2023 Checklist

2023 was a good year of birding for birding. I saw 142 bird species including 16 lifers across five countries - Barbados (9), Grenada (2), Bonaire (3), Aruba (1), and Curaçao (2). See my checklist below.

Key: Rare birds; Barbados Purple lifer; W.I Lifers; World Lifer 

143.Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus Philadelphia (Bar#161;WI#209;Wor#377)

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142.Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus Philadelphia (Bar#161;WI#209;Wor#377)
141.Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
140.Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
149.Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
138.Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus (Barbados #160;WI#208;World#376)
137.Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
136.Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
135.Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera (Bar#159;WI#207;World#375)
134.Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus (Bar#158;WI#206;Wor#374)
133.Blackpoll Warbler - Setophaga striata
132.Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea
131.Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Calidris subruficollis
130.Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
139.Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe (Barbados #157;WI#205;Wor#373)
128.Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
127.Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
126.Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica
125.Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica
124.Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
123.Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
122.Fork-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus savana
121.White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
120.Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
129.Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
118.Willet - Tringa semipalmata
117.American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
116.Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
115.House Swift - Apus nipalensis (Barbados #156;WI#204;World#372)
114.Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
113.Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea (Barbados #155;WI#203;World#371)
112.Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
111.Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea
110.Collared Plover - Anarhynchus collaris
109.Black Swift - Cypseloides niger
108.Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
107.Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
106.Least Tern - Sternula antillarum
105.Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum
104.Blue-gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus
103.Yellow Oriole - Icterus nigrogularis
102.Crested Oropendola - Psarocolius decumanus
101.Spectacled Thrush - Turdus nudigenis
100.Southern Lapwing - Vanellus chilensis
99.  Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani
98.  Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
97.  Short-tailed Swift - Chaetura brachyura
96.  Gray-breasted Martin - Progne chalybea
95.  White-winged Swallow - Tachycineta albiventer
94.  Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
93.  Striated Heron - Butorides striata
92.  Merlin - Falco columbarius
91.  Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis (World#370)
90.  Blue-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon mellisugus(World#369)
89.  Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
88.  Neotropic Cormorant - Nannopterum brasilianum(World#368)
87.  Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
86.  Crested Caracara - Caracara plancus (World#367)
85.  White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi
84.  Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola
83.  Venezuelan Troupial - Icterus icterus
82.  Brown-throated Parakeet - Eupsittula pertinax (World#366)
81.  Bare-eyed Pigeon - Patagioenas corensis (World #365)
80.  Bridled Tern - Onychoprion anaethetus
79.  Sooty Tern - Onychoprion fuscatus
78.  Lesser Antillean Bullfinch - Loxigilla noctis
77.  Rufous-breasted Hermit - Glaucis hirsutus (WI#202)
76.  Lesser Antillean Tanager - Stilpnia cucullata(WI#201;World#364)
75.  Yellow-bellied Elaenia - Elaenia flavogaster(WI#200)
74.  Grenada Flycatcher - Myiarchus nugator(WI#199;World#363)
73.  Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
72.  Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus
71.  Masked Booby - Sula dactylatra
70.  Red-footed Booby - Sula sula
69.  Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
68.  Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
67. Garganey - Spatula querquedula (Barbados#154;WI#198;World #362)
66.  Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
65.  Masked Duck - Nomonyx dominicus
64.  Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
63.  Red-billed Tropicbird - Phaethon aethereus
62.  American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliates
61.  Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
60.  Caribbean Martin - Progne dominicensi
59.  Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
58.  Sanderling - Calidris alba
57.  Orange-winged Parrot - Amazona amazonica
56.  Grassland Yellow-Finch - Sicalis luteola
55.  Sora - Porzana carolina
54.  Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
53.  Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
52.  Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
51.  Barbados Bullfinch - Loxigilla barbadensis
50.  Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola
49.  Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
48.  Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
47.  Caribbean Elaenia - Elaenia martinica
46.  Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
45.  Antillean Crested Hummingbird - Orthorhyncus cristatus
44.  Scaly-naped Pigeon - Patagioenas squamosa
43.  Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata
42.  Common Ground Dove - Columbina passerina
41.  Green-throated Carib - Eulampis holosericeus
40.  Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
39.  Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
38.  Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
37.  Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
36.  Red Knot - Calidris canutus
35.  Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
34.  Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
33.  Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
32.  Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
31.  American Coot - Fulica americana
30.  Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
29.  Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
28.  Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
27.  Black-faced Grassquit - Melanospiza bicolor
26.  House Sparrow - Passer domesticus (Barbados#153)
25.  Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
24.  American Wigeon - Mareca americana
23.  Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
22.  Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
21.  Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
20.  Green Heron - Butorides virescens
19.  Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
18.  Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis
17.  Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
16.  Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
15.  Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
14.  Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
13.  Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
12.  Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
11.  Zenaida Dove - Zenaida aurita
10.  Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
9.    Carib Grackle - Quiscalus lugubris
8.    Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
7.    Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
6.    Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
5.    Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
4.    Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
3.    Great Egret - Ardea alba
2.    Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
1.    Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster