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Caribbean Birds  
in the West Indies

Trogons to Buntings

 Noting those found during
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*) 

1990 thru 2015


In Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.   

During the months of January, February, March, April, May, July, December.

 Also noted in this two-part list are birds in the Bahamas and Cuba. 

Upper right photo: a BANANAQUIT, one of the most characteristic birds of the Caribbean. Photographed during a FONT tour. 
 

PART 2 of a Caribbean Bird List, with some photos 
compiled by Armas Hill, the leader of most of the FONT tours on those islands

Link to Part #1 of this list of West Indies Birds, Guineafowl to Hummingbirds
 

In the this list (parts 1 & 2), there are 592 species of birds. 357 have been found during FONT tours in the Caribbean, with 4 notable subspecies also noted here.

In the CAYMAN ISLANDS, there have been 6 FONT birding & nature tours since 1999, during which 97 species of birds have cumulatively been found.   
     
In the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, during 19 FONT birding & nature tours, 191 species of birds have cumulatively been found.

In JAMAICA, during 10 FONT birding & nature tours, 155 species of birds have cumulatively been found.

In the LESSER ANTILLES, 140 species of birds have cumulatively been found. 3 subspecies brings that list to 143. The Lesser Antillean tours have included 15 in SAINT LUCIA, 10 in SAINT VINCENT, 7 in DOMINICA, 2 in ANTIGUA, 2 in BARBADOS, 1 in BARBUDA, 1 in GRENADA, and 1 in GUADELOUPE.    
 
In PUERTO RICO, during 27 FONT birding & nature tours, 186 species of birds have cumulatively been found.
Codes:

(i):    introduced in the Caribbean, or on the particular island (or in the particular country) 

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

(e):       endemic to the particular island (or the particular county)
(qe):     quasi (or near) endemic 
(r):        rare on the particular island (or in the particular country)  
(p):       seen pelagically (but not exclusively so)
(mi):     on Mona Island, off Puerto Rico

(HIe):          endemic to Hispaniola (Dominican Republic & Haiti) 
(LAe):         endemic to the Lesser Antilles
(LAe):         quasi (or nearly) endemic to the Lesser Antilles
(PR&VIe):   endemic to Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands
(WIr):         rare in the West Indies 

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT website


In the list that follows, sightings during FONT tours, noting the Caribbean island or country, and the months when found, are noted in blue.
Other occurrences, relating to various islands, are noted in either maroon or black.
AT:           Antigua
BD:           Barbados
BH:           Bahama Islands
BU:           Barbuda
CU:           Cuba
CY:           the Cayman Islands
DM:          Dominica
DR:           Dominican Republic (on Hispaniola)
GD:           Guadeloupe    
GR:           Granada
HA:           Haiti  (on Hispaniola)
JM:           Jamaica
MN:          Montserrat 
NA:           Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao)
PR:           Puerto Rico   
SL:           Saint Lucia
SV:           Saint Vincent

 Other island codes:
HI:            Hispaniola
VI:            the Virgin Islands


 Links within this List to Bird Groupings:

 Trogons    Kingfishers    Todies    Woodpeckers    Flycatchers    Vireos    Crows    Palmchat

Martins & Swallows    Wrens    Thrashers    Thrushes    Old World introduced species  

Euphonias    Siskins & Crossbill    New World Warblers    Blackbirds, Orioles & allies    

Bananaquit    Sparrows, Finches, Seedeater, Grassquits, Bullfinches    Tanagers    

Saltator, Grosbeaks, Buntings


Other Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding and Nature Tours:    in the Caribbean 

in 2015   in 2016   by geographic location worldwide 

FONT Past Tour Highlights

Birds-Lists for:   Cayman Islands   Dominican Republic   Jamaica  

Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica, and Guadeloupe)      Puerto Rico  

Rare Birds of the Caribbean today & those that have gone extinct

Other Lists and Photo Galleries:

Butterflies of the Caribbean    Moths of the Caribbean      

Mammals of the Caribbean  (Land & Marine)

Fish of the Caribbean   Other Marine Life (including corals, jellyfish, mollusks, arthropods)

Amphibians & Reptiles of the Caribbean  (with some photos)

Directory of Photos in the FONT Website




Bird-List:


       TROGONS

  1. Hispaniolan Trogon  (nt) (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Priotelus     (was Temnotrogon) roseigaster  (monotypic)  

    In the genus Priotelus, there are only the 2 trogons of the Caribbean, the Hispaniolan Trogon and the Cuban Trogon (below).

    Regarding the HISPANIOLAN TROGON, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN



    Hispaniolan Trogon, photographed during a FONT tour
      
  2. Cuban Trogon  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba) 
    Priotelus     (was Temnotrogon) temnurus 
    The Cuban Trogon is the national bird of Cuba.


         KINGFISHERS
  3. Belted Kingfisher (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,dec  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar  SV
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
  4. Ringed Kingfisher (*) (ph)  ______ DM:jan,mar
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) torquata stictipennis  (subspecies endemic to the West Indies, only on Dominica & Guadeloupe)


    TODIES

  5. Narrow-billed Tody  (nt) (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Todus angustirostris      (monotypic)  (this genus, with 5 species, endemic to the Caribbean) 
  6. Broad-billed Tody  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Todus subulatus  (monotypic)



    Above & below: Photographs of the Broad-billed Tody
    during the April 2012 FONT tour in the Dominican Republic  
    (photos by Marie Gardner)
     
  7. Jamaican Tody  (*) (ph)  ______ JM:mar.apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Todus todus      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Jamaican Tody is "Robin Redbreast".



