Birds of Bermuda
National Parks & Nature Reserves | Around the cottages | Migration | Full checklist | Flora & Fauna | Info
More than 400 kinds of bird have been recorded in Bermuda, which is remarkable for such a small island. Only a couple of dozen live and breed here all year; most are visitors passing through on migration or spending the winter, and many have turned up only a handful of times.
You don't need to go far: our cottages sit right on the water at Sugar Cane Point, and plenty of birds visit the garden, the lawn, the sea wall and the rocks around Mangrove Bay. For the best birding spots further afield, see National Parks & Nature Reserves.
Birds you may see around the cottages
White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturusSpring and summer: nesting right hereThe longtail, with long white tail streamers, arrives in February, and longtails nest at the cottages: at Sunset beside the steps going down into the water, and in nesting 'igloos' built into the sea wall at Sugar Cane Cottage and Studio II. Don't be startled when they come in flying low to their nests! Please give them space: longtails are specially protected.Photo: iNaturalist user (CC0)
Yellow-crowned night-heron Nyctanassa violaceaAll yearStalks crabs along the sea wall and rocks, often at dusk. This one was photographed on our own sea wall.Photo: Watford Studios
Great blue heron Ardea herodiasAutumn to springBermuda's largest heron; stands perfectly still at the water's edge.Photo: DallasPenner / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Snowy egret Egretta thulaMostly autumn to springA slim white heron with black legs and bright yellow feet.Photo: Chuck Homler / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Green heron Butorides virescensAll yearA small, crouching heron of quiet shores and mangroves. This one was photographed on our beach in June 2026.Photo: Christine Hoskins
Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyonAutumn and winterListen for its loud rattle as it dives for fish from a perch over the water.Photo: Jonathan Eisen (CC BY)
Common tern Sterna hirundoSpring and summerA small number nest in Bermuda; watch them hover and dive for small fish.Photo: MPF / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpresMainly autumn to springA stocky shorebird that flips over seaweed and stones on the rocks looking for food.Photo: Akr (CC BY)
Osprey Pandion haliaetusPassing migrant, mostly autumnA fish-eating hawk that hovers, then plunges feet-first into the water.Photo: Sumeet Moghe / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
American barn owl Tyto furcataAll year, at duskWe believe a barn owl roosts in the casuarinas on the hill just across Watford Bridge. In the evening you can sometimes catch sight of him gliding silently down the coast, hunting.Photo: Carlos Delgado / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Great kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratusAll yearLoud "kis-ka-dee" call; yellow belly and a bold black-and-white head.Photo: iNaturalist user (CC0)
Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalisAll yearThe male is bright red; both males and females sing.Photo: Rhododendrites / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gray catbird Dumetella carolinensisAll yearSlate-grey with a black cap; makes a mewing call like a cat from the bushes.Photo: Donald Hampton (CC BY-SA)
White-eyed vireo Vireo griseusAll yearSmall, olive and yellow, with white eyes. Bermuda has its own subspecies, the "chick-of-the-village".Photo: iNaturalist user (CC0)
Eastern bluebird Sialia sialisAll yearBright blue with a rusty breast; look on lawns, fence posts and nest boxes. There are bluebird nest boxes in the Bermuda National Trust's Somerset Island Military Cemetery, just behind the bus shelter near the cottages, so it is a good place to look for them.Photo: Sandysphotos2009 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Prothonotary warbler Protonotaria citreaAutumn migration, from late AugustA golden-yellow warbler with blue-grey wings, uncommon in Bermuda. This one was photographed in the garden right behind Studio II on 22 August 2022, at the start of the autumn migration.Photo: Christine Hoskins
European goldfinch Carduelis carduelisAll yearA red face and gold wing bars; often in small, twittering flocks.Photo: Alison Copeland (CC BY)
Mourning dove Zenaida macrouraAll yearA slender dove with a soft, mournful coo.Photo: nebrooks (CC BY)
Common ground dove Columbina passerinaAll yearA tiny dove that walks about on lawns and paths.Photo: JeffreyGammon / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rock pigeon Columba liviaAll yearThe familiar pigeon of towns and docks.Photo: william_stephens / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
House sparrow Passer domesticusAll yearCheerful and bold; never far from people.Photo: Scott Harris (CC BY)
European starling Sturnus vulgarisAll yearGlossy and speckled, a great mimic of other sounds.Photo: Charles J. Sharp / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
American crow Corvus brachyrhynchosAll yearLarge, all-black and noisy, usually in small family groups.Photo: Mdf / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Autumn migration: expect the unexpected
Bermuda lies alone in the Atlantic, about 1,000 km (650 miles) off the coast of North Carolina, beneath the Atlantic flyway, the great migration route along the eastern side of North America. Every autumn, roughly September to November, millions of birds head south, and some, like the blackpoll warbler, fly straight out over the ocean.
