Birds of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are home to about 200 species of birds. The island is covered almost entirely with forests, making it an excellent place for avifauna.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ national bird is the Saint Vincent Amazon. Other notable avian species include the St. Vincent Oriole, the Lesser Antillean Tanager, and the Caribbean Elaenia.

Birds of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

List of Common Birds Found in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Native Birds

  • American Flamingo
  • American Kestrel
  • American Oystercatcher
  • American Redstart
  • Anhinga
  • Antillean Crested Hummingbird
  • Antillean Euphonia
  • Audubon’s Shearwater
  • Bananaquit
  • Bank Swallow
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Black-capped Petrel
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Black-faced Grassquit
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black Skimmer
  • Black-whiskered Vireo
  • Blue-headed Parrot
  • Blue-throated Sapphire
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher
  • Bridled Quail-dove
  • Broad-billed Tody
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Brown Booby
  • Brown Pelican
  • Brown Trembler
  • Caribbean Coot
  • Caribbean Cuckoo
  • Caribbean Dove
  • Caribbean Elaenia
  • Caribbean Flamingo
  • Caribbean Martin
  • Caribbean Mockingbird
  • Caribbean Parakeet
  • Caribbean Swift
  • Carib Grackle
  • Cave Swallow
  • Chestnut-collared Swift
  • Clapper Rail
  • Cocoa Thrush
  • Common Black Hawk
  • Common Gallinule
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Common Potoo
  • Grassland Yellow Finch
  • Gray-breasted Martin
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
  • Gray Kingbird
  • Gray-rumped Swift
  • Gray Trembler
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Green Heron
  • Green-throated Carib
  • Green-throated Mango
  • Grenada Flycatcher
  • Laughing Gull
  • Least Tern
  • Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
  • Lesser Antillean Flycatcher
  • Lesser Antillean Pewee
  • Lesser Antillean Tanager
  • Long-billed Hermit
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Magnificent Frigatebird
  • Mangrove Cuckoo
  • Masked Booby
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Osprey
  • Ovenbird
  • Palm Swift
  • Pearly-eyed Thrasher
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Purple Martin
  • Purple-throated Carib
  • Purple-throated Piping-guan
  • Red-billed Streamertail
  • Red-billed Tropicbird
  • Red-footed Booby
  • Red-legged Thrush
  • Red-necked Pigeon
  • Ringed Kingfisher
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Royal Tern
  • Ruddy Quail-dove
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Rufous-breasted Hermit
  • Rufous-throated Solitaire
  • Rufous-vented Chachalaca
  • Saint Vincent Amazon
  • Scaly-breasted Thrasher
  • Scaly-naped Pigeon
  • Short-tailed Hawk
  • Smooth-billed Ani
  • Snowy Egret
  • Sooty Tern
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Spectacled Thrush
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • St. Vincent Oriole
  • Stilt Sandpiper
  • Stolid Flycatcher
  • Trinidad Motmot
  • Tropical Mockingbird
  • Vervain Hummingbird
  • White-breasted Thrasher
  • White-collared Swift
  • White-crowned Pigeon
  • White-tailed Tropicbird
  • White-winged Dove
  • Wilson’s Plover
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  • Yellow-shouldered Amazon
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Zenaida Dove

Non-native Birds

  • Eurasian Collared-dove
  • House Sparrow
  • Red Junglefowl
  • Rock Pigeon

Some of the best places to go birding in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines include Vermont Nature Trail, La Soufrière Volcano, and Buccament Bay. The peak birding season in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines typically coincides with winter, particularly from November to April.

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