BIRDS OF ARUBA

VOGELS VAN ARUBA

AVES / PÁJAROS DE ARUBA

Birds of Aruba coded for abundance, breeding, migration, wintering, endemic, rare, etc.; 2000 pages on birds, nature, birdwatching, where to go birding, birds and nature pictures, nature conservation, equipment, bird feeding, etc. Welcome to the bird list of Aruba.

Aruba is home to an impressive number of species of birds that vary from residents, that stay all year around, to breeding birds, that spend a good part of the growing season in Aruba to raise their young, migrants who pass through Aruba with the seasons, to wintering birds who like to spend a good part of the winter in Aruba to escape colder conditions up north. While many species of birds are relatively common as they are part of the ecosystems of the state, it is always a thrill to stumble upon a rare bird or vagrant, that does not really form part of any the Aruba ecosystems. Maybe it got lost during its travels between its summer and winter residence or it got displaced by bad weather.

Among the species of the checklist of the birds of Aruba you can find waterfowl and wading birds, a large suite of song birds, raptors, game birds, swifts and nighthawks, etc., many of which occupy several ecosystems simultaneously, as they fly to and from forests, meadows, shorelines of waters, cities and and urban green spaces. At Birdlist, we have developed a coding system that can help you predict when you may expect a certain species, with a code for seasonality, such as resident, nesting, wintering, etc. A code for abundance will give you a clue on the likelihood that you may actually see a certain species of bird. As we progressed with the coding, we realized that there should be a differentiation in the coding for "common", such as less common, common and very common birds. However, this would require reliable quantative data, which for most states, are not revealed by the commission of bird records. We hope to provide those in the future. In the meantime, enjoy the current checklist of the birds of Aruba.

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Welcome to Nature worldwide with the birds of this country or territory. You will find 2 tables. the first table explains the abundance and presence codes; the second table is the checklist of the birds. To learn about how we acquired the information, see our Methodology page. We have about 2000 pages, not only on birds but also on, mammals and national parks as well as nature related links by country. For the list of mammals or national parks of this country or for the links, press the link above. National Parks in developing countries need YOUR help. Learn more about the most important rescue effort ever made to rescue nature and about our crusade to rescue nature in the tropics from annihilation!.

Abundance Codes
D	Distribution range deducted from map, not actual record.
P	Present, abundance not determined.
C	Within its range, varying from common to occasional
O	Rare, wandered outside of its normal range but still may be expected from time to time. Normally between 10 - 100 records.
V	Vagrant, accidental, species far out of its normal distribution range. >10 observations.
I	Introduced species.
Q	Not verified.
X	Extinct.
XL	Extinct in country
Status of Permanence Codes
R	Resident, present year around.
N	Nests in the area but absent during part of the year.
M	Migrant, non-breeding. May spend a short period or the entire winter.
W	Wintering; stays in the area, while its primary nesting range is elsewhere.
E	National endemic.
*	National bird.
How to safe and print a list

CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF ARUBA

XX	Species full name	Birds	AW
	Colinus cristatus	Crested Bobwhite	P
	Dendrocygna autumnalis	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	V
	Dendrocygna bicolor	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	V
	Dendrocygna viduata	White-faced Whistling-Duck	V
	Anas acuta	Northern Pintail	Q
	Anas americana	American Wigeon	V
	Anas bahamensis	White-cheeked Pintail	P
	Anas clypeata	Northern Shoveler	V
	Anas discors	Blue-winged Teal	P
	Anas platyrhynchos	Mallard	V
	Anser albifrons	Greater White-fronted Goose	V
	Aythya affinis	Lesser Scaup	P
	Aythya collaris	Ring-necked Duck	Q
	Nomonyx dominica	Masked Duck	V
	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Comb Duck	V
	Sphyrapicus varius	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	P
	Chloroceryle aenea	American Pygmy Kingfisher	P
	Chloroceryle amazona	Amazon Kingfisher	Q
	Megaceryle alcyon	Belted Kingfisher	P
	Coccyzus americanus	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	P
	Coccyzus minor	Mangrove Cuckoo	Q
	Crotophaga sulcirostris	Groove-billed Ani	P
	Guira guira	Guira Cuckoo	V
	Amazona barbadensis	Yellow-shouldered Parrot	P
	Amazona farinosa	Mealy Parrot	P
	Aratinga pertinax	Brown-throated Parakeet	P
	Forpus passerinus	Green-rumped Parrotlet	P
	Psittacula krameri	Rose-ringed Parakeet	I
	Chlorostilbon mellisugus	Blue-tailed Emerald	P
	Chrysolampis mosquitus	Ruby-topaz Hummingbird	P
	Florisuga mellivora	White-necked Jacobin	V
	Glaucis hirsuta	Rufous-breasted Hermit	P
	Tyto alba	Barn Owl	P
	Speotyto cunicularia	Burrowing Owl	P
	Steatornis caripensis	Oilbird	V
	Caprimulgus carolinensis	Chuck-will's-widow	P
	Caprimulgus cayennensis	White-tailed Nightjar	P
	Chordeiles acutipennis	Lesser Nighthawk	Q
	Chordeiles gundlachii	Antillean Nighthawk	P
	Chordeiles minor	Common Nighthawk	P
	Columba corensis	Bare-eyed Pigeon	P
	Columba squamosa	Scaly-naped Pigeon	P
	Columbina passerina	Common Ground-Dove	P
	Columbina talpacoti	Ruddy Ground-Dove	V
	Leptotila verreauxi	White-tipped Dove	P
	Zenaida asiatica	White-winged Dove	V
	Zenaida auriculata	Eared Dove	P
	Fulica caribaea	Caribbean Coot	P
	Gallinula chloropus	Common Moorhen	P
	Porphyrio martinicus	Purple Gallinule	P
	Porzana carolina	Sora	P
	Actitis macularia	Spotted Sandpiper	P
	Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone	P
	Bartramia longicauda	Upland Sandpiper	P
	Calidris alba	Sanderling	P
	Calidris bairdii	Baird's Sandpiper	Q
	Calidris canutus	Red Knot	P
	Calidris fuscicollis	White-rumped Sandpiper	P
	Calidris mauri	Western Sandpiper	P
	Calidris melanotos	Pectoral Sandpiper	P
	Calidris minutilla	Least Sandpiper	P
	Calidris pusilla	Semipalmated Sandpiper	P
	Catoptrophorus semipalmatus	Willet	P
	Limnodromus griseus	Short-billed Dowitcher	P
	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Long-billed Dowitcher	P
	Limosa haemastica	Hudsonian Godwit	V
	Numenius borealis	Eskimo Curlew	V
	Numenius phaeopus	Whimbrel	P
	Phalaropus lobatus	Red-necked Phalarope	V
	Phalaropus tricolor	Wilson's Phalarope	P
	Tringa flavipes	Lesser Yellowlegs	P
	Tringa melanoleuca	Greater Yellowlegs	P
	Tringa nebularia	Common Greenshank	V
	Tringa solitaria	Solitary Sandpiper	P
	Tryngites subruficollis	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	V
	Burhinus bistriatus	Double-striped Thick-knee	V
	Charadrius alexandrinus	Kentish Plover	P
	Charadrius collaris	Collared Plover	P
	Charadrius semipalmatus	Semipalmated Plover	P
	Charadrius vociferus	Killdeer	P
	Charadrius wilsonia	Wilson's Plover	P
	Haematopus palliatus	American Oystercatcher	P
