Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands (NB), USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Possibly commercial exploitation of coastlines, and predation are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly on small fish, frogs, tadpoles and crustaceans.