Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (I).The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (A).Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A).White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A).Green-winged teal, Anas carolinensis (A).Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata (A).Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca (I).Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons (A).Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A).West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea.Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A).(Er) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in the Bahamas although populations exist elsewhere.

(Ex) Extinct - a species which has ceased to exist.(I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Bahamas as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.(E) Endemic - a species endemic to the Bahamas.(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Bahamas.The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence. 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. 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). Two species listed are extinct (including one of the endemics) and two have been extirpated. Of them, seven are endemic, 21 have been introduced by humans, and 212 are rare or accidental. The avifauna of the Bahamas include a total of 386 species, according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase) as of July 2023. This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Bahamas.

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