List of birds of North America



The lists of birds in the light blue box below are divided by biological family. The lists are based on The AOS Check-list of North American Birds of the American Ornithological Society and The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World supplemented with checklists from Panama, Greenland, and Bermuda. It includes the birds of Greenland, Canada, the United States (excluding Hawaii), Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, and the West Indies.

Taxonomy
The taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds. The AOS's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, the body responsible for maintaining and updating the Check-list, "strongly and unanimously continues to endorse the biological species concept (BSC), in which species are considered to be genetically cohesive groups of populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (AOS 2019). The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is an alternative phylogenetic arrangement based on DNA-DNA hybridization.

Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in North America as permanent residents, summer or winter residents or visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to denote certain categories of species:


 * (A) = Accidental occurrence based on one or two (rarely more) records, and unlikely to occur regularly.
 * (E) = Extinct; a recent member of the avifauna that no longer exists.
 * (Ex) = Extirpated; no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations still exist elsewhere.
 * (I) = Introduced population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous.

Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:


 * - Extinct, - Extinct in the Wild
 * - Critically Endangered, - Endangered,  - Vulnerable
 * - Near Threatened, - Least Concern
 * (v. 2019, the data is current as of July 25, 2019

and Endangered Species Act:


 * - endangered, - threatened
 * , - experimental non essential or essential population
 * , - endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance
 * (including taxa not necessarily found in the USA, the data is current as of March 28, 2014

Tinamous
Order: TinamiformesFamily: Tinamidae

The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), which includes the rheas, emus, and kiwis.


 * Highland tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei
 * Great tinamou, Tinamus major
 * Little tinamou, Crypturellus soui
 * Thicket tinamou, Crypturellus cinnamomeus
 * Slaty-breasted tinamou, Crypturellus boucardi
 * Choco tinamou, Crypturellus kerriae

Screamers
Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anhimidae

The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs, and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes.


 * Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta (E?)
 * Northern screamer, Chauna chavaria (A)

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae

The family 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 special oils.


 * American black duck, Anas rubripes
 * American wigeon, Mareca americana
 * Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A)
 * Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (C)
 * Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
 * Black scoter, Melanitta americana
 * Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
 * Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
 * Brant, Branta bernicla
 * Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
 * Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii
 * Canada goose, Branta canadensis
 * Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
 * Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera
 * Comb duck, Sarkidiornis sylvicola
 * Common eider, Somateria mollissima
 * Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
 * Common merganser, Mergus merganser
 * Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A)
 * Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (A)
 * Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (A)
 * Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha (A)
 * Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca (I)
 * Emperor goose, Anser canagicus
 * Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (C)
 * Falcated duck, Mareca falcata (A)
 * Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
 * Gadwall, Mareca strepera
 * Garganey, Spatula querquedula (A)
 * Graylag goose, Anser anser (A)
 * Greater scaup, Aythya marila
 * Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
 * Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
 * Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
 * Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
 * King eider, Somateria spectabilis
 * Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E)
 * Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
 * Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus (A)
 * Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
 * Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
 * Masked duck, Nomonyx dominicus
 * Mexican duck, Anas diazi
 * Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula
 * Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata
 * Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I)
 * Northern pintail, Anas acuta
 * Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
 * Orinoco goose, Neochen jubata (A)
 * Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C)
 * Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
 * Redhead, Aythya americana
 * Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
 * Ross's goose, Anser rossii
 * Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
 * Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (A)
 * Smew, Mergellus albellus (A)
 * Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
 * Southern pochard, Netta erythrophthalma (A)
 * Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri
 * Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri
 * Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri
 * Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
 * Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis (A)
 * Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
 * Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
 * Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris (A) (A. fabalis: )
 * Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
 * Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca (A)
 * West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea
 * White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis
 * White-faced whistling-duck, Dendrocygna viduata
 * White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi
 * Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (A)
 * Wood duck, Aix sponsa

Guans, chachalacas, and curassows
Order: GalliformesFamily: Cracidae

The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colorful facial ornaments.


 * Baudo guan, Penelope ortoni (A)
 * Black guan, Chamaepetes unicolor
 * Crested guan, Penelope purpurascens
 * Gray-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
 * Great curassow, Crax rubra
 * Highland guan, Penelopina nigra
 * Horned guan, Oreophasis derbianus
 * Plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula
 * Rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri
 * Rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda
 * Trinidad piping guan, Pipile pipile
 * West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala
 * White-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra

Guineafowl
Order: GalliformesFamily: Numididae

Guineafowl are a group of African, seed-eating, ground-nesting birds that resemble partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled grey plumage.


 * Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris (I)

New World quail
Order: GalliformesFamily: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.


 * Banded quail, Philortyx fasciatus
 * Bearded wood-partridge, Dendrortyx barbatus
 * Black-breasted wood-quail, Odontophorus leucolaemus
 * Black-eared wood-quail, Odontophorus melanotis
 * Black-throated bobwhite, Colinus nigrogularis
 * Buffy-crowned wood-partridge, Dendrortyx leucophrys
 * California quail, Callipepla californica
 * Crested bobwhite, Colinus cristatus
 * Elegant quail, Callipepla douglasii
 * Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii
 * Long-tailed wood-partridge, Dendrortyx macroura
 * Marbled wood-quail, Odontophorus gujanensis
 * Montezuma quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae (Merriam's Montezuma quail C. m. merriami: )
 * Mountain quail, Oreortyx pictus
 * Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (Masked bobwhite C. v. ridgwayi : )
 * Ocellated quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus
 * Scaled quail, Callipepla squamata
 * Singing quail, Dactylortyx thoracicus
 * Spotted wood-quail, Odontophorus guttatus
 * Tacarcuna wood-quail, Odontophorus dialeucos
 * Tawny-faced quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus

Pheasants, grouse, and allies
Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae

Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans.


 * Chukar, Alectoris chukar (I)
 * Dusky grouse, Dendragapus obscurus
 * Gray partridge, Perdix perdix (I)
 * Greater prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (Attwater's prairie-chicken T. c. attwateri: )
 * Greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus
 * Gunnison sage-grouse, Centrocercus minimus
 * Himalayan snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis (I)
 * Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus (I)
 * Lesser prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
 * Ocellated turkey, Meleagris ocellata
 * Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus (I)
 * Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I)
 * Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
 * Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus
 * Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
 * Sooty grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus
 * Spruce grouse, Canachites canadensis
 * White-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura
 * Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
 * Willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus

Flamingos
Order: PhoenicopteriformesFamily: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos (genus Phoenicopterus monotypic in family Phoenicopteridae) 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, Phoenicopterus ruber

Grebes
Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-sized diving birds. They breed on fresh water, but often visit the sea when migrating and in winter. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers; however, their feet are placed far back on their bodies, making them quite ungainly on land.


 * Atitlan grebe, Podilymbus gigas (E)
 * Eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
 * Clark's grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
 * Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus
 * Least grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus
 * Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
 * Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
 * Western grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pigeons and doves
Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae

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


 * African collared-dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea (I)
 * Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata
 * Blue ground dove, Claravis pretiosa
 * Blue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas cyanocephala
 * Bridled quail-dove, Geotrygon mystacea
 * Buff-fronted quail-dove, Zentrygon costaricensis
 * Caribbean dove, Leptotila jamaicensis
 * Chiriqui quail-dove, Zentrygon chiriquensis
 * Common ground dove, Columbina passerina
 * Common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus (A)
 * Crested quail-dove, Geotrygon versicolor
 * Dusky pigeon, Patagioenas goodsoni
 * Eared dove, Zenaida auriculata
 * Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
 * European turtle-dove, Streptopelia turtur (A)
 * Gray-chested dove, Leptotila cassinii
 * Gray-fronted quail-dove, Geotrygon caniceps
 * Gray-fronted dove, Leptotila rufaxilla (A)
 * Gray-headed dove, Leptotila plumbeiceps
 * Grenada dove, Leptotila wellsi
 * Inca dove, Columbina inca
 * Key West quail-dove, Geotrygon chrysia
 * Maroon-chested ground dove, Claravis mondetoura
 * Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura
 * Olive-backed quail-dove, Leptotrygon veraguensis
 * Oriental turtle-dove, Streptopelia orientalis (A)
 * Pale-vented pigeon, Patagioenas cayennensis
 * Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
 * Plain pigeon, Patagioenas inornata
 * Plain-breasted ground dove, Columbina minuta
 * Plumbeous pigeon, Patagioenas plumbea
 * Purplish-backed quail-dove, Zentrygon lawrencii
 * Red-billed pigeon, Patagioenas flavirostris
 * Ring-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas caribaea
 * Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)
 * Ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti
 * Ruddy pigeon, Patagioenas subvinacea
 * Ruddy quail-dove, Geotrygon montana
 * Russet-crowned quail-dove, Zentrygon goldmani
 * Scaled pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa
 * Scaly-naped pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa
 * Short-billed pigeon, Patagioenas nigrirostris
 * Socorro dove, Zenaida graysoni
 * Spotted dove, Streptopelia chinensis (I)
 * Tuxtla quail-dove, Zentrygon carrikeri
 * Violaceous quail-dove, Geotrygon violacea
 * White-crowned pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala
 * White-faced quail-dove, Zentrygon albifacies
 * White-fronted quail-dove, Geotrygon leucometopia
 * White-tipped dove, Leptotila verreauxi
 * White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica
 * Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita

Sandgrouse
Order: PterocliformesFamily: Pteroclidae

Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.


 * Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus (I)

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.


 * Bay-breasted cuckoo, Coccyzus rufigularis
 * Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
 * Chestnut-bellied cuckoo, Coccyzus pluvialis
 * Cocos cuckoo, Coccyzus ferrugineus
 * Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (A)
 * Dark-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus melacoryphus
 * Dwarf cuckoo, Coccycua pumila (A)
 * Gray-capped cuckoo, Coccyzus lansbergi
 * Great lizard-cuckoo, Coccyzus merlini
 * Greater ani, Crotophaga major
 * Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus
 * Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris
 * Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo, Coccyzus longirostris
 * Jamaican lizard-cuckoo, Coccyzus vetula
 * Lesser ground-cuckoo, Morococcyx erythropygus
 * Lesser roadrunner, Geococcyx velox
 * Little cuckoo, Coccycua minuta
 * Mangrove cuckoo, Coccyzus minor
 * Oriental cuckoo, Cuculus optatus (A)
 * Pearly-breasted cuckoo, Coccyzus euleri (A)
 * Pheasant cuckoo, Dromococcyx phasianellus
 * Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo, Coccyzus vieilloti
 * Rufous-vented ground-cuckoo, Neomorphus geoffroyi (ssp. dulcis: )
 * Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani
 * Squirrel cuckoo, Piaya cayana
 * Striped cuckoo, Tapera naevia
 * Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus

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 cryptically coloured to resemble bark or leaves.


 * Antillean nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii
 * Buff-collared nightjar, Antrostomus ridgwayi
 * Chuck-will's-widow, Antrostomus carolinensis
 * Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
 * Common pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis
 * Common poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
 * Cuban nightjar, Antrostomus cubanensis
 * Dusky nightjar, Antrostomus saturatus
 * Eared poorwill, Nyctiphrynus mcleodii
 * Eastern whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus
 * Gray nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka (A)
 * Hispaniolan nightjar, Antrostomus ekmani
 * Jamaican pauraque, Siphonorhis americana (E?)
 * Least pauraque, Siphonorhis brewsteri
 * Lesser nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
 * Mexican whip-poor-will, Antrostomus arizonae
 * Nacunda nighthawk, Chordeiles nacunda
 * Ocellated poorwill, Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
 * Puerto Rican nightjar, Antrostomus noctitherus
 * Rufous nightjar, Antrostomus rufus
 * Short-tailed nighthawk, Lurocalis semitorquatus
 * Spot-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis maculicaudus
 * Tawny-collared nightjar, Antrostomus salvini
 * White-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis cayennensis
 * Yucatan nightjar, Antrostomus badius
 * Yucatan poorwill, Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus

Oilbird
Order: SteatornithiformesFamily: Steatornithidae

The oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the oil palm.


 * Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis

Potoos
Order: NyctibiiformesFamily: Nyctibiidae

The potoos (sometimes called poor-me-ones) are large near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars.


 * Common potoo, Nyctibius griseus
 * Great potoo, Nyctibius grandis
 * Northern potoo, Nyctibius jamaicensis

Swifts
Order: ApodiformesFamily: Apodidae

The 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.


 * Alpine swift, Apus melba (A)
 * Black swift, Cypseloides niger
 * Antillean palm-swift, Tachornis phoenicobia
 * Band-rumped swift, Chaetura spinicaudus
 * Chapman's swift, Chaetura chapmani (A)
 * Chestnut-collared swift, Streptoprocne rutila
 * Chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica
 * Common swift, Apus apus (A)
 * Costa Rican swift, Chaetura fumosa
 * Fork-tailed palm swift, Tachornis squamata
 * Gray-rumped swift, Chaetura cinereiventris
 * Great swallow-tailed swift, Panyptila sanctihieronymi
 * Lesser Antillean swift, Chaetura martinica
 * Lesser swallow-tailed swift, Panyptila cayennensis
 * Little swift, Apus affinis (A)
 * Fork-tailed swift, Apus pacificus (A)
 * Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura
 * Sick's swift, Chaetura meridionalis (A)
 * Spot-fronted swift, Cypseloides cherriei
 * Vaux's swift, Chaetura vauxi
 * White-chinned swift, Cypseloides cryptus
 * White-collared swift, Streptoprocne zonaris
 * White-fronted swift, Cypseloides storeri
 * White-naped swift, Streptoprocne semicollaris
 * White-throated needletail Hirundapus caudacutus (A)
 * White-throated swift, Aeronautes saxatalis

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.


 * Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin
 * Amazilia hummingbird, Amazilis amazilia (A)
 * Amethyst-throated hummingbird, Lampornis amethystinus
 * Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina (A)
 * Anna's hummingbird, Calypte anna
 * Antillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus
 * Azure-crowned hummingbird, Saucerottia cyanocephala
 * Bahama woodstar, Nesophlox evelynae
 * Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
 * Beautiful hummingbird, Calothorax pulcher
 * Bee hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae
 * Berylline hummingbird, Saucerottia beryllina
 * Black-bellied hummingbird, Eupherusa nigriventris
 * Black-billed streamertail, Trochilus scitulus
 * Black-chinned hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri
 * Black-crested coquette, Lophornis helenae
 * Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis
 * Blue-capped hummingbird, Eupherusa cyanophrys
 * Blue-chested hummingbird, Polyerata amabilis
 * Blue-chinned sapphire, Chlorestes notata
 * Blue-headed hummingbird, Riccordia bicolor
 * Blue-tailed hummingbird, Saucerottia cyanura
 * Blue-tailed emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus
 * Blue-throated goldentail, Chlorestes eliciae
 * Blue-throated hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae
 * Blue-vented hummingbird, Saucerottia hoffmanni
 * Brace's emerald, Riccordia bracei (E)
 * Broad-billed hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris
 * Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus
 * Bronze-tailed plumeleteer, Chalybura urochrysia
 * Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus
 * Brown violetear, Colibri delphinae
 * Buff-bellied hummingbird, Amazilia yucatanensis
 * Bumblebee hummingbird, Selasphorus heloisa
 * Calliope hummingbird, Selasphorus calliope
 * Canivet's emerald, Cynanthus canivetii
 * Charming hummingbird, Polyerata decora
 * Cinnamon hummingbird, Amazilia rutila
 * Coppery-headed emerald, Microchera cupreiceps
 * Copper-rumped hummingbird, Saucerottia tobaci
 * Costa's hummingbird, Calypte costae
 * Cozumel emerald, Cynanthus forficatus
 * Crowned woodnymph, Thalurania colombica
 * Cuban emerald, Riccordia ricordii
 * Dusky hummingbird, Phaeoptila sordida
 * Emerald-chinned hummingbird, Abeillia abeillei
 * Fiery-throated hummingbird, Panterpe insignis
 * Garden emerald, Chlorostilbon assimilis
 * Garnet-throated hummingbird, Lamprolaima rhami
 * Glow-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ardens
 * Golden-crowned emerald, Cynanthus auriceps
 * Green hermit, Phaethornis guy
 * Green mango, Anthracothorax viridis
 * Green thorntail, Discosura conversii
 * Green-breasted mango, Anthracothorax prevostii
 * Green-breasted mountain-gem, Lampornis sybillae
 * Green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula
 * Green-fronted hummingbird, Ramosomyia viridifrons
 * Green-fronted lancebill, Doryfera ludovicae
 * Greenish puffleg, Haplophaedia aureliae
 * Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus
 * Green-throated mango, Anthracothorax viridigula
 * Green-throated mountain-gem, Lampornis viridipallens
 * Hispaniolan emerald, Riccordia swainsonii
 * Hispaniolan mango, Anthracothorax dominicus
 * Honduran emerald, Amazilia luciae
 * Humboldt's sapphire, Chrysuronia humboldtii
 * Inagua woodstar, Nesophlox lyrura
 * Jamaican mango, Anthracothorax mango
 * Lesser violetear, Colibri cyanotus
 * Little hermit, Phaethornis longuemareus
 * Long-billed hermit, Phaethornis longirostris
 * Long-billed starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris
 * Long-tailed sabrewing, Pampa excellens
 * Lucifer hummingbird, Calothorax lucifer
 * Magenta-throated woodstar, Philodice bryantae
 * Mangrove hummingbird, Amazilia boucardi
 * Mexican hermit, Phaethornis mexicanus
 * Mexican sheartail, Doricha eliza
 * Mexican violetear, Colibri thalassinus
 * Mexican woodnymph, Eupherusa ridgwayi
 * Pale-bellied hermit, Phaethornis anthophilus
 * Pirre hummingbird, Goldmania bella
 * Plain-capped starthroat, Heliomaster constantii
 * Puerto Rican emerald, Riccordia maugaeus
 * Puerto Rican mango, Anthracothorax aurulentus
 * Purple-crowned fairy, Heliothryx barroti
 * Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis
 * Purple-throated mountain-gem, Lampornis calolaemus
 * Purple-throated woodstar, Philodice mitchellii
 * Red-billed streamertail, Trochilus polytmus
 * Rivoli's hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens
 * Ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris
 * Ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus
 * Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
 * Rufous sabrewing, Pampa rufa
 * Rufous-shafted woodstar, Chaetocercus jourdanii
 * Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus
 * Rufous-crested coquette, Lophornis delattrei
 * Rufous-tailed hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl
 * Sapphire-throated hummingbird, Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
 * Scaly-breasted hummingbird, Phaeochroa cuvierii
 * Scintillant hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla
 * Short-crested coquette, Lophornis brachylophus
 * Slender sheartail, Doricha enicura
 * Snowcap, Microchera albocoronata
 * Snowy-bellied hummingbird, Saucerottia edward
 * Sparkling-tailed hummingbird, Tilmatura dupontii
 * Stripe-tailed hummingbird, Eupherusa eximia
 * Stripe-throated hermit, Phaethornis striigularis
 * Talamanca hummingbird, Eugenes spectabilis
 * Tooth-billed hummingbird, Androdon aequatorialis
 * Tufted coquette, Lophornis ornatus
 * Tres Marias hummingbird, Cynanthus lawrencei
 * Turquoise-crowned hummingbird, Cynanthus doubledayi
 * Veraguan mango, Anthracothorax veraguensis
 * Vervain hummingbird, Mellisuga minima
 * Violet sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus
 * Violet-bellied hummingbird, Chlorestes julie
 * Violet-capped hummingbird, Goldmania violiceps
 * Violet-crowned hummingbird, Ramosomyia violiceps
 * Violet-headed hummingbird, Klais guimeti
 * Volcano hummingbird, Selasphorus flammula
 * Wedge-tailed sabrewing, Pampa curvipennis
 * White-bellied emerald, Chlorestes candida
 * White-bellied mountain-gem, Lampornis hemileucus
 * White-chested emerald, Chrysuronia brevirostris
 * White-crested coquette, Lophornis adorabilis
 * White-eared hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis
 * White-necked jacobin, Florisuga mellivora
 * White-tailed emerald, Microchera chionura
 * White-tailed goldenthroat, Polytmus guainumbi
 * White-tailed hummingbird, Eupherusa poliocerca
 * White-tailed sabrewing, Campylopterus ensipennis
 * White-throated mountain-gem, Lampornis castaneoventris
 * White-tipped sicklebill, Eutoxeres aquila
 * White-vented plumeleteer, Chalybura buffonii
 * Wine-throated hummingbird, Selasphorus ellioti
 * Xantus's hummingbird, Basilinna xantusii

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. The most typical family members occupy 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.


 * American coot, Fulica americana
 * Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
 * Ash-throated crake, Mustelirallus albicollis
 * Aztec rail, Rallus tenuirostris
 * Azure gallinule, Porphyrio flavirostris (A)
 * Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
 * Clapper rail, Rallus crepitans
 * Colombian crake, Neocrex colombiana
 * Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata
 * Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus (A)
 * Corn crake, Crex crex (A)
 * Eurasian coot, Fulica atra (A)
 * Gray-breasted crake, Laterallus exilis
 * Gray-cowled wood-rail, Aramides cajaneus
 * King rail, Rallus elegans
 * Mangrove rail, Rallus longirostris
 * Ocellated crake, Micropygia schomburgkii (A)
 * Paint-billed crake, Neocrex erythrops
 * Ridgway's rail, Rallus obsoletus (Rallus o. obsoletus R. o. obsoletus, R. o. yumanensis and R. o. levipes: )
 * Ruddy crake, Laterallus ruber
 * Rufous-necked wood-rail, Aramides axillaris
 * Russet-naped wood-rail, Aramides albiventris
 * Sora, Porzana carolina
 * Spotted crake, Porzana porzana (A)
 * Spotted rail, Pardirallus maculatus
 * Uniform crake, Amaurolimnas concolor
 * Virginia rail, Rallus limicola
 * Purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio (I)
 * Western water-rail, Rallus aquaticus (A)
 * White-throated crake, Laterallus albigularis
 * Yellow rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis
 * Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex flaviventer
 * Zapata rail, Cyanolimnas cerverai

Finfoots
Order: GruiformesFamily: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.


 * Sungrebe, Heliornis fulica

Limpkin
Order: GruiformesFamily: Aramidae

The limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally closer to the cranes. It is found in marshes with some trees or scrub in the Caribbean, South America and southern Florida.


 * Limpkin, Aramus guarauna

Cranes
Order: GruiformesFamily: Gruidae

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".


 * Common crane, Grus grus (A)
 * Hooded crane, Grus monacha (A)
 * Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis (ssp. nesiotes and pulla: )
 * Whooping crane, Grus americana  (and )

Thick-knees
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of waders found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.


 * Double-striped thick-knee, Burhinus bistriatus

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.


 * American avocet, Recurvirostra americana
 * Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus (A)
 * Black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus (Hawaiian stilt H. m. knudseni: )

Oystercatchers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Haematopodidae

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


 * American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
 * Black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani
 * Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus (A)

Lapwings and plovers
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.


 * American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica
 * Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
 * Collared plover, Charadrius collaris
 * Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
 * Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus (A)
 * European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (C)
 * Greater sand plover, Charadrius leschenaultii (A)
 * Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
 * Lesser sand plover, Charadrius mongolus (A)
 * Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius (A)
 * Mountain plover, Charadrius montanus
 * Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus (A)
 * Oriental plover, Charadrius veredus (A)
 * Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva
 * Piping plover, Charadrius melodus  or
 * Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
 * Snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus )
 * Southern lapwing, Vanellus chilensis (A)
 * Wilson's plover, Charadrius wilsonia

Jacanas
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Jacanidae

The jacanas are a group of waders found worldwide within the tropical zone. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.


 * Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa
 * Wattled jacana, Jacana jacana

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. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.


 * American woodcock, Scolopax minor
 * Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
 * Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
 * Black turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala
 * Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa (A)
 * Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis
 * Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus (A)
 * Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis
 * Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia (A)
 * Common redshank, Tringa totanus (A)
 * Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos (A)
 * Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
 * Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
 * Dunlin, Calidris alpina
 * Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis (E?)
 * Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata (A)
 * Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola (A)
 * Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis (A)
 * Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris (A)
 * Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
 * Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus (A)
 * Gray-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (A)
 * Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica
 * Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
 * Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus (A)
 * Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
 * Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
 * Little curlew, Numenius minutus (A)
 * Little stint, Calidris minuta (A)
 * Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus
 * Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
 * Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta (A)
 * Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa
 * Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis (A)
 * Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
 * Pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura (A)
 * Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
 * Red knot, Calidris canutus
 * Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
 * Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
 * Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis
 * Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
 * Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
 * Ruff, Calidris pugnax
 * Sanderling, Calidris alba
 * Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
 * Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata (A)
 * Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
 * Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris (E?)
 * Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
 * Solitary snipe, Gallinago solitaria (A)
 * Spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmea (A)
 * Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (A)
 * Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
 * Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
 * Surfbird, Calidris virgata
 * Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii (A)
 * Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (A)
 * Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
 * Wandering tattler, Tringa incana
 * Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
 * White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
 * Willet, Tringa semipalmata
 * Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
 * Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata
 * Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola

Pratincoles and coursers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Glareolidae

Pratincoles have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground. Their short bills are an adaptation to aerial feeding.


 * Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola (A)
 * Oriental pratincole, Glareola maldivarum (A)

Skuas and jaegers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae

Skuas are in general medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong, acrobatic fliers.


 * Great skua, Stercorarius skua
 * Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus
 * Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
 * Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
 * South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki

Auks, murres and puffins
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Alcidae

Alcids are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colors, their upright posture and some of their habits, however they are only distantly related to the penguins and are able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to nest.


 * Ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus
 * Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica
 * Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle
 * Cassin's auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus
 * Common murre, Uria aalge
 * Craveri's murrelet, Synthliboramphus craveri
 * Crested auklet, Aethia cristatella
 * Dovekie, Alle alle
 * Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (E)
 * Guadalupe murrelet, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
 * Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata
 * Kittlitz's murrelet, Brachyramphus brevirostris
 * Least auklet, Aethia pusilla
 * Long-billed murrelet, Brachyramphus perdix
 * Marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus
 * Parakeet auklet, Aethia psittacula
 * Pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba
 * Razorbill, Alca torda
 * Rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata
 * Scripps's murrelet, Synthliboramphus scrippsi
 * Thick-billed murre, Uria lomvia
 * Tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata
 * Whiskered auklet, Aethia pygmaea

Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes and skimmers. Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey 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.


 * Aleutian tern, Onychoprion aleuticus
 * Herring gull Larus argentatus )
 * Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
 * Belcher's gull, Larus belcheri (A)
 * Black noddy, Anous minutus
 * Black skimmer, Rynchops niger
 * Black tern, Chlidonias niger
 * Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
 * Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
 * Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris (A)
 * Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
 * Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
 * Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
 * California gull, Larus californicus
 * Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
 * Common gull, Larus canus
 * Common tern, Sterna hirundo
 * Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans
 * Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri
 * Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
 * Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
 * Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens
 * Gray gull, Leucophaeus modestus (A)
 * Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
 * Gray-hooded gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (A)
 * Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
 * Heermann's gull, Larus heermanni
 * Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides
 * Inca tern, Larosterna inca (A)
 * Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea
 * Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus
 * Large-billed tern, Phaetusa simplex (A)
 * Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
 * Least tern, Sternula antillarum  (California least tern S. a. browni: )
 * Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
 * Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
 * Pallas's gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (A)
 * Red-legged kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris
 * Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
 * Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii (ssp. dougallii:  or
 * Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea
 * Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus
 * Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
 * Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
 * Short-billed gull, Larus brachyrhynchus
 * Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus
 * Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus
 * Swallow-tailed gull, Creagrus furcatus (A)
 * Western gull, Larus occidentalis
 * Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus (A)
 * White tern, Gygis alba
 * White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (A)
 * Yellow-billed tern, Sternula superciliaris
 * Yellow-footed gull, Larus livens
 * Yellow-legged gull, Larus cachinnans (A)

Sunbittern
Order: EurypygiformesFamily: Eurypygidae

The sunbittern is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.


 * Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

Tropicbirds
Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae

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


 * Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus
 * Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
 * White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus

Penguins
Order: SphenisciformesFamily: Spheniscidae

The penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater.


 * Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus (A)
 * Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus (A)

Loons
Order: GaviiformesFamily: Gaviidae

Loons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body, are almost helpless on land.


 * Arctic loon, Gavia arctica
 * Common loon, Gavia immer
 * Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica
 * Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata
 * Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii

Albatrosses
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae

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


 * Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C)
 * Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (A)
 * Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes
 * Chatham albatross, Thalassarche eremita (A)
 * Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis
 * Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A)
 * Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini (A)
 * Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus
 * White-capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta
 * Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (A)
 * Waved albatross, Phoebastria irrorata (A)

Southern storm-petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Oceanitidae

The southern 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 three species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae.


 * Black-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica (A)
 * White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina
 * Wilson's storm-petrel, 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.


 * Ainley's storm-petrel, Hydrobates cheimomnestes
 * Ashy storm-petrel, Hydrobates homochroa
 * Band-rumped storm-petrel, Hydrobates castro
 * Black storm-petrel, Hydrobates melania
 * European storm-petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (A)
 * Fork-tailed storm-petrel, Hydrobates furcatus
 * Guadalupe storm-petrel, Hydrobates macrodactylus (E)
 * Leach's storm-petrel, Hydrobates leucorhous
 * Least storm-petrel, Hydrobates microsoma
 * Markham's storm-petrel, Hydrobates markhami (A)
 * Ringed storm-petrel, Hydrobates hornbyi (A)
 * Swinhoe's storm-petrel, Hydrobates monorhis (A)
 * Townsend's storm-petrel, Hydrobates socorroensis
 * Tristram's storm-petrel, Hydrobates tristrami (A)
 * Wedge-rumped storm-petrel, Hydrobates tethys (C)

Shearwaters and petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae

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


 * Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
 * Barolo shearwater, Puffinus baroli (A)
 * Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow
 * Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata
 * Black-vented shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas
 * Buller's shearwater, Ardenna bulleri
 * Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)
 * Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A)
 * Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis (A)
 * Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii
 * Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
 * Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae
 * Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes
 * Galapagos petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia (A)
 * Galapagos shearwater, Puffinus subalaris (A)
 * Gray-faced petrel, Pterodroma gouldi (A)
 * Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis
 * Hawaiian petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis (C)
 * Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica (A)
 * Jamaican petrel, Pterodoma caribbea (E?)
 * Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa (A)
 * Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (A)
 * Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
 * Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata
 * Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima
 * Newell's shearwater Puffinus newelli
 * Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
 * Northern giant-petrel, Macronectes halli (A)
 * Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni
 * Pink-footed shearwater, Ardenna creatopus
 * Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri (A)
 * Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris
 * Sooty shearwater, Ardenna grisea
 * Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C)
 * Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C)
 * Tahiti petrel, Pseudobulweria rostrata (A)
 * Townsend's shearwater, Puffinus auricularis (A)
 * Trindade petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
 * Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacifica (C) }
 * White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (A)
 * Zino's petrel, Pterodroma madeira (A)

Storks
Order: CiconiiformesFamily: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute.


 * Jabiru, Jabiru mycteria
 * Maguari stork, Ciconia maguari (A)
 * White stork, Ciconia cionia (A)
 * Wood stork, Mycteria americana

Frigatebirds
Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black or black and white, 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.


 * Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
 * Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel (A)
 * Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

Boobies and gannets
Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae

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


 * Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii
 * Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
 * Masked booby, Sula dactylatra
 * Nazca booby, Sula granti
 * Northern gannet, Morus bassanus
 * Peruvian booby, Sula variegata (A)
 * Red-footed booby, Sula sula

Darters
Order: SuliformesFamily: Anhingidae

Darters or anhingas are cormorant-like water birds with very long necks and long, straight beaks. They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water.


 * Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga

Cormorants and shags
Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The bill is long, thin and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed.


 * Brandt's cormorant, Urile penicillatus
 * Double-crested cormorant, Nannopterum auritum
 * Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
 * Guanay cormorant, Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum (A)
 * Neotropic cormorant, Nannopterum brasilianum
 * Pelagic cormorant, Urile pelagicus
 * Red-faced cormorant, Urile urile

Pelicans
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.


 * American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
 * Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
 * Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus (A)
 * Peruvian pelican, Pelecanus thagus (A)

Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae

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


 * Agami heron, Agamia agami
 * American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
 * Bare-throated tiger-heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum
 * Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
 * Boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
 * Capped heron, Pilherodius pileatus
 * Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
 * Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes (A)
 * Chinese pond-heron, Ardeola bacchus (A)
 * Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi
 * Fasciated tiger-heron, Tigrisoma fasciatum
 * Gray heron, Ardea cinerea (A)
 * Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
 * Great egret, Ardea alba
 * Green heron, Butorides virescens
 * Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia (A)
 * Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
 * Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus (A)
 * Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
 * Little egret, Egretta garzetta (C)
 * Pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus
 * Purple heron, Ardea purpurea (A)
 * Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
 * Rufescent tiger-heron, Tigrisoma lineatum
 * Snowy egret, Egretta thula
 * Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides (A)
 * Striated heron, Butorides striata
 * Stripe-backed bittern, Ixobrychus involucris
 * Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
 * Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis (A)
 * Whistling heron, Syrigma sibilatrix (A)
 * Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis (A)
 * Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea

Ibises and spoonbills
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae

Members of this family have long, broad wings, are strong fliers and, rather surprisingly, given their size and weight, very capable soarers. The body tends to be elongated, the neck more so, with rather long legs. The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills.


 * African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus (I)
 * White ibis, Eudocimus albus
 * Bare-faced ibis, Phimosus infuscatus (A)
 * Buff-necked ibis, Theristicus caudatus (A)
 * Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia (A)
 * Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
 * Green ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis
 * Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja
 * Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber
 * White-faced ibis, Plegadis chihi

New World vultures
Order: CathartiformesFamily: Cathartidae

The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses.


 * Black vulture, Coragyps atratus
 * California condor, Gymnogyps californianus  (and )
 * King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa
 * Lesser yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes burrovianus
 * Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura

Osprey
Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae

Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey, possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic.


 * Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

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 very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.


 * Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
 * Barred hawk, Morphnarchus princeps
 * Bicolored hawk, Accipiter bicolor
 * Black hawk-eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus
 * Black kite, Milvus migrans (A)
 * Black-and-white hawk-eagle, Spizaetus melanoleucus
 * Black-collared hawk, Busarellus nigricollis
 * Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus (A)
 * Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus (ssp. brunnescens: )
 * Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis (A)
 * Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus
 * Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii
 * Crane hawk, Geranospiza caerulescens
 * Crested eagle, Morphnus guianensis
 * Cuban black hawk, Buteogallus gundlachii
 * Cuban kite, Chondrohierax wilsonii
 * Double-toothed kite, Harpagus bidentatus
 * Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus (A)
 * Ferruginous hawk, Buteo regalis
 * Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
 * Great black hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga
 * Gray hawk, Buteo plagiatus (B. nitidus: )
 * Gray-bellied hawk, Accipiter poliogaster (A)
 * Gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis
 * Gray-lined hawk, Buteo nitidus
 * Gundlach's hawk, Accipiter gundlachi
 * Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
 * Harris's hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus
 * Hook-billed kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus
 * Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus (A)
 * Long-winged harrier, Circus buffoni
 * Mississippi kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
 * Eurasian goshawk, Accipiter gentilis (A)
 * American goshawk, Accipiter atricapillus
 * Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
 * Western marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A) LC
 * Ornate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus
 * Pearl kite, Gampsonyx swainsonii
 * Plumbeous hawk, Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea
 * Plumbeous kite, Ictinia plumbea
 * Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus
 * Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
 * Ridgway's hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
 * Roadside hawk, Rupornis magnirostris
 * Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus
 * Savanna hawk, Buteogallus meridionalis
 * Semiplumbeous hawk, Leucopternis semiplumbeus
 * Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus (Accipiter striatus venator A. s. venator:
 * Short-tailed hawk, Buteo brachyurus
 * Slender-billed kite, Helicolestes hamatus
 * Snail kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis (ssp. plumbeus: )
 * Solitary eagle, Buteogallus solitarius
 * Steller's sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus (C)
 * Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni
 * Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus
 * Tiny hawk, Accipiter superciliosus
 * Western marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A)
 * White hawk, Pseudastur albicollis
 * White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (C) (ssp. groenlandicus: )
 * White-tailed hawk, Geranoaetus albicaudatus
 * White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus
 * Zone-tailed hawk, Buteo albonotatus

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, Tyto alba
 * Ashy-faced owl, Tyto glaucops

Owls
Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae

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.


 * Balsas screech-owl, Megascops seductus
 * Bare-legged owl, Margarobyas lawrencii
 * Bare-shanked screech-owl, Megascops clarkii
 * Barred owl, Strix varia
 * Bearded screech-owl, Megascops barbarus
 * Bermuda saw-whet owl, Aegolius gradyi (E)
 * Black-and-white owl, Strix nigrolineata
 * Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
 * Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
 * Central American pygmy-owl, Glaucidium griseiceps
 * Choco screech-owl, Megascops centralis
 * Cinereous owl, Strix sartorii
 * Colima pygmy-owl, Glaucidium palmarum
 * Costa Rican pygmy-owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
 * Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata
 * Cuban pygmy-owl, Glaucidium siju
 * Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio
 * Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi
 * Ferruginous pygmy-owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
 * Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus
 * Fulvous owl, Strix fulvescens
 * Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
 * Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
 * Jamaican owl, Asio grammicus
 * Long-eared owl, Asio otus
 * Middle American screech-owl, Megascops guatemalae
 * Mottled owl, Strix virgata
 * Northern boobook, Ninox japonica (A)
 * Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula
 * Northern pygmy-owl, Glaucidium gnoma
 * Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus
 * Oriental scops-owl, Otus sunia (A)
 * Pacific screech-owl, Megascops cooperi
 * Puerto Rican owl, Gymnasio nudipes
 * Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
 * Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
 * Spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
 * Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis (Mexican spotted owl S. o. lucida and northern spotted owl S. o. caurina: )
 * Striped owl, Asio clamator
 * Stygian owl, Asio stygius
 * Tamaulipas pygmy-owl, Glaucidium sanchezi
 * Tropical screech-owl, Megascops choliba
 * Unspotted saw-whet owl, Aegolius ridgwayi
 * Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii
 * Whiskered screech-owl, Megascops trichopsis

Trogons
Order: TrogoniformesFamily: Trogonidae

Trogons are residents of tropical forests worldwide and have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. They have compact bodies with long tails and short necks.


