List of birds of Guadeloupe

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. The avifauna of Guadeloupe included a total of 294 species according to Bird Checklists of the World as of May 2023. Of them, one is endemic, 11 have been introduced by humans, and 158 are rare or accidental. Two species have been extirpated and another possibly has been. An additional accidental species has been added from another source.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. French names in parentheses are also from the Check-list.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes on population status are also from Bird Checklists of the World.


 * (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guadeloupe
 * (I) Introduced - a species introduced directly to Guadeloupe or elsewhere in the New World
 * (EXT) Extinct - a species which no longer exists
 * (EXP) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Guadeloupe although populations exist elsewhere

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.


 * White-faced whistling-duck (dendrocygne veuf), Dendrocygna viduata (A)
 * Black-bellied whistling-duck (dendrocygne à ventre noir), Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
 * West Indian whistling-duck (dendrocygne des Antilles), Dendrocygna arborea (A) (Vulnerable)
 * Fulvous whistling-duck (dendrocygne fauve), Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
 * Snow goose (oie des neiges), Anser caerulescens (A)
 * Wood duck (canard branchu), Aix sponsa (A)
 * Garganey (sarcelle d'été), Spatula querquedula (A)
 * Blue-winged teal (sarcelle à ailes bleues), Anas discors
 * Northern shoveler (canard souchet), Anas clypeata (A)
 * Gadwall (canard chipeau), Mareca strepera (A)
 * Eurasian wigeon (canard siffleur), Mareca penelope (A)
 * American wigeon (canard d'Amérique), Mareca americana (A)
 * Mallard (canard colvert), Anas platyrhynchos (A)
 * American black duck (canard noir), Anas rubripes (A)
 * White-cheeked pintail (canard des Bahamas), Anas bahamensis (A)
 * Northern pintail (canard pilet), Anas acuta (A)
 * Green-winged teal (sarcelle d'hiver), Anas crecca (A)
 * Ring-necked duck (fuligule à collier), Aythya collaris
 * Tufted duck (fuligule morillon), Aythya fuligula (A)
 * Lesser scaup (petit fuligule), Aythya affinis
 * Hooded merganser (harle couronné), Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
 * Masked duck (érismature routoutou), Nomonyx dominicus
 * Ruddy duck (érismature rousse), Oxyura jamaicensis

Pheasants, grouse, and allies
Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae

The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowls, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls, and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.


 * Red junglefowl (coq bankiva), Gallus gallus (I)

Flamingos
Order: PhoenicopteriformesFamily: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 ft tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside down.


 * American flamingo (flamant des Caraïbes), Phoenicopterus ruber (A)

Grebes
Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.


 * Pied-billed grebe (grèbe à bec bigarré), Podilymbus podiceps

Pigeons and doves
Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.


 * Rock pigeon (pigeon biset), Columba livia (I)
 * Scaly-naped pigeon (pigeon à cou rouge), Patagioenas squamosa
 * White-crowned pigeon (pigeon à couronne blanche), Patagioenas leucocephala (Near-threatened)
 * Eurasian collared-dove (tourterelle turque), Streptopelia decaocto (I)
 * Common ground dove (colombe à queue noire), Columbina passerina
 * Ruddy quail-dove (colombe rouviolette), Geotrygon montana
 * Bridled quail-dove (colombe à croissants), Geotrygon mystacea
 * White-winged dove (tourterelle à ailes blanches), Zenaida asiatica
 * Zenaida dove (tourterelle à queue carrée), Zenaida aurita
 * Eared dove (tourterelle oreillarde), Zenaida auriculata (A)
 * Mourning dove (tourterelle triste), Zenaida macroura (A)

Cuckoos
Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.


 * Smooth-billed ani (ani à bec lisse), Crotophaga ani
 * Common cuckoo (coucou gris), Cuculus canorus (A)
 * Yellow-billed cuckoo (coulicou à bec jaune), Coccyzus americanus
 * Mangrove cuckoo (coulicou manioc), Coccyzus minor
 * Black-billed cuckoo (coulicou à bec noir), Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A)

Nightjars and allies
Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.


 * Common nighthawk (engoulevent d'Amérique), Chordeiles minor (A)
 * Antillean nighthawk (engoulevent piramidig), Chordeiles gundlachii (A)
 * Chuck-will's-widow (engoulevent de Caroline), Antrostomus carolinensis (A)

Swifts
Order: ApodiformesFamily: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.


