Uncommon Birds in Dominica
Our list for Dominica has 9 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
All 9, most common first
Common TernSterna hirundoScarceUncommon31–35 cm
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasPassage migrantUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusScarceUncommon46–51 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made