List of birds of Guadeloupe

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. The avifauna of Guadeloupe included a total of 299 species according to Bird Checklists of the World as of October 2024.[1] Of them, one is endemic, 11 have been introduced by humans, and 163 are rare or accidental. Two species have been extirpated and another possibly has been.

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. French names in parentheses are also from the Check-list.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes on population status are also from Bird Checklists of the World.

  • (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guadeloupe
  • (I) Introduced - a species introduced directly to Guadeloupe or elsewhere in the New World
  • (EXT) Extinct - a species which no longer exists
  • (EXP) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Guadeloupe although populations exist elsewhere


  1. ^ Lepage, Denis (June 13, 2021). "Checklist of Birds of Guadeloupe". Avibase bird checklists of the world. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ 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)