Strong westerly winds behind cold fronts, and tropical storms and hurricanes, carry warblers, shorebirds, herons, falcons and other birds of prey far out to sea. Many of them make landfall in Bermuda, tired and hungry. That is why the island's list is so long, and why you can sometimes find quite unusual birds here, especially in the days after a storm has passed.
Spring migration (roughly March to May) is quieter, but brings colourful warblers in breeding plumage, while the longtails are already back on the cliffs, having arrived in February.
Winter visitors (about November to March) include ducks on the ponds, gulls, belted kingfishers along the shore, and warblers such as the yellow-rumped and palm warblers that stay for the winter.
Bermuda's own birds
Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahowNovember to June, at sea and on the nesting islandsEndemic: breeds only in Bermuda.Photo: Nodnarb Nedloh (CC BY-SA)
The Bermuda petrel, or cahow, is Bermuda's national bird and is found nowhere else. It was thought to be extinct for nearly 300 years until it was rediscovered in 1951, and careful conservation since then has brought it back from the brink. It nests only on small protected islands and spends the rest of its life at sea, so you are unlikely to see one from land.
The white-eyed vireo in Bermuda is a subspecies found only here, known locally as the "chick-of-the-village" after its song. Several other birds that once lived only in Bermuda, including a hawk, an owl, a flicker and a night-heron, are long extinct and known only from bones.
The cahow, the white-eyed vireo, the longtail and the common tern are all specially protected under the Protected Species Act 2003.
Full checklist of the birds of Bermuda
All 409 species on the list, in taxonomic order and grouped by family. Type a name to search, or filter by how often the bird is seen. Birds marked Seen around the cottages are ones our guests are likely to spot at Watford Studios.
Endemic found only in Bermuda (a species, or a Bermuda subspecies). Native breeder a native bird that nests in Bermuda. Specially protected listed at Level 1 in the Protected Species Order 2012, made under the Protected Species Act 2003. Introduced brought to Bermuda by people. Pest bird: not protected one of the few birds named as pests in the Schedule to the Protection of Birds Act 1975.
Every other wild bird in Bermuda is protected by law under the Protection of Birds Act 1975, so please enjoy them from a distance and never disturb a nest.
Every other wild bird in Bermuda is protected by law under the Protection of Birds Act 1975, so please enjoy them from a distance and never disturb a nest.
| Common name | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ducks, geese, and waterfowl (Anatidae) | |||
| Black-bellied whistling-duckDendrocygna autumnalis | Vagrant | ||
| West Indian whistling-duckDendrocygna arborea | Vagrant | ||
| Fulvous whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor | Vagrant | ||
| Snow gooseAnser caerulescens | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Ross's gooseAnser rossii | Vagrant | ||
| Greater white-fronted gooseAnser albifrons | Vagrant | ||
| BrantBranta bernicla | Vagrant | ||
| Canada gooseBranta canadensis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Mute swanCygnus olor | Vagrant | ||
| Tundra swanCygnus columbianus | Vagrant | ||
| Wood duckAix sponsa | Uncommon visitor | ||
| GarganeySpatula querquedula | Vagrant | ||
| Blue-winged tealSpatula discors | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Northern shovelerSpatula clypeata | Uncommon visitor | ||
| GadwallMareca strepera | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Eurasian wigeonMareca penelope | Uncommon visitor | ||
| American wigeonMareca americana | Uncommon visitor | ||
| MallardIntroducedAnas platyrhynchosIntroduced and breeding; wild mallards also arrive as migrants. | Introduced, breeds | ||
| American black duckAnas rubripes | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Northern pintailAnas acuta | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Green-winged tealAnas crecca | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| CanvasbackAythya valisineria | Vagrant | ||
| RedheadAythya americana | Vagrant | ||
| Ring-necked duckAythya collaris | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Ferruginous duckAythya nyroca | Vagrant | ||
| Tufted duckAythya fuligula | Vagrant | ||
| Greater scaupAythya marila | Rare visitor | ||
| Lesser scaupAythya affinis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Common eiderSomateria mollissima | Vagrant | ||
| Surf scoterMelanitta perspicillata | Vagrant | ||
| White-winged scoterMelanitta deglandi | Vagrant | ||
| Black scoterMelanitta americana | Vagrant | ||
| Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalis | Rare visitor | ||
