Quick Facts about Bonaire’s birds.
Get the facts about some of Bonaire’s most sought-after birds.
American Flamingo
(Phoenicopterus ruber)
Diet: Small shrimp, seeds, blue-green algae, microscopic organisms, and mollusks
Breeding: Lays 1 egg
Status: Least Concern
American Golden Plover
(Pluvialis dominica)
Diet: Invertebrates, primarily terrestrial, some freshwater and marine; also berries, leaves, and seeds
Breeding: Lays 4 eggs
Status: Least Concern
Blue-tailed Emerald
(Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Diet: Nectar and insects
Breeding: Lays 2 eggs
Status: Least Concern
Brown-throated Parakeet
(Eupsittula pertinax)
Diet: Feeds upon fruits, seeds, and cactus flowers
Breeding: Lays 3 to 6 eggs
Status: Least Concern
Glossy Ibis
(Plegadis falcinellus)
Diet: Insects, mollusks, crustaceans, and occasionally fish, amphibians, lizards, small snakes, or nestling birds
Breeding: Lays 3 to 4 eggs
Status: Least Concern
Hudsonian Godwit
(Limosa haemastica)
Diet: Aquatic invertebrates
Breeding: Lays 2 to 4 eggs
Status: Least Concern, but the population is diminishing
Least Tern
(Sternula antillarum)
Diet: Feeds by plunge-diving for fish
Breeding: Lays 2 to 3 eggs
Status: Least Concern, but populations are decreasing
Masked Booby
(Sula dactylatra)
Diet: Mostly fish and squid, which they capture in dives from the air, sometimes plunging into the sea.
Breeding: Lays one or two eggs in a shallow depression on the ground.
Status: Low Concern
Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
Diet: Its main food source is live fish.
Breeding: Lays two to four eggs in a nest constructed of sticks located high on utility poles or trees.
Status: Least Concern
Royal Tern
(Thalasseus maximus)
Diet: Feeds on small fish, but they also eat insects, shrimp, and crabs
Breeding: Lays 1 or 2 eggs
Status: Least Concern
Yellow-shouldered Parrot
(Amazona barbadensis)
Diet: Feeds upon fruits, seeds, and cactus flowers
Breeding: Lays 3 or 4 eggs
Status: Vulnerable
Ruby-Topaz
(Chrysolampis mosquitus)
Diet: Nectar and some small insects
Breeding: Lays 2 eggs
Status: Least Concern
Sandwich Tern (Cayenne)
(Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnathus)
Diet: Feeds by plunge-diving for fish, almost invariably from the sea
Breeding: Lays 1 to 3 eggs
Status: Least Concern
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