Lophodytes cucullatus
    
    
16. Wood Duck  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Aix sponsa
    
    
17. Masked Duck ______ GD  SL(*)
    Nomonyx (formerly Oxyura) dominicus  (monotypic)
    
    
18. Ruddy Duck  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Oxyura jamaicensis
    
    
19. Cory's Shearwater  (ph)  ______
    Calonectrias diomedea
    
    
20. Great Shearwater  (ph)  ______
    Puffinus gravis
    
    
21. Sooty Shearwater  (ph)  ______
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
22. Audubon's Shearwater  (ph)  ______
    Puffinus lherminieri
    
    
23. Leach's Storm Petrel  ______
    Oceandroma leucorhoa
    
    
24. Pied-billed Grebe  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Podilymbus podiceps antillarum 
    
    
25. Caribbean (or American) Flamingo  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant) 
    Phoenicopterus ruber
    
    Phoenicopterus ruber was considered conspecific with Phoenicopterus roseus, the Greater Flamingo of Europe & Africa.
    
    
26. Glossy Ibis  (ph)  ______  MN  SL(rare)
    Plegadis falcinellus 
    
    
27. Roseate Spoonbill  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Platalea ajaja
    
    
28. American Bittern  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    
    
29. Least Bittern  (ph)  ______  GD  SL(rare)
    Ixobrychus exilis
    
    
30. Great Blue Heron  (ph) ______  AB  DM(*)  GD(*)  SL(*)  SV
    Ardea h. herodias 
    
    
31. Great Egret  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta
    
    
32. Grey Heron  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Ardea cinerea
    
    
33. Snowy Egret  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)
    Egretta (formerly Leucophoyx) thula brewsteri
    
    
34. Little Egret  (ph)  ______  BD(*)  DM(*)(rare)  GD(rare)  SL(*)(rare)  SV(*)(rare)
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    
35. Little Blue Heron  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Egretta (formerly Florida) caerulea  (now monotypic)
    
    
36. Tricolored Heron  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL(*)  (a former name was Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta (formerly Hydranassa)  tricolor ruficollis
    
    
37. Reddish Egret  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Egretta rufescens
    
    
38. Western Reef Heron  ______  SL(rare)
    Egretta gularis
    
    
39. Western Cattle Egret  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    The Western Cattle Egret occurs in Africa, parts of Europe, and the Americas. The Eastern Cattle Egret, Bubulcus coromandus, occurs in eastern Asia.
    
    
40. Green Heron  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*) 
    Butorides virescens maculata
    
    The Green Heron was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called the Green-backed Heron. 
    
    
41. Striated Heron  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Butorides striata
    
    
42. Black-crowned Night Heron  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL(*)
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
43. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (ph)  ______ AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV
    Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
44. Red-billed Tropicbird  (ph)  ______ AB(B)(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Phaethon aethereus mesonauta
    
    
45. White-tailed Tropicbird  (ph) ______ DM(*)  MN  SL(rare)  SV
    Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
    
    
46. Magnificent Frigatebird  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  DM(*)  GD  GR  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Fregata magnificens  (now said to be monotypic)
    
    
47. Brown Pelican  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)
    Pelecanus o. occidentalis 
    
    
48. Brown Booby  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Sula l. leucogaster
    
    
49. Red-footed Booby  (ph)  ______  DM(*)  GD  SL  SV(*)
    Sula s. sula  (2 color morphs: 1 white, 1 mostly brown)
    
    
50. Masked Booby  ______  AB  SL(rare)
    Sula d. dactylatra
    
    
51. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    
    
52. Double-crested Cormorant  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Phalacrocorax auritus
    
    
53. Anhinga  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Anhinga anhinga 
    
    
54. American Kestrel  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Falco sparverius caribaearum  (this Caribbean subspecies in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, & the Lesser Antilles; resident) 
    
    
55. Merlin  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  DM(*)  GD  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Falco c. columbarius 
    
