Endangered Birds of Central America
| Show birds in Central America with profiles available. | |
| Show all birds of concern in Central America. |
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Atitlan Grebe | Guatemala |
| Bahama Swallow | Bahamas, Cuba |
| Baird's Trogon | Costa Rica, Panama |
| Bay-breasted Cuckoo | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Bearded Screech-owl | Guatemala |
| 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 Rail | Central America |
| Black Solitary Eagle | Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama |
| Black-capped Petrel | Central America |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Central America |
| Blue-headed Quail-dove | Cuba |
| Brown Pelican | Coastal Central and South America, West Indies |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Central America |
| Cerulean Warbler | Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama |
| Cuban Black Hawk | Cuba |
| Cuban Parrot | West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Caymans) |
| Elegant Tern | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Elfin-woods Warbler | Puerto Rico |
| Eskimo Curlew | Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina |
| Eurasian Curlew | Central America |
| Galapagos Petrel | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Golden-cheeked Wood Warbler | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Central America |
| Great Curassow | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Great Green Macaw | Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Grenada Dove | West Indies (Grenada) |
| Harpy Eagle | Mexico south to Argentina |
| Hispaniolan Amazon | Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British and US) |
| Hispaniolan Parakeet | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Hispaniolan Trogon | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Horned Guan | Guatemala |
| Imperial Parrot | West Indies (Dominica) |
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Cuba |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Costa Rica |
| Kirtland's Wood Warbler | Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| La Selle Thrush | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Least Tern | Bahamas, Central America (winters), Greater and Lesser Antilles |
| Northern Aplomado Falcon | Guatemala |
| Ocellated Turkey | Belize, Guatemala |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Central and South America |
| Painted Bunting | Central America |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua |
| 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-necked Parrot | West Indies (Dominica) |
| Resplendent Quetzal | Mexico to Panama |
| Ridgway's Hawk | Dominican Republic |
| Russet-crowned Quail-dove | Panama |
| Sandhill Crane | West Indies (Cuba) |
| Semper's Warbler | West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| Sooty Shearwater | Central America |
| St. Lucia Parrot | West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| St. Vincent Parrot | West Indies (St. Vincent) |
| Tacarcuna Wood-quail | Panama |
| Trindade Petrel | Puerto Rico |
| Trinidad White-headed Curassow | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 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 |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Central America |
| White-necked Crow | Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico |
| Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Puerto Rico |
| 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.
