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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Cayman Islands. The avifauna of the Cayman Islands include a total of 244 species, of which 98 are rare or accidental and four are introduced. One species (Grand Cayman thrush) is globally extinct and one species (Jamaican oriole) is extirpated in the Cayman Islands.〔Bradley, Patricia E. & Yves-Jacques Rey-Millet (2013) ''A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Cayman Islands'', Christopher Helm, London.〕 There are no surviving endemic species although the islands hold most of the world population of vitelline warbler which otherwise occurs only on the Swan Islands in Honduras.〔 There are 17 endemic subspecies belonging to 14 different species.〔 This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', 6th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Accidental species are included in the total species count for the Cayman Islands. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. * (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Cayman Islands * (E) Endemic - a species endemic to the Cayman Islands * (Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in the Cayman Islands although populations exist elsewhere __NOTOC__ ==Grebes== Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. *Least grebe, ''Tachybaptus dominicus'' (A) *Pied-billed grebe, ''Podilymbus podiceps'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of the Cayman Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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