    
56. Peregrine Falcon  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Falco peregrinus tundrius
    
    
57. Osprey  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  SL(*)
    Pandion haliaetus (2 subspecies occur in the West Indies: P. h. ridgwayi & P. h. carolinensis) 
    
    
58. Broad-winged Hawk ______  AB(A)(*)  DM(*)  GD  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Buteo platypterus  (5 subspecies in the Caribbean, all resident)
    B. p. insulicola  (endemic to Antigua) 
    B. p. rivierei  (on Dominica, St. Lucia, & Martinique)
    B. p. antillarum (on Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, & Tobago)
    
    
59. Common Black Hawk  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)  SV(*)  (in the Caribbean, also known as Black Crab Hawk)
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
    
    
60. Red-tailed Hawk  (ph)  ______  MN
    Buteo jamaicensis
    
    
61. Clapper Rail  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL(rare)
    Rallus longirostris
    
    
62. Sora  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL(rare)
    Porzana carolina
    
    
63. Purple Gallinule  (ph)  ______  GD  MN  SL(rare)
    Porphyrio martinica
    
    
64. Common Gallinule  (ph)  ______ AB(B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV
    Gallinula galeata cerceris 
    
    
65. American Coot  (ph)  ______  GD  SL(rare)
    Fulica americana
    
    
66. "Caribbean Coot"  (nt)  ______   AB  GD  MN  SL(*)(rare)  SV  (has been considered by some as conspecific with the American Coot)
    Fulica caribaea
    
    
67. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover  (ph)  ______ AB  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
68. American Golden Plover  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Pluvialis dominica  (monotypic)
    
    
69. Wilson's (or Thick-billed) Plover  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  GD  MN  SL(rare)
    Charadrius wilsonia rufinucha
    
     
70. Semipalmated Plover  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
71. Common Ringed Plover  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Charadrius hiaticula
    
    
72. Snowy Plover  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Charadrius nivosus
    
    
73. Collared Plover  ______  GR  SL(vagrant) 
    Charadrius collaris
    
    The Collared Plover is a rare to uncommon breeding resident on Grenada, possibly in the Grenadines on Mustique.
    
    
74. Killdeer  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL(rare)
    Charadrius vociferus
    
    
75. Northern Lapwing  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Vanellus vanellus
    
    
76. American Oystercatcher  (ph)  ______  GD  SL(rare)
    Haematopus palliatus
      
    
77. Black-necked Stilt  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  GD  MN  SL(rare)
    Himantopus mexicanus
    
    
78. American Avocet  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Recurvirostra amaricana
    
    
79. Solitary Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ AB  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV
    Tringa s. solitaria
    
    
80. Greater Yellowlegs ______ AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Tringa melanoleuca
    
    
81. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Tringa flavipes
    
    
82. Spotted Redshank  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Tringa erythropus
    
    
83. Wood Sandpiper  (WIr) (ph)  ______  BD(*)(vagrant)  SL(vagrant)
    Tringa glareola  (monotypic) 
    
    
84. Willet  (ph)  ______ AB  GD(*)  MN  SL
    Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmata
    
    
85. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
    Actitis macularius  (monotypic)
    
    
86. Upland Sandpiper  ______  GD  MN
    Bartramia longicauda
    
    
87. Hudsonian Godwit  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Limosa haemastica
    
    
88. Marbled Godwit  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
    Limosa fedoa
    
    
89. Whimbrel  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL
    Numernius phaeopus hudsonicus
    
    
90. Ruddy Turnstone  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Arenaria interpres morinella
    
    
91. Red Knot  (ph)  ______  AB  MN  SL(rare)
    Calidris canutus rufa
    
    
92. Least Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL
    Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
    
    
93. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  GD  MN  SL
    Calidris pisilla  (monotypic)
    
     
94. Western Sandpiper  (ph) ______ AB  GD  SL(*)
    Calidris mauri  (monotypic)
    
    
95. White-rumped Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL
    Calidris fuscicollis
    
    
96. Baird's Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Calidris bairdii
    
    
97. Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL
    Calidris melanotos
    
    
98. Sanderling  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL(*)
    Calidris alba rubida
    
    
99. Dunlin  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
    Calidris alpina
    
    
100. Curlew Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
     Calidris ferruginea
     
     
101. Stilt Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL
     Calidris himantopus
     
     
102. Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
103. Buff-breasted Sandpiper  (nt) (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
     Tryngites subruficollis
     
     
104. Ruff / Reeve  (WIr) (ph)  ______  BD(*)(rare)  SL(vagrant)
     Philomachus pugnax  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
105. Wilson's Snipe  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  SL(*)  (was conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Palearctic, Gallinago gallinago)
     Gallinago delicata 
     
     
106. Jack Snipe  ______  SL(vagrant)
     Lymnocryptes minimus
     
     
107. Wilson's Phalarope  ______  SL(rare)
     Phalaropus tricolor
      
     
108. Pomarine Jaeger  (ph)  ______ DM(*)  GD  SL  (also called Pomarine Skua)
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
109. Parasitic Jaeger  (ph)  ______  GD  SL  (also called Arctic Skua)
     Stercorarius parasiticus
     
     
110. Long-tailed Jaeger  (ph)  ______  SL
     Stercorarius longicaudus
     
     
111. Great Skua  (ph)  ______ DM(*)  SL(rare)
     Stercorarius (formerly Catharacta) skua  (now monotypic)
     
     
112. South Polar Skua  (ph)  ______  SL(pelagic)
     Stercoraius maccormicki
     
     
113. Ring-billed Gull  (ph)  ______ DM(*)  GD  SL(rare)
     Larus delawarensis  (monotypic)
     
     
114. Lesser Black-backed Gull  (ph)  ______ DM(*)(rare)  SL(rare)
     Larus fuscus graellsii  
     
     
115. Great Black-backed Gull  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
     Larus marinus 
     
     
116. Herring Gull  ______  SL(rare)
     Larus argentatus
     
     
117. Laughing Gull  (ph) ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) a. atricilla
     
     
118. Black-headed Gull  (ph)  ______  GD  SL(rare)
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) ridibundus
     
     
119. Bonaparte's Gull  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) philadelphia
     
     
120. Black-legged Kittiwake  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
     Rissa tridactyla
     
     
121. Gull-billed Tern  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL(rare)
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica
     
     
122. Common Tern  ______  AB  GD  MN  SL
     Sterna h, hirunda
     
     
123. Roseate Tern  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL
     Sterna d. dougallii  (t3) 
     
     
124. Royal Tern  (ph)  ______  AB(A)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
     
     
125. Sandwich Tern  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  SL(*)
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
     
     
126. Caspian Tern  (ph)  ______  SL(rare)
     Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia
     
     
127. Least Tern  ______  AB  GD  SL
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) antillarum
     
     
128. Bridled Tern  (ph)  ______ AB  GD  MN  SL(*)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) anaethetus melanoptera
     
     
129. Sooty Tern  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  SL(*)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) f. fuscata
     
     
130. Black Tern  (ph)  ______  AB  SL
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis
     
     
131. White-winged Tern  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
     Chlidonias leucopterus
     
     
132. Brown Noddy  ______ AB  GD  MN  SL(*)
     Anous s. stolidus
     
     
133. Black Noddy  ______  SL(rare)
     Anous minutus
     
     
134. Black Skimmer  (ph)  ______  SL(vagrant)
     Rynchops niger
     
     
135. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon  (ph)  ______  AB  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) squamosa  (monotypic)
     
     
136. White-crowned Pigeon  (nt)  ______  AB(A)(*)  GD
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leucocephala
     
     
137. Feral Pigeon (i) ______  AB  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Columba livia
     
     
138. Zenaida Dove  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV
     Zenaida a. aurita  (subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
     