    Jamaican Tody, photographed during a FONT tour

     
  8. Puerto Rican Tody  (*) (ph)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)  
     Todus mexicanus      (monotypic)  



    Puerto Rican Tody
     
  9. Cuban Tody  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Todus multicolor 

    WOODPECKERS

  10. Antillean Piculet  (nt) (*)   ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul   (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Nesoctites m. micromegas      (another subspecies on Gonave Island, off DR) (the single member of its genus)
     
  11. West Indian Woodpecker  (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec
    Melanerpes superciliaris 
    Melanerpes superciliaris blakei      (subspecies endemic to the Bahamas, on Abaco Island)
    Melanerpes superciliaris caymanensis          (subspecies endemic to Grand Cayman Island)
    Melanerpes superciliaris murceus      (subspecies endemic to Cuba, on Isla de la Juventud)
    Melanerpes superciliaris nyeanus      (subspecies endemic to the Bahamas, on Grand Bahama & San Salvador Island) 
    Melanerpes superciliaris superciliaris      (subspecies endemic to Cuba)
  12. Hispaniolan Woodpecker  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
     Melanerpes striatus      (monotypic)


    A Hispaniolan Woodpecker photographed during 
    the FONT tour in the Dominican Republic in February 2012 
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  13. Jamaican Woodpecker  (*) (ph)  ______  JM:mar.apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Melanerpes radiolatus      (monotypic)


    Jamaican Woodpecker
    (photo by Suzanne Bradley)
  14. Puerto Rican Woodpecker  (*) (ph)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Melanerpes portoricensis      (monotypic)



    Puerto Rican Woodpecker, photographed during a FONT tour
  15. Guadeloupe Woodpecker  (nt) (*)  ______  GD:feb  (species endemic to Guadeloupe)
    Melanerpes herminieri      (monotypic) 
    Regarding the GUADELOUPE WOODPECKER, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN
  16. Red-bellied Woodpecker  (WIr) (ph)  ______  BH(very rare)
    Melanerpes carolinus  
    A Red-bellied Woodpecker found on Grand Bahama Island on February 15, 1999 was the first record for the West Indies.

    The Red-bellied Woodpecker has been one of the few birds endemic to the United States.  

  17. Cuban Green Woodpecker  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Xiphidiopicus percussus
  18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY  DR:dec
    Sphyrapicus varius      (monotypic)



    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  19. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker (*)  ______  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec
    Colaptes auratus gundlachi      (subspecies endemic to Grand Cayman Island)
      
  20. Fernandina's Flicker  (t2)  ______  BH(rare)  CU  (species normally endemic to Cuba)
    Colaptes fernandinae
  21. Hairy Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  BH
    Picoides villosus
  22. Ivory-billed Woodpecker  (t1)  ______  (species now believed to be extinct)
    Campephilus principalis
    Recent DNA evidence (published in 2006) indicates that what has been said to be a subspecies of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Cuba, Campephilus principalis bairdi, is (was) not, First described in 1863 as a separate species, the Cuban bird has been shown to a species more closely related to the Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico than to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker of the southeastern United States. By that year (2006), it may well have been that all 3 of these woodpeckers had become extinct.
        
  23. Jamaican Becard  (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Pachyramphus niger      (monotypic)  
    The Jamaican Becard is the only becard of the Caribbean.

     Local names for the Jamacian Becard are "Mountain Judy" for the female, and "Mountain Dick" for the male.


     FLYCATCHERS
  24. Gray Kingbird  (*) (ph)  ______  AT:feb  BD:jul  BH  BU:feb  CU  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,feb,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GD:feb  GR  HA  JM:apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis      (subspecies in the Greater Antilles, also in parts of North, Central, & South America)   
    Tyrannus dominicensis vorax  (subspecies in the Lesser Antilles & Trinidad) 
    In Jamaica, a local name for the Gray Kingbird is "Petchary". 



    Gray Kingbird
     (photographed by Marie Gardner in Saint Lucia
     during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)
     
  25. Loggerhead Kingbird  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Tyrannus caudifasciatus caymanensis      (subspecies endemic to the Cayman Islands)
     Tyrannus caudifasciatus flavescens      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola & nearby small islands; another subspecies T. c. gabbii occurs in Haiti)
    Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis          (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
     Tyrannus caudifasciatus taylori      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)



    Loggerhead Kingbird
  26. Giant Kingbird  (t2)  ______  CU  (species now endemic to Cuba)
    Tyrannus cubensis
    The Giant Kingbird formerly occurred in the Bahamas.
  27. Eastern Kingbird  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Tyrannus tyrannus
  28. Tropical Kingbird  (ph)  ______  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus melancholicus
  29. Western Kingbird  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus verticalis
    A Western Kingbird was on Grand Bahama Island in February 2001.
  30. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus forficatus
    A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Cuba in January 1999 was said to be the fourth record of the species for that island.
  31. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  CU(rare)  DR(very rare)  GD(very rare)
    Tyrannus savana
    A Fork-tailed Flycatcher was in Guadeloupe on September 9, 2008.
  32. Great Crested Flycatcher  (*) (ph)   ______  BH(rare)  CU  PR(rare)
         Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)
  33. LaSagra's Flycatcher  (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec
    Myiarchus s. sagrae      (subspecies of the Caymans & Cuba) 
  34. Stolid Flycatcher  (*)  ______ DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr
    Myiarchus stolidus dominicensis      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Myiarchus s. stolidus      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
    In Jamaica, a local name for the Stolid Flycatcher is "Tom Fool".
     
  35. Rufous-tailed Flycatcher  (*)   ______ JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Myiarchus validus      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Rufous-tailed Flycatcher is "Big Tom Fool".

  36. Sad Flycatcher  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Myiarchus barbirostris      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Sad Flycatcher is "Little Tom Fool".

  37. Puerto Rican Flycatcher  (*) (ph)   ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands)
    Myiarchus antillarum      (monotypic)



    A Puerto Rican Flycatcher photographed during a FONT tour
  38. Lesser Antillean Flycatcher  (LAe) (*)   ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb  SL:mar,dec
    Myiarchus o. oberi      (subspecies restricted to Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Myiarchus oberi sanctaeluciae      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
      
  39. Grenada Flycatcher  (LAe) (*)   ______ GR  SV:mar
    Myiarchus nugator      (monotypic)
     
  40. Willow Flycatcher  ______  CU(rare)  JM(rare)
    Empidonax trailli
    A Willow Flycatcher was in Jamaica, at Windsor Caves on November 10, 1999.
  41. Acadian Flycatcher  ______  BH  CU
    Empidonax virescens
  42. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  ______  CU(rare)
    Empidonax flaviventris
  43. Least Flycatcher  (WIr)  ______
    Empidonax minimus
  44. Euler's Flycatcher  (WIr)  ______  GR(very rare, or extirpated) 
    Lathrotriccus euleri
  45. Eastern Wood Pewee  (*) (ph)   ______  BH  CU  CY:dec  DR(rare)
    Contopus virens      (monotypic)
    An Eastern Wood Pewee in the Dominican Republic in October 2005 was said to be the first record of the species for that country.  
  46. Hispaniolan Pewee  (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola) 
    Contopus h. hispaniolensis      (another subspecies on the offshore Gongave Island) 
    The Hispaniolan Pewee was part of what was the Greater Antillean Pewee, now split into 3 species: 
    the Hispaniolan Pewee, the Crescent-eyed Pewee (below), and the Jamaican Pewee (below). 
  47. Crescent-eyed Pewee  ______  BH  CU
    Contopus caribaeus

  48. Jamaican Pewee  (*)   ______  JM:mar  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Contopus pallidus      (monotypic)
  49. Puerto Rican Pewee  (*) (ph)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico) 
     Contopus (latirostris) portoricensis      (monotypic)
    The Puerto Rican Pewee was considered part of the Lesser Antillean Pewee (below). 



