Birds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Birds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is a list of the most common birds observed in the municipality. Showing the yearly average percentage observation frequency for each species.
Location
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
North America
List of Common Birds
| 44% |
|
Gray Kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
| 42% |
|
Greater Antillean Grackle
Quiscalus niger Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
| 38% |
|
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae |
| 34% |
|
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 31% |
|
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens Order: Suliformes Family: Fregatidae |
| 31% |
|
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae |
| 29% |
|
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 29% |
|
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Patagioenas squamosa Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 29% |
|
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Margarops fuscatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae |
| 29% |
|
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 23% |
|
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 22% |
|
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae |
| 20% |
|
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Melanerpes portoricensis Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
| 20% |
|
Zenaida Dove
Zenaida aurita Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 18% |
|
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 18% |
|
Common Ground Dove
Columbina passerina Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 17% |
|
Venezuelan Troupial
Icterus icterus Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
| 17% |
|
White-winged Parakeet
Brotogeris versicolurus Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae |
| 16% |
|
Black-faced Grassquit
Melanospiza bicolor Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae |
| 15% |
|
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 14% |
|
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae |
| 14% |
|
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 14% |
|
Smooth-billed Ani
Crotophaga ani Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 13% |
|
Great Egret
Ardea alba Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 13% |
|
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Recurvirostridae |
| 13% |
|
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 12% |
|
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae |
| 11% |
|
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 11% |
|
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 10% |
|
Loggerhead Kingbird
Tyrannus caudifasciatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
| 10% |
|
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae |
| 10% |
|
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 9.9% |
|
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae |
| 9.7% |
|
Puerto Rican Oriole
Icterus portoricensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
| 9.5% |
|
Eastern Red-legged Thrush
Turdus ardosiaceus Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae |
| 9.5% |
|
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae |
| 9.4% |
|
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster Order: Suliformes Family: Sulidae |
| 9.2% |
|
Black-whiskered Vireo
Vireo altiloquus Order: Passeriformes Family: Vireonidae |
| 9.0% |
|
Green Heron
Butorides virescens Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 8.5% |
|
Caribbean Martin
Progne dominicensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 8.3% |
|
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 8.3% |
|
Shiny Cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
| 8.0% |
|
Sanderling
Calidris alba Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 7.6% |
|
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 7.5% |
|
Puerto Rican Bullfinch
Melopyrrha portoricensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae |
| 7.5% |
|
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia roseogrisea Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 7.2% |
|
Cave Swallow
Petrochelidon fulva Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 6.8% |
|
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 6.5% |
|
Puerto Rican Spindalis
Spindalis portoricensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Phaenicophilidae |
| 6.3% |
|
Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 5.8% |
|
Puerto Rican Tody
Todus mexicanus Order: Coraciiformes Family: Todidae |
| 5.8% |
|
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus Order: Accipitriformes Family: Pandionidae |
| 5.6% |
|
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Haematopodidae |
| 5.3% |
|
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura Order: Cathartiformes Family: Cathartidae |
| 5.2% |
|
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 5.2% |
|
White-crowned Pigeon
Patagioenas leucocephala Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 5.1% |
|
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 5.1% |
|
Prairie Warbler
Setophaga discolor Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 4.7% |
|
Puerto Rican Mango
Anthracothorax aurulentus Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae |
| 4.6% |
|
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 4.6% |
|
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 4.5% |
|
Puerto Rican Flycatcher
Myiarchus antillarum Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
| 4.5% |
|
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 4.4% |
|
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 4.4% |
|
Bronze Mannikin
Spermestes cucullata Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 4.3% |
|
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 4.2% |
|
Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo
Coccyzus vieilloti Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 4.1% |
|
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 4.0% |
|
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 3.9% |
|
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae |
| 3.6% |
|
Antillean Nighthawk
Chordeiles gundlachii Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae |
| 3.6% |
|
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 3.6% |
|
Puerto Rican Vireo
Vireo latimeri Order: Passeriformes Family: Vireonidae |
| 3.1% |
|
Puerto Rican Emerald
Riccordia maugaeus Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae |
| 3.1% |
|
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 3.0% |
|
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae |
| 2.9% |
|
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 2.7% |
|
Green Mango
Anthracothorax viridis Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae |
| 2.6% |
|
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 2.6% |
|
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 2.6% |
|
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striata Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 2.6% |
|
Merlin
Falco columbarius Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae |
| 2.5% |
|
Puerto Rican Owl
Gymnasio nudipes Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae |
| 2.5% |
|
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 2.5% |
|
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae |
| 2.4% |
|
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 2.4% |
|
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 2.3% |
|
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Agelaius xanthomus Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
| 2.3% |
|
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae |
| 2.2% |
|
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula Order: Suliformes Family: Sulidae |
| 2.1% |
|
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 2.0% |
|
Puerto Rican Euphonia
Chlorophonia sclateri Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae |
| 2.0% |
|
Least Grebe
Tachybaptus dominicus Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae |
| 2.0% |
|
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 2.0% |
|
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 1.9% |
|
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arborea Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
| 1.9% |
|
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae |
| 1.8% |
|
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 1.8% |
|
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 1.8% |
|
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra Order: Suliformes Family: Sulidae |
| 1.7% |
|
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura Order: Passeriformes Family: Viduidae |
| 1.7% |
|
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 1.6% |
|
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 1.5% |
|
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 1.5% |
|
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 1.5% |
|
White-fronted Amazon
Amazona albifrons Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae |
| 1.3% |
|
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae |
| 1.3% |
|
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae |
| 1.3% |
|
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 1.3% |
|
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 1.3% |
|
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
| 1.2% |
|
Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
| 1.2% |
|
Wilson's Plover
Anarhynchus wilsonia Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Lesser Antillean Pewee
Contopus latirostris Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 1.1% |
|
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 1.1% |
|
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 1.0% |
|
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