     
139. Eared Dove  (ph)  ______  GD  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Zenaida auriculata rubripes
     
     
140. Eurasian Collared Dove (i) ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*) 
     Streptopelia decaocto
     
     
141. Common Ground Dove  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Columbina passerina nigrirostris  (on Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, & Dominica)
     Columbina passerina antillarum  (on St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, & Barbados)
     
     
142. Grenada Dove  (t1) (GRe) ______ GR(*)  (closely related to the Gray-fronted Dove of Central & South America, Leptotila rufaxilla, and has been said by some to be conspecific)
     Leptotila wellsi   (monotypic) 
      
     
143. Ruddy Quail-Dove ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  SL  SV(*)
     Geotrygon m. montana
     
     
144. Bridled Quail-Dove (nt) (WIe) ______ AB  GD  MN  SL  SV(*)
     Geotrygon mystacea  (monotypic)
     
     
145. Monk Parakeet  (i)  ______  GD
     Myiopsitta monachus
     
     
146. Imperial Amazon (or Parrot)  (t2) (DMe)______ DM(*)  (known on Dominica as the "Sisserou")
     Amazona imperialis  (monotypic)
     
     
147. Saint Vincent Amazon (or Parrot)  (t3) (also called "Guilding's Amazon") (SVe)______ SV(*)
     Amazona guildingii  (monotypic)
     
     
148. Saint Lucia Amazon (or Parrot)  (t3) (SLe)______ SL(*)  (known on St. Lucia as the "Jacquot")
     Amazona versicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
149. 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)
     
     
150. Mangrove Cuckoo  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)  
     Coccyzus minor (now said to be monotypic, formerly subspecies in the West Indies: Coccyzus m. nesiotes)
     
     
151. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ______ GD  MN  SL
     Coccyzus americanus  (monotypic)
     
     
152. Smooth-billed Ani  (ph)  ______  DM(*)  GD  GU  MN  SL  SV(*)
     Crotophaga ani  (monotypic)
     
     
153. Lesser Antilles Barn Owl  ______  DM(*)  SL  SV(*)
     Tyto insularis
     Tyto nsularis ______ subspecies on St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, and a few islands in the Grenadines, generally rare
     Tyto alba nigrescens ______ subspecies on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies and rather common
     
     Tyto insularis is separated from the American Barn Owl, Tyto furcata. Both have been considered part of the Barn Owl of the Old World, Tyto alba. 
     The American Barn Owl is larger than the Lesser Antilles Barn Owl, and has a white face and underparts.
     The Curacao Barn Owl (below) is about the same size as the Lesser Antilles Barn Owl, but it is white below and with a white facial disc.
     On Dominica, the Lesser Antilles Barn Owl has hardly any white spots above.
     
     
154. Curacao Barn Owl  ______  endemic to the island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles
     Tyto bargei
     
     
155. Antillean Nighthawk  ______  MN
     Chordeiles gundlachii
     
     
156. "Saint Lucia" Rufous Nightjar  (ph)  ______ SL(*)  (other subspecies of the Rufous Nightjar are in South America & southern Central America)
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) rufus otiosus  (t2)  (an endemic subspecies on Saint Lucia)
     
     
157. Short-tailed Swift  ______  SV
     Chaetura brachyura praevelox  (this subspecies on St. Vincent, Grenada, & Tobago)
     
     
158. Lesser Antillean Swift  (LAe)  ______ DM(*)  GD  SL(*)  SV
     Chaetura martinica  (monotypic)
     
     
159. American Black Swift  ______  GD  MN  SL  SV(*)
     Cypseloides n. niger
     
     
160. Blue-headed Hummingbird  (LAe)______ DM(*)   (restricted to the 2 islands of Dominica & Martinique)
     Cyanophaia bicolor  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  
     