 * Baird's trogon, Trogon bairdii
 * Black-headed trogon, Trogon melanocephalus
 * Black-tailed trogon, Trogon melanurus
 * Black-throated trogon, Trogon rufus
 * Citreoline trogon, Trogon citreolus
 * Collared trogon, Trogon collaris
 * Cuban trogon, Priotelus temnurus
 * Eared quetzal, Euptilotis neoxenus
 * Elegant trogon, Trogon elegans
 * Gartered trogon, Trogon caligatus
 * Golden-headed quetzal, Pharomachrus auriceps
 * Green-backed trogon, Trogon viridis
 * Guianan trogon, Trogon violaceus
 * Hispaniolan trogon, Priotelus roseigaster
 * Lattice-tailed trogon, Trogon clathratus
 * Mountain trogon, Trogon mexicanus
 * Resplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno
 * Slaty-tailed trogon, Trogon massena
 * White-tailed trogon, Trogon chionurus

Hoopoes
Order: UpupiformesFamily: Upupidae

This black, white and pink bird is quite unmistakable, especially in its erratic flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly. There are three members of its family. The song is a trisyllabic oop-oop-oop, which gives rise to its English and scientific names.


 * Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops (A)

Todies
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Todidae

Todies are a group of small near passerine forest species endemic to the Caribbean. These birds have colorful plumage and resemble small kingfishers, but have flattened bills with serrated edges. They eat small prey such as insects and lizards.


 * Cuban tody, Todus multicolor
 * Broad-billed tody, Todus subulatus
 * Jamaican tody, Todus todus
 * Narrow-billed tody, Todus angustirostris
 * Puerto Rican tody, Todus mexicanus

Motmots
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Motmotidae

The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft and creating a racket-shaped tail.


 * Blue-capped motmot, Momotus coeruliceps
 * Blue-throated motmot, Aspatha gularis
 * Broad-billed motmot, Electron platyrhynchum
 * Keel-billed motmot, Electron carinatum
 * Lesson's motmot, Momotus lessonii
 * Rufous motmot, Baryphthengus martii
 * Russet-crowned motmot, Momotus mexicanus
 * Tody motmot, Hylomanes momotula
 * Trinidad motmot, Momotus bahamensis
 * Turquoise-browed motmot, Eumomota superciliosa
 * Whooping motmot, Momotus subrufescens

Kingfishers
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae

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


 * Amazon kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona
 * American pygmy kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea
 * Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
 * Green kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana
 * Green-and-rufous kingfisher, Chloroceryle inda
 * Ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata

Bee-eaters
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Meropidae

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. They are characterized by richly colored plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.


 * European bee-eater, Merops apiaster (A)

Puffbirds
Order: PiciformesFamily: Bucconidae

The puffbirds are related to the jacamars and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colors of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous, or gray, with large heads and flattened bills with hooked tips. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family.


 * Barred puffbird, Nystalus radiatus
 * Black-breasted puffbird, Notharchus pectoralis
 * Gray-cheeked nunlet, Nonnula frontalis
 * Lanceolated monklet, Micromonacha lanceolata
 * Pied puffbird, Notharchus tectus
 * Russet-throated puffbird, Hypnelus ruficollis
 * White-fronted nunbird, Monasa morphoeus
 * White-necked puffbird, Notharchus hyperrhynchus
 * White-whiskered puffbird, Malacoptila panamensis

Jacamars
Order: PiciformesFamily: Galbulidae

The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, with a range that extends up to Mexico. They feed on insects caught on the wing, and are glossy, elegant birds with long bills and tails. In appearance and behavior they resemble the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to puffbirds.


 * Dusky-backed jacamar, Brachygalba salmoni
 * Great jacamar, Jacamerops aureus
 * Rufous-tailed jacamar, Galbula ruficauda

New World barbets
Order: PiciformesFamily: Capitonidae

The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly colored.


 * Red-headed barbet, Eubucco bourcierii
 * Spot-crowned barbet, Capito maculicoronatus

Toucan-barbets
Order: PiciformesFamily: Semnornithidae

The toucan-barbets are birds of montane forests in the Neotropics. They are highly social and non-migratory.


 * Prong-billed barbet, Semnornis frantzii

Toucans
Order: PiciformesFamily: Ramphastidae

Toucans are near passerine birds from the Neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colorful bills which in some species amount to half their body length.


 * Channel-billed toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus
 * Collared aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus
 * Fiery-billed aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii
 * Keel-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
 * Northern emerald-toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus
 * Yellow-eared toucanet, Selenidera spectabilis
 * Yellow-throated toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus

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. (See Life histories ... (1939) by A. C. Bent.)


 * Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
 * American three-toed woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis
 * Antillean piculet, Nesoctites micromegas
 * Arizona woodpecker, Dryobates arizonae
 * Black-backed woodpecker, Picoides arcticus
 * Black-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani
 * Chestnut-colored woodpecker, Celeus castaneus
 * Cinnamon woodpecker, Celeus loricatus
 * Crimson-bellied woodpecker, Campephilus haematogaster
 * Crimson-crested woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos
 * Cuban green woodpecker, Xiphidiopicus percussus
 * Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens
 * Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla (A)
 * Fernandina's flicker, Colaptes fernandinae
 * Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
 * Gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides
 * Golden-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysogenys
 * Golden-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons
 * Golden-green woodpecker, Piculus chrysochloros
 * Golden-naped woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysauchen
 * Golden-olive woodpecker, Colaptes rubiginosus
 * Gray-breasted woodpecker, Melanerpes hypopolius
 * Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major (A)
 * Gray-crowned woodpecker, Colaptes auricularis
 * Guadeloupe woodpecker, Melanerpes herminieri
 * Hairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus
 * Hispaniolan woodpecker, Melanerpes striatus
 * Hoffmann's woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii
 * Imperial woodpecker, Campephilus imperialis (E?)
 * Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (E?)
 * Jamaican woodpecker, Melanerpes radiolatus
 * Ladder-backed woodpecker, Dryobates scalaris
 * Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis
 * Lineated woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus
 * Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
 * Nuttall's woodpecker, Dryobates nuttallii
 * Olivaceous piculet, Picumnus olivaceus
 * Pale-billed woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis
 * Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
 * Puerto Rican woodpecker, Melanerpes portoricensis
 * Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
 * Red-breasted sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber
 * Red-cockaded woodpecker, Dryobates borealis
 * Red-crowned woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus
 * Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
 * Red-naped sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis
 * Red-rumped woodpecker, Dryobates kirkii
 * Rufous-winged woodpecker, Piculus simplex
 * Smoky-brown woodpecker, Dryobates fumigatus
 * Spot-breasted woodpecker, Colaptes punctigula
 * Strickland's woodpecker, Dryobates stricklandi
 * Stripe-cheeked woodpecker, Piculus callopterus
 * West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris
 * White-headed woodpecker, Dryobates albolarvatus
 * Williamson's sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroideus
 * Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
 * Yucatan woodpecker, Melanerpes pygmaeus

Falcons and caracaras
Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae

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


 * American kestrel, Falco sparverius
 * Aplomado falcon, Falco femoralis (ssp. septentrionalis:  and )
 * Barred forest-falcon, Micrastur ruficollis
 * Bat falcon, Falco rufigularis
 * Collared forest-falcon, Micrastur semitorquatus
 * Crested caracara, Caracara plancus
 * Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo (A)
 * Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus (C)
 * Guadalupe caracara, Caracara lutosa (E)
 * Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
 * Laughing falcon, Herpetotheres cachinnans
 * Merlin, Falco columbarius
 * Orange-breasted falcon, Falco deiroleucus
 * Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus (ssp. peregrinus: )
 * Prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus
 * Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus (A)
 * Red-throated caracara, Ibycter americanus
 * Slaty-backed forest-falcon, Micrastur mirandollei
 * Yellow-headed caracara, Milvago chimachima

African and New World 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.


 * Barred parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola
 * Black-billed parrot, Amazona agilis
 * Blue-and-yellow macaw, Ara ararauna
 * Blue-fronted parrotlet, Touit dilectissimus
 * Blue-headed parrot, Pionus menstruus
 * Brown-hooded parrot, Pyrilia haematotis
 * Brown-throated parakeet, Eupsittula pertinax
 * Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E)
 * Chestnut-fronted macaw, Ara severus
 * Crimson-fronted parakeet, Psittacara finschi
 * Cuban macaw, Ara tricolor (E)
 * Cuban parakeet, Psittacara euops
 * Cuban parrot, Amazona leucocephala
 * Orange-fronted parakeet, Eupsittula canicularis
 * Great green macaw, Ara ambiguus
 * Green parakeet, Psittacara holochlorus
 * Green-rumped parrotlet, Forpus passerinus
 * Hispaniolan parakeet, Psittacara chloropterus
 * Hispaniolan parrot, Amazona ventralis
 * Imperial parrot, Amazona imperialis
 * Lilac-crowned parrot, Amazona finschi
 * Lilac-tailed parrotlet, Touit batavicus
 * Maroon-fronted parrot, Rhynchopsitta terrisi
 * Mealy parrot, Amazona farinosa
 * Mexican parrotlet, Forpus cyanopygius
 * Military macaw, Ara militaris
 * Mitred parakeet, Psittacara mitratus (I)
 * Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I)
 * Nanday parakeet, Aratinga nenday (I)
 * Olive-throated parakeet, Eupsittula nana
 * Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis
 * Orange-winged parrot, Amazona amazonica
 * Pacific parakeet, Psittacara strenuus
 * Painted parakeet, Pyrrhura picta
 * Puerto Rican parakeet, Psittacara maugei (E)
 * Puerto Rican parrot, Amazona vittata
 * Red-and-green macaw, Ara chloropterus
 * Red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca manilatus
 * Red-crowned parrot, Amazona viridigenalis
 * Red-fronted parrotlet, Touit costaricensis
 * Red-lored parrot, Amazona autumnalis
 * Red-necked parrot, Amazona arausiaca
 * Saffron-headed parrot, Pyrilia pyrilia
 * Scarlet macaw, Ara macao
 * Scarlet-shouldered parrotlet, Touit huetii
 * Socorro parakeet, Psittacara brevipes
 * Spectacled parrotlet, Forpus conspicillatus
 * St. Lucia parrot, Amazona versicolor
 * St. Vincent parrot, Amazona guildingii
 * Sulphur-winged parakeet, Pyrrhura hoffmanni
 * Thick-billed parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
 * White-crowned parrot, Pionus senilis
 * White-eyed parakeet, Psittacara leucophthalmus
 * White-fronted parrot, Amazona albifrons
 * White-winged parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I)
 * Yellow-billed parrot, Amazona collaria
 * Yellow-chevroned parakeet, Brotogeris chiriri (I)
 * Yellow-crowned parrot, Amazona ochrocephala
 * Yellow-headed parrot, Amazona oratrix
 * Yellow-lored parrot, Amazona xantholora
 * Yellow-naped parrot, Amazona auropalliata

Old World parrots
Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from 8 cm to 1 m in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.


 * Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri (I)
 * Rosy-faced lovebird, Agapornis roseicollis (I)

Sapayoa
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sapayoidae

The sapayoa is the only member of its family, and is found in the lowland rainforests of Panama and north-western South America. It is usually seen in pairs or mixed-species flocks.


 * Sapayoa, Sapayoa aenigma

Typical antbirds
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds which tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat small invertebrates that leave their hiding places to flee from the ants. Many species lack bright color, with brown, black, and white being the dominant tones.


 * Bare-crowned antbird, Gymnocichla nudiceps
 * Barred antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus
 * Bicolored antbird, Gymnopithys leucaspis
 * Black antshrike, Thamnophilus nigriceps
 * Black-crested antshrike, Sakesphorus canadensis
 * Black-crowned antshrike, Thamnophilus atrinucha
 * Black-hooded antshrike, Thamnophilus bridgesi
 * Checker-throated stipplethroat, Epinecrophylla fulviventris
 * Chestnut-backed antbird, Poliocrania exsul
 * Dot-winged antwren, Microrhopias quixensis
 * Dull-mantled antbird, Sipia laemosticta
 * Dusky antbird, Cercomacroides tyrannina
 * Fasciated antshrike, Cymbilaimus lineatus
 * Great antshrike, Taraba major
 * Jet antbird, Cercomacra nigricans
 * Moustached antwren, Myrmotherula ignota
 * Ocellated antbird, Phaenostictus mcleannani
 * Pacific antwren, Myrmotherula pacifica
 * Plain antvireo, Dysithamnus mentalis
 * Rufous-rumped antwren, Euchrepomis callinota
 * Rufous-winged antwren, Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
 * Russet antshrike, Thamnistes anabatinus
 * Rusty-winged antwren, Herpsilochmus frater (A)
 * Slaty antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor
 * Spiny-faced antshrike, Xenornis setifrons
 * Spot-crowned antvireo, Dysithamnus puncticeps
 * Spotted antbird, Hylophylax naevioides
 * Streak-crowned antvireo, Dysithamnus striaticeps
 * White-bellied antbird, Myrmeciza longipes
 * White-flanked antwren, Myrmotherula axillaris
 * White-fringed antwren, Formicivora grisea
 * Wing-banded antbird, Myrmornis torquata
 * Zeledon's antbird, Hafferia zeledoni

Gnateaters
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Conopophagidae

The members of this small family are found across northern South America and into Central America. They are forest birds, usually seen on the ground or in the low understory.