| BuffleheadBucephala albeola | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Common goldeneyeBucephala clangula | Rare visitor | ||
| Hooded merganserLophodytes cucullatus | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Common merganserMergus merganser | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Red-breasted merganserMergus serrator | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Ruddy duckOxyura jamaicensis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) | |||
| American flamingoPhoenicopterus ruber | Vagrant | ||
| Grebes (Podicipedidae) | |||
| Pied-billed grebePodilymbus podiceps | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Horned grebePodiceps auritus | Rare visitor | ||
| Red-necked grebePodiceps grisegena | Vagrant | ||
| Eared grebePodiceps nigricollis | Vagrant | ||
| Pigeons and doves (Columbidae) | |||
| Rock pigeonSeen around the cottagesIntroducedPest bird: not protectedColumba livia | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Passenger pigeonEctopistes migratorius | Extinct | ||
| Eurasian collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto | Vagrant | ||
| African collared-doveStreptopelia roseogrisea | Vagrant | ||
| Common ground doveSeen around the cottagesNative breederColumbina passerina | Resident, breeds | ||
| White-winged doveZenaida asiatica | Vagrant | ||
| Mourning doveSeen around the cottagesNative breederZenaida macrouraColonised Bermuda naturally in the mid-20th century. | Resident, breeds | ||
| Cuckoos (Cuculidae) | |||
| Yellow-billed cuckooCoccyzus americanus | Migrant | ||
| Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Nightjars and allies (Caprimulgidae) | |||
| Lesser nighthawkChordeiles acutipennis | Vagrant | ||
| Common nighthawkChordeiles minor | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Antillean nighthawkChordeiles gundlachii | Vagrant | ||
| Eastern whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus | Vagrant | ||
| Swifts (Apodidae) | |||
| Black swiftCypseloides niger | Vagrant | ||
| Chimney swiftChaetura pelagica | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Alpine swiftApus melba | Vagrant | ||
| Common swiftApus apus | Vagrant | ||
| Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) | |||
| Ruby-throated hummingbirdArchilochus colubris | Rare visitor | ||
| Rails, gallinules, and coots (Rallidae) | |||
| Clapper railRallus crepitans | Vagrant | ||
| Virginia railRallus limicola | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Corn crakeCrex crex | Vagrant | ||
| SoraPorzana carolina | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Common gallinuleNative breederGallinula galeata | Resident, breeds | ||
| American cootFulica americana | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| African swamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis | Vagrant | ||
| Gray-headed swamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus | Vagrant | ||
| Purple gallinulePorphyrio martinicus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Yellow railCoturnicops noveboracensis | Vagrant | ||
| Black railLaterallus jamaicensis | Vagrant | ||
| Cranes (Gruidae) | |||
| Sandhill craneAntigone canadensis | Vagrant | ||
| Stilts and avocets (Recurvirostridae) | |||
| Black-necked stiltHimantopus mexicanus | Rare visitor | ||
| American avocetRecurvirostra americana | Rare visitor | ||
| Plovers and lapwings (Charadriidae) | |||
| Northern lapwingVanellus vanellus | Vagrant | ||
| Black-bellied ploverPluvialis squatarola | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| European golden-ploverPluvialis apricaria | Vagrant | ||
| American golden-ploverPluvialis dominica | Migrant | ||
| Pacific golden-ploverPluvialis fulva | Vagrant | ||
| Eurasian dotterelCharadrius morinellus | Vagrant | ||
| KilldeerCharadrius vociferus | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Semipalmated ploverCharadrius semipalmatus | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Piping ploverCharadrius melodus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Wilson's ploverCharadrius wilsonia | Vagrant | ||
| Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Upland sandpiperBartramia longicauda | Uncommon visitor | ||
| WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Eskimo curlewNumenius borealis | Extinct | ||
| Eurasian curlewNumenius arquata | Vagrant | ||
| Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponica | Vagrant | ||
| Hudsonian godwitLimosa haemastica | Vagrant | ||
| Ruddy turnstoneSeen around the cottagesArenaria interpres | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Red knotCalidris canutus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| RuffCalidris pugnax | Rare visitor | ||
| Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminata | Vagrant | ||
| Stilt sandpiperCalidris himantopus | Migrant | ||
| Curlew sandpiperCalidris ferruginea | Vagrant | ||
| Red-necked stintCalidris ruficollis | Vagrant | ||