     
161. Purple-throated Carib  (LAe) (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)  
     Eulampis jugularis  (monotypic)
     
     
162. Green-throated Carib  (WIe) (ph)  ______  AB(A)(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Eulampis h. holosericeus
     
     
163. Antillean Crested Hummingbird  (WIe) (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Orthorhyncus cristatus exilis  (on Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, & St. Lucia)
     Orthorhyncus cristatus ornatus  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Orthorhyncus c. cristatus   (on Barbados, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Orthorhyncus cristatus emigrans  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     (on Grenada blue-crested, on other islands green-crested)   
     
     
164. Ringed Kingfisher  (ph)  ______  DM(*)  GD(rare)
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) torquata stictipennis  (this subspecies endemic to the West Indies, only on Dominica and Guadeloupe)
     
     
165. Belted Kingfisher  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SV
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
     
     
166. Guadeloupe Woodpecker  (LAe)  ______  GD(*)
     Melanerpes herminieri  (monotypic)
     
     
167. Gray Kingbird ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Tyrannus dominicensis vorax  (this subspecies restricted to the Lesser Antilles & Trinidad)
     
     
168. Lesser Antillean Flycatcher  (LAe) ______  AB  DM(*)  GD(*)  SL(*)
     Myiarchus o. oberi  (this subspecies restricted to Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     Myiarchus oberi sanctaeluciae  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
      
     
169. Grenada Flycatcher  (LAe)______ GR(*)  SV(*)
     Myiarchus nugator  (monotypic)
     
     
170. Lesser Antillean Pewee  (LAe)______ DM(*)  GD
     Contopus latirostris brunneicapillus  (this subspecies on Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Martinique) 
     
     
171. Saint Lucia Pewee  (SLe)______ SL(*)  (was considered part of Lesser Antillean Pewee)
     Contopus oberi  (monotypic)
     
     
172. Caribbean Elaenia  (WIe) ______  AB(B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Elaenia m. martinica  (this subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
     
     
173. Yellow-bellied Elaenia  (SLr) (ph)  ______  GD  SL  SV(*)
     Elaenia f. flavogaster
     
     
174. Black-whiskered Vireo ______  AB  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Vireo altiloquus barbadensis  (this subspecies occurs from St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, south to Barbados)
      
     
175. Caribbean Martin ______  AB  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)  
     Progne dominicensis  (monotypic) 
     
     The Caribbean Martin was at one time considered conspecific with the Sinaloa (or Snowy-bellied) Martin of Mexico. 
     
     
176. Bank Swallow  ______  GD
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
177. Barn Swallow  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL  SV
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
178. American Cliff Swallow  ______  GD
     Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
     
     
179. "Saint Lucia" House Wren______ SL(*)  
     Troglodytes aedon mesoleucus  (t3)  (an endemic subspecies on St. Lucia)
     
     
180. "Saint Vincent" House Wren______ SV(*)  
     Troglodytes aedon musicus  (t3) (an endemic subspecies on St. Vincent)
     
     
181. "Lesser Antillean" House Wren ______  DM(*)  GR(*) 
     Troglodytes aedon rufescens  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Troglodytes aedon grenadensis  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
182. Tropical Mockingbird  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Mimus gilvus antillarum  (this subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
     
     
183. Scaly-breasted Thrasher  (LAe) ______  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Allenia (or has been said to be Margarops) fuscus  (the single member of its genus)
     A. f. hypenema  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     A. f. schwartzi  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     A. f. vincenti  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
184. Pearly-eyed Thrasher  (WIe) (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)
     Margarops f. fuscatus  (on Barbuda, Dominica, & Guadeloupe)
     Margarops fuscatus klinikowskii  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
185. White-breasted Thrasher  (t2) (LAe)______ SL(*)  (this rare species restricted to St. Lucia & Martinique)
     Ramphocinclus brachyurus sanctaeluciae  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies) (the single member of its genus)
      