 * Black-crowned antpitta, Pittasoma michleri

Antpittas
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Grallariidae

Antpittas resemble the true pittas with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and stout bills.


 * Ochre-breasted antpitta, Grallaricula flavirostris
 * Scaled antpitta, Grallaria guatimalensis
 * Streak-chested antpitta, Hylopezus perspicillatus
 * Thicket antpitta, Hylopezus dives

Tapaculos
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Rhinocryptidae

The tapaculos are small suboscine passeriform birds with numerous species in South and Central America. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head.


 * Choco tapaculo, Scytalopus chocoensis
 * Silvery-fronted tapaculo, Scytalopus argentifrons
 * Tacarcuna tapaculo, Scytalopus panamensis

Antthrushes
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Formicariidae

Antthrushes resemble small rails with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and stout bills.


 * Black-faced antthrush, Formicarius analis
 * Black-headed antthrush, Formicarius nigricapillus
 * Mayan antthrush, Formicarius moniliger
 * Rufous-breasted antthrush, Formicarius rufipectus

Ovenbirds and woodcreepers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Furnariidae

Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. The woodcreepers are brownish birds which maintain an upright vertical posture supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks.


 * Beautiful treerunner, Margarornis bellulus
 * Black-banded woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes picumnus
 * Black-striped woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
 * Brown-billed scythebill, Campylorhamphus pusillus
 * Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner, Dendroma rufa
 * Buff-throated foliage-gleaner, Automolus ochrolaemus
 * Buffy tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
 * Chiriqui foliage-gleaner, Automolus exsertus
 * Cocoa woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus susurrans
 * Coiba spinetail, Cranioleuca dissita
 * Double-banded graytail, Xenerpestes minlosi
 * Gray-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus albigularis
 * Ivory-billed woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
 * Lineated foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla subalaris
 * Long-tailed woodcreeper, Deconychura longicauda
 * Northern barred-woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
 * Olivaceous woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus
 * Pale-breasted spinetail, Synallaxis albescens
 * Plain xenops, Xenops minutus
 * Plain-brown woodcreeper, Dendrocincla fuliginosa
 * Red-billed scythebill, Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
 * Red-faced spinetail, Cranioleuca erythrops
 * Ruddy foliage-gleaner, Clibanornis rubiginosus
 * Ruddy treerunner, Margarornis rubiginosus
 * Ruddy woodcreeper, Dendrocincla homochroa
 * Rufous-breasted spinetail, Synallaxis erythrothorax
 * Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner, Anabacerthia variegaticeps
 * Scaly-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus guatemalensis
 * Sharp-tailed streamcreeper, Lochmias nematura
 * Slaty spinetail, Synallaxis brachyura
 * Slaty-winged foliage-gleaner, Philydor fuscipenne
 * Spot-crowned woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes affinis
 * Spotted barbtail, Premnoplex brunnescens
 * Spotted woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
 * Straight-billed woodcreeper, Dendroplex picus
 * Streak-breasted treehunter, Thripadectes rufobrunneus
 * Streaked xenops, Xenops rutilans
 * Streak-headed woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
 * Striped woodhaunter, Automolus subulatus
 * Strong-billed woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
 * Tawny-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus mexicanus
 * Tawny-winged woodcreeper, Dendrocincla anabatina
 * Wedge-billed woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus spirurus
 * White-striped woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes leucogaster

Manakins
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pipridae

The manakins are a family of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly colored, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries, and insects.


 * Golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus
 * Golden-headed manakin, Ceratopipra erythrocephala
 * Green manakin, Cryptopipo holochlora
 * Lance-tailed manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata
 * Long-tailed manakin, Chiroxiphia linearis
 * Orange-collared manakin, Manacus aurantiacus
 * Red-capped manakin, Ceratopipra mentalis
 * Blue-crowned manakin, Lepidothrix coronata
 * White-collared manakin, Manacus candei
 * White-crowned manakin, Pseudopipra pipra
 * White-ruffed manakin, Corapipo altera

Cotingas
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cotingidae

The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges in tropical Central and South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly colored or decorated with plumes or wattles.


 * Bare-necked umbrellabird, Cephalopterus glabricollis
 * Bearded bellbird, Procnias averano
 * Black-tipped cotinga, Carpodectes hopkei
 * Blue cotinga, Cotinga nattererii
 * Lovely cotinga, Cotinga amabilis
 * Purple-throated fruitcrow, Querula purpurata
 * Rufous piha, Lipaugus unirufus
 * Snowy cotinga, Carpodectes nitidus
 * Three-wattled bellbird, Procnias tricarunculatus
 * Turquoise cotinga, Cotinga ridgwayi
 * White bellbird, Procnias albus
 * Yellow-billed cotinga, Carpodectes antoniae

Tityras and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Tityridae

Tityridae are suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae. They are small to medium-sized birds. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring.


 * Barred becard, Pachyramphus versicolor
 * Black-and-white becard, Pachyramphus albogriseus
 * Black-crowned tityra, Tityra inquisitor
 * Black-tailed tityra, Tityra cayana
 * Cinereous becard, Pachyramphus rufus
 * Cinnamon becard, Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
 * Gray-collared becard, Pachyramphus major
 * Jamaican becard, Pachyramphus niger
 * Masked tityra, Tityra semifasciata
 * Northern schiffornis, Schiffornis veraepacis
 * One-colored becard, Pachyramphus homochrous
 * Rose-throated becard, Pachyramphus aglaiae
 * Russet-winged schiffornis, Schiffornis stenorhyncha
 * Speckled mourner, Laniocera rufescens
 * White-winged becard, Pachyramphus polychopterus

Sharpbill
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Oxyruncidae

The sharpbill is a small bird of dense forests in Central and South America. It feeds mostly on fruit but also eats insects.


 * Sharpbill, Oxyruncus cristatus

Royal flycatcher and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Onychorhynchidae

The members of this small family, created in 2018, were formerly considered to be tyrant flycatchers, family Tyrannidae.


 * Black-tailed flycatcher, Myiobius atricaudus
 * Royal flycatcher, Onychorhynchus coronatus
 * Ruddy-tailed flycatcher, Terenotriccus erythrurus
 * Sulphur-rumped flycatcher, Myiobius sulphureipygius
 * Tawny-breasted flycatcher, Myiobius villosus

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, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.


 * Acadian flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
 * Alder flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
 * Dusky flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri
 * Gray flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii
 * Ash-throated flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
 * Belted flycatcher, Xenotriccus callizonus
 * Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
 * Black-billed flycatcher, Aphanotriccus audax
 * Black-capped flycatcher, Empidonax atriceps
 * Black-capped pygmy-tyrant, Myiornis atricapillus
 * Black-headed tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum nigriceps
 * Boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua
 * Bran-colored flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus
 * Bright-rumped attila, Attila spadiceus
 * Bronze-olive pygmy-tyrant, Pseudotriccus pelzelni
 * Brown-capped tyrannulet, Ornithion brunneicapillus
 * Brown-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
 * Brownish twistwing, Cnipodectes subbrunneus
 * Buff-breasted flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifrons
 * Caribbean elaenia, Elaenia martinica
 * Cassin's kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans
 * Cattle tyrant, Machetornis rixosa
 * Choco sirystes, Sirystes albogriseus
 * Cocos flycatcher, Nesotriccus ridgwayi
 * Common tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
 * Couch's kingbird, Tyrannus couchii
 * Crowned slaty flycatcher, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus (A)
 * Cuban pewee, Contopus caribaeus
 * Dark pewee, Contopus lugubris
 * Dusky-capped flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
 * Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
 * Eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
 * Eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens
 * Euler's flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri (ssp. johnstonei: )
 * Eye-ringed flatbill, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
 * Flammulated flycatcher, Ramphotrigon flammulatum
 * Forest elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii
 * Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana
 * Giant kingbird, Tyrannus cubensis
 * Golden-bellied flycatcher, Myiodynastes hemichrysus
 * Golden-crowned flycatcher, Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
 * Golden-crowned spadebill, Platyrinchus coronatus
 * Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
 * Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
 * Greater Antillean elaenia, Elaenia fallax
 * Greater pewee, Contopus pertinax
 * Greenish elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata
 * Grenada flycatcher, Myiarchus nugator
 * Gray elaenia, Myiopagis caniceps
 * Gray kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
 * Gray-capped flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadensis
 * Gray-headed piprites, Piprites griseiceps
 * Guatemalan tyrannulet, Zimmerius vilissimus
 * Hammond's flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii
 * Hispaniolan pewee, Contopus hispaniolensis
 * Jamaican elaenia, Myiopagis cotta
 * Jamaican pewee, Contopus pallidus
 * La Sagra's flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae
 * Least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
 * Lesser Antillean flycatcher, Myiarchus oberi
 * Lesser Antillean pewee, Contopus latirostris
 * Lesser elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis
 * Lesser kiskadee, Philohydor lictor
 * Loggerhead kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus
 * Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia colonus
 * Mistletoe tyrannulet, Zimmerius parvus
 * Mountain elaenia, Elaenia frantzii
 * Mouse-colored tyrannulet, Nesotriccus murinus
 * Northern beardless-tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe
 * Northern bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare
 * Northern scrub-flycatcher, Sublegatus arenarum
 * Nutting's flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi
 * Ochraceous pewee, Contopus ochraceus
 * Ochre-bellied flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
 * Olivaceous flatbill, Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
 * Olive-sided flycatcher, Contopus cooperi
 * Olive-striped flycatcher, Mionectes olivaceus
 * Pale-eyed pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus pilaris
 * Panama flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
 * Pied water-tyrant, Fluvicola pica
 * Pileated flycatcher, Xenotriccus mexicanus
 * Pine flycatcher, Empidonax affinis
 * Piratic flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius
 * Puerto Rican flycatcher, Myiarchus antillarum
 * Rufous mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra
 * Rufous-browed tyrannulet, Phylloscartes superciliaris
 * Rufous-tailed flycatcher, Myiarchus validus
 * Rusty-margined flycatcher, Myiozetetes cayanensis
 * Sad flycatcher, Myiarchus barbirostris
 * Say's phoebe, Sayornis saya
 * Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus
 * Scissor-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus
 * Sepia-capped flycatcher, Leptopogon amaurocephalus
 * Slate-headed tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus sylvia
 * Slaty-capped flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris
 * Small-billed elaenia, Elaenia parvirostris
 * Social flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
 * Sooty-headed tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseiceps
 * Southern beardless-tyrannulet, Camptostoma obsoletum
 * Southern bentbill, Oncostoma olivaceum
 * Stolid flycatcher, Myiarchus stolidus
 * Streaked flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
 * Stub-tailed spadebill, Platyrinchus cancrominus
 * Sulphur-bellied flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris
 * Tawny-chested flycatcher, Aphanotriccus capitalis
 * Thick-billed kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris
 * Torrent tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea
 * Tropical kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
 * Tropical pewee, Contopus cinereus
 * Tufted flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus
 * Variegated flycatcher, Empidonomus varius (A)
 * Vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
 * Western flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis
 * Western kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
 * Western wood-pewee, Contopus sordidulus
 * White-crested elaenia, Elaenia albiceps (A)
 * Rough-legged tyrannulet, Phyllomyias burmeisteri
 * White-ringed flycatcher, Conopias albovittatus
 * White-throated flycatcher, Empidonax albigularis
 * White-throated spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus
 * Willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii (ssp. extimus: )
 * Yellow tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola
 * Yellow-bellied elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
 * Yellow-bellied flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris
 * Yellow-bellied tyrannulet, Ornithion semiflavum
 * Yellow-breasted flycatcher, Tolmomyias flaviventris
 * Yellow-crowned tyrannulet, Tyrannulus elatus
 * Yellow-green tyrannulet, Phylloscartes flavovirens
 * Yellowish flycatcher, Empidonax flavescens
 * Yellow-margined flycatcher, Tolmomyias assimilis
 * Yellow-olive flycatcher, Tolmomyias sulphurescens
 * Yucatan flycatcher, Myiarchus yucatanensis

Shrikes
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.


 * Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus (A)
 * Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus (ssp. mearnsi: )
 * Northern shrike, Lanius excubitor
 * Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio (A)

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 wood warblers apart from their heavier bills.


