BIRD HIGHLIGHTS
Meet Some of Our Favorite Aruba Birds
Brown
Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Neotropic Cormorant
(Phalacocrorax brasilianus)
Magnificent Frigatebird
(Fregata magnificens)
White-cheeked Pintail
(Anas bahamensis)
Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
Royal Tern (Sterna
maxima)
Bare-eyed Pigeon
(Columba corensis)
Eared Dove (Zenaida
auriculata)
Common Ground-Dove
(Colombigallina passerina)
Brown-throated,
or Caribbean Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)
Burrowing Owl
(Athene cunicularia)
Ruby-topaz
Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus)
Blue-tailed Emerald
(Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Tropical Mockingbird
(Mimus gilvus)
Yellow Warbler
(Dendroica petechia)
Bananaquit (Coereba
flaveola)
Black-faced Grassquit
(Tiaris bicolor)
Rufous-collared
Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
Carib
Grackle (Quiscalus
lugubris)
Troupial (Icterus
icterus)