 * Black swift (martinet sombre), Cypseloides niger
 * White-collared swift (martinet à collier blanc), Streptoprocne zonaris (A)
 * Lesser Antillean swift (martinet chiquesol), Chaetura martinica
 * Chimney swift (martinet ramoneur), Chaetura pelagica (A)(Near-threatened)
 * Short-tailed swift (martinet polioure), Chaetura brachyura (A)
 * Alpine swift (martinet à ventre blanc), Apus melba (A)

Hummingbirds
Order: ApodiformesFamily: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.


 * Purple-throated carib (colibri madère), Eulampis jugularis
 * Green-throated carib (colibri falle-vert), Eulampis holosericeus
 * Antillean crested hummingbird (colibri huppé), Orthorhyncus cristatus

Rails, gallinules, and coots
Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.


 * Clapper rail (râle tapageur), Rallus crepitans
 * Corn crake (râle des genêts), Crex crex (A)
 * Sora (marouette de Caroline), Porzana carolina
 * Spotted crake (marouette ponctuée), Porzana porzana (A)
 * Common gallinule (gallinule d'Amérique), Gallinula galeata
 * American coot (foulque d'Amérique), Fulica americana
 * Purple gallinule (talève violacée), Porphyrio martinica
 * Azure gallinule (talève favorite), Porphyrio flavirostris (A)

Limpkin
Order: GruiformesFamily: Aramidae

The limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab-brown plumage and a grayer head and neck.


 * Limpkin (courlan brun), Aramus guarauna (A)

Stilts and avocets
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.


 * Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus (A)
 * Black-necked stilt (échasse d'Amérique), Himantopus mexicanus (A)

Oystercatchers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.


 * American oystercatcher (huîtrier d'Amérique), Haematopus palliatus

Plovers and lapwings
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.


 * Black-bellied plover (pluvier argenté), Pluvialis squatarola
 * American golden-plover (pluvier bronzé), Pluvialis dominica
 * Pacific golden-plover (pluvier fauve), Pluvialis fulva (A)
 * Killdeer (pluvier kildir), Charadrius vociferus (A)
 * Common ringed plover (pluvier grand-gravelot), Charadrius hiaticula (A)
 * Semipalmated plover (pluvier semipalmé), Charadrius semipalmatus
 * Piping plover (pluvier siffleur), Charadrius melodus (A) (Near-threatened)
 * Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius (A)
 * Wilson's plover (pluvier de Wilson), Charadrius wilsonia
 * Collared plover (pluvier de d'Azara), Charadrius collaris (A)
 * Snowy plover (pluvier neigeux), Charadrius nivosus (A) (Near-threatened)

Sandpipers and allies
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.


 * Upland sandpiper (maubèche des champs), Bartramia longicauda
 * Whimbrel (courlis corlieu), Numenius phaeopus (A)
 * Eskimo curlew (courlis esquimau), Numenius borealis (A) (Critically endangered, possibly extinct)
 * Long-billed curlew (courlis à long bec), Numenius americanus (A)
 * Hudsonian godwit (barge hudsonienne), Limosa haemastica (A)
 * Marbled godwit (barge marbrée), Limosa fedoa (A)
 * Ruddy turnstone (tournepierre à collier), Arenaria interpres
 * Red knot (bécasseau maubèche), Calidris canutus (Near-threatened)
 * Ruff (combattant varié), Calidris pugnax (A)
 * Stilt sandpiper (bécasseau à échasses), Calidris himantopus
 * Curlew sandpiper (bécasseau cocorli), Calidris ferruginea (A)(Near-threatened)
 * Sanderling (bécasseau sanderling), Calidris alba
 * Dunlin (bécasseau variable), Calidris alpina (A)
 * Baird's sandpiper (bécasseau de Baird), Calidris bairdii (A)
 * Least sandpiper (bécasseau minuscule), Calidris minutilla
 * White-rumped sandpiper (bécasseau à croupion blanc), Calidris fuscicollis
 * Buff-breasted sandpiper (bécasseau roussâtre), Calidris subruficollis (A)(Near-threatened)
 * Pectoral sandpiper (bécasseau à poitrine cendrée), Calidris melanotos
 * Semipalmated sandpiper (bécasseau semipalmé), Calidris pusilla (Near-threatened)
 * Western sandpiper (bécasseau d'Alaska), Calidris mauri
 * Short-billed dowitcher (bécassin roux), Limnodromus griseus
 * Long-billed dowitcher (bécassin à long bec), Limnodromus scolopaceus (A)
 * Wilson's snipe (bécassine de Wilson), Gallinago delicata
 * Spotted sandpiper (chevalier grivelé), Actitis macularia
 * Green sandpiper (chevalier cul-blanc), Tringa ochropus (A)
 * Solitary sandpiper (chevalier solitaire), Tringa solitaria
 * Lesser yellowlegs (petit Chevalier), Tringa flavipes
 * Willet (chevalier semipalmé), Tringa semipalmata
 * Spotted redshank (chevalier arlequin), Tringa erythropus (A)
 * Greater yellowlegs (grand Chevalier), Tringa melanoleuca
 * Common redshank (chevalier gambette), Tringa totanus (A)
 * Wood sandpiper (chevalier sylvain), Tringa glareola (A)
 * Wilson's phalarope (phalarope de Wilson), Phalaropus tricolor (A)
 * Red-necked phalarope (phalarope à bec étroit), Phalaropus lobatus (A)
 * Red phalarope (phalarope à bec large), Phalaropus fulicarius (A)

