BIRDS OF ST. LUCIA, WEST INDIES

Dedication & Acknowledgements

Message From the Honourable Stephenson King

  Foreword by Dr. Robert Butler

 Introduction by Lyndon John

Maps of St. Lucia

  “Parts of a Bird” diagram

Bird Checklist

Species Abundance

Species Accounts

Photos

Art

Bibliography / References

 

BIRDS OF SAINT LUCIA,

WEST INDIES

Species Abundance

SPECIES ABUNDANCE,  SAINT LUCIA, WEST INDIES

 

Endemic species:   BOLD       Endemic subspecies:  *

Lesser Antillean regional endemic: **

 

 

           C = Common — regularly seen or heard in appropriate habitat

 

           U = Uncommon — usually present; may not be seen or heard on every visit to appropriate habitat

 

            R = Rare — present in appropriate habitat, but only in small numbers; seldom seen or heard

 

           V = Very rare or Vagrant — very small numbers, or very infrequent visitor

 

            ? = Status unknown

  Common Name Scientific Name Abundance Time of Year
1.   Pied-billed Grebe                          Podilymbus podiceps R Oct.-March
2.   Greater Shearwater                      Puffinus gravis R May-July
3.   Sooty Shearwater                         Puffinus griseus R May-July
4.   Audubon's Shearwater                 Puffinus lherminieri U Resident
5.   Red-billed Tropicbird                    Phaethon aethereus mesonauta C Residient
6.   White-tailed Tropicbird                 Phaethon lepturus catesbyi C Resident
7.   Brown Pelican                              Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis R Resident
8.   Masked Booby                             Sula dactylatra dactylatra R Resident
9.   Red-footed Booby                        Sula sula sula U Resident
10.   Brown Booby                               Sula leucogaster leucogaster C Resident
11.   Anhinga Anhinga anhinga V  
12.   Magnificent Frigatebird                Fregata magnificens C Resident
13.   Great Blue Heron                         Ardea herodias occidentalis U Oct.-April
14.   Great Egret                                  Ardea alba egretta U Sept.-April
15.   Tricolored Heron                           Egretta tricolor ruficollis (occidentalis)                                          R Resident
16.   Little Blue Heron                           Egretta caerulea C Resident
17.   Snowy Egret                                 Egretta thula brewsteri C Resident
18.   Little Egret                                    Egretta garzetta R Sept.-June
19.   Western Reef-Heron                     Egretta gularis V  
20.   Cattle Egret                                   Bubulcus ibis ibis C Resident
21.   Green Heron                                 Butorides virescens virescens C Resident
22.   Black-crowned Night-Heron          Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli U Resident
23.   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron        Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti C Resident
24.   Glossy Ibis                                     Plegadis falcinellus V  
25.   Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja V  
26.   Caribean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber V  
27.   Fulvous Whistling-Duck                 Dendrocygna bicolor V  
28.   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck         Dendrocygna autumnalis V  
29.   American Wigeon                          Anas americana R Oct.-April
30.   Gadwall Anas strepera V  
31.   Green-winged Teal                       Anas carolinensis V  
32.   Northern Pintail                             Anas acuta R Sept.-April
33.   Blue-winged Teal                          Anas discors C Oct.-April
34.   Northern Shoveler                         Anas clypeata R Oct.-May
35.   Ring-necked Duck                         Aythya collaris V  
36.   Lesser Scaup                                Aythya affinis R Nov.-March
37.   Masked Duck                                Nomonyx dominica U Resident
38.   Ruddy Duck                                  Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis V  
39.   Osprey Pandion haliaetus ridgwayi  V Sept.-April
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  U
40.   Northern Harrier                            Circus cyaneus V  
41.   Common Black-Hawk                    Buteogallus anthracinus anthracinus V  
42.   Broad-winged Hawk                      Buteo platypterus rivierei C Resident
43.   Red-tailed Hawk                            Buteo jamaicensis V