La Parguera is home to many aquatic and song birds and is a great place for bird watching. You can find many species of birds, including several that are endemic to the island. La Parguera is most known for the endemic and endangered Yellow-shouldered Blackbird. The Yellow-shouldered Blackbird is a trash bird that can often be seen picking at discarded food scraps all over the small town.
Birds found in La Parguera:
Clapper Rail
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mangrove Cuckoo
Antillean Nighthawk
Puerto Rican Nightjar
Puerto Rican Mango
Puerto Rican Tody
Caribbean Elaenia
Puerto Rican Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Caribbean Martin
Bronze Mannikin
Indian Silverbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
Venezuelan Troupial
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mangrove Cuckoo
Antillean Nighthawk
Puerto Rican Nightjar
Puerto Rican Mango
Puerto Rican Tody
Caribbean Elaenia
Puerto Rican Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Caribbean Martin
Bronze Mannikin
Indian Silverbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
Venezuelan Troupial
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Greater Antillean Grackle
Northern Waterthrush
Northern Parula
Golden-winged Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Adelaide’s Warbler
Puerto Rican Spindalis
Black-faced Grassquit
Puerto Rican Bullfinch
Magnificent Frigate bird
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
Merlin
Western Great Egret
Greater Antillean Grackle
Northern Waterthrush
Northern Parula
Golden-winged Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Adelaide’s Warbler
Puerto Rican Spindalis
Black-faced Grassquit
Puerto Rican Bullfinch
Magnificent Frigate bird
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
Merlin
Western Great Egret
If this list isn’t long enough, there are always the chickens that can be seen wandering the streets in the neighborhood!