| SanderlingCalidris alba | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| DunlinCalidris alpina | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Purple sandpiperCalidris maritima | Vagrant | ||
| Baird's sandpiperCalidris bairdii | Rare visitor | ||
| Little stintCalidris minuta | Vagrant | ||
| Least sandpiperCalidris minutilla | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| White-rumped sandpiperCalidris fuscicollis | Migrant | ||
| Buff-breasted sandpiperCalidris subruficollis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Pectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotos | Migrant | ||
| Semipalmated sandpiperCalidris pusilla | Migrant | ||
| Western sandpiperCalidris mauri | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Short-billed dowitcherLimnodromus griseus | Migrant | ||
| Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus | Rare visitor | ||
| American woodcockScolopax minor | Vagrant | ||
| Common snipeGallinago gallinago | Vagrant | ||
| Wilson's snipeGallinago delicata | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Spotted sandpiperActitis macularia | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Solitary sandpiperTringa solitaria | Migrant | ||
| Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipes | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| WilletTringa semipalmata | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Common greenshankTringa nebularia | Vagrant | ||
| Greater yellowlegsTringa melanoleuca | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Wood sandpiperTringa glareola | Vagrant | ||
| Wilson's phalaropePhalaropus tricolor | Rare visitor | ||
| Red-necked phalaropePhalaropus lobatus | Vagrant | ||
| Red phalaropePhalaropus fulicarius | Vagrant | ||
| Skuas and jaegers (Stercorariidae) | |||
| Great skuaStercorarius skua | Rare visitor | ||
| South polar skuaStercorarius maccormicki | Rare visitor | ||
| Brown skuaStercorarius antarcticus | Vagrant | ||
| Pomarine jaegerStercorarius pomarinus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Parasitic jaegerStercorarius parasiticus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Long-tailed jaegerStercorarius longicaudus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Auks, murres, and puffins (Alcidae) | |||
| DovekieAlle alle | Vagrant | ||
| RazorbillAlca torda | Vagrant | ||
| Atlantic puffinFratercula arctica | Vagrant | ||
| Gulls, terns, and skimmers (Laridae) | |||
| Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactyla | Rare visitor | ||
| Sabine's gullXema sabini | Vagrant | ||
| Bonaparte's gullChroicocephalus philadelphia | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Black-headed gullChroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare visitor | ||
| Little gullHydrocoloeus minutus | Vagrant | ||
| Laughing gullLeucophaeus atricilla | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Franklin's gullLeucophaeus pipixcan | Vagrant | ||
| Black-tailed gullLarus crassirostris | Vagrant | ||
| Ring-billed gullLarus delawarensis | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| California gullLarus californicus | Vagrant | ||
| Herring gullLarus argentatus | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Iceland gullLarus glaucoides | Rare visitor | ||
| Lesser black-backed gullLarus fuscus | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Glaucous gullLarus hyperboreus | Rare visitor | ||
| Great black-backed gullLarus marinus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Brown noddyAnous stolidus | Vagrant | ||
| White ternGygis alba | Vagrant | ||
| Sooty ternOnychoprion fuscatus | Rare visitor | ||
| Bridled ternOnychoprion anaethetus | Rare visitor | ||
| Least ternSternula antillarum | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Large-billed ternPhaetusa simplex | Vagrant | ||
| Gull-billed ternGelochelidon nilotica | Rare visitor | ||
| Caspian ternHydroprogne caspia | Vagrant | ||
| Black ternChlidonias niger | Rare visitor | ||
| White-winged ternChlidonias leucopterusStatus code in the source is unclear; treated here as a vagrant. | Vagrant | ||
| Roseate ternSterna dougallii | Rare visitor | ||
| Common ternSeen around the cottagesNative breederSpecially protectedSterna hirundo | Summer breeder | ||
| Arctic ternSterna paradisaea | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Forster's ternSterna forsteri | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Royal ternThalasseus maximus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Sandwich ternThalasseus sandvicensis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Black skimmerRynchops niger | Vagrant | ||
| Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae) | |||
| White-tailed tropicbirdSeen around the cottagesNative breederSpecially protectedPhaethon lepturusThe "longtail": the herald of spring, arriving in February and nesting in the cliffs until about October. | Summer breeder | ||