Pratincoles
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.


 * Collared pratincole (glaréole à collier), Glareola pratincola (A)

Skuas and jaegers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.


 * Great skua (grand labbe), Stercorarius skua (A)
 * South polar skua (labbe de McCormick), Stercorarius maccormicki (A)
 * Pomarine jaeger (labbe pomarin), Stercorarius pomarinus
 * Parasitic jaeger (labbe parasite), Stercorarius parasiticus
 * Long-tailed jaeger (labbe à longue queue), Stercorarius longicaudus (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, terns and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.


 * Black-legged kittiwake (mouette tridactyle), Rissa tridactyla (A)
 * Bonaparte's gull (mouette de Bonaparte), Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A)
 * Black-headed gull (mouette rieuse), Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
 * Laughing gull (mouette atricille), Leucophaeus atricilla
 * Franklin's gull (mouette de Franklin), Leucophaeus pipixcan (A)
 * Ring-billed gull (goéland à bec cerclé), Larus delawarensis
 * Herring gull (goéland argenté), Larus argentatus (A)
 * Iceland gull (goéland arctique), Larus glaucoides (A)
 * Lesser black-backed gull (goéland brun), Larus fuscus
 * Great black-backed gull (goéland marin), Larus marinus (A)
 * Brown noddy (noddi brun), Anous stolidus
 * Sooty tern (sterne fuligineuse), Onychoprion fuscatus
 * Bridled tern (sterne bridée), Onychoprion anaethetus
 * Least tern (petite sterne), Sternula antillarum
 * Gull-billed tern (sterne hansel), Gelochelidon nilotica (A)
 * Caspian tern (sterne Caspienne), Hydroprogne caspia (A)
 * Black tern (guifette noire), Chlidonias niger (A)
 * White-winged tern (guifette leucoptère), Chlidonias leucopterus (A)
 * Roseate tern (sterne de Dougall), Sterna dougallii
 * Common tern (sterne pierregarin), Sterna hirundo
 * Arctic tern (sterne arctique), Sterna paradisaea (A)
 * Forster's tern (sterne de Forster), Sterna forsteri (A)
 * Royal tern (sterne royale), Thalasseus maximus
 * Sandwich tern (sterne caugek), Thalasseus sandvicensis (A)

Tropicbirds
Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.


 * White-tailed tropicbird (phaéton à bec jaune), Phaethon lepturus
 * Red-billed tropicbird (phaéton à bec rouge), Phaethon aethereus

Albatrosses
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.


 * Yellow-nosed albatross (albatros à nez jaune), Thalassarche chlororhynchos (A)

Southern storm-petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Oceanitidae

The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Until 2018, this family's species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae.


 * Wilson's storm-petrel (océanite de Wilson), Oceanites oceanicus

Northern storm-petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Hydrobatidae

Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm-petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family.