	Himantopus himantopus	Black-winged Stilt	P
	Himantopus mexicanus	Black-necked Stilt	P
	Pluvialis dominica	American Golden-Plover	P
	Pluvialis squatarola	Grey Plover	P
	Recurvirostra americana	American Avocet	P
	Vanellus chilensis	Southern Lapwing	P
	Anous minutus	Black Noddy	P
	Anous stolidus	Brown Noddy	P
	Catharacta skua	Great Skua	Q
	Chlidonias niger	Black Tern	Q
	Larus argentatus	Herring Gull	P
	Larus atricilla	Laughing Gull	P
	Larus delawarensis	Ring-billed Gull	V
	Larus fuscus	Lesser Black-backed Gull	P
	Larus maculipennis	Brown-hooded Gull	V
	Larus marinus	Great Black-backed Gull	V
	Larus philadelphia	Bonaparte's Gull	Q
	Larus pipixcan	Franklin's Gull	Q
	Larus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull	V
	Phaetusa simplex	Large-billed Tern	V
	Rynchops niger	Black Skimmer	P
	Stercorarius parasiticus	Parasitic Jaeger	P
	Stercorarius pomarinus	Pomarine Jaeger	P
	Sterna anaethetus	Bridled Tern	P
	Sterna antillarum	Least Tern	P
	Sterna caspia	Caspian Tern	P
	Sterna dougallii	Roseate Tern	P
	Sterna fuscata	Sooty Tern	P
	Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	P
	Sterna maxima	Royal Tern	P
	Sterna nilotica	Gull-billed Tern	P
	Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	P
	Buteo albicaudatus	White-tailed Hawk	P
	Buteogallus anthracinus	Common Black-Hawk	P
	Elanus leucurus	White-tailed Kite	Q
	Pandion haliaetus	Osprey	P
	Caracara plancus	Southern Caracara	P
	Falco columbarius	Merlin	P
	Falco femoralis	Aplomado Falcon	P
	Falco peregrinus	Peregrine Falcon	P
	Falco sparverius	American Kestrel	P
	Milvago chimachima	Yellow-headed Caracara	Q
	Podilymbus podiceps	Pied-billed Grebe	P
	Tachybaptus dominicus	Least Grebe	P
	Phaethon aethereus @ 523	Red-billed Tropicbird	P
	Phaethon lepturus	White-tailed Tropicbird	Q
	Sula dactylatra	Masked Booby	V
	Sula leucogaster @	Brown Booby	P
	Sula sula @527	Red-footed Booby	P
	Phalacrocorax auritus	Double-crested Cormorant	V
	Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant	P
	Ardea herodias	Great Blue Heron	P
	Botaurus pinnatus	Pinnated Bittern	P
	Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret	P
	Butorides striatus	Striated Heron	P
	Butorides virescens	Green Heron	P
	Cochlearius cochlearia	Boat-billed Heron	P
	Egretta caerulea	Little Blue Heron	P
	Egretta rufescens	Reddish Egret	P
	Egretta thula	Snowy Egret	P
	Egretta tricolor	Tricolored Heron	P
	Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-Heron	P
	Phoenicopterus ruber	Greater Flamingo	P
	Ajaia ajaja	Roseate Spoonbill	P
	Eudocimus albus	White Ibis	P
	Eudocimus ruber	Scarlet Ibis	Q
	Plegadis chihi	White-faced Ibis	P
	Plegadis falcinellus	Glossy Ibis	P
	Pelecanus occidentalis	Brown Pelican	P
	Mycteria americana	Wood Stork	V
	Fregata magnificens	Magnificent Frigatebird	P
	Bulweria bulwerii	Bulwer's Petrel	V
	Oceanites oceanicus	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	P
	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Leach's Storm-Petrel	V
	Pterodroma hasitata	Black-capped Petrel	Q
	Puffinus gravis	Great Shearwater	V
	Puffinus lherminieri	Audubon's Shearwater	P
	Contopus cooperi		P
	Contopus virens	Eastern Wood-Pewee	P
	Elaenia chiriquensis	Lesser Elaenia	P
	Elaenia martinica	Caribbean Elaenia	P
	Elaenia parvirostris	Small-billed Elaenia	P
	Sublegatus arenarum	Northern Scrub-Flycatcher	P
	Tyrannus dominicensis	Grey Kingbird	P
	Tyrannus melancholicus	Tropical Kingbird	P
	Tyrannus savana	Fork-tailed Flycatcher	P
	Tyrannus tyrannus	Eastern Kingbird	P
	Myrmotherula surinamensis	Streaked Antwren	P
	Vireo altiloquus	Black-whiskered Vireo	P
