Birds during the Focus On Nature Tours


in the
Cayman Islands 
& Jamaica


in February/March 2006


List compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tours


Photo at right, the Rose-throated or Cayman Parrot 


Codes:


CY:  in the Cayman Islands, Feb 23-26
gc:  Grand Cayman Island
lc:   Little Cayman Island

JM:  in Jamaica, Feb 27 - Mar 4
   

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
    (t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.

(i): introduced species

(neCY):   Cayman Island near-endemic
(eJM):     Jamaican endemic


Links:

Cumulative List of Birds during our Cayman Island Tours

Cumulative List of Birds during our Jamaica Tours

List of Selected West Indian Butterflies

Upcoming Caribbean Birding Tours


Bird-List:

  1. Least Grebe -  JM

  2. Pied-billed Grebe -  CY(gc), JM

  3. White-tailed Tropicbird -  CY(lc), JM

  4. Brown Pelican  -  CY(gc), JM

  5. Red-footed Booby  -  CY(gc,lc)

  6. Magnificent Frigatebird  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  7. Great Blue Heron  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  8. Cattle Egret  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  9. Green Heron  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  10. Tricolored Heron  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  11. Little Blue Heron  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  12. Snowy Egret  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  13. Great Egret  -  CY(gc,lc), JM  

  14. Black-crowned Night-Heron  -  CY(gc), JM

  15. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  -  CY(lc), JM

  16. Least Bittern  -  JM  

  17. Glossy Ibis  -  JM 

  18. West Indian Whistling-Duck  (t3)  -  CY(gc) 

  19. Blue-winged Teal  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  20. American Wigeon  -  JM

  21. Northern Shoveler  -  JM

  22. Masked Duck  -  JM 

  23. Turkey Vulture  -  JM 

  24. Osprey  -  CY(gc), JM

  25. Red-tailed Hawk  -  JM 

  26. American Kestrel  -  JM 

  27. (Antillean) Clapper Rail  -  JM 

  28. Yellow-breasted Crake  -  JM  

  29. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen)  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  30. American Coot  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  31. Northern Jacana  -  JM

  32. Black-bellied Plover  -  CY(gc), JM

  33. Semipalmated Plover  -  JM

  34. Wilson's Plover  -  JM 

  35. Killdeer  -  CY(lc), JM 

  36. Black-necked Stilt  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  37. Willet  -  CY(gc), JM

  38. Greater Yellowlegs  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  39. Lesser Yellowlegs  - CY(lc), JM

  40. Spotted Sandpiper  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  41. Solitary Sandpiper  -  CY(gc)

  42. Ruddy Turnstone  -  CY(gc), JM

  43. Least Sandpiper  -  JM

  44. Wilson's (formerly Common) Snipe  -  JM

  45. Laughing Gull  -  JM

  46. Royal Tern  -  CY(gc), JM

  47. Feral Pigeon (i)  -  CY(gc), JM

  48. White-crowned Pigeon  -  CY(gc), JM

  49. Ring-tailed Pigeon  (t1) (eJM)  -  JM 

  50. Mourning Dove  -  JM

  51. Zenaida Dove  -  CY(gc,lc), JM   

  52. White-winged Dove  -  CY(gc), JM

  53. Caribbean Dove  -  CY(gc)

  54. Common Ground-Dove  -  CY(gc,lc) JM

  55. Ruddy Quail-Dove  -  JM 

  56. Monk Parakeet (i)  -  CY(gc)

  57. Jamaican (Olive-throated) Parakeet  -  JM

  58. Green-rumped Parrotlet  (i)  -  JM

  59. Yellow-billed Parrot  (nt) (eJM)  -  JM 

  60. Black-billed Parrot  (t3) (eJM)  -  JM 

  61. Rose-throated (or Cayman) Parrot  -  CY(gc) 

  62. Mangrove Cuckoo  -  CY(gc), JM

  63. Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo  (eJM)  -  JM

  64. Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo  (eJM)  -  JM

  65. Smooth-billed Ani  -  CY(gc), JM

  66. Barn Owl  -  JM 

  67. Jamaican (or Northern) Potoo  -  JM

  68. White-collared Swift  -  JM

  69. Black Swift  -  JM

  70. Jamaican Mango  (eJM)  -  JM

  71. Red-billed Streamertail  (eJM)  -  JM 

  72. Black-billed Streamertail  (eJM)  -  JM

  73. Vervain Hummingbird  -  JM 

  74. Belted Kingfisher  -  CY(gc), JM 

  75. Jamaican Tody  (eJM)  -  JM

  76. Jamaican  Woodpecker  (eJM)  -  JM 

  77. West Indian Woodpecker  -  CY(gc)

  78. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker  -  CY(gc)