    A Puerto Rican Pewee photographed during a FONT tour
  50. Saint Lucia Pewee  (LAe) (*)  ______  SL:mar,dec  (species endemic to St. Lucia) 
    Contopus (latirostris) oberi          (monotypic)
    The Saint Lucia Pewee was considered part of the Lesser Antillean Pewee (below).  

      
  51. Lesser Antillean Pewee  (LAe) (*)   ______ DM:jan,mar  (now a species in Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Martinique) 
    Contopus latirostris     (formerly a subspecies C. l. brunneicapillus)  
      
  52. Western Wood Pewee  ______  CU(rare)
    Contopus sordidulus
  53. Olive-sided Flycatcher  (nt)  ______  NA
    Contopus cooperi
  54. Eastern Phoebe  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Sayornis phoebe
    Two records of Eastern Phoebes on Grand Bahama Island in November 1995 (2 different birds, 2 days apart) were the first published records for the West Indies since one was in the Bahamas, on Eleuthera Island, in February 1986. 
    At that time (1995), these were the only records in the Bahamas since one in 1972. 

  55. Greater Antillean Elaenia  (*)   ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM 
    Elaenia fallax cherriei      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Elaenia f. fallax      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
  56. Caribbean Elaenia  (*)  ______  BD:jul  BU:feb  CY:feb,jun,dec  DM:jan,mar  GR  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Elaenia martinica caymanensis      (subspecies endemic to the Cayman Islands)
    Elaenia m. martinica      (subspecies of Puerto Rico & the Lesser Antilles)
  57. Yellow-bellied Elaenia  (*) (ph)  ______  GR  SL(r)  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Elaenia f. flavogaster



    Yellow-bellied Elaenia
         (photographed by Marie Gardner in Saint Vincent
     during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)
     
  58. Jamaican Elaenia  (*)   ______  JM:mar  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Myiopagis cotta      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Jamaican Elaenia is "Sarah Bird".


         VIREOS
  59. Thick-billed Vireo  (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun
    Vireo crassirostris alleni      (subspecies endemic to the Cayman Islands)
  60. Flat-billed Vireo  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Vireo nanus      (monotypic)
     
  61. Jamaican Vireo  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Vireo modestus      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Jamaican Vireo is "Sewi-sewi"  (similar to its song).

  62. Blue Mountain Vireo  (nt) (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Vireo osburni      (monotypic)
  63. Puerto Rican Vireo  (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Vireo latimeri      (monotypic)
  64. Red-eyed Vireo  (*)   ______  BH  CU  PR:feb(rare)
    Vireo o. olivaceus
  65. Black-whiskered Vireo (*)  ______  BD:jul  BH  CU  CY  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  GD:feb  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar  SV:mar
    Vireo altiloquus barbadensis      (subspecies occurring from St. Croix in the Virgin Islands south to Barbados) 
    Vireo a. altiloquus      (subspecies in the Greater Antilles and the Cayman Islands; it migrates in its non-breeding season to northern South America) 
    In Jamaica, a local name for the Black-whiskered Vireo is "John To-Whit" (similar to its song). 
  66. Yucatan Vireo  (*) (ph)  ______ CY:feb,jun,dec
    Vireo magister caymanensis      (subspecies endemic on Grand Cayman Island, the only subspecies on an West Indian island, although 2 subspecies occur on islands off Belize & Honduras)



    Yucatan Vireo
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

  67. Cuban Vireo  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Vireo gundlachii
  68. Mangrove Vireo  ______
    Vireo pallens
  69. White-eyed Vireo  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Vireo griseus
  70. Yellow-throated Vireo  ______  BH  CU  DM(very rare)  JM(rare)
    Vireo flavifrons
    A Yellow-throated Vireo was in Jamaica at Marshall's Pen in November 1999.

     A Yellow-throated Vireo on Dominica, in a published report in 2005, was said to be the first record for that island since 1904.

  71. Blue-headed Vireo  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Vireo solitarius
  72. Warbling Vireo  ______  CU(rare)
    Vireo gilvus 
    During the winter of 2000/01, a Warbling Vireo in Cuba was said to be the first winter record for the species in the West Indies. 

  73. Philadelphia Vireo  ______  BH  CU  NA(rare)
    Vireo philadelphicus
    A Philadelphia Vireo in the Netherland Antilles on the island of Curacao on April 1, 2000 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.  


         CROWS
  74. White-necked Crow  (t3) (*)  ______ DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species now endemic to Hispaniola) (formerly occurred in Puerto Rico, last recorded there in the 1960s)
    Corvus leucognaphalus      (monotypic)



    A White-necked Crow photographed during the FONT tour in the Dominican Republic in April 2012.
    This species is the rarest of the crows in the Americas. Now endemic to Hispaniola, where it is rare & local,
    it also occurred in Puerto Rico, where it became extinct in the 1960s.
    Where the bird still occurs, its laugh-like calls and squawks can be heard,
    In this photo, white on the neck can not be seen, but a red eye can be.      
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  75. Hispaniolan Palm Crow  (nt) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola) 
     Corvus palmarum
    The Hispaniolan Palm Crow has been considered conspecific with the Cuban Palm Crow (below). 

  76. Cuban Palm Crow  (t2)  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Corvus minutus
  77. Cuban Crow  ______  BH  CU
    Corvus nasicus
  78. Jamaican Crow  (*) ______ JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica) 
    Corvus jamaicensis      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Jamaican Crow is the "Jabbering Crow".

  79. Fish Crow  ______  BH(very rare)
    Corvus ossifragus

    A Fish Crow on Grand Bahama Island in February 1997 was the first West Indian record.

