Home to the magical Piton Mountains, lush landscapes, unspoilt rainforests and palm-fringed beaches, Saint Lucia is the beautiful Caribbean island that has it all and more. From a birding point of view, Saint Lucia is very accessible being just 27 miles long and 14 miles wide and is probably one of the most important of the Lesser Antilles as it holds six single island endemics.
Below is a comprehensive list of all the birds of Saint Lucia:
Pied-billed Grebe, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Audubon’s Shearwater, Black-capped Petrel, White-tailed Tropicbird, Red-billed Tropicbird, Masked Booby, Brown Booby, Red-footed Booby, Brown Pelican, Anhinga, Magnificent Frigatebird, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Little Egret, Snowy Egret, Western Reef-Heron, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Roseate Spoonbill, American Flamingo, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Masked Duck, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Common Black-Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine, Sora, Purple Gallinule, Common Gallinule, American Coot, Caribbean Coot, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden Plover, Collared Plover, Semi-palmated Plover, Killdeer, American Oystercatcher, Black-necked Stilt, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Hudsonian Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird’s Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Ruff, Short-billed Dowitcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Laughing Gull, Black headed Gull, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Black-legged Kittiwake, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Roseate Tern, Common Tern, Least Tern, Bridled Tern, Sooty Tern, Brown Noddy, Rock Pigeon, Scaly-naped Pigeon, White-crowned Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Zenaida Dove, Eared Dove, Common Ground-Dove, Bridled Quail-Dove, Ruddy Quail-Dove, St Lucia Parrot, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Mangrove Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Common, Nighthawk, Rufous Nightjar, Black Swift, Short-tailed Swift, Lesser Antillean Swift, Alpine Swift, Purple-throated Carib, Green-throated Carib, Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Caribbean Elaenia, St Lucia Pewee, Lesser Antillean Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Caribbean Martin, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Cave Swallow, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Rufous-throated Solitaire, Spectacled Thrush, Forest Thrush, Tropical Mockingbird, White-breasted Thrasher, Scaly-breasted Thrasher, Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Gray Trembler, Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-whiskered Vireo, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, St Lucia Warbler, Palm Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black and White Warbler, American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Semper’s Warbler, Canada Warbler, Bananaquit, Antillean Euphonia, Scarlet Tanager, Lesser Antillean Saltator, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black-faced Grassquit, Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, St Lucia Black Finch, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Bobolink, Carib Grackle, Shiny Cowbird, St Lucia Oriole, Baltimore Oriole
By: Ed Drewitt Grey Kingbird, Credit: Ed Drewitt When I stay at Anse Chastanet I love listening to the dawn chorus, when everything begins to sing in the half light as I’m waking up. The first birds to sing are the grey kingbirds, followed by the zenaida doves. They are…
By: Ed Drewitt It took me a few attempts to finally see St Lucia Pewees and back on my first visit in 2012 I completely failed to see one, although I think I heard one call. The St Lucia pewee is a small flycatcher and as its name suggest, it…
By: Ed Drewitt I love going to countries where there are endemics, species only found on those islands. They take my imagination back to when the ancestors of these birds were first making land fall on St Lucia hundreds of thousands of years ago if not millions of years ago….
In this series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective highlights a different St Lucia bird each week. In this edition the Grey Trembler By: Ed Drewitt My first recollection of a grey trembler was seeing one coming to Anse Chastanet’s Treehouse Restaurant at breakfast time looking to…
In this series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective highlights a different St Lucia bird each week. In this edition the Broad-winged Hawk By: Ed Drewitt When I see the broad-winged hawks in St Lucia they remind me of our larger common buzzards back at home which…
In this series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective highlights a different St Lucia bird each week. In this edition the St Lucia Warbler By: Ed Drewitt I usually encounter St Lucia warblers when I least expect to. Unlike bananaquits and Lesser Antillean bullfinches, they are less…
By: Tiffany Thornton St Lucia is a birder paradise. The 27-mile-long Caribbean Island is home to 187 bird species including five endemics. Along a windy rocky road past the historic seaside town of Soufriere leads you to a tropical oasis. Anse Chastanet resort is a natural utopia. Even the open…
The elusive and rare Saint Lucia parrot (Amazona versicolor – lovingly referred to as Jacquot on island) can make an appearance on Anse Chastanet‘s Emerald farm in the Soufrière hills. These images were snapped during one of these rare sightings in March of 2019.
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he explores the 3 different hummingbirds that can be found around the 600 acre Anse Chastanet Resort. Lead Photo: Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding, Credit: Ed Drewitt By:…
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he takes us over to Anse Mamin Plantation and into the forest. Lead Photo: St Lucia Oriole, Credit: Ed Drewitt By: Ed Drewitt Photo: Anse Mamin is…
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he takes us down to the beach at Anse Chastanet. Lead Photo: Spotted Sandpiper, Credit: Ed Drewitt By: Ed Drewitt Down by the beach you’ll see many…
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he describes that first morning at Anse Chastanet. Lead Photo: Tropical Mockingbird, Credit: Ed Drewitt As dawn breaks and the sun quickly rises at Anse Chastanet, there…
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he walks us through what to look out and listen for upon arrival at the resort. Lead Photo: Bananaquit, Credit: Ed Drewitt By: Ed Drewitt Photo: Green-backed…
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience, which believe it or not starts with the ride from the airport to Anse Chastanet Resort Lead Photo: Grey Kingbird By: Ed Drewitt When travelling, the anticipation of what birds…
Naturetrek Wildlife Tour, Visiting St Lucia 5 – 12 January 2018 Ed Drewitt is a freelance naturalist, broadcaster, wildlife detective and consultant. This January he guided a bird watching group booked through http://www.naturetrek.co.uk. The following is his brief account of the amazing trip to Saint Lucia. The hot and sunny Caribbean is the…
The Caribbean has many islands rich in exciting birds, but for unspoilt montane forest and sought-after endemics in a relatively small and visitor friendly setting, few can compete with St Lucia. Dominic Mitchell reports. Exotic birding destinations exert an irresistible pull during the northern winter, offering a welcome change from…
WILL YOU BE SAINT LUCIA BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2017? Calling all avid bird photographers, whether you are a professional, keen amateur or hobbyist, we want you to submit your best bird photo taken in the beautiful Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia is blessed with over 180 bird species and 6…
Ed Drewitt is a freelance naturalist showing people wildlife around the world. He also studies urban Peregrines and has a book published in June. Ed has been hosting groups for birdwatching at Anse Chastanet, Saint Lucia for the past 4 years. Once you step off the plane onto the runway in St Lucia…
Martyn Kenefick is an English “expat” who has lived in Trinidad for the last 14 years since taking early retirement from the Financial Services industry in the UK. Having been an active “birder” since the early 70’s .. He is a freelance ornithologist and bird watching guide. He is the primary…
ANSE CHASTANET is St. Lucia's only resort property with the iconic view of both the Piti and Gros Piton mountains floating upon the Caribbean Sea. The location of the property is unsurpassed, a private estate of 600 lush tropical acres of rainforest, containing many of the island's bird species, bordering two soft-sand Caribbean beaches with pristine coral reefs just offshore. The resort property includes the historical plantation of Anse Mamin and Emerald Estate where the resort grows its own organic produce. To find out more visit http://www.ansechastanet.com or call 1-800-223-1108