Jamaica

Checklist of Endemic Bird Species

This list of bird species found exclusively in Jamaica is based on the taxonomy used in Dickinson (2003). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Dickinson, E.C. (Ed.)(2003) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged third edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

X = extinct

Columba caribaea (Columbidae) Ring-tailed Pigeon

Geotrygon versicolor (Columbidae) Crested Quail-Dove

Amazona agilis (Psittacidae) Black-billed Parrot

Amazona collaria (Psittacidae) Yellow-billed Parrot

Hyetornis pluvialis (Cuculidae) Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo

Saurothera vetula (Cuculidae) Jamaican Cuckoo

Pseudoscops grammicus (Strigidae) Jamaican Owl

Siphonorhis americana X (Caprimulgidae) Jamaican Paraque

Anthracothorax mango (Trochilidae) Jamaican Mango

Trochilus polytmus (Trochilidae) Red-billed Streamertail

Trochilus scitulus (Trochilidae) Black-billed Streamertail

Todus todus (Todidae) Jamaican Tody

Melanerpes radiolatus (Picidae) Jamaican Woodpecker

Pachyramphus niger (Cotingidae) Jamaican Becard

Contopus pallidus (Tyrannidae) Jamaican Pewee

Myiarchus barbirostris (Tyrannidae) Sad Flycatcher

Myiarchus validus (Tyrannidae) Rufous-tailed Flycatcher

Myiopagis cotta (Tyrannidae) Jamaican Elaenia

Vireo modestus (Vireonidae) Jamaican Vireo

Vireo osburni (Vireonidae) Blue Mountain Vireo

Corvus jamaicensis (Corvidae) Jamaican Crow

Turdus aurantius (Turdidae) White-chinned Thrush

Turdus jamaicensis (Turdidae) White-eyed Thrush

Dendroica pharetra (Parulidae) Arrow-headed Warbler

Nesopsar nigerrimus (Icteridae) Jamaican Blackbird

Euneornis campestris (Emberizidae) Orangequit

Loxipasser anoxanthus (Emberizidae) Yellow-shouldered Grassquit

Euphonia jamaica (Incertae Sedis) Jamaican Euphonia

Spindalis nigricephala (Incertae Sedis) Jamaican Spindalis