| Red-billed tropicbirdPhaethon aethereus | Vagrant | ||
| Loons (Gaviidae) | |||
| Pacific loonGavia pacifica | Vagrant | ||
| Common loonGavia immer | Vagrant | ||
| Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) | |||
| Black-browed albatrossThalassarche melanophris | Vagrant | ||
| Southern storm-petrels (Oceanitidae) | |||
| Wilson's storm-petrelOceanites oceanicus | Migrant (offshore) | ||
| Northern storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae) | |||
| Leach's storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhous | Migrant (offshore) | ||
| Band-rumped storm-petrelHydrobates castro | Vagrant | ||
| Petrels and shearwaters (Procellariidae) | |||
| Northern fulmarFulmarus glacialis | Vagrant | ||
| Trindade petrelPterodroma arminjoniana | Vagrant | ||
| Bermuda petrelEndemicNative breederSpecially protectedPterodroma cahowThe cahow, Bermuda's national bird. Thought extinct for nearly 300 years until rediscovered in 1951; nests only on Bermuda's offshore islets (around November to June). | Endemic, breeds | ||
| Black-capped petrelPterodroma hasitata | Vagrant | ||
| Cory's shearwaterCalonectris diomedea | Migrant (offshore) | ||
| Great shearwaterArdenna gravis | Migrant (offshore) | ||
| Sooty shearwaterArdenna griseus | Migrant (offshore) | ||
| Manx shearwaterPuffinus puffinus | Migrant (offshore) | ||
| Sargasso shearwaterPuffinus lherminieriOnce bred in Bermuda; now only a very rare visitor. | Vagrant | ||
| Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) | |||
| Magnificent frigatebirdFregata magnificens | Rare visitor | ||
| Boobies and gannets (Sulidae) | |||
| Masked boobySula dactylatra | Rare visitor | ||
| Brown boobySula leucogaster | Rare visitor | ||
| Northern gannetMorus bassanus | Rare visitor | ||
| Cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae) | |||
| Great cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo | Rare visitor | ||
| Double-crested cormorantNannopterum auritum | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Pelicans (Pelecanidae) | |||
| American white pelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos | Vagrant | ||
| Brown pelicanPelecanus occidentalis | Rare visitor | ||
| Herons, egrets, and bitterns (Ardeidae) | |||
| American bitternBotaurus lentiginosus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Least bitternIxobrychus exilis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Great blue heronSeen around the cottagesArdea herodias | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Gray heronArdea cinerea | Vagrant | ||
| Great egretArdea alba | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Little egretEgretta garzetta | Vagrant | ||
| Snowy egretSeen around the cottagesEgretta thula | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Little blue heronEgretta caerulea | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Tricolored heronEgretta tricolor | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Reddish egretEgretta rufescens | Vagrant | ||
| Cattle egretBubulcus ibis | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Green heronSeen around the cottagesNative breederButorides virescens | Resident, breeds | ||
| Striated heronButorides striata | Vagrant | ||
| Black-crowned night-heronNycticorax nycticorax | Rare visitor | ||
| Yellow-crowned night-heronSeen around the cottagesNative breederNyctanassa violaceaReintroduced to Bermuda in the 1970s to help control land crabs; now breeds here. | Resident, breeds | ||
| Bermuda night-heronEndemicNyctanassa carcinocatactes | Extinct (endemic) | ||
| Ibises (Threskiornithidae) | |||
| White ibisEudocimus albus | Vagrant | ||
| Glossy ibisPlegadis falcinellus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| New World vultures (Cathartidae) | |||
| Turkey vultureCathartes aura | Vagrant | ||
| Osprey (Pandionidae) | |||
| OspreySeen around the cottagesPandion haliaetus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Hawks, eagles, and kites (Accipitridae) | |||
| Swallow-tailed kiteElanoides forficatus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus | Vagrant | ||
| Eurasian marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosus | Vagrant | ||
| Northern harrierCircus hudsonius | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Sharp-shinned hawkAccipiter striatus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Cooper's hawkAccipiter cooperii | Vagrant | ||
| Northern goshawkAccipiter gentilis | Vagrant | ||
| Bald eagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus | Vagrant | ||
| Bermuda hawkEndemicBermuteo avivorus | Extinct (endemic) | ||
| Mississippi kiteIctinia mississippiensis | Vagrant | ||
| Red-tailed hawkButeo jamaicensis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Rough-legged hawkButeo lagopus | Vagrant | ||
| Barn-owls (Tytonidae) | |||
| American barn owlSeen around the cottagesNative breederTyto furcata | Resident, breeds | ||
