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BIRD SPECIES
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The following birds have been sighted at the sanctuary. Common names are listed, if known.

Click on a link below to go directly to a specific group of birds, or scroll down the page to see them all.

Boobies
Cardinals/Grossbeaks
Cowbirds
Cuckoos
Doves
Falcons
Flycatchers
Frigate Birds
Gallinules
Gannets
Gulls
Herons
Hummingbirds
Mockingbirds/Thrashers
Nightjars
Orioles
Pelicans
Petrels
Sparrows
Swallows
Swifts
Tanagers
Teals
Terns
Thrushes
Vireos
Warblers
Woodpeckers

Boobies
Common Name Scientific Name
Masked Booby
Juvenile Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
(juvenile)
Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

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Cardinals, Grossbeaks, and Allies
Common Name Scientific Name
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

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Cowbirds
Common Name Scientific Name
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater

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Cuckoos
Common Name Scientific Name
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

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Doves
Common Name Scientific Name
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

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Falcons
Common Name Scientific Name
Merlin Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus

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Flycatchers
Common Name Scientific Name
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

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Frigate Birds
Common Name Scientific Name
Magnificent Frigate Bird Fregata magnificens

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Gallinules
Common Name Scientific Name
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica

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Gannet
Common Name Scientific Name
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus

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Gulls
Common Name Scientific Name
Laughing Gull Larus atricillia .
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Royal Tern Sterna maxima

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Herons
Common Name Scientific Name
Great Egret Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides striatus

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Hummingbirds
Common Name Scientific Name
Hummingbird sp.  

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Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
Common Name Scientific Name
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

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Nightjars
Common Name Scientific Name
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

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Orioles
Common Name Scientific Name

Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
(female)

Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius

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Pelicans
Common Name Scientific Name
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

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Petrels
Common Name Scientific Name
Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

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Sparrows
Common Name Scientific Name
Sparrow sp.  

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Swallows
Common Name Scientific Name
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota
Bank Swallow
Bank swallow (small black and white bird) sitting on a boat railing in the sanctuary
Riparia riparia

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Swifts
Common Name Scientific Name
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

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Tanagers
Common Name Scientific Name
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet tanager (small red and black bird) sitting on a boat railing in the sanctuary
Piranga olivacea
Summer Tanager Pirangra rubra

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Teals
Common Name Scientific Name
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

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Terns
Common Name Scientific Name
Brown Noddy
Brown noddy tern standing on a woman's arm.
Anous stolidus

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Thrushes
Common Name Scientific Name
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

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Vireos
Common Name Scientific Name
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

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Warblers
Common Name Scientific Name
Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronate
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechial
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
MacGillivray's Warbler
warbler
Geothlypis tomiei
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Black and White Warbler Minotilta varia
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
Northern Parula Parula Americana
Ovenbird Seiurus surocapillus
Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)

Setophaga caerulescens
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina

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Woodpeckers
Common Name Scientific Name
Woodpecker sp.  

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Download a List of Bird Species (18kb pdf) found in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.


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