     The Fish Crow has been one of the few birds endemic to the United States. 


     WAXWING
  80. Cedar Waxwing  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU  PR(very rare)
    Bombycilla cedrorum
    There have been sight records of Cedar Waxwings in Puerto Rico in 1981, 1982, and more recently in 2007. 


         PALMCHAT
  81. Palmchat  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species & family endemic to Hispaniola)
    Dulus dominicus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus & family, endemic to Hispaniola) 



    Above: a Palmchat during the FONT Dominican Republic Tour in February 2012   
    Below: a large Palmchat nest photographed during an earlier FONT tour 
         (upper photo by Marie Gardner; lower photo by Jennie Gaitskill)





    MARTINS and SWALLOWS
  82. Caribbean Martin  (*)  ______  BD:jul  BH(rare)  DM:mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GD:feb  JM:apr  PR:feb,mar  SL:mar  SV:mar,jul   
     Progne dominicensis      (now monotypic)
    The Caribbean Martin has been considered conspecific with the Sinaloa (or Snowy-bellied) Martin of Mexico. 

    What were said to be first and early records for the Caribbean Martin in Trinidad were in: April-May 1999, April-May 2000, and February-April 2001. 

  83. Purple Martin  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY  JM(rare)
    Progne s. subis
    Some sightings during FONT tours of males in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are probably Purple Martin, but possibly Cuban Martin (below)..
     
     
  84. Cuban Martin  ______  BH(rare)  CU
    Progne cryptoleuca
  85. Golden Swallow  (t3) (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species may now be endemic to Hispaniola)  
    Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola; the only other subspecies, on Jamaica, may now be extinct)
    Regarding the GOLDEN SWALLOW, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN
      
  86. Tree Swallow  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR  JM  PR
    Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)
    About 100 Tree Swallows in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic on March 20, 1999 was, at the time, the largest number ever known to have occurred in the country.  
      
  87. Bahama Swallow  (t2)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
  88. White-winged Swallow  (WIr)  ______  GR(very rare)
    Tachycineta albiventer

    A White-winged Swallow on Grenada by St. George's Harbor in December 2005 was said to be a first record for that island.

  89. Bank Swallow  (*)   ______  BH  CU  PR:feb  (called Sand Martin in the Old World)
    Riparia r. riparia
  90. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  (*) (ph) ______  BD(rare)  BH  CU  DR(rare)  JM(rare)  PR(rare)  SL(rare)
    Stelgidopteryx s. serripennis
    A Northern Rough-winged Swallow on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be first record of the species for that island.

     A Northern Rough-winged Swallow in Saint Lucia on March 17, 1990 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.

     A Northern Rough-winged Swallow in the Dominican Republic, at Cabo Rojo, on March 22, 1999 was said to be the 7th record of the species for the country.  

    A Northern Rough-winged Swallow was seen at Rocklands, near Montego Bay, Jamaica, on November 11, 1999.  
  91. Barn Swallow  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec  DM:mar  DR:jan,feb.mar,apr  JM:apr  PR:feb,apr  SL  SV
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
  92. "Antillean" Cave Swallow  (*) (ph)  ______  CU  DR:feb,arm,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Petrochelidon fulva      (formerly Hirundo fulva)
    Petrochelidon fulva cavicola      (subspecies endemic to Cuba)
    Petrochelidon     f. fulva  (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Petrochelidon     fulva poeciloma      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
    Petrochelidon     fulva puertoricensis      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
     (4 subspecies in the Caribbean; 2 other subspecies in Mexico & in the southwest US)  


    Antillean Cave Swallows at a nesting site in the Dominican Republic
    during a FONT tour in April 2012
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  93. American Cliff Swallow  ______  BH  CU
    Petrochelidon pyrrhonota      (formerly Hirundo pyrrhonota)

    KINGLETS
  94. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Regulus calendula
    A Ruby-crowned Kinglet in the Zapata region of Cuba on November 17, 2000 was said to be second record of the species for that island.  


         WRENS
  95. House Wren  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Troglodytes aedon
  96. "Saint Lucia Wren" (*)   ______  SL  (part of the House Wren)
    Troglodytes aedon mesoleucus (t3)      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
  97. "Saint Vincent Wren" (*)   ______ SV:mar  (part of the House Wren)
    Troglodytes aedon musicus (t3)      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)


    A stamp with the "Saint Vincent Wren"
           
  98. "Lesser Antillean" House Wren (*)  ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GR  (part of the House Wren)
    Troglodytes aedon rufescens      (subspecies endemic to Dominica)
    Troglodytes aedon grenadensis      (subspecies endemic to Grenada)
  99. Zapata Wren  (t2)  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Ferminia cerverai
  100. Cuban Gnatcatcher  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Polioptila lembeyi
  101. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Polioptila caerulea
  102. Brown-headed Nuthatch  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Sitta pusilla

    THRASHERS
  103. Gray Catbird  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb
    Dumetella carolinensis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
  104. Northern Mockingbird  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Mimus polyglottos orpheus      (resident subspecies of the Caribbean, mostly in the Greater Antilles) 



    Northern Mockingbird
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
  105. Bahama Mockingbird  (*)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar
    Mimus gundlachii hillii      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica) (the other subspecies in the Bahamas & on small islands off Cuba)
  106. Tropical Mockingbird  (*) (ph)  ______ DM:jan,mar  GD:feb  GR  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar
    Mimus gilvus antillarum      (subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)


     
    A Tropical Mockingbird in Saint Lucia 
         (photo by Marie Gardner during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)
  107. Scaly-breasted Thrasher  (LAe) (*)  ______  DM:feb,mar  GD:feb  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Allenia fuscus      (has been Margarops fuscus)  (now the single member of its genus)
    Allenia fuscus hypenema      (subspecies in Dominica & other northern Lesser Antillean islands)
    Allenia fuscus schwartzi      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)   
    Allenia fuscus vincenti      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)
    The Scaly-breasted Thrasher is now possibly extirpated on St. Eustatius, Barbuda, and Barbados.

  108. Pearly-eyed Thrasher  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  BU:feb  DM:mar  GD:feb  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec
    Margarops fuscatus      (now the single member of its genus) 
    Margarops f. fuscatus      (subspecies in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, & in the northern Lesser Antilles, including Dominica) 
    Margarops fuscatus klinikowskii          (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
    On Hispaniola, the Pearly-eyed Thrasher occurs only on Beata Island and at the northeast corner of the Dominican Republic.
    In the southern Caribbean, the Pearly-eyed Thrasher occurs on the island of Bonaire. 