| Owls (Strigidae) | |||
| Eastern screech-owlMegascops asio | Vagrant | ||
| Great horned owlBubo virginianus | Vagrant | ||
| Snowy owlBubo scandiacus | Vagrant | ||
| Northern hawk owlSurnia ulula | Vagrant | ||
| Barred owlStrix varia | Vagrant | ||
| Long-eared owlAsio otus | Vagrant | ||
| Short-eared owlAsio flammeus | Rare visitor | ||
| Northern saw-whet owlAegolius acadicus | Vagrant | ||
| Bermuda saw-whet owlEndemicAegolius gradyi | Extinct (endemic) | ||
| Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) | |||
| Belted kingfisherSeen around the cottagesMegaceryle alcyon | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Woodpeckers (Picidae) | |||
| Red-headed woodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus | Vagrant | ||
| Yellow-bellied sapsuckerSphyrapicus varius | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Downy woodpeckerDryobates pubescens | Vagrant | ||
| Hairy woodpeckerDryobates villosus | Vagrant | ||
| Northern flickerColaptes auratus | Rare visitor | ||
| Bermuda flickerEndemicColaptes oceanicus | Extinct (endemic) | ||
| Falcons and caracaras (Falconidae) | |||
| Eurasian kestrelFalco tinnunculus | Vagrant | ||
| American kestrelFalco sparverius | Uncommon visitor | ||
| MerlinFalco columbarius | Uncommon visitor | ||
| GyrfalconFalco rusticolus | Vagrant | ||
| Peregrine falconFalco peregrinus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) | |||
| Ash-throated flycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens | Vagrant | ||
| Great crested flycatcherMyiarchus crinitus | Rare visitor | ||
| Great kiskadeeSeen around the cottagesIntroducedPest bird: not protectedPitangus sulphuratusIntroduced in 1957 to control lizards; now one of the commonest and loudest birds. | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Tropical kingbirdTyrannus melancholicus | Vagrant | ||
| Western kingbirdTyrannus verticalis | Rare visitor | ||
| Eastern kingbirdTyrannus tyrannus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Gray kingbirdTyrannus dominicensis | Rare visitor | ||
| Scissor-tailed flycatcherTyrannus forficatus | Vagrant | ||
| Fork-tailed flycatcherTyrannus savana | Vagrant | ||
| Olive-sided flycatcherContopus cooperi | Vagrant | ||
| Eastern wood-peweeContopus virens | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Yellow-bellied flycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris | Rare visitor | ||
| Acadian flycatcherEmpidonax virescens | Rare visitor | ||
| Alder flycatcherEmpidonax alnorum | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Least flycatcherEmpidonax minimus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Hammond's flycatcherEmpidonax hammondii | Vagrant | ||
| Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Say's phoebeSayornis saya | Vagrant | ||
| Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis (Vireonidae) | |||
| White-eyed vireoSeen around the cottagesEndemic subspeciesNative breederSpecially protectedVireo griseusThe Bermuda form is a resident subspecies, known locally as "chick-of-the-village". | Resident, breeds | ||
| Yellow-throated vireoVireo flavifrons | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Blue-headed vireoVireo solitarius | Rare visitor | ||
| Philadelphia vireoVireo philadelphicus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Warbling vireoVireo gilvus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Red-eyed vireoVireo olivaceus | Migrant | ||
| Yellow-green vireoVireo flavoviridis | Vagrant | ||
| Black-whiskered vireoVireo altiloquus | Vagrant | ||
| Shrikes (Laniidae) | |||
| Loggerhead shrikeLanius ludovicianus | Vagrant | ||
| Northern shrikeLanius borealis | Rare visitor | ||
| Crows, jays, and magpies (Corvidae) | |||
| Blue jayCyanocitta cristata | Vagrant | ||
| American crowSeen around the cottagesIntroducedPest bird: not protectedCorvus brachyrhynchos | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Common ravenCorvus corax | Vagrant | ||
| Larks (Alaudidae) | |||
| Eurasian skylarkAlauda arvensis | Vagrant | ||
| Horned larkEremophila alpestris | Rare visitor | ||
| Swallows (Hirundinidae) | |||
| Bank swallowRiparia riparia | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Tree swallowTachycineta bicolor | Migrant | ||
| Northern rough-winged swallowStelgidopteryx serripennis | Vagrant | ||
| Purple martinProgne subis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Caribbean martinProgne dominicensis | Vagrant | ||
| Barn swallowHirundo rustica | Migrant | ||
| Common house-martinDelichon urbicum | Vagrant | ||
| Cliff swallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Cave swallowPetrochelidon fulva | Vagrant | ||
| Leaf warblers (Phylloscopidae) | |||
| Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis | Vagrant | ||
| Kinglets (Regulidae) | |||
| Ruby-crowned kingletCorthylio calendula | Rare visitor | ||
| Golden-crowned kingletRegulus satrapa | Rare visitor | ||
