List of endemic birds of the West Indies

This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones.

This region is notable not just for the high number of endemic species, but for endemism in higher-level taxonomic groupings too.

This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones.

The following families are endemic to the region: In addition to genera in the families above, the following genera are endemic to the region: Six genera found only on Hispaniola: Five genera found only on Jamaica: Six genera found only on Cuba: One genus found only on Puerto Rico: One genus found only on the Bahamas: The following genera are confined to the Lesser Antilles: In addition in the following genera, a high proportions of the member species are endemic to the west Indies: Birdlife International has defined a number of Endemic Bird Areas in the West Indies.

They have also defined the following secondary areas: Possibly extinct Possibly extinct The following is a list of species endemic to the region as breeding species: The following is a list of species endemic to the region as non-breeding species: The following restricted-range species are also found in the region: The following seabirds are restricted to the region as breeders: ^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.