The Caribbean nation of Grenada is home to around 200 birds. Most of these were vagrants or were introduced by accident. However, due to the country’s tropical climate, these birds have made it their home.
Grenada’s national bird is the appropriately named endemic species, the Grenada Dove. Other notable avifauna include the Antillean Crested Hummingbird, the Caribbean Coot, and the Green-throated Carib.
List of Common Birds Found in Grenada
Native Birds
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird
- Bananaquit
- Black-faced Grassquit
- Blue-headed Hummingbird
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Trembler
- Caribbean Coot
- Caribbean Elaenia
- Caribbean Martin
- Carib Grackle
- Common Black Hawk
- Common Ground Dove
- Gray Kingbird
- Green Heron
- Green-throated Carib
- Grenada Dove
- Grenada Flycatcher
- Grenada Hook-billed Kite
- Laughing Gull
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
- Lesser Antillean Tanager
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher
- Purple-throated Carib
- Royal Tern
- Rufous-throated Solitaire
- Scaly-naped Pigeon
- Sooty Tern
- Tropical Mockingbird
- White-crowned Pigeon
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow Warbler
- Zenaida Dove
Non-native Birds
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Yellow Warbler
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Black-faced Antthrush
- Black Swift
- Black-whiskered Vireo
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-winged Teal
- Boat-billed Heron
- Brown Booby
- Brown Pelican
- Channel-billed Toucan
- Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet
- Common Blackbird
- Common Gallinule
- Common Ground-Dove
- Common Moorhen
- Crested Bobwhite
- Double-crested Cormorant
- European Starling
- Gray-breasted Martin
- Gray-fronted Quail-Dove
- Gray-headed Kite
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Frigatebird
- Great White Heron
- Green Heron
- Green Kingfisher
- House Sparrow
- Least Bittern
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher
- Lesser Antillean Saltator
- Lesser Antillean Swift
- Little Blue Heron
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Mangrove Cuckoo
- Mangrove Warbler
- Northern Jacana
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-capped Warbler
- Osprey
- Painted Bunting
- Palm Warbler
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Purple Gallinule
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Red-footed Booby
- Red Junglefowl
- Red-legged Thrush
- Red-necked Pigeon
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ring-billed Gull
- Rock Pigeon
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher
- Scarlet Ibis
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-billed Pigeon
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
- Snowy Egret
- Spectacled Thrush
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
- Tricolored Heron
- Turkey Vulture
- Village Weaver
- White-tailed Nightjar
Some of the best places to go birdwatching in Grenada include Grand Etang National Park and Forest Reserve, La Sagesse Nature Center, and Mt. Hartman Dove Sanctuary. The peak birding season occurs in winter, from December to April. This period coincides with the migration of many North American bird species to the Caribbean, including Grenada. The cooler, drier weather during this time also makes it more comfortable for birdwatching.
