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List of birds of Vieques

This is a list of birds recorded in the island of Vieques. Vieques is an island municipality of Puerto Rico located off the east coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, south of Culebra island and west of the Virgin Islands. It has a total area of 348.15 km2, of which only 135 km2 is land area. On May 1, 2001, the western end of Vieques National Wildlife Refuge was established and on May 1, 2003, the same day as the exit of the U.S. Navy from the island, the eastern end of the refuge was established.

Vieques Island from the air

There are a total of 196 species recorded from the island of Vieques as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World.[1] Some species, such as the Puerto Rican parrot, have been extirpated from the island but are, nonetheless, included in this list. This list presents the following information for each species: common and scientific name of each species.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).[2] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence:

  • (A) Accidental
  • (I) Introduced
  • (Ex) Extirpated

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

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Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

Common name Species Status
West Indian whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea
Canada goose Branta canadensis (A)
Blue-winged teal Spatula discors
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata (A)
American wigeon Mareca americana (A)
White-cheeked pintail Anas bahamensis
Lesser scaup Aythya affinis (A)
Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator (A)
Masked duck Nomonyx dominicus (A)
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis

Guineafowl

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Order: Galliformes   Family: Numididae

Guineafowls are a group of African seed-eating, ground-nesting birds resembling partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled gray plumage.

Common name Species Status
Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris (I)

New World quail

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Order: Galliformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus (Ex)

Flamingos

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Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos (genus Phoenicopterus monotypic in family Phoenicopteridae) are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) 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.

Common name Species Status
American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (A)

Grebes

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Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

 
Pied-billed grebe, commonly known as zaramago in Spanish.

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

Common name Species Status
Least grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Pigeons and doves

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Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

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

Common name Species Status
Rock pigeon Columba livia (I)
Scaly-naped pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
White-crowned pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
Eurasian collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto (I)
Common ground dove Columbina passerina
Ruddy quail-dove Geotrygon montana
Key West quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia
Bridled quail-dove Geotrygon mystacea
White-winged dove Zenaida asiatica
Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita
Mourning dove Zenaida macroura

Cuckoos

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Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

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

Common name Species Status
Smooth-billed ani Crotophaga ani
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (A)
Mangrove cuckoo Coccyzus minor
Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo Saurothera vieilloti (A)

Nightjars and allies

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Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: 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 colored to resemble bark or leaves.

Common name Species Status
Antillean nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachi
Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis (A)

Swifts

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Order: Apodiformes   Family: Apodidae

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

Common name Species Status
White-collared swift Streptoprocne zonaris (A)
Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica (A)
Antillean palm swift Tachornis phoenicobia (A)

Hummingbirds

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Order: Apodiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Puerto Rican mango Anthracothorax aurulentus (A)
Green-throated carib Eulampis holosericeus
Puerto Rican emerald Riccordia maugaeus
Antillean crested hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus

Rails, gallinules, and coots

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Order: Gruiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Clapper rail Rallus crepitans
Sora Porzana carolina (A)
Common gallinule Gallinula galeata
American coot Fulica americana
Black rail Laterallus jamaicensis (A)

Stilts and avocets

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus

Oystercatchers

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

 
American oystercatcher, this species is a probable breeder and can be found in Vieques's shorelines.

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

Common name Species Status
American oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

Lapwings and plovers

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Black-bellied plover Squatarola squatarola
American golden-plover Pluvialis dominica (A)
Wilson's plover Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated plover Charadrius semipulmatus
Piping plover Charadrius melodus (A)
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Sandpipers and allies

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (A)
Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica (A)
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red knot Calidris canutus (A)
Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla
White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (A)
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos (A)
Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla (A)
Western sandpiper Calidris mauri
Short-billed dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Wilson's snipe Gallinago delicata (A)
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria (A)
Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Willet Tringa semipalmata (A)
Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

Skuas and jaegers

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

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

Common name Species Status
Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

 
Laughing gull, the most common gull (gaviota) in the archipelago of Puerto Rico but an uncommon species in summer in Vieques.

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, terns and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 25–30 years.

Common name Species Status
Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Herring gull Larus argentatus
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus (A)
Brown noddy Anous stolidus
Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Least tern Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica (A)
Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia (A)
Roseate tern Sterna dougallii
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Forster's tern Sterna forsteri (A)
Royal tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis (A)
Black skimmer Rynchops niger (A)

Tropicbirds

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Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head.

Common name Species Status
White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Red-billed tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

Shearwaters and petrels

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Order: Procellariiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea (A)

Storks

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Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Wood stork Mycteria americana (A)

Frigatebirds

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Order: Suliformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens

Boobies and gannets

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Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

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

Common name Species Status
Masked booby Sula dactylatra
Brown booby Sula leucogaster

Cormorants and shags

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Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

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

Common name Species Status
Double-crested cormorant Nannopterum auritum (A)

Pelicans

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Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

 
Brown pelican, a protected species which commonly occurs in Vieques's coasts.

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.

Common name Species Status
American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (A)
Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Bitterns, herons and egrets

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Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

 
Cattle egret (garza in Spanish), a common bird in Vieques, usually found on top of cows.

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

Common name Species Status
Least bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Great blue heron Ardea herodias
Great egret Egretta alba
Snowy egret Egretta thula
Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish egret Egretta rufescens (A)
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
Green heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea

Ibises and spoonbills

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Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

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

Common name Species Status
Scarlet ibis Eudocimus ruber (A)
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus (A)

New World vultures

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Order: Cathartiformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Turkey vulture Cathartes aura (I)

Osprey

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Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

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

Common name Species Status
Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Hawks, eagles, and kites

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Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

 
Red-tailed hawk, commonly known as guaraguao in Puerto Rico and Vieques.

