My 2026 Checklist

47. Ring-billed Gull, was my first local lifer for 2026

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

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 passerina
3.   Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
2.   Scaly-naped Pigeon  - Patagioenas squamosa
1.   Rock Pigeon - Columba livia