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Nonnative Perching Birds

Common Name Scientific Name Status

African silverbill

Lonchura cantans

Unknown

American magpie

Pica hudsonia

Unknown

Asian fairy-bluebird

Irena puella

Extirpated

Azure jay

Cyanocorax caeruleus

Extirpated

Banded pitta

Pitta guajana

Extirpated

Black bulbul

Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Present, not established

Black francolin

Francolinus francolinus

Extirpated

Blue-gray tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Extirpated

Chestnut mannikin

Lonchura malacca

Unknown

Chestnut munia

Lonchura atricapilla

Present, not established

Common myna

Acridotheres tristis

Present, not established

Common nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Extirpated

Common raven

Corvus corax

Unknown

Crested myna

Acridotheres cristatellus

Present, not established

Cuban bullfinch

Melopyrrha nigra

Extirpated

Cuban grassquit

Tiaris canora

Unknown

European goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Extirpated

European greenfinch

Carduelis chloris

Extirpated

European starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Established

Great kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Extirpated

Greater Antillean bullfinch

Loxigilla violacea

Extirpated

Green jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Unknown

Hill myna

Gracula religiosa

Potentially Established

House finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

Established

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Established

Java sparrow

Padda oryzivora

Unknown

Jungle myna

Jungle myna

Unknown

Madagascar mannikin

Lonchura nana

Unknown

Montezuma oropendola

Psarocolinus montezuma

Extirpated

Nutmeg mannikin

Lonchura punctulata

Present, not established

Orange bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

Unknown

Orange-cheeked waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Extirpated

Pin-tailed whydah

Vidua macroura

Unknown

Red avadavat

Amandava amandava

Present, not established

Red bishop

Euplectes orix

Present, not established

Red-billed leiothrix

Leiothrix lutea

Unknown

Red-capped cardinal

Paroaria gularis

Extirpated

Red-cheeked cordonbleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Extirpated

Red-collared widowbird

Euplectes ardens

Present, not established

Red-crested cardinal

Paroaria coronata

Present, not established

Red-whiskered bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Established

Saffron finch

Sicalis flaveola

Unknown

Spot-breasted oriole

Icterus pectoralis

Established

Sudan golden sparrow

Passer luteus

Extirpated

Troupial

Icterus icterus

Extirpated

Village weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

Unknown

Vitelline masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Unknown

White-headed mannikin

Lonchura maja

Unknown

Yellow-crowned bishop

Euplectes afer

Present, not established

Yellow-fronted canary

Serinus mozambicus

Present, not established

Zebra finch

Amandava subflava

Present, not established

Greater necklaced laughing-thrush

Garrulax pectoralis

Extirpated