 * Leach's storm-petrel (océanite cul-blanc), Hydrobates leucorhous

Shearwaters and petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.


 * Trindade petrel (pétrel de Trindade), Pterodroma arminjoniana (A) (Vulnerable)
 * Black-capped petrel (pétrel diablotin), Pterodroma hasitata (A)
 * Bulwer's petrel (pétrel de Bulwer), Bulweria bulwerii (A)
 * Cory's shearwater (puffin cendré), Calonectris diomedea
 * Cape Verde shearwater (puffin du Cap-Vert), Calonectris edwardsii (A) (Near-threatened)
 * Sooty shearwater (puffin fuligineux), Ardenna grisea (Near-threatened)
 * Great shearwater (puffin majeur), Ardenna gravis
 * Manx shearwater (puffin des Anglais), Puffinus puffinus
 * Audubon's shearwater (puffin d'Audubon), Puffinus lherminieri
 * Barolo shearwater (puffin de Macaronésie), Puffinus baroli (A)

Frigatebirds
Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white, or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.


 * Magnificent frigatebird (frégate superbe), Fregata magnificens

Boobies and gannets
Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.


 * Masked booby (fou masqué), Sula dactylatra (A)
 * Brown booby (fou brun), Sula leucogaster
 * Red-footed booby (fou à pieds rouges), Sula sula
 * Northern gannet (fou de Bassan), Morus bassanus (A)

Cormorants and shags
Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage coloration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being colorful.


 * Double-crested cormorant (cormoran à aigrettes), Nannopterum auritum (A)

Pelicans
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.


 * Brown pelican (pélican brun), Pelecanus occidentalis

Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills.


 * American bittern (butor d'Amérique), Botaurus lentiginosus (A)
 * Least bittern (petit blongios), Ixobrychus exilis
 * Great blue heron (grand héron), Ardea herodias
 * Gray heron (héron cendré), Ardea cinerea (A)
 * Great egret (grande aigrette), Ardea alba
 * Little egret (aigrette garzette), Egretta garzetta (A)
 * Snowy egret (aigrette neigeuse), Egretta thula
 * Little blue heron (aigrette bleue), Egretta caerulea
 * Tricolored heron (aigrette tricolore), Egretta tricolor (A)
 * Cattle egret (héron garde-boeufs), Bubulcus ibis
 * Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides (A)
 * Green heron (héron vert), Butorides virescens
 * Striated heron (héron strié), Butorides striata (A)
 * Black-crowned night-heron (bihoreau gris), Nycticorax nycticorax (A)
 * Yellow-crowned night-heron (bihoreau violacé), Nyctanassa violacea

Ibises and spoonbills
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.


 * Glossy ibis (ibis falcinelle), Plegadis falcinellus (A)
 * Roseate spoonbill (spatule rosée), Ajaia ajaja (A)

Osprey
Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.


 * Osprey (balbuzard pêcheur), Pandion haliaetus (A)

Hawks, eagles, and kites
Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.


 * Swallow-tailed kite (naucler à queue fourchue), Elanoides forficatus (A)
 * Northern harrier (busard des marais), Circus hudsonius (A)
 * Western marsh-harrier (busard des roseaux), Circus aeruginosus (A)
 * Black kite (milan noir), Milvus migrans (A)
 * Broad-winged hawk (petite buse), Buteo platypterus (A)
 * Red-tailed hawk (buse à queue rousse), Buteo jamaicensis (A)

Barn-owls
Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae

Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.


 * Barn owl (effraie des clochers), Tyto alba (A)

Owls
Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.


 * Burrowing owl (chevêche des terriers), Athene cunicularia (EXP)

Kingfishers
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae

Water kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.


 * Ringed kingfisher (martin-pêcheur à ventre roux), Megaceryle torquata
 * Belted kingfisher (martin-pêcheur d'Amérique), Megaceryle alcyon

Woodpeckers
Order: PiciformesFamily: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.


 * Guadeloupe woodpecker (pic de la Guadeloupe), Melanerpes herminieri (Endemic)
 * Yellow-bellied sapsucker (pic maculé), Sphyrapicus varius (A)

Falcons and caracaras
Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.