     
186. Gray Trembler  (LAe)______ SL(*)  (this species restricted to the 2 islands of St. Lucia & Martinique)
     Cinclocerthia gutturalis macrorhyncha  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
187. Brown Trembler  (LAe)______  DM(*)  GD  MN  SV(*)  
     Cinclocerthia ruficauda pavida  (in the northwest Leeward Islands)
     Cinclocerthia ruficauda tremula  (on Guadeloupe, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Cinclocerthia r. ruficauda  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Cinclocerthia ruficauda tenebrosa  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies) 
     
     
188. Spectacled Thrush  ______  DM  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Turdus n. nudigenis  (subspecies in the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, & northeast South America)
     
     The Spectacled Thrush was called the Bare-eyed Thrush.
     
     
189. Lesser Antillean Thrush  (LAe) ______ SV(*)  (formerly part of Cocoa Thrush)
     Turdus personus bondi  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies; the other subspecies is on Grenada) 
     
     
190. Red-legged Thrush  (WIe) (ph)  ______ DM(*)
     Turdus plumbeus albiventris  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies; the other subspecies are in the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, & Cayman Brac Is.)
     
     
191. Forest Thrush  (nt) (LAe) ______  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN
     Turdus (formerly Cichlherminia) lherminieri 
     Turdus l. lherminieri  (on Guadeloupe, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Turdus l. lawrencii  (on Montserrat, where it's an endemic subspecies) 
     Turdus l. dominicensis  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)  
     Turdus l. sanctaeluciae  (on Saint Lucia, where it is a very rare endemic subspecies)
     
     
192. Rufous-throated Solitaire (WIe) ______ DM(*)  SL(*)
     Myadestes genibarbis  (5 subspecies in the Caribbean, 3 of them in the Lesser Antilles; the other 2 on Hispaniola & in Jamaica)
     Myadestes genibarbis dominicanus  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Myadestes genibarbis sanctaelucinae  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Myadestes genibarbis genibarbis  (on Martinique, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
193. Saint Vincent Solitaire  (LAe) ______ SV(*)  (was part of the Rufous-throated Solitaire) 
     Myadestes sibilans  (monotypic)
     
     
194. House Sparrow (i) ______ SV(*)
     Passer domesticus
     
     
195. Orange Bishop (i)  ______  GD
     Euplectes franciscanus
     
     
196. Black-rumped Waxbill (i)  ______  GD
     Estrilda troglodytes
     
     
197. Antillean Euphonia (WIe) ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  SL  SV(*)   
     Euphonia musica flavifrons  (in this subspecies, in the Lesser Antilles, the plumages of the sexes are alike, similar to the females of the other 2 subspecies in the Greater Antilles)  
     
     The Antillean Euphonia was at one time part of the Blue-hooded Euphonia, now of Central America (and now called the Elegant Euphonia). Also included was what is now the Golden-rumped Euphonia of South America.
     
     
198. Black-and-white Warbler______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
199. Prothonotary Warbler  (ph)  ______ DM(*)  GD  SL
     Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
200. Northern Parula  (ph)  ______  AB  GD  MN
     Setophaga (formerly Parula) americana
     
     
201. "Golden" Yellow Warbler  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL(*)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) petechia
     Setophaga petechia melanoptera  (on Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Montserrat)
     Setophaga petechia ruficapilla  (on Martinique, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Setophaga petechia babad  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies) 
     Setophaga p. petechia  (on Barbados, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     The Yellow Warbler is now said to be distinct from the Mangrove Warbler of Central America, Setophaga erithachorides.
     
