UVI Wetlands Reserve Bird List
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A checklist of birds found at the UVI Wetlands,
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
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| COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME
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Grebes |
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| __pied-billed grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
| Tropicbirds |
|
| __white-tailed tropicbird * |
Phaethon lepturus |
| Boobies |
|
| __brown boobie |
Sula leucogaster |
| Pelicans |
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| __brown pelican ** |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Frigatebirds |
|
| __magnificent frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
| Herons and Egrets |
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| __great egret * |
Casmerodius albus |
| __snowy egret * |
Egretta thula |
| __cattle egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
| __great blue heron * |
Ardea herodias |
| __reddish egret |
Egretta rufescens |
| __tricolored heron |
Egretta tricolor |
| __little blue heron |
Egretta caerulea |
| __green-backed heron |
Butorides striatus |
| __black-crowned night-heron * |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
| __yellow-crowned night-heron |
Nycticorax violaceus |
| Ibises |
|
| __glossy ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
| Ducks, Geese and Swans |
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| __mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
| __white-cheeked pintail * |
Anas bahamensis |
| __American wigeon |
Anas americana |
| __northern shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
| __blue-winged teal |
Anas discors |
| __cinnamon teal |
Anas cyanoptera |
| __green-winged teal |
Anas crecca |
| __greater scaup |
Aythya marila |
| __lesser scaup |
Aythya affinis |
| __Muscovy duck |
Cairina moschata |
| Hawks and Harriers |
|
| __red-tailed hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
| __osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
| Falcons |
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| __peregrine falcon ** |
Falco peregrinus |
| __merlin |
Falco columbarius |
| __American kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
| Rails, Gallinules and Coots |
|
| __sora rail |
Porzana carolina |
| __common moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
| __purple gallinule |
Porphyrula martinica |
| __American coot |
Fulica americana |
| __Caribbean coot * |
Fulica caribaea |
| Plovers |
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| __black-bellied plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
| __piping plover |
Charadrius melodus
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| __snowy plover * |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
| __semipalmated plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
| __Wilson's plover |
Charadrius wilsonia |
| __killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
| Oystercatchers |
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| __American oystercatcher |
Haematopus palliatus |
| Stilts |
|
| __black-necked stilt |
Himantopus mexicanus |
| Turnstones, Snipes and Sandpipers |
|
| __whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
| __greater yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
| __lesser yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
| __stilt sandpiper |
Calidris himantopus |
| __Hudsonian godwit |
Limosa haemastica |
| __willet * |
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| __solitary sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
| __short-billed dowitcher |
Actitis macularia |
| __long-billed dowitcher |
Limnodromus griseus |
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Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| __common snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
| __ruddy turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
| __pectoral sandpiper |
Calidris melanotos |
| __red knot |
Calidris canutus |
| __sanderling |
Calidris alba |
| __white-rumped sandpiper |
Calidris fuscicollis |
| __Baird's sandpiper |
Calidris bairdii |
| __least sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
| __semipalmated sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
| __western sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
| Gulls, Terns and Allies |
|
| __laughing gull |
Larus atricilla |
| __least tern * |
Sterna antillarum |
| __common tern |
Sterna hirundo |
| __roseate tern |
Sterna dougallii |
| __royal tern |
Sterna maxima |
| Pigeons and Doves |
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| __zenaida dove |
Zenaida aurita |
| __white-crowned pigeon * |
Columba leucocephala |
| __scaly-naped pigeon |
Columba squamosa |
| __common ground-dove |
Columbina passerina |
| Cuckoos and Anis |
|
| __mangrove cuckoo |
Coccyzus minor |
| __yellow-billed cuckoo |
Coccyzus americanus |
| __smooth-billed ani |
Crotophaga ani |
| Goatsuckers |
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| __chuck-will's-widow |
Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| Hummingbirds |
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| __green-throated carib |
Eulampis holosericeus |
| __Antillean crested hummingbird |
Orthoryncus cristatus
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| Kingfishers |
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| __belted kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
| Tyrant Flycatchers |
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| __gray kingbird |
Tyrannus dominicensis |
| __Caribbean elaenia |
Elaenia martinica |
| Swallows and Martins |
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| __barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
| __bank swallow |
Riparia riparia |
| __northern rough-winged swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| __Caribbean martin |
Progne dominicensis |
| Mockingbirds and Thrashers |
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| __northern mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos |
| __pearly-eyed thrasher |
Margarops fuscatus |
| Vireos |
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| __black-whiskered vireo |
Vireo altiloquus |
| Emberizids: Warblers, Blackbirds, Tanagers and Allies |
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| __bananaquit |
Coereba flaveola |
| __black-and-white warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
| __prothonotary warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
| __northern parula |
Parula americana |
| __yellow warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
| __blackpoll warbler |
Dendroica striata |
| __prairie warbler |
Dendroica discolor |
| __northern waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
| __indigo bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
| __black-faced grassquit |
Tiaris bicolor |
** denotes a federally endangered species
* denotes a locally endangered species |
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