 * Bell's vireo, Vireo bellii (Least Bell's vireo V. b. pusillus: )
 * Black-capped vireo, Vireo atricapilla
 * Black-whiskered vireo, Vireo altiloquus
 * Blue Mountain vireo, Vireo osburni
 * Blue-headed vireo, Vireo solitarius
 * Brown-capped vireo, Vireo leucophrys
 * Cassin's vireo, Vireo cassinii
 * Chestnut-sided shrike-vireo, Vireolanius melitophrys
 * Cozumel vireo, Vireo bairdi
 * Cuban vireo, Vireo gundlachii
 * Dwarf vireo, Vireo nelsoni
 * Flat-billed vireo, Vireo nanus
 * Golden vireo, Vireo hypochryseus
 * Golden-fronted greenlet, Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
 * Gray vireo, Vireo vicinior
 * Green shrike-vireo, Vireolanius pulchellus
 * Hutton's vireo, Vireo huttoni
 * Jamaican vireo, Vireo modestus
 * Lesser greenlet, Pachysylvia decurtata
 * Mangrove vireo, Vireo pallens
 * Philadelphia vireo, Vireo philadelphicus
 * Plumbeous vireo, Vireo plumbeus
 * Puerto Rican vireo, Vireo latimeri
 * Red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceus
 * Rufous-browed peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis
 * San Andres vireo, Vireo caribaeus
 * Scrub greenlet, Hylophilus flavipes
 * Slaty vireo, Vireo brevipennis
 * Tawny-crowned greenlet, Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
 * Thick-billed vireo, Vireo crassirostris
 * Warbling vireo, Vireo gilvus
 * White-eyed vireo, Vireo griseus
 * Yellow-browed shrike-vireo, Vireolanius eximius
 * Yellow-green vireo, Vireo flavoviridis
 * Yellow-throated vireo, Vireo flavifrons
 * Yellow-winged vireo, Vireo carmioli
 * Yucatan vireo, Vireo magister

Crows, jays, and magpies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.


 * American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
 * Azure-hooded jay, Cyanolyca cucullata
 * Black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia
 * Black-chested jay, Cyanocorax affinis
 * Black-throated jay, Cyanolyca pumilo
 * Black-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta colliei
 * Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata
 * Brown jay, Psilorhinus morio
 * Bushy-crested jay, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
 * California scrub-jay, Aphelocoma californica
 * Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis
 * Chihuahuan raven, Corvus cryptoleucus
 * Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana
 * Common raven, Corvus corax
 * Cuban crow, Corvus nasicus
 * Dwarf jay, Cyanolyca nana
 * Eurasian jackdaw, Corvus monedula (A)
 * Fish crow, Corvus ossifragus
 * Florida scrub-jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
 * Green jay, Cyanocorax yncas
 * Hooded crow, Corvus cornix (A)
 * House crow, Corvus splendens (A)
 * Island scrub-jay, Aphelocoma insularis
 * Jamaican crow, Corvus jamaicensis
 * Mexican jay, Aphelocoma wollweberi
 * Palm crow, Corvus palmarum
 * Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
 * Purplish-backed jay, Cyanocorax beecheii
 * Rook, Corvus frugilegus (A)
 * San Blas jay, Cyanocorax sanblasianus
 * Silvery-throated jay, Cyanolyca argentigula
 * Sinaloa crow, Corvus sinaloae
 * Steller's jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
 * Tamaulipas crow, Corvus imparatus
 * Transvolcanic jay, Aphelocoma ultramarina
 * Tufted jay, Cyanocorax dickeyi
 * Unicolored jay, Aphelocoma unicolor
 * White-necked crow, Corvus leucognaphalus
 * White-throated jay, Cyanolyca mirabilis
 * White-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta formosa
 * Woodhouse's scrub-jay, Aphelocoma woodhouseii
 * Yellow-billed magpie, Pica nuttalli
 * Yucatan jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus

Larks
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.


 * Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
 * Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris (E. a. strigata )

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.


 * Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
 * Bahama swallow, Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
 * Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
 * Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
 * Black-capped swallow, Atticora pileata
 * Blue-and-white swallow, Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
 * Brown-chested martin, Progne tapera
 * Caribbean martin, Progne dominicensis
 * Cave swallow, Petrochelidon fulva
 * Common house-martin, Delichon urbicum (A)
 * Cuban martin, Progne cryptoleuca
 * Golden swallow, Tachycineta euchrysea
 * Gray-breasted martin, Progne chalybea
 * Mangrove swallow, Tachycineta albilinea
 * Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
 * Purple martin, Progne subis
 * Sinaloa martin, Progne sinaloae
 * Southern martin, Progne elegans
 * Southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
 * Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
 * Violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina
 * White-thighed swallow, Atticora tibialis

Tits, chickadees, and titmice
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.


 * Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
 * Black-crested titmouse, Baeolophus atricristatus
 * Boreal chickadee, Poecile hudsonicus
 * Bridled titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi
 * Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
 * Chestnut-backed chickadee, Poecile rufescens
 * Gray-headed chickadee, Poecile cinctus
 * Juniper titmouse, Baeolophus ridgwayi
 * Mexican chickadee, Poecile sclateri
 * Mountain chickadee, Poecile gambeli
 * Oak titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus
 * Tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor

Penduline-tits
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Remizidae

The penduline-tits are a family of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. The verdin is the only North American representative of its family.


 * Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps

Long-tailed tits
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Aegithalidae

The long-tailed tits are a family of small passerine birds. Their plumage is typically dull gray or brown in color. There is only one North American representative of this primarily Palearctic family.


 * Bushtit, Psaltriparus minimus

Nuthatches
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sittidae

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet.


 * Bahama nuthatch, Sitta insularis
 * Brown-headed nuthatch, Sitta pusilla
 * Pygmy nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea
 * Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
 * White-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis

Treecreepers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.


 * Brown creeper, Certhia americana

Wrens
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Troglodytidae

Wrens are small and inconspicuous birds, except for their loud songs. They have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.


 * Band-backed wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus
 * Banded wren, Thryophilus pleurostictus
 * Bay wren, Cantorchilus nigricapillus
 * Bewick's wren, Thryomanes bewickii
 * Bicolored wren, Campylorhynchus griseus
 * Black-bellied wren, Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
 * Black-throated wren, Pheugopedius atrogularis
 * Boucard's wren, Campylorhynchus jocosus
 * Buff-breasted wren, Cantorchilus leucotis
 * Cabanis's wren, Cantorchilus modestus
 * Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
 * Canebrake wren, Cantorchilus zeledoni
 * Canyon wren, Catherpes mexicanus
 * Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
 * Clarión wren, Troglodytes tanneri
 * Giant wren, Campylorhynchus chiapensis
 * Grass wren, Cistothorus platensis
 * Gray-barred wren, Campylorhynchus megalopterus
 * Gray-breasted wood-wren, Henicorhina leucophrys
 * Happy wren, Pheugopedius felix
 * House wren, Troglodytes aedon (Guadeloupe wren T. a. guadeloupensis and Saint Lucia wren T. a. mesoleucus: )
 * Isthmian wren, Cantorchilus elutus
 * Marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris
 * Nava's wren, Hylorchilus navai
 * Nightingale wren, Microcerculus philomela
 * Ochraceous wren, Troglodytes ochraceus
 * Pacific wren, Troglodytes pacificus
 * Riverside wren, Cantorchilus semibadius
 * Rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus
 * Rufous-and-white wren, Thryophilus rufalbus
 * Rufous-breasted wren, Pheugopedius rutilus
 * Rufous-browed wren, Troglodytes rufociliatus
 * Rufous-naped wren, Campylorhynchus rufinucha
 * Scaly-breasted wren, Microcerculus marginatus
 * Sedge wren, Cistothorus stellaris
 * Sinaloa wren Thryophilus sinaloa
 * Socorro wren, Troglodytes sissonii
 * Song wren, Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
 * Sooty-headed wren, Pheugopedius spadix
 * Spot-breasted wren, Pheugopedius maculipectus
 * Spotted wren, Campylorhynchus gularis
 * Stripe-breasted wren, Cantorchilus thoracicus
 * Stripe-throated wren, Cantorchilus leucopogon
 * Sumichrast's wren, Hylorchilus sumichrasti
 * Timberline wren, Thryorchilus browni
 * White-bellied wren, Uropsila leucogastra
 * White-breasted wood-wren, Henicorhina leucosticta
 * White-headed wren, Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
 * Winter wren, Troglodytes hiemalis
 * Yucatan wren, Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
 * Zapata wren, Ferminia cerverai

Gnatcatchers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Polioptilidae

These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or trees.


 * Black-capped gnatcatcher, Polioptila nigriceps
 * Black-tailed gnatcatcher, Polioptila melanura
 * Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea
 * California gnatcatcher, Polioptila californica (ssp. californica: )
 * Cuban gnatcatcher, Polioptila lembeyei
 * Long-billed gnatwren, Ramphocaenus melanurus
 * Slate-throated gnatcatcher, Polioptila schistaceigula
 * Tawny-faced gnatwren, Microbates cinereiventris
 * White-browed gnatcatcher, Polioptila bilineata
 * White-lored gnatcatcher, Polioptila albiloris
 * Yucatan gnatcatcher, Polioptila albiventris

Dippers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cinclidae

They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.


 * American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus

Bulbuls
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pycnonotidae

The bulbuls are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds native to Africa and tropical Asia. These are noisy and gregarious birds with often beautiful striking songs.


 * Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (I)

Kinglets
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Regulidae

The kinglets are a small family of birds which resemble the titmice. They are very small insectivorous birds in the genus Regulus. The adults have colored crowns, giving rise to their name.


 * Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrapa
 * Ruby-crowned kinglet, Corthylio calendula

Leaf warblers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Phylloscopidae

Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The Arctic warbler breeds east into Alaska. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with grayish-green to grayish-brown colors.


 * Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis
 * Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita (A)
 * Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus (A)
 * Kamchatka leaf warbler, Phylloscopus examinandus (A)
 * Pallas's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus (A)
 * Willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus (A)
 * Wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (A)
 * Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus (A)

Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sylviidae

The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.


 * Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla (A)
 * Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca (A)
 * Wrentit, Chamaea fasciata

Reed warblers and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Acrocephalidae

The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.


 * Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum (A)
 * Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (A)
 * Icterine warbler, Acrocephalus icterina (A) LC
 * Thick-billed warbler, Arundinax aedon (A)

Donacobius
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Donacobiidae

The black-capped donacobius is found in wet habitats from Panama across northern South America and east of the Andes to Argentina and Paraguay


 * Black-capped donacobius, Donacobius atricapilla

Grassbirds and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Locustellidae

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.


 * Middendorff's grasshopper warbler, Helopsaltes ochotensis (A)
 * Pallas's grasshopper warbler, Helopsaltes certhiola (A)
 * Lanceolated warbler, Locustella lanceolata (A)
 * River warbler, Locustella fluviatilis (A)

Old World flycatchers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Muscicapidae

This a large family of small passerine birds found mostly in the Old World. All but two of the species below occur in North America only as vagrants. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.


 * Asian brown flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica (A)
 * Bluethroat, Cyanecula svecica
 * Common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus (A)
 * Dark-sided flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica (A)
 * European robin, Erithacus rubecula (A)
 * Gray-streaked flycatcher, Muscicapa griseisticta (A)
 * Mugimaki flycatcher, Ficedula mugimaki (A)
 * Narcissus flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina (A)
 * Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
 * Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka (A)
 * Red-flanked bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus (A)
 * Rufous-tailed robin, Larvivora sibilans (A)
 * Siberian blue robin, Larvivora cyane (A)
 * Siberian rubythroat, Calliope calliope (A)
 * Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus (A)
 * Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata (A)
 * Taiga flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla (A)

Thrushes and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively 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.


 * American robin, Turdus migratorius
 * Aztec thrush, Ridgwayia pinicola
 * Bicknell's thrush, Catharus bicknelli
 * Black thrush, Turdus infuscatus
 * Black-billed nightingale-thrush, Catharus gracilirostris
 * Black-faced solitaire, Myadestes melanops
 * Black-headed nightingale-thrush, Catharus mexicanus
 * Brown-backed solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis
 * Clay-colored thrush, Turdus grayi
 * Cocoa thrush, Turdus fumigatus
 * Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula (A)
 * Cuban solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth
 * Dusky thrush, Turdus eunomus (A)
 * Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis
 * Eyebrowed thrush, Turdus obscurus
 * Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
 * Forest thrush, Cichlherminia lherminieri (ssp. sanctaeluciae: )
 * Grand Cayman thrush, Turdus ravidus (E)
 * Gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus
 * Hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus
 * La Selle thrush, Turdus swalesi
 * Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus (A)
 * Mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides
 * Mountain thrush, Turdus plebejus
 * Naumann's thrush, Turdus naumanni (A)
 * Orange-billed nightingale-thrush, Catharus aurantiirostris
 * Pale-vented thrush, Turdus obsoletus
 * Red-legged thrush, Turdus plumbeus
 * Redwing, Turdus iliacus
 * Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush, Catharus frantzii
 * Rufous-backed robin, Turdus rufopalliatus
 * Rufous-collared robin, Turdus rufitorques
 * Rufous-throated solitaire, Myadestes genibarbis
 * Russet nightingale-thrush, Catharus occidentalis
 * Slate-colored solitaire, Myadestes unicolor
 * Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush, Catharus fuscater
 * Song thrush, Turdus philomelos (A)
 * Sooty thrush, Turdus nigrescens
 * Spectacled thrush, Turdus nudigenis
 * Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus
 * Townsend's solitaire, Myadestes townsendi
 * Varied solitaire, Myadestes coloratus
 * Varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius
 * Veery, Catharus fuscescens
 * Western bluebird, Sialia mexicana
 * White-chinned thrush, Turdus aurantius
 * White-eyed thrush, Turdus jamaicensis
 * White's thrush, Zoothera aurea (A)
 * White-throated thrush, Turdus assimilis
 * Wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
 * Yellow-throated nightingale-thrush, Catharus dryas

Mockingbirds and thrashers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds which includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance.