 * Red-throated caracara (caracara à gorge rouge), Ibycter americanus (A)
 * Eurasian kestrel (faucon crécerelle), Falco tinnunculus (A)
 * American kestrel (crécerelle d'Amérique), Falco sparverius
 * Merlin (faucon émerillon), Falco columbarius
 * Peregrine falcon (faucon pèlerin), Falco peregrinus

New World and African parrots
Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittacidae

Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back.


 * Guadeloupe parrot, Amazona violacea (E) (EXT)
 * Guadeloupe parakeet, Psittacara labati (E) (EXT)

Tyrant flycatchers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.


 * Caribbean elaenia (élénie siffleuse), Elaenia martinica
 * Lesser Antillean flycatcher (tyran janeau), Myiarchus oberi
 * Gray kingbird (tyran gris), Tyrannus dominicensis
 * Fork-tailed flycatcher (tyran des savanes), Tyrannus savana (A)
 * Eastern wood-pewee (pioui de l'est), Contopus virens (A)
 * Lesser Antillean pewee (moucherolle gobemouche), Contopus latirostris

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are typically greenish in color and resemble New World warblers apart from their heavier bills.


 * White-eyed vireo (viréo aux yeux blancs), Vireo griseus (A)
 * Yellow-throated vireo (viréo à gorge jaune), Vireo flavifrons (A)
 * Philadelphia vireo (viréo de Philadelphie), Vireo philadelphicus (A)
 * Red-eyed vireo (viréo aux yeux rouges), Vireo olivaceus
 * Yellow-green vireo (viréo jaune-verdâtre), Vireo flavoviridis (A)
 * Black-whiskered vireo (viréo à moustaches), Vireo altiloquus

Swallows
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.


 * Bank swallow (hirondelle de rivage), Riparia riparia
 * Tree swallow (hirondelle bicolore), Tachycineta bicolor (A)
 * Northern rough-winged swallow (hirondelle à ailes hérissées), Stelgidopteryx serripennis (A)
 * Purple martin (hirondelle noire), Progne subis (A)
 * Cuban martin (hirondelle de Cuba), Progne cryptoleuca (A)
 * Caribbean martin (hirondelle à ventre blanc), Progne dominicensis
 * Barn swallow (hirondelle rustique), Hirundo rustica
 * Common house-martin (hirondelle de fenêtre), Delichon urbica (A)
 * Cliff swallow (hirondelle à front blanc), Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
 * Cave swallow (hirondelle à front brun), Petrochelidon fulva (A)

Waxwings
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of passerine birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.


 * Cedar waxwing (jaseur d'Amérique), Bombycilla cedrorum (A)

Wrens
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.


 * House wren (troglodyte familier), Troglodytes aedon (EXP)

Mockingbirds and thrashers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their coloring tends towards dull-grays and browns.


 * Gray catbird (moqueur chat), Dumetella carolinensis (A)
 * Scaly-breasted thrasher (moqueur grivotte), Allenia fusca
 * Pearly-eyed thrasher (moqueur corossol), Margarops fuscatus
 * Brown trembler (trembleur brun), Cinclocerthia ruficauda
 * Tropical mockingbird (moqueur des savanes), Mimus gilvus

Thrushes and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.


 * Gray-cheeked thrush (grive à joues grises), Catharus minimus (A)
 * Swainson's thrush (grive à dos olive), Catharus ustulatus (A)
 * Spectacled thrush (merle à lunettes), Turdus nudigenis
 * Forest thrush (grive à pieds jaunes), Turdus lherminieri (near-threatened)

Old World flycatchers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Muscicapidae

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.


 * Northern wheatear (traquet motteux), Oenanthe oenanthe (A)

Weavers and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly colored, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in color only in the breeding season.


 * Northern red bishop (euplecte franciscain), Euplectes franciscanus (I)
 * Yellow-crowned bishop (euplecte vorabé), Euplectes afer (I)

Waxbills and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in build and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colors and patterns.


 * Orange-cheeked waxbill (astrild à joues orange), Estrilda melpoda (I)
 * Black-rumped waxbill (astrild cendré), Estrilda troglodytes (I)
 * Red avadavat (bengali rouge), Amandava amandava (I)
 * White-headed munia, Lonchura maja (I)
 * Scaly-breasted munia (capucin damier), Lonchura punctulata (I)

Old World sparrows
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae

Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or gray birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.