  79. Jamaican Becard  (eJM)  -  JM

  80. Loggerhead Kingbird  -  CY(gc), JM

  81. LaSagra's Flycatcher  -  CY(gc)

  82. Rufous-tailed Flycatcher  (eJM)  -  JM

  83. Sad Flycatcher  (eJM)  -  JM 

  84. Jamaican Pewee (eJM)  -  JM 

  85. Jamaican Elaenia  (eJM)  -  JM

  86. Caribbean Elaenia  -  CY(gc,lc)

  87. Thick-billed Vireo  -  CY(gc)

  88. Jamaican Vireo  (eJM)  -  JM

  89. White-eyed Vireo  -  JM

  90. Blue Mountain Vireo  (eJM)  - JM

  91. Black-whiskered Vireo  -  JM

  92. Yucatan Vireo  -  CY(gc)  

  93. Barn Swallow  -  CY(lc), JM

  94. Cave Swallow  -  JM 

  95. Jamaican (or Jabbering) Crow  (eJM)  -  JM

  96. White-chinned Thrush  (eJM)  -  JM 

  97. White-eyed Thrush  (eJM)  -  JM 

  98. Rufous-throated Solitaire  -  JM

  99. Northern Mockingbird  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  100. Gray Catbird  -  CY(gc)

  101. Black-and-White Warbler  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  102. Swainson's Warbler  -  JM

  103. Worm-eating Warbler  - JM

  104. Northern Parula  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  105. Yellow Warbler  - CY(gc,lc), JM

  106. Golden Warbler  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  107. Black-throated Blue Warbler  -  CY(gc), JM

  108. Cape May Warbler  -  JM

  109. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  -  JM 

  110. Magnolia Warbler  - JM

  111. Chestnut-sided Warbler  -  JM

  112. Yellow-throated Warbler  -  CY(gc,lc)

  113. Prairie Warbler  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  114. Vitelline Warbler  -  CY(gc,lc)

  115. Palm Warbler  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  116. Arrow-headed Warbler  (eJM)  -  JM

  117. Ovenbird  -  JM

  118. Northern Waterthrush  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  119. Common Yellowthroat  -  JM

  120. American Redstart  - CY(gc,lc), JM

  121. Jamaican Oriole  (eJM)  -  JM

  122. Jamaican Blackbird (nt) (eJM)   -  JM 

  123. Greater Antillean Grackle  -  CY(gc,lc), JM 

  124. Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird  -  JM 

  125. Bananaquit  -  CY(gc,lc), JM

  126. Orangequit  (eJM)  -  JM

  127. Jamaican Euphonia  (eJM)  -  JM

  128. Jamaican Spindalis  (eJM)  -  JM 

  129. Western Spindalis  -  CY(gc)

  130. Greater Antillean Bullfinch  -  JM

  131. Cuban Bullfinch  -  CY(gc)

  132. Yellow-faced Grassquit  -  JM

  133. Black-faced Grassquit  -  JM 

  134. House Sparrow (i)  -  JM

  135. Chestnut Mannakin (i)  -  JM 
       



Other Wildlife during the FONT tours 
in the Cayman Islands & Jamaica in February/March 2006

Central American Agouti (i)  -  CY(gc) 


Small Indian Mongoose (i)  -  JM


Brown Rat (i)  -  CY(gc) 


House Mouse (i)  -  JM


bats  -  JM


Iguana  -  CY(gc,lc)
(including the subspecies in CY on gc known as the "Blue Iguana")


anoles  -  CY(gc), JM


snake  -  CY(gc)


lizard  -  JM


Southern Stingray  (Dasyatis americana)  -  JM


fire ants  -  JM


an assortment of butterflies  -  CY(gc,lc), JM
(including in JM, the Homer's Swallowtail, the largest butterfly in the Americas)


sphinx moth  -  CY(gc)