	Catharus minimus	Grey-cheeked Thrush	P
	Catharus ustulatus	Swainson's Thrush	P
	Oenanthe oenanthe	Northern Wheatear	P
	Margarops fuscatus	Pearly-eyed Thrasher	P
	Mimus gilvus	Tropical Mockingbird	P
	Sturnus vulgaris	Common Starling	Q
	Toxostoma rufum	Brown Thrasher	P
	Hirundo rustica	Barn Swallow	P
	Petrochelidon fulva	Cave Swallow	P
	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	Cliff Swallow	P
	Progne chalybea	Grey-breasted Martin	P
	Progne dominicensis	Caribbean Martin	P
	Progne subis	Purple Martin	P
	Riparia riparia	Sand Martin	P
	Stelgidopteryx serripennis	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	P
	Tachycineta albiventer	White-winged Swallow	Q
	Tachycineta meyeni	Chilean Swallow	Q
	Passer domesticus	House Sparrow	P
	Agelaius icterocephalus	Yellow-hooded Blackbird	P
	Coereba flaveola	Bananaquit	P
	Cyanerpes cyaneus	Red-legged Honeycreeper	P
	Dendroica caerulescens	Black-throated Blue Warbler	P
	Dendroica castanea	Bay-breasted Warbler	P
	Dendroica cerulea	Cerulean Warbler	P
	Dendroica coronata	Yellow-rumped Warbler	P
	Dendroica discolor	Prairie Warbler	P
	Dendroica palmarum	Palm Warbler	P
	Dendroica pensylvanica	Chestnut-sided Warbler	P
	Dendroica petechia	Yellow Warbler	P
	Dendroica striata	Blackpoll Warbler	P
	Dendroica tigrina	Cape May Warbler	P
	Dendroica virens	Black-throated Green Warbler	P
	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	Bobolink	P
	Geothlypis trichas	Common Yellowthroat	P
	Icterus icterus	Troupial	P
	Mniotilta varia	Black-and-white Warbler	P
	Molothrus bonariensis	Shiny Cowbird	P
	Oporornis agilis	Connecticut Warbler	P
	Oporornis formosus	Kentucky Warbler	P
	Oporornis philadelphia	Mourning Warbler	P
	Parula americana	Northern Parula	P
	Passerina cyanea	Indigo Bunting	P
	Pheucticus ludovicianus	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	P
	Pheucticus melanocephalus	Black-headed Grosbeak	Q
	Piranga olivacea	Scarlet Tanager	P
	Piranga rubra	Summer Tanager	P
	Protonotaria citrea	Prothonotary Warbler	P
	Seiurus aurocapillus	Ovenbird	P
	Seiurus motacilla	Louisiana Waterthrush	P
	Seiurus noveboracensis	Northern Waterthrush	P
	Setophaga ruticilla	American Redstart	P
	Sicalis flaveola	Saffron Finch	P
	Spiza americana	Dickcissel	P
	Tangara gyrola	Bay-headed Tanager	P
	Tiaris bicolor	Black-faced Grassquit	P
	Vermivora chrysoptera	Golden-winged Warbler	P
	Vermivora peregrina	Tennessee Warbler	P
	Vermivora pinus	Blue-winged Warbler	P
	Volatinia jacarina	Blue-black Grassquit	P
	Wilsonia citrina	Hooded Warbler	P
	Zonotrichia albicollis	White-throated Sparrow	Q
	Zonotrichia capensis	Rufous-collared Sparrow	P

Thank you for visiting Nature Worldwide on Aruba. In this linked net of country pages you can find lists of birds, nature, mammals and national parks. Birds of Aruba provides a checklist of the birds of Aruba. It is a complete birdlist or bird list listing all the birds of Aruba in ornithological taxonomic order. In Nature of Aruba you can find nature related websites, like on birding, birdwatching, general ornithology, nature, nature conservation, national parks, protected areas, nature reserves, etc. In Mammals of Aruba you can find the list of the mammals of Aruba in taxonomic order. National parks, Nature reserves and Protected areas of Aruba provides you with list of all the national parks and other protected areas of Aruba. Click on the following links for our web pages on Aruba.

http://www.birdlist.org/aruba.htm http://www.nature-worldwide.info/aruba.htm http://www.mammals-worldwide.info/aruba.htm http://www.nationalparks-worldwide.info/aruba.htm