Birding Factoids

206 species
in 42 families

12 of the 58 Caribbean
speciality species are
represented here.
2 endangered species
No endemics

US Virgin Islands
Hotspots

US Virgin Islands Specialities
Bananaquit - US Virgin Islands National Bird - Photo by Jan Hein Ribot

Photo copyright Jan Hein Ribot

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....Caribbean Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex

....Guide to Birding Sites in the US Virgin Islands - presented by the

Virgin Islands Audubon Society - This page is designed to help the visitor to the Virgin Islands find and enjoy the best places for birding.

....Birding in Paradise - St. John, US Virgin Islands

....The Salt Ponds - Produced by the V.I. Department of Planning

and Natural Resources,Division of Fish and Wildlife. Most of the salt ponds ("ponds") in the Virgin Islands were bays that, over time, have been closed in by reef or mangrove growth across the bay's mouth. Sand, sediment, and rubble also accumulate on the developing berm area during storms and aid in separating the pond from the bay.

....United States Virgin Islands - Fauna & Flora

....West Indies Birding Trip, July 1-14, 1998, Greg Lasley & Cheryl

Johnson. My wife and I recently completed a two-week trip to the West Indies which included birding on Puerto Rico, Saba (a very small island in the Netherlands Antilles), St. Thomas and St. Johns in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I have prepared an account of this trip in the hopes that some of the material below will be of help and/or interest to others traveling in this area.

....US Virgin Island Trip Reports - a US Virgin Islands trip report is

available from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas: Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository".

Tours and Guides

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Eco-Lodges

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Caribbean Specialities in the

US Virgin Islands

Information derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.5.
Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and supporting
data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher. An international checklist system
was required to enable world-wide country to country comparisons.These speciality birds may be uncommon,
or extremely rare at this location, or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of
each species noted below have been made in US Virgin islands.

Caribbean Endemic Specialities in the US Virgin Islands - No Endemics
___ Antillean Crested ___ Hummingbird ___ Antillian Mango ___ Antillean Nighthawk ___ Bridled Quail Dove	___ Hispaniolan Parrot ___ Lesser Antillean Bullfinch ___ Puerto Rican Flycatcher ___ Puerto Rican Screech-Owl	___ Puerto Rican Woodpecker ___ Scaly-naped Pigeon ___ Stolid Flycatcher ___ West Indian Whistling Duck

Endangered Birds in the US Virgin Islands (endemics are shown in *bold italic*)
Breeding Birds		Non-Breeding Birds
___ West Indian Whistling Duck		___ Piping Plover

Print and Other Resources on Birds

and Birding in the Virgin Islands

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...A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands -

by Herbert A. Raffaele, Cindy J. House, John Wiessinger. Paperback - 254 pages (January 1990) This is a revised edition of a widely praised guide to the birds of the largest of the Carribean islands and the neighboring Virgin Islands. It includes detailed accounts of all 284 well-documented species known to occur in the region, 273 being illustrated. The section "Places to Bird" will help make the stay of short-term visitors more productive.