    A Pearly-eyed Thrasher in Puerto Rico
         (photo by Marie Gardner during a FONT Tour)
  109. White-breasted Thrasher  (t2) (LAe) (*)  ______  SL:mar  (this rare species restricted to St. Lucia and Martinique) (the single member of its genus)
    Ramphocinclus brachyurus brachyurus      (subspecies endemic to Martinique) 
    Ramphocinclus brachyurus sanctaeluciae      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
     
  110. Gray Trembler  (LAe) (*)   ______  SL:mar,dec  (this species restricted to the 2 islands of St. Lucia and Martinique)
    Cinclocerthia gutturalis macrorhyncha      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)

  111. Brown Trembler  (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Cinclocerthia r. ruficauda      (subspecies endemic to Dominica)
     Cinclocerthia ruficauda tenebrosa  (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)



    A Brown Trembler photographed during a FONT tour

  112. Brown Thrasher  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Toxostoma rufum


         STARLING and MYNA
  113. Common Starling (i) (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar,apr
    Sturnis vulgaris

  114. Hill Myna (i) (*)  ______ PR:apr  (species native to southeast Asia)
     Gracula religiosa

    THRUSHES
  115. Spectacled Thrush  (*)   ______ DM  GD  SL:mar  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Turdus n. nudigenis    
    The Spectacled Thrush has also been called the American Bare-eyed Thrush, or simply the Bare-eyed Thrush.  

    The first record of the Spectacled Thrush on Guadeloupe was of an adult feeding young at Petit Marquisat at Capeesterre Belle-Eau in July 1997. 

     
  116. Lesser Antillean Thrush  (*)  ______ SV:mar,jul,dec  
    Turdus personus bondi      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent; the other subspecies on Grenada)
    The Lesser Antillean Thrush was part of the Cocoa Thrush of South America.

     
  117. Red-legged Thrush  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Turdus plumbeous albiventris      (subspecies endemic to Dominica)
    Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus      (subspecies in Hispaniola & Puerto Rico)


    A Red-legged Thrush during the FONT tour in the Dominican Republic in April 2012  
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  118. LaSelle Thrush  (t2) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Turdus s. swalesi      (1 of 2 subspecies, both on Hispaniola)
    Turdus swalesi dodae      (2nd Hispaniolan subspecies, described in 1986)
      
  119. White-eyed Thrush  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Turdus jamaicensis      (monotypic)
    A local name for the White-eyed Thrush is the "Shine-eye".

  120. White-chinned Thrush  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Turdus aurantius      (monotypic)
    A local name for the White-chinned Thrush is the "Hopping Dick". 

  121. Forest Thrush  (nt) (LAe) (*)   ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb
    Turdus iherminiieri      (formerly Cichlherminia lherminieri) 
    Turdus lherminieri dominicensis      (subspecies endemic to Dominica) 
    Turdus lherminieri iherminia      (subspecies endemic to Guadeloupe)
    Turdus lherminieri lawrenci      (subspecies endemic to Montserrat)
    Turdus lherminieri sanctaeluciae      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia, where now possibly extirpated)
    Regarding the FOREST THRUSH, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN
     
      
  122. American Robin  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Turdus migratorius
  123. Bicknell's Thrush  (t3)  ______  CU  DR:feb
    Catharus bicknelli
  124. Gray-cheeked Thrush  ______  BD(rare)  CU
    Catharus minimus
    A Gray-cheeked Thrush on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for that island. 

  125. Swainson's Thrush  ______  BD(rare)  BH(rare)  CU  DR(rare)  PR(rare)
    Catharus ustulatus
    A Swainson's Thrush on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.  

         A Swainson's Thrush in the Dominican Republic in October 2005 was said to be the first record of the species for the country. 
    Also in October 2005, a Swainson's Thrush in Puerto Rico was said to be the first record of the species for that island.     

  126. Veery  ______  BH  CU  PR(rare)
    Catharus fuscescens
    A Veery in Puerto Rico in October 2005 was said to be the first record of the species for that island. 

  127. Hermit Thrush  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Catharus guttatus 
    An immature Hermit Thrush trapped on December 25, 1995 in Cuba was said to be the first record of the species for that island. 

  128. Wood Thrush  ______  BH(rare)  CU
    Hylacichla mustelina
      
  129. Rufous-throated Solitaire  (*)  ______ DM:jan,feb,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  SL:mar,dec
    Myadestes genibarbis dominicanus      (subspecies endemic to Dominica)
    Myadestes genibarbis genibarbis      (subspecies endemic to Martinique)
    Myadestes genibarbis montanus          (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Myadestes genibarbis solitarius      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica) 
    Myadestes genibarbis sanctaelucinae      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)

    There are now 5 subspecies in the Caribbean, with the Saint Vincent Solitaire (below) having recently been split.  

    In Jamaica, a local name for the Rufous-throated Solitaire is the "Mountain Whistler". 

  130. Saint Vincent Solitaire  (*)  ______ SV:dec  (endemic to St, Vincent)  (was part of the Rufous-throated Solitaire)
    Myadestes sibilans      (monotypic)
  131. Cuban Solitaire  (nt)  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Myadestes elisabeth
  132. Eastern Bluebird  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Sialia sialis
  133. Northern Wheatear  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Oenanthe oenanthe

    various OLD WORLD SPECIES  (introduced)
  134. House Sparrow (i) (*)  ______  BH  CU  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL(rare)  SV;dec  (species native to Eurasia)
     Passer domesticus
    Rare on Saint Lucia, a House Sparrow was seen there in March 1999.  
  135. Village Weaver (i) (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species native to Africa; First found in Haiti in 1796, now widespread throughout Hispaniola.)
    Ploceus cucullatus


    Above: a nesting colony of Village Weavers during the FONT tour
    in the Dominican Republic in April 2012.  
    Below: a male and a female Village Weavers about to get a drink
    during the FONT Dominican Republic Tour in February 2012   
     (photos by Marie Gardner)