 * House sparrow (moineau domestique), Passer domesticus (I)

Finches, euphonias, and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.


 * Lesser Antillean euphonia (organiste louis-d'or), Chlorophonia flavifrons

Troupials and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.


 * Bobolink (goglu des prés), Dolichonyx oryzivorus
 * Orchard oriole (oriole des vergers), Icterus spurius (A)
 * Baltimore oriole (oriole de Baltimore), Icterus galbula (A)
 * Shiny cowbird (vacher luisant), Molothrus bonariensis (A)
 * Carib grackle (quiscale merle), Quiscalus lugubris

New World warblers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Parulidae

The New World warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores.


 * Ovenbird (paruline couronnée), Seiurus aurocapilla
 * Worm-eating warbler (paruline vermivore), Helmitheros vermivorum (A)
 * Louisiana waterthrush (paruline hochequeue), Parkesia motacilla (A)
 * Northern waterthrush (paruline des ruisseaux), Parkesia noveboracensis
 * Blue-winged warbler (paruline à ailes bleues), Vermivora cyanoptera (A)
 * Black-and-white warbler (paruline noir et blanc), Mniotilta varia
 * Prothonotary warbler (paruline orangée), Protonotaria citrea
 * Tennessee warbler (paruline obscure), Leiothlypis peregrina (A)
 * Nashville warbler (paruline à joues grises), Leiothlypis ruficapilla (A)
 * Connecticut warbler (paruline à gorge grise), Oporornis agilis (A)
 * Kentucky warbler (paruline du Kentucky), Geothlypis formosa (A)
 * Common yellowthroat (paruline masquée), Geothlypis trichas (A)
 * Plumbeous warbler (paruline caféiette), Setophaga plumbea
 * Hooded warbler (paruline à capuchon), Setophaga citrina (A)
 * American redstart (paruline flamboyante), Setophaga ruticilla
 * Cape May warbler (paruline tigrée), Setophaga tigrina (A)
 * Cerulean warbler (paruline azurée), Setophaga cerulea (A)(near-threatened)
 * Northern parula (paruline à collier), Setophaga americana
 * Magnolia warbler (paruline à tête cendrée), Setophaga magnolia (A)
 * Bay-breasted warbler (paruline à poitrine baie), Setophaga castanea (A)
 * Blackburnian warbler (paruline à gorge orangée), Setophaga fusca (A)
 * Yellow warbler (paruline jaune), Setophaga petechia
 * Chestnut-sided warbler (paruline à flancs marron), Setophaga pensylvanica (A)
 * Blackpoll warbler (paruline rayée), Setophaga striata
 * Black-throated blue warbler (paruline bleue), Setophaga caerulescens (A)
 * Palm warbler (paruline à couronne rousse), Setophaga palmarum (A)
 * Pine warbler (paruline des pins), Setophaga pinus (A)
 * Yellow-rumped warbler (paruline à croupion jaune), Setophaga coronata (A)
 * Yellow-throated warbler (paruline à gorge jaune), Setophaga dominica (A)
 * Prairie warbler (paruline des prés), Setophaga discolor
 * Black-throated green warbler (paruline à gorge noire), Setophaga virens (A)
 * Canada warbler (paruline du Canada), Cardellina canadensis (A)

Cardinals and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cardinalidae

The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages.


 * Summer tanager (piranga vermillon), Piranga rubra (A)
 * Scarlet tanager (piranga écarlate), Piranga olivacea (A)
 * Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinal à poitrine rose), Pheucticus ludovicianus (A)
 * Blue grosbeak (guiraca bleu), Passerina caerulea (A)
 * Indigo bunting (passerin indigo), Passerina cyanea (A)
 * Dickcissel (dickcissel d'Amérique), Spiza americana (A)

Tanagers and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thraupidae

The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. Most have short, rounded wings.


 * Grassland yellow-finch (sicale des savanes), Sicalis luteola (I)
 * Bananaquit (sucrier à ventre jaune), Coereba flaveola
 * Lesser Antillean bullfinch (sporophile rougegorge), Loxigilla noctis
 * Black-faced grassquit (sporophile cici), Melanospiza bicolor
 * Lined seedeater (sporophile bouveron), Sporophila lineola (A)
 * Lesser Antillean saltator (saltator gros-bec), Saltator albicollis