| Waxwings (Bombycillidae) | |||
| Bohemian waxwingBombycilla garrulus | Vagrant | ||
| Cedar waxwingBombycilla cedrorum | Migrant | ||
| Nuthatches (Sittidae) | |||
| Red-breasted nuthatchSitta canadensis | Rare visitor | ||
| White-breasted nuthatchSitta carolinensis | Vagrant | ||
| Treecreepers (Certhiidae) | |||
| Brown creeperCerthia americana | Vagrant | ||
| Wrens (Troglodytidae) | |||
| House wrenTroglodytes aedon | Vagrant | ||
| Winter wrenTroglodytes hiemalis | Vagrant | ||
| Marsh wrenCistothorus palustris | Vagrant | ||
| Mockingbirds and thrashers (Mimidae) | |||
| Gray catbirdSeen around the cottagesNative breederDumetella carolinensis | Resident, breeds | ||
| Brown thrasherToxostoma rufum | Rare visitor | ||
| Northern mockingbirdMimus polyglottos | Vagrant | ||
| Starlings (Sturnidae) | |||
| European starlingSeen around the cottagesIntroducedPest bird: not protectedSturnus vulgaris | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Thrushes and allies (Turdidae) | |||
| Eastern bluebirdSeen around the cottagesNative breederSialia sialisA native breeding bird; nest boxes have helped it recover. | Resident, breeds | ||
| Mountain bluebirdSialia currucoides | Vagrant | ||
| VeeryCatharus fuscescens | Rare visitor | ||
| Gray-cheeked thrushCatharus minimus | Rare visitor | ||
| Bicknell's thrushCatharus bicknelli | Vagrant | ||
| Swainson's thrushCatharus ustulatus | Rare visitor | ||
| Hermit thrushCatharus guttatus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Wood thrushHylocichla mustelina | Rare visitor | ||
| American robinTurdus migratorius | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Varied thrushIxoreus naevius | Vagrant | ||
| Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae) | |||
| Dark-sided flycatcherMuscicapa sibirica | Vagrant | ||
| Northern wheatearOenanthe oenanthe | Vagrant | ||
| Waxbills and allies (Estrildidae) | |||
| Orange-cheeked waxbillIntroducedEstrilda melpoda | Introduced (very rare) | ||
| Common waxbillIntroducedEstrilda astrild | Introduced (very rare) | ||
| Old World sparrows (Passeridae) | |||
| House sparrowSeen around the cottagesIntroducedPest bird: not protectedPasser domesticus | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Wagtails and pipits (Motacillidae) | |||
| American pipitAnthus rubescens | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Finches, euphonias, and allies (Fringillidae) | |||
| Evening grosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus | Vagrant | ||
| Pine grosbeakPinicola enucleator | Vagrant | ||
| Purple finchHaemorhous purpureus | Vagrant | ||
| Common redpollAcanthis flammea | Rare visitor | ||
| Red crossbillLoxia curvirostra | Vagrant | ||
| Hispaniolan crossbillLoxia megaplaga | Vagrant | ||
| White-winged crossbillLoxia leucoptera | Vagrant | ||
| Pine siskinSpinus pinus | Vagrant | ||
| American goldfinchSpinus tristis | Vagrant | ||
| European goldfinchSeen around the cottagesIntroducedCarduelis carduelis | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Longspurs and snow buntings (Calcariidae) | |||
| Lapland longspurCalcarius lapponicus | Vagrant | ||
| Snow buntingPlectrophenax nivalis | Rare visitor | ||
| New World sparrows (Passerellidae) | |||
| Grasshopper sparrowAmmodramus savannarum | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Lark sparrowChondestes grammacus | Vagrant | ||
| Chipping sparrowSpizella passerina | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Clay-colored sparrowSpizella pallida | Rare visitor | ||
| Field sparrowSpizella pusilla | Vagrant | ||
| American tree sparrowSpizelloides arborea | Vagrant | ||
| Fox sparrowPasserella iliaca | Rare visitor | ||
| Dark-eyed juncoJunco hyemalis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys | Uncommon visitor | ||
| White-throated sparrowZonotrichia albicollis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Vesper sparrowPooecetes gramineus | Rare visitor | ||
| LeConte's sparrowAmmospiza lecontii | Vagrant | ||
| Nelson's sparrowAmmospiza nelsoni | Vagrant | ||
| Saltmarsh sparrowAmmospiza caudacuta | Vagrant | ||
| Savannah sparrowPasserculus sandwichensis | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Song sparrowMelospiza melodia | Rare visitor | ||
| Lincoln's sparrowMelospiza lincolnii | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Swamp sparrowMelospiza georgiana | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Eastern towheePipilo erythrophthalmus | Vagrant | ||
| Bermuda towheeEndemicPipilo naufragus | Extinct (endemic) | ||
| Yellow-breasted chat (Icteriidae) | |||
| Yellow-breasted chatIcteria virens | Rare visitor | ||
| Troupials and allies (Icteridae) | |||
| Yellow-headed blackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Vagrant | ||
| BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus | Migrant | ||
| Eastern meadowlarkSturnella magna | Vagrant | ||
| Orchard orioleIcterus spurius | Rare visitor | ||