  136. Yellow-crowned Bishop (has also been called  Napolean Weaver) (i) (*)  ______ PR:mar  (species native to Africa)
     Euplectes afer
  137. Red (or Orange) Bishop (i) (*)  ______ PR (species native to Africa, where now 2 species: Northern Red Bishop & Southern Red Bishop)  
    Euplectes franciscanus

  138. Orange-cheeked Waxbill (i) (*)  ______ PR:apr  (species native to central west Africa)
     Estrilda melpoda
  139. Indian Silverbill (has also been called Warbling Silverbill or White-throated Munia) (i) ______ PR:feb  (species native from Africa thru India)
     Lonchura malabarica
  140. Bronze Mannikin (has also been called Hooded Weaver) (i) (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (species native to Africa)
     Lonchura cucullata
  141. Scaly-breasted Munia (has also been called Nutmeg Mannikin or Spice Finch) (i) (*)  ______  CU  DR:apr,dec  PR  (species native to India & southeast Asia)
     Lonchura punctulata
  142. Black-headed Munia (has also been called Chestnut Mannikin or Tricolored Munia) (i) (*)  ______  CU  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar  (species native to India & southeast Asia) 
     Lonchura malacca
  143. Java Sparrow (i) (*)  ______ PR  (species native to Indonesia)
     Padda oryzivora
  144. Pin-tailed Whydah (i) (*)  ______ PR:apr  (species native to Africa)
     Vidua macroura

    PIPITS

  145. American Pipit  ______  BH(rare)
    Anthus spinoletta


    EUPHONIAS
  146. Antillean Euphonia  (*)  ______  DM  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  PR:feb,mar  SL  SV:mar  
     Euphonia m. musica      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Euphonia musica sclateri          (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Euphonia musica flavifrons      (in this subspecies, in the Lesser Antilles, the plumages of the two sexes are alike, similar to the females of the other 2 subspecies in the Greater Antilles) 

    The Antillean Euphonia was called the Blue-hooded Euphonia, when it was conspecific with what is now the Elegant Euphonia in Central America and the Golden-rumped Euphonia in South America.

  147. Jamaican Euphonia  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Euphonia jamaica      (monotypic)
    A local name for the Jamaican Euphonia is the "Blue Quit". 


    SISKINS & CROSSBILL
  148. Antillean Siskin  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Carduelis     (or Spinus) dominicensis      (monotypic)



    A male Antillean Siskin
  149. American Goldfinch  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Carduelisus     (or Spinus) tristis
  150. Red Siskin  (t2) (i)  ______  PR
    Sporagra     (formerly Carduelis) cucullata 
  151. Hispaniolan Crossbill  (t2) (*) (ph)  ______ DR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Hispaniola) 
    Loxia megaplaga

     The Hispaniolan Crossbill was considered part of the White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, a species called the Two-barred Crossbill in Europe.

    Regarding the HISPANIOLAN CROSSBILL, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN



    Hispaniolan Crossbill


    NEW WORLD WARBLERS

  152. Black-and-white Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb  DM  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar
    Mniotilta varia      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  153. Prothonotary Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DM:mar  DR:mar  PR,SL
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
  154. Worm-eating Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  DR:dec  JM:mar,apr  PR
    Helmitheros vermivorus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  155. Swainson's Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  DR(rare)  JM  PR(rare)
    Limnothlypis swainsonii      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

         A Swainson's Warbler was netted in the Dominican Republic in the Sierra de Baoruco in November 1997 & March 1998 (the same bird). A second bird was also netted in March 1998. The first of these was said to be the first record for Hispaniola.  
    Later, single Swainson's Warblers were netted in the Sierra de Baoruco in January 2000 and January 2001. These were said to be the 3rd & 4th records of the species for Hispaniola.  

    A Swainson's Warbler was in the Maricao Forest in Puerto Rico in January 1992.    

     
  156. Blue-winged Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:mar
    Vermivora pinus      (monotypic)
  157. Golden-winged Warbler  (nt)  ______  BD(rare)  BH(rare)  CU(rare)  DR(rare)  NA(rare)
    Vermivora chrysoptera      (monotypic)

         A Golden-winged Warbler on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be first record of the species for that island.   

    Two Golden-winged Warblers were seen in the southwest Dominican Republic, at Cabo Rojo near Pedernales, on October 14, 1997. 
  158. Bachman's Warbler  ______  (species is now probably extinct: it did occur in The Bahamas & Cuba)
    Vermivora bachmanii
  159. Tennessee Warbler (*) (ph)   ______  BH  CU  DR:apr  JM:mar
    Oreothlypis     (formerly Vermivora) peregrina  (monotypic)
  160. Nashville Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)  DR(rare)  JM:mar(rare)
    Oreothlypis     (formerly Vermivora) r. ruficapilla

         An adult female Nashville Warbler that was netted in the southwest Dominican Republic, at Cabo Rojo near Pedernales, in November 1997 was said to be the first record for the species in that country.  

    A Nashville Warbler was on Grand Bahama Island in February 2001. 

    Seen during a FONT tour, a Nashville Warbler in Jamaica from February 3, 2000 and continuing for at least a month was said to be the 4th record of the species for that island. 

  161. Orange-crowned Warbler  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Oreothlypis     (formerly Vermivora) celata 

         An Orange-crowned Warbler was on Grand Bahama Island in February 2001.
  162. Northern Parula (*) (ph)   ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Setophaga     (formerly Parula) americana      (monotypic)
  163. Yellow Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  BH  BU:feb  CU  CY;feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  (some birds are resident in the Caribbean, while others are migratory birds from North America that spend the winter in the Greater Antilles and the Caymans) 
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) petechia
    Setophaga petechia albicollis      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Setophaga petechia alsiosa      (subspecies endemic to the Grenadine Islands)
    Setophaga petechia armouri      (subspecies endemic to Isla Providencia, in the western Caribbean) 
    Setophaga petechia babad          (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia) 
    Setophaga petechia bartholemica      (subspecies in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, & the northern Lesser Antilles)
    Setophaga petechia chlora      (subspecies endemic to Siete Hermanos Is., off Hispaniola)
    Setophaga petechia eoa      (subspecies in Jamaica & the Cayman Islands)
    Setophaga petechia flaviceps      (subspecies endemic to the Bahamas)
    Setophaga petechia flavida      (subspecies endemic to Isla Andres, in the western Caribbean) 
    Setophaga petechia gundlachi      (subspecies in Cuba & south Florida, US) 
    Setophaga petechia melanoptera      (subspecies in the central Lesser Antilles, including Dominica) 
    Setophaga p. petechia      (subspecies, the nominate, endemic to Barbados)
    Setophaga petechia solaris      (subspecies endemic to Gonave Is., off Hispaniola)
    Setophaga petechia ruficapilla      (subspecies endemic to Martinique)
    Setophaga petechia rufopileata      (subspecies on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao) 
    Setophaga petechia is now considered distinct from the Mangrove Warbler of Central America, Setophaga erithachorides.

