Endangered Birds of Central America
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Atitlan Grebe | Guatemala |
| Azure-rumped Tanager | Guatemala |
| Bahama Swallow | Bahamas, Cuba |
| Baird's Trogon | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Barbados Yellow Warbler | West Indies (Barbados) |
| Barbuda Warbler | Antigua, Barbuda |
| Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Bay-breasted Cuckoo | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Bearded Screech-owl | Guatemala |
| Beautiful Treerunner | Panama |
| Bee Hummingbird | Bahamas, Cuba |
| Bell's Vireo | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Belted Flycatcher | El Salvador, Guatemala |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico |
| Black Catbird | Belize, Guatemala |
| Black Guan | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Black Rail | Central America |
| Black Solitary Eagle | Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama |
| Black-billed Amazon | Jamaica |
| Black-billed Flycatcher | Panama |
| Black-capped Petrel | Central America |
| Black-cheeked Ant-tanager | Costa Rica |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Central America |
| Blue Mountain Vireo | Jamaica |
| Blue-and-gold Tanager | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Blue-headed Quail-dove | Cuba |
| Brown Pelican | Coastal Central and South America, West Indies |
| Brown-backed Dove | Panama |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Central America |
| Caribbean Coot | Central America |
| Cerulean Warbler | Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama |
| Chat Tanager | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Choco Tinamou | Panama |
| Cocos Cuckoo | Costa Rica |
| Cocos Flycatcher | Costa Rica |
| Cocos Island Finch | Costa Rica |
| Crested Quail-dove | Jamaica |
| Cuban Black Hawk | Cuba |
| Cuban Kite | Cuba |
| Cuban Parakeet | Cuba |
| Cuban Parrot | West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Caymans) |
| Cuban Solitaire | Cuba |
| Cuban Sparrow | Cuba |
| Elegant Tern | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Elfin-woods Warbler | Puerto Rico |
| Eskimo Curlew | Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina |
| Euler's Flycatcher | West Indies (Grenada) |
| Eurasian Curlew | Central America |
| Fernandina's Flicker | Cuba |
| Forest Thrush | Guadeloupe, Montserrat, West Indies (Dominica), West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| Galapagos Petrel | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Giant Kingbird | Cuba |
| Glow-throated Hummingbird | Panama |
| Golden Swallow | Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica |
| Golden-cheeked Wood Warbler | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Central America |
| Gray-crowned Palm-tanager | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Gray-headed Quail-dove | Cuba, Dominican Republic |
| Great Curassow | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Great Green Macaw | Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Green-naped Tanager | Panama |
| Grenada Dove | West Indies (Grenada) |
| Guadeloupe Woodpecker | Guadeloupe |
| Guanay Cormorant | Panama |
| Guianan Crested Eagle | Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Gundlach's Hawk | Cuba |
| Harpy Eagle | Mexico south to Argentina |
| Heermann's Gull | Guatemala |
| Highland Guan | Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Hispaniolan Amazon | Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British and US) |
| Hispaniolan Crossbill | Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica |
| Hispaniolan Parakeet | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Hispaniolan Trogon | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Honduran Emerald | Honduras |
| Hook-billed Kite | West Indies (Cuba and Grenada) |
| Horned Guan | Guatemala |
| House Wren | West Indies (Guadeloupe and St. Lucia) |
| Imperial Parrot | West Indies (Dominica) |
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Cuba |
| Jamaica Petrel | Jamaica |
| Jamaican Blackbird | Jamaica |
| Jamaican Pauraque | Jamaica |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Costa Rica |
| Keel-billed Motmot | Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Kirtland's Wood Warbler | Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| La Selle Thrush | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Least Pauraque | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Least Tern | Bahamas, Central America (winters), Greater and Lesser Antilles |
| Mangrove Hummingbird | Costa Rica |
| Martinique Oriole | Martinique - West Indies |
| Martinique Trembler | Martinique - West Indies |
| Montserrat Oriole | Montserrat |
| Northern Aplomado Falcon | Guatemala |
| Ocellated Quail | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Ocellated Turkey | Belize, Guatemala |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Central and South America |
| Orinoco Goose | Jamaica, West Indies (Barbados) |
| Painted Bunting | Central America |
| Palm Crow | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Central America |
| Pileated Flycatcher | Guatemala |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua |
| Pink-headed Warbler | Guatemala |
| Pirre Warbler | Panama |
| Plain Pigeon | Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico |
| Plumbeous Hawk | Panama |
| Puerto Rican Broad-winged Hawk | Puerto Rico |
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Puerto Rico |
| Puerto Rican Parrot | Puerto Rico |
| Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawk | Puerto Rico |
| Red-crowned Parrot | Puerto Rico |
| Red-fronted Parrotlet | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Red-necked Parrot | West Indies (Dominica) |
| Resplendent Quetzal | Mexico to Panama |
| Ridgway's Hawk | Dominican Republic |
| Ring-tailed Pigeon | Jamaica |
| Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird | Panama |
| Russet-crowned Quail-dove | Panama |
| Saffron-headed Parrot | Panama |
| Sandhill Crane | West Indies (Cuba) |
| Semper's Warbler | West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| Sooty Shearwater | Central America |
| Spiny-faced Antshrike | Panama |
| St. Lucia Black Finch | West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| St. Lucia Oriole | West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| St. Lucia Parrot | West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| St. Vincent Parrot | West Indies (St. Vincent) |
| Tacarcuna Tapaculo | Panama |
| Tacarcuna Wood-quail | Panama |
| Tawny-chested Flycatcher | Costa Rica, Nicaragua |
| Three-wattled Bellbird | Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Trindade Petrel | Puerto Rico |
| Trinidad White-headed Curassow | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Turquoise Cotinga | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Viridian Dacnis | Panama |
| Vitelline Warbler | Honduras, West Indies (Caymans) |
| West Indian Whistling-duck | Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Caymans, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands |
| Whistling Warbler | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| White-breasted Thrasher | West Indies (St. Lucia, Martinique) |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Central America |
| White-necked Crow | Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico |
| White-tailed Sabrewing | Trinidad and Tobago |
| White-winged Warbler | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Yellow-billed Amazon | Jamaica |
| Yellow-billed Cotinga | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Yellow-green Finch | Panama |
| Yellow-headed Parrot | Belize, Guatemala |
| Yellow-shouldered Amazon | Netherlands Antilles |
| Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Puerto Rico |
| Zapata Rail | Cuba |
| Zapata Wren | Cuba |
**What birds are listed here?:
The Central America section of this site lists the folllowing birds appearing on select endangered species lists:- Birds that dwell in or migrate to any region found in Central America and any nearby islands between North and South America.
- Birds of the Caribbean Islands or Caribbean Sea.
- Birds that dwell in or migrate to the West Indies (Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad, etc.).
Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total
count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more
information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.