     
202. Magnolia Warbler  (ph)  ______  AB
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) magnolia
     
     
203. Cape May Warbler ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) tigrina  (monotypic)
     
     
204. Black-throated Blue Warbler  ______  GD
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) caerulescens
     
     
205. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (ph)  ______  GD
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) coronata
     
     
206. Saint Lucia Warbler  (SLe) (ph)  ______ SL(*)  (was conspecific with the Adelaide's Warbler of Puerto Rico & the Barbuda Warbler of Barbuda)
     Setopahga (formerly Dendroica) delicata  (monotypic)  
     
     
207. Barbuda Warbler  (nt) (LAe)  ______  AB(B)(*)  (was conspecific with the Adelaide's Warbler of Puerto Rico & the Saint Lucia Warbler)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) subita  (monotypic)
     
     
208. Prairie Warbler  (ph)  ______  MN  SL
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) d. discolor
     
     
209. Blackpoll Warbler  (ph)  ______  AB
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) striata
     
     
210. Plumbeous Warbler  (LAe) ______ DM(*)  GD(*)  (this species restricted to 2 islands, Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) plumbea  (monotypic)
     
     
211. Whistling Warbler  (t3) (SVe)______ SV(*)
     Catharopeza bishopi  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
212. Ovenbird  (ph)  ______  GD  MN
     Seiurus aurocapillus
     
     
213. Northern Waterthrush ______  AB(B)(*)  DM(*)  GD  MN  SL
     Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) noveboracensis  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
214. Louisiana Waterthrush  ______  GD  MN
     Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) molacilla
     
     
215. American Redstart  (ph)  ______  AB  DM(*)  GD  MN
     Setophaga ruticilla  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
216. Hooded Warbler  ______  GD
     Cardellina (formerly Wilsonia) citrina 
     
     
217. Common Yellowthroat  (ph)  ______  AB(B)(*)
     Geothlypis trichas
     
     
218. Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird ______  BD(*)  DM(*)  GR(*)  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Molothrus bonariensis minimus  (this is the subspecies of the West Indies & the Guianas & adjacent no. Brazil; it's also spread into North America, starting in Florida)
      
     
219. Carib Grackle  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Quiscalus lugubris  (8 subspecies, most of them only on Caribbean islands)
     Quiscalus lugubris fortirostris  (on Antigua, Barbuda, & Barbados)
     Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis  (on Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Montserrat)
     Quiscalus lugubris luminosus  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)  
     Quiscalus lugubris inflexirostris  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Quiscalus lugubris contrusus  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
      
     
220. Saint Lucia Oriole (nt) (SLe)  ______ SL(*)
     Icterus laudabilis  (monotypic)
     
     
221. Montserrat Oriole  (LAe)  ______  MN
     Icterus oberi
     
     
222. Bobolink  (ph)  ______  AB
     Dolichonyx oryzivorus 
     
     
223. Bananaquit  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Coereba flaveola  (the single member of its genus)
     Coereba flaveola barbadensis  (on Barbados, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Coereba flaveola bartholemica  (on Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Montserrat)
     Coereba flaveola martinicana  (on St. Lucia & Martinique)
     
     In all, there are 41 subspecies of the Bananaquit; 24 of them are on islands in the Caribbean. 2 more subspecies follow.    
     
     
224. "Black Bananaquit"  (ph)  ______ GR(*)  SV(*)   (part of the Bananaquit)
     Coereba f. atrata  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Coereba f. aterrima  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
225. Lesser Antillean Tanager  (LAe)  ______  SV(*)  (this species restricted to 2 islands, St. Vincent & Grenada)
     Tangara cucullata versicolor  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
226. Grassland Yellow Finch  ______  AB  GD
     Sicalis luteola
     
     
227. Yellow-bellied Seedeater ______ GR(*)  (in the Caribbean, only occurs on Grenada & nearby Carriacou, and on Trinidad & Tobago)
     Sporophila n. nigricollis
     
     
228. Black-faced Grassquit  (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  BD(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  GR(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Tiaris bicolor omissus  (this subspecies occurs from Puerto Rico south to Venezuela)
      
