The red-billed streamertail is the national bird of Jamaica.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jamaica. The avifauna of Jamaica included a total of 331 species as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World.[1] Of them, 28 are endemic, 19 have been introduced by humans, and 159 are rare or accidental. Another species (great-tailed grackle) is concentrated in one area and might also have been introduced. Six species have been extirpated. Sixteen species are globally threatened. An additional accidental species has been added from another source.
This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).[2] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence.
(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Jamaica
(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Jamaica
(Es) Endemic subspecies - a subspecies endemic to Jamaica
(I) Introduced - a species introduced directly to Jamaica or elsewhere in the New World
(Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Jamaica although populations exist elsewhere
^Lepage, Denis (March 13, 2021). "Checklist of Birds of Jamaica". Avibase bird checklists of the world. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2022. Check-list of North American Birds (online). American Ornithological Society. (July 29, 2022). "Check-list of North and Middle American Birds". American Ornithological Society. Retrieved July 7, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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