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AIPuerto Rican originals
Living Endemic Birds
The extant endemic birds that make Puerto Rico one of the Caribbean's most distinctive birding destinations.
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A set of interconnected field guides organized by habitat, family, conservation status, movement, origin, and island history.
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Essential Puerto Rico bird stories
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Globally Threatened Birds
Birds classified as Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable in the reconciled IUCN data.
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AIOccurrence in Puerto Rico
Resident Birds
Birds documented as year-round residents or resident breeders in the source catalog and Puerto Rico context records.
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Migrants & Vagrants
Passage migrants, winter visitors, seasonal movers, offshore visitors and rare vagrants recorded from Puerto Rico.
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Introduced Birds
Birds brought to Puerto Rico by people, including established species and free-flying populations whose status may vary.
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Historical Birds
Birds included through historical records, including extirpated and extinct taxa that shaped Puerto Rico's avifauna.
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endemic
Endemics
Species unique to Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Bank.
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habitat
Habitats
Explore birds through the island landscapes they use.
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conservation
Conservation
Global and Puerto Rico-specific conservation groupings.
10Birds with Critical Habitat in Puerto RicoExplore →4Critically Endangered BirdsExplore →9Endangered BirdsExplore →14Federally Listed BirdsExplore →34Globally Threatened BirdsExplore →328Least Concern BirdsExplore →25Near Threatened BirdsExplore →15Not assessed or unresolved BirdsExplore →28Puerto Rico DNER-Listed BirdsExplore →21Vulnerable BirdsExplore →
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Occurrence
Residents, migrants, introductions and historical records.
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Families
Browse Puerto Rico's birds through their taxonomic families.
2Barn-Owls (Tytonidae)Explore →4Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)Explore →6Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae)Explore →2Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)Explore →2Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae)Explore →2Crows, Jays, and Magpies (Corvidae)Explore →5Cuckoos (Cuculidae)Explore →31Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl (Anatidae)Explore →5Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)Explore →4Finches, Euphonias, and Allies (Fringillidae)Explore →1Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)Explore →1Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)Explore →2Greater Antillean Tanagers (Phaenicophilidae)Explore →2Grebes (Podicipedidae)Explore →1Guineafowl (Numididae)Explore →28Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)Explore →10Hawks, Eagles, and Kites (Accipitridae)Explore →15Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (Ardeidae)Explore →8Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)Explore →4Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)Explore →1Jacanas (Jacanidae)Explore →2Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)Explore →1Limpkin (Aramidae)Explore →4Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)Explore →19New World and African Parrots (Psittacidae)Explore →1New World Quail (Odontophoridae)Explore →1New World Sparrows (historical placement) (Emberizidae sensu lato)Explore →4New World Sparrows (Passerellidae)Explore →2New World Vultures (Cathartidae)Explore →39New World Warblers (Parulidae)Explore →5Nightjars and Allies (Caprimulgidae)Explore →1Northern Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae)Explore →1Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)Explore →1Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)Explore →1Osprey (Pandionidae)Explore →4Owls (Strigidae)Explore →1Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)Explore →2Pelicans (Pelecanidae)Explore →1Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies (Phasianidae)Explore →16Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)Explore →8Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)Explore →1Potoos (Nyctibiidae)Explore →9Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)Explore →35Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)Explore →9Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae)Explore →5Skuas and Jaegers (Stercorariidae)Explore →1Southern Storm-Petrels (Oceanitidae)Explore →3Starlings (Sturnidae)Explore →2Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)Explore →1Storks (Ciconiidae)Explore →11Swallows (Hirundinidae)Explore →7Swifts (Apodidae)Explore →7Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae)Explore →7Thrushes and Allies (Turdidae)Explore →1Todies (Todidae)Explore →2Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)Explore →14Troupials and Allies (Icteridae)Explore →14Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)Explore →7Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis (Vireonidae)Explore →9Waxbills and Allies (Estrildidae)Explore →1Waxwings (Bombycillidae)Explore →2Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae)Explore →1Whydahs and Indigobirds (Viduidae)Explore →3Woodpeckers (Picidae)Explore →
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