| Baltimore orioleIcterus galbula | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Red-winged blackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus | Rare visitor | ||
| Brown-headed cowbirdMolothrus ater | Rare visitor | ||
| Rusty blackbirdEuphagus carolinus | Vagrant | ||
| Common grackleQuiscalus quiscula | Vagrant | ||
| New World warblers (Parulidae) | |||
| OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Worm-eating warblerHelmitheros vermivorum | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Louisiana waterthrushParkesia motacilla | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Northern waterthrushParkesia noveboracensis | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Golden-winged warblerVermivora chrysoptera | Rare visitor | ||
| Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Black-and-white warblerMniotilta varia | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Prothonotary warblerSeen around the cottagesProtonotaria citrea | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii | Rare visitor | ||
| Tennessee warblerLeiothlypis peregrina | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Orange-crowned warblerLeiothlypis celata | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Nashville warblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Connecticut warblerOporornis agilis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| MacGillivray's warblerGeothlypis tolmiei | Vagrant | ||
| Mourning warblerGeothlypis philadelphia | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Kentucky warblerGeothlypis formosa | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Common yellowthroatGeothlypis trichas | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Hooded warblerSetophaga citrina | Uncommon visitor | ||
| American redstartSetophaga ruticilla | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Kirtland's warblerSetophaga kirtlandii | Vagrant | ||
| Cape May warblerSetophaga tigrina | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Cerulean warblerSetophaga cerulea | Rare visitor | ||
| Northern parulaSetophaga americana | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Magnolia warblerSetophaga magnolia | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Bay-breasted warblerSetophaga castanea | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Blackburnian warblerSetophaga fusca | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Yellow warblerSetophaga petechia | Migrant | ||
| Chestnut-sided warblerSetophaga pensylvanica | Migrant | ||
| Blackpoll warblerSetophaga striata | Migrant | ||
| Black-throated blue warblerSetophaga caerulescens | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Palm warblerSetophaga palmarum | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Pine warblerSetophaga pinus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Yellow-rumped warblerSetophaga coronata | Migrant & winter visitor | ||
| Yellow-throated warblerSetophaga dominica | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Prairie warblerSetophaga discolor | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Townsend's warblerSetophaga townsendi | Vagrant | ||
| Black-throated green warblerSetophaga virens | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Canada warblerCardellina canadensis | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Wilson's warblerCardellina pusilla | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Cardinals and allies (Cardinalidae) | |||
| Summer tanagerPiranga rubra | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Scarlet tanagerPiranga olivacea | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Western tanagerPiranga ludoviciana | Vagrant | ||
| Northern cardinalSeen around the cottagesIntroducedCardinalis cardinalis | Introduced, breeds | ||
| Rose-breasted grosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Blue grosbeakPasserina caerulea | Uncommon visitor | ||
| Indigo buntingPasserina cyanea | Migrant | ||
| Painted buntingPasserina ciris | Vagrant | ||
| DickcisselSpiza americana | Rare visitor | ||
Status key. Breeds: nests in Bermuda. Migrant / winter visitor: seen most years. Uncommon: recorded most years, in small numbers. Rare visitor: not recorded every year. Vagrant: fewer than about 15 records. Introduced: brought to Bermuda by people.
Checklist based on the List of birds of Bermuda on Wikipedia, which follows the Bermuda Audubon Society checklist and the American Ornithological Society's taxonomy (as of 2022). New species are added from time to time; for the latest records and news, visit the Bermuda Audubon Society or eBird Bermuda, where you can also log your own sightings. Photos are from iNaturalist (mostly taken in Bermuda) and Wikimedia Commons, used under their Creative Commons or public-domain licences; click a credit to see the original.
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