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.

Common name Species Status
Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus (A)
Northern harrier Circus hudsonius (A)
Broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus
Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Owls

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Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

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

Common name Species Status
Short-eared owl Asio flammeus

Kingfishers

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Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

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

Common name Species Status
Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Woodpeckers

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Order: Piciformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (A)
Puerto Rican woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis

Falcons and caracaras

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Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

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

Common name Species Status
American kestrel Falco sparverius
Merlin Falco columbarius (A)
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus (A)

New World and African parrots

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Order: Psittaciformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (I)
Puerto Rican parrot Amazona vittata (Ex)
Brown-throated parakeet Eupsittula pertinax (Ex)

Tyrant flycatchers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Caribbean elaenia Elaenia martinica
Puerto Rican flycatcher Miarchus antillarum
Gray kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
Loggerhead kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
Scissor-tailed flycatcher Tyrannus caudifasciatus (A)
Fork-tailed flycatcher Tyrannus caudifasciatus (A)

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
White-eyed vireo Vireo griseus (A)
Yellow-throated vireo Vireo flavifrons (A)
Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus
Black-whiskered vireo Vireo altiloquus

Swallows

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

 
Barn swallow, species from this family are known as golondrinas in Puerto Rico and Vieques.

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.

Common name Species Status
Northern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis (A)
Caribbean martin Progne dominicensis
Bank swallow Riparia riparia (A)
Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
Cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (A)
Cave swallow Petrochelidon fulva

Starlings

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are medium-sized passerines with strong feet. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

Common name Species Status
European starling Sturnus vulgaris (A)

Mockingbirds and thrashers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their 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.

Common name Status
Gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis (A)
Pearly-eyed thrasher Margarops fuscatus
Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

Thrushes and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Status
Bicknell's thrush Catharus bicknelli (A)
Red-legged thrush Turdus plumbeus (A)

Weavers and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Ploceidae

Weavers are a group of small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical Asia. Weavers get their name from the large woven nests many species make. They are gregarious birds which often breed colonially.

Common name Status
Northern red bishop Euplectes franciscanus (A)

Waxbills and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

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

Common name Species Status
Bronze mannikin Spermestes cucullata (I)
Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata (I)

Whydahs

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Viduidae

The Viduidae is a family of small passerine birds native to Africa that includes indigobirds and whydahs. All species are brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches. Species usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage.

Common name Species Status
Pin-tailed whydah Vidua macroura (I)

Old World sparrows

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

 
House sparrow, a common occurring species in Vieques's inhabited areas.

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.

Common name Species Status
House sparrow Passer domesticus (I)

Finches, euphonias, and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Puerto Rican euphonia[3] Chlorophonia sclateri (Ex)

New World sparrows

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae

New World sparrows are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many species have distinctive head patterns.

Common name Species Status
Grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

Spindalises

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Puerto Rican spindalis Spindalis portoricensis (A)

Troupials and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus (A)
Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula (A)
Yellow-shouldered blackbird Agelaius xanthomus (A)
Shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater (A)
Greater Antillean grackle Quiscalus niger

New World warblers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Parulidae

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

Common name Species Status
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating warbler Helmitheros vermivorum (A)
Louisiana waterthrush Parkesia motacilla (A)
Northern waterthrush Parkesia novaboracensis
Black-and-white warbler Mniotilta varia
Prothonotary warbler Protonotaria citrea (A)
Tennessee warbler Leiothlypis peregrina (A)
Connecticut warbler Oporornis agilis (A)
Mourning warbler Geothlypis philadelphia (A)
Kentucky warbler Geothlypis formosa (A)
Common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Hooded warbler Setophaga citrina (A)
American redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Cape May warbler Setophaga tigrina
Northern parula Setophaga americana
Magnolia warbler Setophaga magnolia (A)
Blackburnian warbler Setophaga fusca (A)
Yellow warbler Setophaga petechia
Blackpoll warbler Setophaga striata
Black-throated blue warbler Setophaga caerulescens (A)
Palm warbler Setophaga palmarum (A)
Pine warbler Setophaga pinus (A)
Yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata (A)
Yellow-throated warbler Setophaga dominica (A)
Prairie warbler Setophaga discolor
Adelaide's warbler Setophaga adelaidae
Black-throated green warbler Setophaga virens (A)
Canada warbler Cardellina canadensis (A)

Cardinals and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: 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.

Common name Species Status
Scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea (A)
Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus (A)
Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea (A)

Tanagers and allies

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae

 
Bananaquit, commonly known as reinita, one of the most abundant species in Vieques.

The bananaquit is a small passerine bird. It has a slender, curved bill, adapted to taking nectar from flowers. It is the only member of the genus Coereba (Vieillot, 1809) and is normally placed within the family Thraupidae.

Common name Species Status
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Yellow-faced grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
Lesser Antillean bullfinch Loxigilla noctis (A)
Black-faced grassquit Melanospiza bicolor

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lepage, Denis (March 13, 2021). "Checklist of Birds of Vieques". Avibase bird checklists of the world. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2022. Check-list of North American Birds (online). American Ornithological Society. (July 29, 2022). "Check-list of North and Middle American Birds". American Ornithological Society. Retrieved July 7, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Wetmore reported the introduction of 40 individuals to the island in 1910 but apparently the population disappeared before 1916.
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