A checklist of birds found at the UVI Wetlands,
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
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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 | |
| __pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Tropicbirds | |
| __white-tailed tropicbird * | Phaethon lepturus |
| Boobies | |
| __brown boobie | Sula leucogaster |
| Pelicans | |
| __brown pelican ** | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Frigatebirds | |
| __magnificent frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
| Herons and Egrets | |
| __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 | |
| __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 | |
| __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 | |
| __black-bellied plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| __piping plover | Charadrius melodus |
| __snowy plover * | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| __semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| __Wilson's plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| __killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Oystercatchers | |
| __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 |
| __spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| __short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| __long-billed dowitcher | 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 | |
| __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 | |
| __chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| Hummingbirds | |
| __green-throated carib | Eulampis holosericeus |
| __Antillean crested hummingbird | Orthoryncus cristatus |
| Kingfishers | |
| __belted kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon |
| Tyrant Flycatchers | |
| __gray kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| __Caribbean elaenia | Elaenia martinica |
| Swallows and Martins | |
| __barn swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| __bank swallow | Riparia riparia |
| __northern rough-winged swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| __Caribbean martin | Progne dominicensis |
| Mockingbirds and Thrashers | |
| __northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| __pearly-eyed thrasher | Margarops fuscatus |
| Vireos | |
| __black-whiskered vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
| Emberizids: Warblers, Blackbirds, Tanagers and Allies | |
| __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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| This page was created by P. Rothenberger, and was last updated on 2-15-00. |
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