    The head of the adult male Yellow Warbler, Setophaga petechia, varies from yellow (in the Bahamas & Cuba) to entirely reddish-brown (on Martinique).  
    In between, there are varying amounts from a tinge (in Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands) to a distinct cap (in most of the Lesser Antilles).   



    A Yellow Warbler photographed during the FONT tour
    in the Dominican Republic in April 2012  
     (photo by Marie Gardner)

  164. Magnolia Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:mar  JM:feb,mar  PR
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) magnolia      (monotypic)
  165. Black-throated Blue Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:apr
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) caerulescens      (2 subspecies winter in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean: S. c. caerulescens & S. c. cairnsi)
  166. Black-throated Green Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:jan,mar
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) virens      (now said to be monotypic)
  167. Black-throated Gray Warbler  (WIr)  ______  CU(rare)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) nigrescens

    A Black-throated Gray Warbler photographed in Cuba on October 17, 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for both Cuba and the West Indies. 
  168. Cape May Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  DM  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) tigrina      (monotypic)
  169. Yellow-throated Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb  DR:feb,apr,dec  JM,PR
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) dominica      (3 subspecies occur in the Caribbean)



    Yellow-throated Warbler
  170. Bahama Warbler  (nt)  ______  BH  (was part of the Yellow-throated Warbler)
    Setophaga flavescens

         Formerly classified as a subspecies of the Yellow-throated Warbler, the Bahama Warbler was raised to a full species status in 2011.

    The Bahama Warbler is a habitat specialist, restricted to Caribbean pine forests in the Bahamas on Abaco and Grand Bahama Island where it is a resident.

    In all plumages, the Bahama Warbler has more extensive yellow below than does the Yellow-throated Warbler. Although Yellow-throated Warblers are moderately long-billed, Bahama Warblers are very long-billed.
    The Bahama Warbler differs from the superficially-similar Kirtland's Warbler in two significant behavorial aspects:
    The Kirtland's Warbler is a habitual tail-pumper. The Bahama Warbler is not.
    The Bahama Warbler is a habitual "tree-creeper". The Kirtland's is not.

    Described here is the "tree-creeper" behavior of the Bahama Warbler:  "An individual warbler landed on the lower section of a pine trunk and then worked its way upward, circling the tree and probing beneath the bark much as a Brown Creeper does. After reaching the branched portion of the tree, the warbler would fly to the base of another tree and repeat its behavior."

         Some Yellow-throated Warblers that breed in the southeastern US coastal plain can be found in winter in the Bahamas. Such birds are yellow-lored, as are Bahama Warblers, but they are distinguished from Bahama Warblers by their relatively shorter bills, and by the relatively reduced yellow of their underparts.
    Yellow-throated Warblers on their Bahamian wintering grounds are more generalized as to their ecology and distribution than are Bahama Warblers.
    Yellow-throated Warblers may be found in a variety of habitats, in the Bahamas as they are elsewhere, but Bahama Warblers are restricted to pine woods.
    Also, Yellow-throated Warblers may be found throughout the Bahamas, but the Bahama Warbler occurs only on the northern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, where it is uncommon to locally fairly common.                  
  171. Chestnut-sided Warbler  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR(rare):apr  JM
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) pensylvanica      (monotypic)

         An immature Chestnut-sided Warbler that was netted in the southwest Dominican Republic, at Cabo Rojo near Pedernales, in October 1997 was said to be the first record for the species in that country.

    An adult male Chestnut-sided Warbler was observed during a FONT tour in April 2006, in hills near Barahona in the southwest Dominican Republic.



    Chestnut-sided Warbler
         (photo by Marie Grenouillet)
  172. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:dec  DR:feb,mar  JM:apr  PR:feb
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) c. coronata
  173. Adelaide's Warbler (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)  (formerly included populations on other Caribbean islands of Barbuda and Saint Lucia, each now considered separate species) 
     Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) adelaidae
  174. Saint Lucia Warbler  (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  SL:mar,dec  (species endemic to St. Lucia)  (formerly conspecific with the Adelaide's Warbler of Puerto Rico & the Barbuda Warbler of the small island of Barbuda)
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) delicata  (monotypic)



    A Saint Lucia Warbler photographed during a FONT tour
  175. Barbuda Warbler  (nt)  (*)  ______  BU:feb  (species endemic to Barbuda)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) subita

         Regarding the BARBUDA WARBLER, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN   
  176. Pine Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) pinus chrysoleuca  (resident subspecies endemic in Hispaniola)



    A Pine Warbler photographed in the Dominican Republic 
    during a FONT tour in February 2012  
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  177. Prairie Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GD  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar  SL
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) discolor      (2 subspecies from North America winter in the Caribbean: S. d. discolor & S. d. paludicola)

    2 different Prairie Warblers were reported in Guadeloupe on September 27, 2008.



    Prairie Warbler
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
  178. Vitelline Warbler  (nt) (*)  ______  CY:feb,jun,dec  (a quasi-endemic species of the Cayman Islands)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) v. vitellina  (an endemic subspecies on Grand Cayman Island)
    Setophaga vitellina crawfordi          (an endemic subspecies on Little Cayman Island)
  179. Palm Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  GD  JM:mar,apr  PR
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) p. palmarum

         A Palm Warbler in Guadeloupe on September 25, 2008 was a first fall record for that island.
  180. Cerulean Warbler (t3)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)  NA
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) cerulea
  181. Blackburnian Warbler  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) fusca
  182. Blackpoll Warbler (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) striata
  183. Bay-breasted Warbler  ______  BH  CU  DR(rare)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) castanea

         A juvenile male Bay-breasted Warbler that was netted in the southwest Dominican Republic, at Cabo Rojo near Pedernales, in October 1997 was said to be the first record for the species in that country.   

