Presence
| Recorded on | |
| Presence status | |
| Distribution description | Worldwide. |
| Notes on presence status | In 1969 first recorded from Saba (Rojer, 1997). Invaded the Caribbean from Africa by natural dispersal. Breeding bird on the ABC islands, visitor on Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Martin. |
Publications
- Boeken, M. 2018. New avifaunal records and checklist for the island of Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 57-64. [link]
- Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & R. Restall 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London.
- Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Exotic and invasive terrestrial and freshwater animal species in the Dutch Caribbean. 1-37. IMARES, Wageningen.
- Bird Watching Curaçao 2016. 2016 - A year in birds. 42. Curaçao Footprint Foundation. [link]
- Geelhoed, S.C.V., Verdaat, J.P. 2012. Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR.
- Hoogerwerf, A. 1977. Notes on the birds of St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 54: 60-123.
- Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
- Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
- Prins, T.G., J.H. Reuter, A.O. Debrot, J. Wattel & V. Nijman 2009. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Caribbean. Ardea 97(2): 137-268.
- Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Voous, K.H. 1957. The birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 7: 260pp..
- Voous, K.H. 1965. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Ardea 53: 205-234.
- Voous, K.H., Koelers, H.J. 1967. Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137.
- Wells, J.V. & A.C. Wells 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press.
- Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.
- Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.