My 2026 Checklist Update (updated February 28)

89.  Purple Gallinule (Aruba)

February has been a month of movement, discovery, and milestones in my chase toward 100 Bajan birds and 300 world birds. By month’s end, my tally for 2026, stands at 60 species in Barbados and 127 worldwide. The highlight was a two-week cruise across the Caribbean, where I recorded bird species in 15 territories. The diversity was astounding, from the 71 checklists logged I tallied 112 species, with 68 yearbirds and 20 lifers (see trip Report here). My first birding outing on returning home to Barbados, added another year bird -Black-and-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia), a striking little bird at the Turners Hall Woods in St. Andrew.

With March ahead, the journey continues and the goal remains the same - birding only in freely accessible birding areas and continue the 100/300 chase.  Stay with me for the journey. 

 Check See checklist below👇

Key: Rare birds; Barbados Purple lifer; W.I Lifers; World Lifer; * Rare for the time of year

128. Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia

60 - 127 - Caribbean Cruise: Checklist | Ebird Trip Report
59. Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
58. Caribbean Martin - Progne dominicensis
57. Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
56. Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
55. Sora - Porzana carolina
54. Great Egret  - Ardea alba
53. Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
52. Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
51. Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
50. Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
49. Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
48. American Herring Gull - Larus smithsonianus
47. Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis (Bar:179; W.I 227)
46. Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla*
45. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
44. Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
43. Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
42. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
41. Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
40. American Coot - Fulica americana
39. Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
38. Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
37. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
36. Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
35. Mangrove Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
34. Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
33. Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
32. Western Reef-Heron - Egretta gularis
31. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
30. Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
29. Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
28. Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
27. Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
26. Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
25. Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata
24. Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
23. Black-faced Grassquit - Melanospiza bicolor
22. Grassland Yellow-Finch - Sicalis luteola
21. Carib Grackle - Quiscalus lugubris
20. Caribbean Elaenia - Elaenia martinica
19. Green-throated Carib - Eulampis holosericeus
18. Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
17. Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
16. Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
15. Barbados Bullfinch - Loxigilla barbadensis
14. Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola
13. Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis
12. Western Cattle-Egret - Ardea ibis 
11. Green Heron - Butorides virescens
10. Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
9.   Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
8.   Sanderling - Calidris alba
7.   Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
6.   Antillean Crested Hummingbird - Orthorhyncus cristatus
5.   Zenaida Dove - Zenaida aurita
4.   Common Ground Dove - Columbina passeria
3.   Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
2.   Scaly-naped Pigeon  - Patagioenas squamosa
1.   Rock Pigeon - Columba livia