    In an article in 2009 in "Caribbean Ornithology", it was said that there has been a first record of the Bay-breasted Warbler for Aruba in the Netherlands Antilles.   
  184. Townsend's Warbler  ______  BH(rare)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) townsendi
  185. Kirtland's Warbler  (nt)  ______  BH
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) kirtlandii

         In the winter, the Kirtland's Warbler occurs only in the Bahamas.
    In December 1996, 2 over-wintering Kirtland's Warblers were found on Abaco Island.

  186. Olive-capped Warbler  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) pityophila
  187. Arrow-headed Warbler (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) pharetra      (monotypic)

         A local name for the Arrow-headed Warbler is the "Ants Picker". 
  188. Elfin Woods Warbler (t3) (*)   ______ PR:feb,mar  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) angelae      (monotypic)
  189. Plumbeous Warbler  (LAe) (*)  ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb  (this species restricted to the 2 islands of Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) plumbea  (monotypic)
      
  190. Whistling Warbler (t3) (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  SV:mar,jul,dec  (species endemic to St. Vincent)
    Catharopeza bishopi      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)



    Whistling Warbler
      
  191. Oriente Warbler  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba) 
    Teretistris fornsi
  192. Yellow-headed Warbler  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Teretistris fernandinae
  193. Ovenbird (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR
    Seiurus aurocapillus      (2 subspecies occur in the Caribbean: S. a. aurocapillus & S. a. furvior) 



    Ovenbird
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  194. Northern Waterthrush (*)  ______  BH  BU:feb  CU  CY:feb  DM:mar  DR:mar,apr  JM:mar  PR:mar  SL
    Parkesia     (formerly Seiurus) noveboracensis      (now said to be monotypic)
  195. Louisiana Waterthrush (*)  ______  BH  CU  DR:feb  JM  PR
    Parkesia     (formerly Seiurus) motacilla  (monotypic) 
  196. Common Yellowthroat (*) (ph)  ______  BH  BU:feb  CU  CY:feb  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar
    Geothlypis t. trichas



    A male Common Yellowthroat
         (photo by Kim Steininger)

  197. Bahama Yellowthroat  ______  BH  (species endemic to the Bahamas)
    Geothlypis rostrata
  198. Hooded Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  PR
    Setophaga (formerly Wilsonia) citrina      (monotypic)

  199. Canada Warbler  (ph)  ______  BD(very rare)  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Cardellina     (formerly Wilsonia) canadensis

         A Canada Warbler netted in Barbados on October 31, 1998 was said to be the first record for that island, and the third for the Lesser Antilles.  
  200. Wilson's Warbler  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Cardellina     (formerly Wilsonia) pusilla

         A Wilson's Warbler was on Grand Bahama Island in February 2001. 

  201. Kentucky Warbler  ______  BD(rare)  BH  CU  PR(rare)
    Geothlypis     (formerly Oporornis) formosus

         A Kentucky Warbler was in the Maricao Forest in Puerto Rico in March 1992. 

     A Kentucky Warbler on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.   
  202. Connecticut Warbler  (ph)  ______  BD(rare)  BH(rare)  CU(rare)  DR(rare)  JM(rare)
    Oporornis agilis

         A juvenile Connecticut Warbler was netted in the southwest Dominican Republic, at Cabo Rojo near Pedernales, in October 1997, where several others (not netted) were seen in the same area that month.  

    A Connecticut Warbler on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for that island. 

    A Connecticut Warbler in Clarendon, Jamaica, on November 29, 2000 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.  
  203. Mourning Warbler  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Geothlypis     (formerly Oporornis) philadelphia 
  204. American Redstart  (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,dec  DM:mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar,apr
    Setophaga ruticilla      (monotypic) 

         In Jamaica, a local name for the American Redstart is "Butterfly Bird". 

  205. Semper's Warbler  ______  (species endemic to St. Lucia)
    Leucopeza semperi
    The Semper's Warbler may be extinct. The last certain sighting was in 1961.
  206. Green-tailed Ground Warbler (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola) 
    Microligea palustris          (2 subspecies: M. p. palustris & M. p. vasta)  (the single ember of its genus)

    The Green-tailed Ground Warbler has also been called, by some, the Green-tailed Ground Tanager.
  207. White-winged Warbler (t3) (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)  
    Xenoligea montana       (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

         What has been called the White-winged Warbler is also called the Hispaniolan Highland Tanager.  

  208. Yellow-breasted Chat  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Icteria virens


    BLACKBIRDS & ALLIES
  209. Shiny Cowbird (*)  ______  BD:jul  BH  CU  DM  DR:mar,apr,jul,dec  GR  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,dec
    Molothrus bonariensis minimus      (this is the subspecies of the West Indies & the Guianas & adjacent no. Brazil; it's also recently spread into North America, starting in Florida) 

         In July 1995, newly-arrived and spreading Shiny Cowbirds were seen daily near human settlements on North Andros Island in the Bahamas.  
  210. Brown-headed Cowbird  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Molothrus ater
  211. Greater Antillean Grackle (*)  ______  CU  CY;feb,jun,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Quiscalus niger bangsi (t3)  (subspecies endemic to Little Cayman island) 
    Quiscalus niger brachypterus      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Quiscalus niger caymanensis      (subspecies endemic to Grand Cayman Island)
    Quiscalus niger crassinostris      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
    Quiscalus n. niger          (subspecies, the nominate, endemic to Hispaniola) 

     In Jamaica, a local name for the Greater Antillean Grackle is the "Cling-cling".
  212. Carib Crackle (*) (ph)  ______  AT:feb  BD:jul  BU:feb  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb  GR  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Quiscalus lugubris      (8 subspecies, most of them only on Caribbean islands)
    Quiscalus lugubris contrusus      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)
    Quiscalus lugubris fortirostris      (subspecies in Barbados & Antigua)
    Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis      (subspecies on Dominica & other northern islands of the Lesser Antilles)
    Quiscalus lugubris inflexirostris      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
    Quiscalus lugubris luminosus      (subspecies endemic to Grenada) 



    A young male Carib Grackle on the island of Saint Lucia.
    A female would have a dark eye.
         (photo during the FONT Lesser Antilles Tour in December 2007 by Marie Gardner)   
  213. Great-tailed Grackle  (WIr)  ______  DR(very rare)
    Quiscalus mexicanus

    A single Great-tailed Grackle in the Dominican Republic in December 2007, at Las Calderas de Bani, was said to be the first record of the species for Hispaniola, and the third record for the West Indies.   

  214. