Birds of Haiti

List of Common Birds Found in Haiti

Native Birds

• American Coot
• American Flamingo
• American Kestrel
• American Oystercatcher
• American Redstart
• American Yellow Warbler
• Antillean Palm-swift
• Ashy-faced Owl
• Bananaquit
• Bank Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Black-and-white Warbler
• Black-bellied Plover
• Black-bellied Whistling-duck
• Black-crowned Night-heron
• Black-crowned Palm-tanager
• Black-necked Stilt
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Black Skimmer
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Black Vulture
• Black-whiskered Vireo
• Blue-winged Teal
• Blue-winged Warbler
• Broad-billed Tody
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Brown Pelican
• Cape May Warbler
• Caribbean Flamingo
• Cattle Egret
• Cliff Swallow
• Common Gallinule
• Common Ground Dove
• Common Yellowthroat
• Crested Caracara
• Dunlin
• Eastern Bluebird
• Glossy Ibis
• Gray-headed Warbler
• Gray Kingbird
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Greater Antillean Bullfinch
• Greater Antillean Grackle
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Great White Egret
• Green Heron
• Green-tailed Warbler
• Hispaniolan Crossbill
• Hispaniolan Emerald
• Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo
• Hispaniolan Oriole
• Hispaniolan Parakeet
• Hispaniolan Pewee
• Hispaniolan Trogon
• Hispaniolan Woodpecker
• Hooded Warbler
• Key West Quail-dove
• Killdeer
• Least Bittern
• Least Grebe
• Least Sandpiper
• Least Tern
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Little Blue Heron
• Long-billed Curlew
• Louisiana Waterthrush
• Magnificent Frigatebird
• Marbled Godwit
• Merlin
• Mississippi Kite
• Mourning Dove
• Narrow-billed Tody
• Northern Jacana
• Northern Mockingbird
• Northern Parula
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Waterthrush
• Osprey
• Ovenbird
• Palmchat
• Peregrine Falcon
• Plain Pigeon
• Prairie Warbler
• Prothonotary Warbler
• Purple Gallinule
• Purple Martin
• Reddish Egret
• Red Knot
• Red-legged Thrush
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Ring-billed Gull
• Roseate Spoonbill
• Ruddy Duck
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Rufous-throated Solitaire
• Sanderling
• Sandhill Crane
• Semipalmated Plover
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Snowy Egret
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Stolid Flycatcher
• Swainson’s Hawk
• Tree Swallow
• Tricolored Heron
• Turkey Vulture
• Western Chat-tanager
• Whimbrel
• White-cheeked Pintail
• White-necked Crow
• White-tailed Kite
• White-winged Dove
• Wilson’s Plover
• Wilson’s Snipe
• Wilson’s Warbler
• Wood Duck
• Worm-eating Warbler
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Yellow-breasted Chat
• Yellow-crowned Night-heron
• Yellow-faced Grassquit
• Yellow Warbler
• Zenaida Dove

Non-native Birds

• Chestnut Munia
• Eurasian Collared-dove
• Helmeted Guineafowl
• House Sparrow
• Northern Bobwhite
• Red Junglefowl
• Rock Pigeon
• Scaly-breasted Munia
• Tricolored Munia
• Village Weaver

Some of the best birding sites in Haiti include Parc National La Visite, Macaya Biosphere Reserve, and Bassin Bleu Nature Reserve. The peak season for birding in Haiti generally corresponds to the dry season, which spans from December to April. This period offers favorable weather conditions with lower rainfall and less humidity, making it more comfortable for birdwatching activities.