     
229. Blue-black Grassquit  ______ GR(*)  (in the Caribbean, only occurs on Grenada and on Trinidad & Tobago)
     Volatinia jacarina splendens  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
230. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch  (LAe) (ph)  ______  AB(A,B)(*)  DM(*)  GD(*)  MN  SL(*)  SV(*)
     Loxigilla noctis ridgwayi  (on Antigua, Barbuda, & Anguilla)
     Loxigilla noctis coryi  (on Montserrat & St. Kitts)
     Loxigilla noctis dominicana  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     Loxigilla noctis sclateri  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Loxigilla noctis crissalis  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Loxigilla noctis grenadensis  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Loxigilla n. noctis  (on Martinique, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
231. Barbados Bullfinch  (BDe) ______  BD(*)  (formerly a subspecies of the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch)
     Loxigilla barbadensis  
     
      
232. Saint Lucia Black Finch  (nt) (SLe) ______ SL(*)
     Melanospiza richardsoni  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
233. Scarlet Tanager  (ph)  ______  AB  GD
     Piranga olivacea 
     
     
234. Lesser Antillean Saltator  (LAe)  ______  DM(*)  GD(*)  SL(*)  (was conspecific with the Streaked Saltator of South America)
     Saltator a. albicollis  (on St. Lucia & Martinique)
     Saltator albicollis guadelupenis  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe) 
     
     
235. Indigo Bunting  (ph)  ______  DM(*)(rare)
     Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
     

Notes:

The "Saint Lucia Nightjar" is considered conspecific with the Rufous Nightjar, a widespread species in much of South America and southern Central America.

The House Wrens on various islands of the Lesser Antilles have appearances, voices, and habits quite different from each other. The taxonomy of the complex may still be open to question, with some suggesting specific status to island populations.

Plumages of Yellow Warblers vary throughout the Lesser Antillean islands. Those (the males) of St. Lucia and Dominica have pale chestnut caps. (That of Martinique has a chestnut head.)  

There are over 20 subspecies (or races) of Bananaquits on Caribbean islands. 
On St. Lucia: Coereba flaveola martinicana. This yellow-bellied form also seen along the coast of St. Vincent. 
Most Bananaquits on St. Vincent are the all-black Coereba flaveola atrata. 
On Grenada, also black: Coereba flaveola aterrima.  
On  Dominica, yellow-bellied: Coereba flaveola bartholemica.

The island of Grenada was visited by some participants (as an option) during the FONT March 2000 tour.

Cetaceans (and other Marine Life) seen during FONT pelagic trips 
off Dominica, 
March 25, 2000 & March 9, 2002

March 25, 2000:

Great Sperm Whale, or Cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) - 2 young 

Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus) - 2 seen well in calm water close to the boat (Photo in Marine-Life Photo Gallery)  

Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) - a pod of 200 to 300 seen, a few times, swimming in a tight group. This creature was not scientifically described until 1956, and not seen alive until the early 1970's. There are populations in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. (Photo in Marine-Life Photo Gallery)

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) - 10 to 20, some close to the boat. 
This species shows a tremendous variation in color and the extent of spotting. 
Those seen off Dominica did not have notable spotting. This species can be difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis).  

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

flying fish (sp.)

Birds seen at sea that day, March 25, 2000, included: 
7 to 9 Pomarine Jaegers
Brown Booby
White-tailed Tropicbird.


March 9, 2002:

Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) About 50 seen in a "tight group".

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) From 50 to 100 seen closer to the boat than the Fraser's.

Birds seen at sea that day, March 9, 2002, included:
about 25 Pomarine Jaegers
a Great Skua
a White-tailed Tropicbird
both Brown and Red-footed Boobies (about 10 of the latter).
Closer to shore, there were:
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Laughing Gulls
(the only gulls seen during our tour in Dominica)
Royal Terns, Brown Pelicans, and Magnificent Frigatebirds were common.

Where schools of small tuna were in the water: jaegers were feeding at the surface, boobies were diving into the water, and frigatebirds were soaring overhead and sometimes skimming fish from the sea.