 * Bahama mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii
 * Bendire's thrasher, Toxostoma bendirei
 * Black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris
 * Blue mockingbird, Melanotis caerulescens
 * Blue-and-white mockingbird, Melanotis hypoleucus
 * Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
 * Brown trembler, Cinclocerthia ruficauda (ssp. gutturalis: )
 * California thrasher, Toxostoma redivivum
 * Cozumel thrasher, Toxostoma guttatum
 * Crissal thrasher, Toxostoma crissale
 * Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre
 * Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
 * Gray thrasher, Toxostoma cinereum
 * Gray trembler, Cinclocerthia gutturalis
 * LeConte's thrasher, Toxostoma lecontei
 * Long-billed thrasher, Toxostoma longirostre
 * Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
 * Ocellated thrasher, Toxostoma ocellatum
 * Pearly-eyed thrasher, Margarops fuscatus
 * Sage thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus
 * Scaly-breasted thrasher, Allenia fusca
 * Socorro mockingbird, Mimus graysoni
 * Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
 * White-breasted thrasher, Ramphocinclus brachyurus

Starlings
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sturnidae

Starlings and mynas are small to medium-sized Old World passerine birds with strong feet. Their flight is strong and direct and most are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. The plumage of several species is dark with a metallic sheen.


 * European starling, Sturnus vulgaris (I)
 * Common myna, Acridotheres tristis (I)

Waxwings
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of 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.


 * Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
 * Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum

Silky-flycatchers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Ptiliogonatidae

The silky-flycatchers are a small family of passerine birds which occur mainly in Central America. They are related to waxwings, and like that group, have soft silky plumage, usually gray or pale-yellow.


 * Black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher, Phainoptila melanoxantha
 * Gray silky-flycatcher, Ptiliogonys cinereus
 * Long-tailed silky-flycatcher, Ptiliogonys caudatus
 * Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens

Palmchat
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Dulidae

The palmchat is the only member of its family. Its name indicates its strong association with palms for feeding, roosting, and nesting.


 * Palmchat, Dulus dominicus

Olive warbler
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Peucedramidae

The olive warbler is the only representative of its family. It was formally classified with the Parulidae, but DNA studies warrant its classification in a distinct family.


 * Olive warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus

Accentors
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Prunellidae

The accentors are small, fairly drab birds with thin sharp bills superficially similar, but unrelated to, sparrows. They are endemic to the Palearctic and only appear in North America as a vagrant.


 * Siberian accentor, Prunella montanella (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, though some species show variation in color only in the breeding season.


 * Village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus (I)
 * Northern red bishop, Euplectes franciscanus (I)
 * Yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer (I)

Indigobirds
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Viduidae

The indigobirds are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. All are brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches


 * Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura (I)

Waxbills and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae

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


 * African silverbill, Euodice cantans (I)
 * Black-rumped waxbill, Estrilda troglodytes (I)
 * Bronze mannikin, Spermestes cucullata (I)
 * Chestnut munia, Lonchura atricapilla (I)
 * Common waxbill, Estrilda astrild (I)
 * Indian silverbill, Euodice malabarica (I)
 * Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora (I)
 * Orange-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda melpoda (I)
 * Red avadavat, Amandava amandava (I)
 * Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata (I)
 * Tricolored munia, Lonchura malacca (I)

Old World sparrows
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae

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


 * Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus (I)
 * House sparrow, Passer domesticus (I)

Wagtails and pipits
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Motacillidae

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.


 * American pipit, Anthus rubescens
 * Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola (A)
 * Eastern yellow wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis
 * Gray wagtail, Motacilla cinerea (A)
 * Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
 * Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni (A)
 * Pechora pipit, Anthus gustavi (A)
 * Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus
 * Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii
 * Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis (A)
 * White wagtail, Motacilla alba
 * Yellowish pipit, Anthus chii

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.


 * American goldfinch, Spinus tristis
 * Antillean siskin, Spinus dominicensis
 * Asian rosy-finch, (A) Leucosticte arctoa
 * Island canary, Serinus canaria (I)
 * Black rosy-finch, Leucosticte atrata
 * Black-capped siskin, Spinus atriceps
 * Black-headed siskin, Spinus notata
 * Blue-crowned chlorophonia, Chlorophonia occipitalis
 * Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
 * Brown-capped rosy-finch, Leucosticte australis
 * Cassia crossbill, Loxia sinesciuris
 * Cassin's finch, Haemorhous cassinii
 * Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (A)
 * Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea
 * Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus
 * Elegant euphonia, Chlorophonia elegantissima
 * Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula (A)
 * Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus (A)
 * European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis (I)
 * Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus
 * Fulvous-vented euphonia, Euphonia fulvicrissa
 * Golden-browed chlorophonia, Chlorophonia callophrys
 * Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis
 * Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes (A)
 * Hispaniolan crossbill, Loxia megaplaga
 * Hispaniolan euphonia, Chlorophonia musica
 * Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni
 * Hooded grosbeak, Coccothraustes abeillei
 * House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus
 * Jamaican euphonia, Euphonia jamaica
 * Lawrence's goldfinch, Spinus lawrencei
 * Lesser Antillean euphonia, Chlorophonia flavifrons }
 * Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
 * Lesser redpoll, Acanthis cabaret (A)
 * Olive-backed euphonia, Euphonia gouldi
 * Orange-bellied euphonia, Euphonia xanthogaster
 * Oriental greenfinch, Chloris sinica (A)
 * Pallas's rosefinch, Carpodacus roseus (A)
 * Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
 * Pine siskin, Spinus pinus
 * Puerto Rican euphonia, Chlorophonia sclateri }
 * Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus
 * Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
 * Red siskin, Spinus cucullata (I)
 * Scrub euphonia, Euphonia affinis
 * Spot-crowned euphonia, Euphonia imitans
 * Tawny-capped euphonia, Euphonia anneae
 * Thick-billed euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris
 * West Mexican euphonia, Euphonia godmani
 * White-vented euphonia, Euphonia minuta
 * White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
 * Yellow-bellied siskin, Spinus xanthogastra
 * Yellow-collared chlorophonia, Chlorophonia flavirostris (A)
 * Yellow-crowned euphonia, Euphonia luteicapilla
 * Yellow-fronted canary, Crithagra mozambicus (I)
 * Yellow-throated euphonia, Euphonia hirundinacea

Longspurs and snow buntings
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Calcariidae

The Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds that have been traditionally grouped with the Emberizeridae (New World sparrows), but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas.


 * Chestnut-collared longspur, Calcarius ornatus
 * Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus
 * McKay's bunting, Plectrophenax hyperboreus
 * Smith's longspur, Calcarius pictus
 * Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
 * Thick-billed longspur, Rhynchophanes mccownii

Thrush-tanager
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Rhodinocichlidae

This species was historically placed in family Thraupidae. It was placed in its own family in 2017.


 * Rosy thrush-tanager, Rhodinocichla rosea

Old World buntings
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Emberizidae

Emberizidae is a family of passerine birds containing a single genus. Until 2017, the New World sparrows (Passerellidae) were also considered part of this family.


 * Gray bunting, Emberiza variabilis (A)
 * Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla (A)
 * Pallas's bunting, Emberiza pallasi (A)
 * Pine bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos (A)
 * Reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus (A)
 * Rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica
 * Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola (A)
 * Yellow-browed bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys (A)
 * Yellow-throated bunting, Emberiza elegans (A)

New World sparrows
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passerellidae

Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.


 * Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti
 * American tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea
 * Ashy-throated chlorospingus, Chlorospingus canigularis
 * Bachman's sparrow, Peucaea aestivalis
 * Baird's junco, Junco bairdi
 * Baird's sparrow, Centronyx bairdii
 * Bell's sparrow, Artemisiospiza belli (ssp. clementeae: )
 * Black-chested sparrow, Peucaea humeralis
 * Black-chinned sparrow, Spizella atrogularis
 * Black-headed brushfinch, Arremon atricapillus
 * Black-striped sparrow, Arremonops conirostris
 * Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata
 * Botteri's sparrow, Peucaea botterii
 * Brewer's sparrow, Spizella breweri
 * Bridled sparrow, Peucaea mystacalis
 * Cabanis's ground-sparrow, Melozone cabanisi
 * California towhee, Melozone crissalis (ssp. eremophilus: )
 * Canyon towhee, Melozone fusca
 * Cassin's sparrow, Peucaea cassinii
 * Chestnut-capped brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
 * Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina
 * Cinnamon-tailed sparrow, Peucaea sumichrasti
 * Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida
 * Collared towhee, Pipilo ocai
 * Common chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
 * Costa Rican brushfinch, Arremon costaricensis
 * Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis
 * Eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus
 * Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla
 * Five-striped sparrow, Amphispizopsis quinquestriata
 * Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca
 * Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla
 * Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum (ssp. floridanus: )
 * Green-backed sparrow, Arremonops chloronotus
 * Green-striped brushfinch, Arremon virenticeps
 * Green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus
 * Guadalupe junco, Junco insularis
 * Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula
 * Henslow's sparrow, Centronyx henslowii
 * Large-footed finch, Pezopetes capitalis
 * Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys
 * Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
 * Le Conte's sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii
 * Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii
 * Nelson's sparrow, Ammospiza nelsoni
 * Oaxaca sparrow, Aimophila notosticta
 * Olive sparrow, Arremonops rufivirgatus
 * Orange-billed sparrow, Arremon aurantiirostris
 * Pirre chlorospingus, Chlorospingus inornatus
 * Rufous-capped brushfinch, Atlapetes pileatus
 * Rufous-collared sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
 * Rufous-crowned sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
 * Rufous-winged sparrow, Peucaea carpalis
 * Rusty sparrow, Aimophila rufescens
 * Rusty-crowned ground-sparrow, Melozone kieneri
 * Sagebrush sparrow, Artemisiospiza nevadensis
 * Saltmarsh sparrow, Ammospiza caudacuta
 * Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
 * Seaside sparrow, Ammospiza maritima (Cape Sable seaside sparrow A. m. mirabilis: )
 * Sierra Madre sparrow, Xenospiza baileyi
 * Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia
 * Sooty-capped chlorospingus, Chlorospingus pileatus
 * Sooty-faced finch, Arremon crassirostris
 * Spotted towhee, Pipilo maculatus
 * Striped sparrow, Oriturus superciliosus
 * Stripe-headed sparrow, Peucaea ruficauda
 * Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana
 * Tacarcuna chlorospingus, Chlorospingus tacarcunae
 * Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus
 * Volcano junco, Junco vulcani
 * White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
 * White-eared ground-sparrow, Melozone leucotis
 * White-faced ground-sparrow, Melozone biarcuata
 * White-naped brushfinch, Atlapetes albinucha
 * White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
 * White-throated towhee, Melozone albicollis
 * Worthen's sparrow, Spizella wortheni
 * Yellow-eyed junco, Junco phaeonotus
 * Yellow-green brushfinch, Atlapetes luteoviridis
 * Yellow-thighed brushfinch, Atlapetes tibialis
 * Yellow-throated chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavigularis
 * Zapata sparrow, Torreornis inexpectata

Chat-tanagers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Calyptophilidae

These two species were formerly classified as tanagers (family Thraupidae) but were placed in their own family in 2017.


 * Eastern chat-tanager, Calyptophilus frugivorus
 * Western chat-tanager, Calyptophilus tertius

Hispaniolan tanagers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Phaenicophilidae

The members of this small family were formerly classified as tanagers and New World warblers (family Parulidae) but were placed in their own family in 2017.


 * Black-crowned palm-tanager, Phaenicophilus palmarum
 * Green-tailed warbler, Microligea palustris
 * Gray-crowned palm-tanager, Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
 * White-winged warbler, Xenoligea montana

Puerto Rican tanager
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Nesospingidae

This species was formerly classified as a tanager (family Thraupidae) but was placed in its own family in 2017.


 * Puerto Rican tanager, Nesospingus speculiferus

Spindalises
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Spindalidae

The members of this small family are native to the Greater Antilles. They were formerly classified as tanagers but were placed in their own family in 2017.


 * Hispaniolan spindalis, Spindalis dominicensis
 * Jamaican spindalis, Spindalis nigricephala
 * Puerto Rican spindalis, Spindalis portoricensis
 * Western spindalis, Spindalis zena

Wrenthrush
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Zeledoniidae

Despite its name, this species is neither a wren nor a thrush, and is not closely related to either family. It was moved from the wood-warblers (Parulidae) and placed in its own family in 2017.


 * Wrenthrush, Zeledonia coronata

Cuban warblers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Teretistridae

These two species were formerly placed in the New World warblers (Parulidae) but were moved to their own family in 2017.


 * Oriente warbler, Teretistris fornsi
 * Yellow-headed warbler, Teretistris fernandinae

Yellow-breasted chat
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Icteriidae

This species was historically placed in the wood-warblers but nonetheless most authorities were unsure if it belonged there. It was placed in its own family in 2017.


 * Yellow-breasted chat, Icteria virens

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 a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.


 * Altamira oriole, Icterus gularis
 * Audubon's oriole, Icterus graduacauda
 * Bahama oriole, Icterus northropi
 * Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula
 * Bar-winged oriole, Icterus maculialatus
 * Black oropendola, Psarocolius guatimozinus
 * Black-backed oriole, Icterus abeillei
 * Black-cowled oriole, Icterus prosthemelas
 * Black-vented oriole, Icterus wagleri
 * Boat-tailed grackle, Quiscalus major
 * Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus
 * Brewer's blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus
 * Bronzed cowbird, Molothrus aeneus
 * Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater
 * Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii
 * Carib grackle, Quiscalus lugubris }
 * Chestnut-headed oropendola, Psarocolius wagleri
 * Chihuahuan meadowlark, Sturnella lilianae
 * Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
 * Crested oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus
 * Cuban blackbird, Ptiloxena atroviolacea
 * Cuban oriole, Icterus melanopsis
 * Eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna
 * Giant cowbird, Molothrus oryzivorus
 * Greater Antillean grackle, Quiscalus niger
 * Great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
 * Hispaniolan oriole, Icterus dominicensis
 * Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus
 * Jamaican blackbird, Nesopsar nigerrimus
 * Jamaican oriole, Icterus leucopteryx
 * Martinique oriole, Icterus bonana
 * Melodious blackbird, Dives dives
 * Montezuma oropendola, Psarocolius montezuma
 * Montserrat oriole, Icterus oberi
 * Nicaraguan grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis
 * Orange oriole, Icterus auratus
 * Orange-crowned oriole, Icterus auricapillus
 * Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius
 * Puerto Rican oriole, Icterus portoricensis
 * Red-breasted meadowlark, Leistes militaris
 * Red-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius assimilis
 * Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
 * Rusty blackbird, Euphagus carolinus
 * Scarlet-rumped cacique, Cacicus uropygialis
 * Scott's oriole, Icterus parisorum
 * Shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis
 * Slender-billed grackle, Quiscalus palustris (E)
 * Spot-breasted oriole, Icterus pectoralis (I)
 * St. Lucia oriole, Icterus laudabilis
 * Streak-backed oriole, Icterus pustulatus
 * Tawny-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius humeralis
 * Tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor
 * Venezuelan troupial, Icterus icterus (I)
 * Western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
 * Yellow-backed oriole, Icterus chrysater
 * Yellow-billed cacique, Amblycercus holosericeus
 * Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 * Yellow-hooded blackbird, Chrysomus icterocephalus
 * Yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela
 * Yellow-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius xanthomus
 * Yellow-tailed oriole, Icterus mesomelas
 * Yellow-winged cacique, Cassiculus melanicterus

New World warblers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Parulidae

The wood warblers are a group of small often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. In August 2011, the North American Committee of the AOS changed their classification of many of the wood warblers. Since this list is based on the AOS classification, changes to scientific names are updated here.


 * Adelaide's warbler, Setophaga adelaidae
 * Altamira yellowthroat, Geothlypis flavovelata
 * American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla
 * Arrowhead warbler, Setophaga pharetra
 * Bachman's warbler, Vermivora bachmanii (E?)
 * Bahama warbler, Setophaga flavescens
 * Bahama yellowthroat, Geothlypis rostrata
 * Barbuda warbler, Setophaga subita
 * Bay-breasted warbler, Setophaga castanea
 * Belding's yellowthroat, Geothlypis beldingi
 * Black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta varia
 * Blackburnian warbler, Setophaga fusca
 * Black-cheeked warbler, Basileuterus melanogenys
 * Blackpoll warbler, Setophaga striata
 * Black-polled yellowthroat, Geothlypis speciosa
 * Black-throated blue warbler, Setophaga caerulescens
 * Black-throated gray warbler, Setophaga nigrescens
 * Black-throated green warbler, Setophaga virens
 * Blue-winged warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera
 * Buff-rumped warbler, Myiothlypis fulvicauda
 * Canada warbler, Cardellina canadensis
 * Cape May warbler, Setophaga tigrina
 * Cerulean warbler, Setophaga cerulea
 * Chestnut-capped warbler, Basileuterus delattrii
 * Chestnut-sided warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica
 * Colima warbler, Leiothlypis crissalis
 * Collared redstart, Myioborus torquatus
 * Common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas
 * Connecticut warbler, Oporornis agilis
 * Costa Rican warbler, Basileuterus melanotis
 * Crescent-chested warbler, Oreothlypis superciliosa
 * Elfin-woods warbler, Setophaga angelae
 * Fan-tailed warbler, Basileuterus lachrymosus
 * Flame-throated warbler, Oreothlypis gutturalis
 * Golden-browed warbler, Basileuterus belli
 * Golden-cheeked warbler, Setophaga chrysoparia
 * Golden-crowned warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus
 * Golden-winged warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera
 * Grace's warbler, Setophaga graciae
 * Gray-crowned yellowthroat, Geothlypis poliocephala
 * Hermit warbler, Setophaga occidentalis
 * Hooded warbler, Setophaga citrina
 * Hooded yellowthroat, Geothlypis nelsoni
 * Kentucky warbler, Geothlypis formosa
 * Kirtland's warbler, Setophaga kirtlandii
 * Louisiana waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla
 * Lucy's warbler, Leiothlypis luciae
 * MacGillivray's warbler, Geothlypis tolmiei
 * Magnolia warbler, Setophaga magnolia
 * Mourning warbler, Geothlypis philadelphia
 * Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla
 * Northern parula, Setophaga americana
 * Northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis
 * Olive-capped warbler, Setophaga pityophila
 * Olive-crowned yellowthroat, Geothlypis semiflava
 * Orange-crowned warbler, Leiothlypis celata
 * Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla
 * Painted redstart, Myioborus pictus
 * Palm warbler, Setophaga palmarum
 * Pine warbler, Setophaga pinus
 * Pink-headed warbler, Cardellina versicolor
 * Pirre warbler, Basileuterus ignotus
 * Plumbeous warbler, Setophaga plumbea
 * Prairie warbler, Setophaga discolor
 * Prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria citrea
 * Red warbler, Cardellina rubra
 * Red-faced warbler, Cardellina rubrifrons
 * Rufous-capped warbler, Basileuterus rufifrons
 * Semper's warbler, Leucopeza semperi
 * Slate-throated redstart, Myioborus miniatus
 * St. Lucia warbler, Setophaga delicata
 * Swainson's warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii
 * Tacarcuna warbler, Basileuterus tacarcunae
 * Tennessee warbler, Leiothlypis peregrina
 * Townsend's warbler, Setophaga townsendi
 * Tropical parula, Setophaga pitiayumi
 * Virginia's warbler, Leiothlypis virginiae
 * Vitelline warbler, Setophaga vitellina
 * Whistling warbler, Catharopeza bishopi
 * Wilson's warbler, Cardellina pusilla
 * Worm-eating warbler, Helmitheros vermivorus
 * Yellow warbler, Setophaga petechia (ssp. petechia: )
 * Yellow-rumped warbler, Setophaga coronata
 * Yellow-throated warbler, Setophaga dominica

Mitrospingid tanagers
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Mitrospingidae

The members of this small family were previously included in Thraupidae ("true" tanagers). They were placed in this new family in 2017.


 * Dusky-faced tanager, Mitrospingus cassinii

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.


 * Black-cheeked ant-tanager, Habia atrimaxillaris
 * Black-faced grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster
 * Black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus
 * Black-thighed grosbeak, Pheucticus tibialis
 * Blue bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina
 * Blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea
 * Blue seedeater, Amaurospiza concolor
 * Blue-black grosbeak, Cyanoloxia cyanoides
 * Carmiol's tanager, Chlorothraupis carmioli
 * Crimson-collared grosbeak, Rhodothraupis celaeno
 * Dickcissel, Spiza americana
 * Flame-colored tanager, Piranga bidentata
 * Gray-throated chat, Granatellus sallaei
 * Hepatic tanager, Piranga flava
 * Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea
 * Lazuli bunting, Passerina amoena
 * Lemon-spectacled tanager, Chlorothraupis olivacea
 * Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
 * Orange-breasted bunting, Passerina leclancherii
 * Painted bunting, Passerina ciris
 * Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus
 * Red-breasted chat, Granatellus venustus
 * Red-crowned ant-tanager, Habia rubica
 * Red-headed tanager, Piranga erythrocephala
 * Red-throated ant-tanager, Habia fuscicauda
 * Rose-bellied bunting, Passerina rositae
 * Rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus
 * Rose-throated tanager, Piranga roseogularis
 * Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea
 * Summer tanager, Piranga rubra
 * Varied bunting, Passerina versicolor
 * Western tanager, Piranga ludoviciana
 * White-winged tanager, Piranga leucoptera
 * Yellow grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus
 * Yellow-green grosbeak, Caryothraustes canadensis

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. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings.


 * Azure-rumped tanager, Poecilostreptus cabanisi
 * Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
 * Barbados bullfinch, Loxigilla barbadensis
 * Bay-headed tanager, Tangara gyrola
 * Black-and-yellow tanager, Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
 * Black-faced grassquit, Melanospiza bicolor
 * Black-headed saltator, Saltator atriceps
 * Black-throated shrike-tanager, Lanio aurantius
 * Blue dacnis, Dacnis cayana
 * Blue-and-gold tanager, Bangsia arcaei
 * Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
 * Blue-gray tanager, Thraupis episcopus
 * Buff-throated saltator, Saltator maximus
 * Cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercer, Diglossa baritula
 * Cinnamon-bellied saltator, Saltator grandis
 * Cinnamon-rumped seedeater, Sporophila torqueola
 * Cocos finch, Pinaroloxias inornata
 * Crimson-backed tanager, Ramphocelus dimidiatus
 * Crimson-collared tanager, Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
 * Cuban bullfinch, Melopyrrha nigra
 * Cuban grassquit, Phonipara canora
 * Emerald tanager, Tangara florida
 * Flame-rumped tanager, Ramphocelus flammigerus
 * Golden-hooded tanager, Stilpnia larvata
 * Grassland yellow-finch, Sicalis luteola
 * Greater Antillean bullfinch, Melopyrrha violacea
 * Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza
 * Green-naped tanager, Tangara fucosa
 * Gray-and-gold tanager, Poecilostreptus palmeri
 * Gray-headed tanager, Eucometis penicillata
 * Large-billed seed-finch, Sporophila crassirostris
 * Lesser Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis
 * Lesser Antillean saltator, Saltator albicollis
 * Lesser Antillean tanager, Stilpnia cucullata
 * Lined seedeater, Sporophila lineola
 * Morelet's seedeater, Sporophila morelleti
 * Nicaraguan seed-finch, Sporophila nuttingi
 * Orangequit, Euneornis campestris
 * Palm tanager Thraupis palmarum
 * Peg-billed finch, Acanthidops bairdi
 * Plain-colored tanager, Tangara inornata
 * Puerto Rican bullfinch, Melopyrrha portoricensis
 * Purple honeycreeper, Cyanerpes caeruleus
 * Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
 * Ruddy-breasted seedeater, Sporophila minuta
 * Rufous-winged tanager, Tangara lavinia
 * Saffron finch, Sicalis flaveola (I)
 * Scarlet-browed tanager, Heterospingus xanthopygius
 * Scarlet-rumped tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii
 * Scarlet-thighed dacnis, Dacnis venusta
 * Shining honeycreeper, Cyanerpes lucidus
 * Silver-throated tanager, Tangara icterocephala
 * Slate-colored grosbeak, Saltator grossus
 * Slate-colored seedeater, Sporophila schistacea
 * Slaty finch, Haplospiza rustica
 * Slaty flowerpiercer, Diglossa plumbea
 * Spangle-cheeked tanager, Tangara dowii
 * Speckled tanager, Ixothraupis guttata
 * St. Kitts bullfinch, Melopyrrha grandis
 * St. Lucia black finch, Melanospiza richardsoni
 * Streaked saltator, Saltator striatipectus
 * Sulphur-rumped tanager, Heterospingus rubrifrons
 * Swallow tanager, Tersina viridis
 * Tawny-crested tanager, Tachyphonus delatrii
 * Thick-billed seed-finch, Sporophila funerea
 * Variable seedeater, Sporophila corvina
 * Viridian dacnis, Dacnis viguieri
 * Wedge-tailed grass-finch, Emberizoides herbicola
 * White-eared conebill, Conirostrum leucogenys
 * White-lined tanager, Tachyphonus rufus
 * White-shouldered tanager, Loriotus luctuosus
 * White-throated shrike-tanager, Lanio leucothorax
 * Yellow-backed tanager, Hemithraupis flavicollis
 * Yellow-bellied seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
 * Yellow-faced grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus
 * Yellow-shouldered grassquit, Loxipasser anoxanthus
 * Yellow-winged tanager, Thraupis abbas