Birds of Saint Lucia

List of Common Birds Found in Saint Lucia

Native Birds

• American Flamingo
• American Kestrel
• American Oystercatcher
• American Redstart
• Antillean Crested Hummingbird
• Antillean Nighthawk
• Bananaquit
• Bank Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Belted Kingfisher
• Black-bellied Whistling Duck
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-faced Grassquit
• Black-necked Stilt
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Black Skimmer
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Black-whiskered Vireo
• Blue-black Grassquit
• Bridled Quail-dove
• Brown Booby
• Brown Trembler
• Caribbean Coot
• Caribbean Elaenia
• Caribbean Flamingo
• Caribbean Hornero
• Caribbean Martin
• Carib Grackle
• Cattle Egret
• Cave Swallow
• Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
• Common Gallinule
• Common Ground Dove
• Common Nighthawk
• Glossy Ibis
• Gray Kingbird
• Gray Trembler
• Great Egret
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Green Heron
• Green Kingfisher
• Green-throated Carib
• House Wren
• Laughing Gull
• Least Sandpiper
• Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
• Lesser Antillean Pewee
• Lesser Antillean Saltator
• Lesser Antillean Tanager
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Little Blue Heron
• Magnificent Frigatebird
• Mangrove Cuckoo
• Masked Duck
• Merlin
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Jacana
• Northern Mockingbird
• Northern Parula
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Orangequit
• Palm Warbler
• Pearly-eyed Thrasher
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Prairie Warbler
• Purple Gallinule
• Purple-throated Carib
• Reddish Egret
• Red-necked Pigeon
• Ring-billed Gull
• Roseate Spoonbill
• Royal Tern
• Ruddy Quail-dove
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Rufous-throated Solitaire
• Saint Lucia Amazon
• Saint Lucia Black Finch
• Saint Lucia Oriole
• Saint Lucia Parrot
• Saint Lucia Pewee
• Saint Lucia Warbler
• Sanderling
• Sandwich Tern
• Scaly-breasted Thrasher
• Scaly-naped Pigeon
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Smooth-billed Ani
• Snowy Egret
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Sooty Grassquit
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Stolid Flycatcher
• Tree Swallow
• Tricolored Heron
• Tropical Mockingbird
• Vaux’s Swift
• Warbling Vireo
• White-cheeked Pintail
• White-crowned Pigeon
• White Ibis
• White-tipped Dove
• Willet
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Yellow-crowned Night Heron
• Yellow-legged Thrush
• Yellow Warbler
• Zenaida Dove

Non-native Birds

• Eurasian Collared-dove
• House Sparrow
• Rock Pigeon

Some of the best birding sites in Saint Lucia include Des Cartiers Rainforest, Millet Bird Sanctuary, Barre de l’Isle Forest Reserve, Mamiku Gardens, and Pigeon Island National Park. The peak season for birdwatching in St. Lucia typically falls between December and April. This period coincides with the island’s dry season, when the weather is generally more pleasant, and there is less rainfall. The dry season is also the breeding season for many bird species, which makes it an excellent time for birdwatching.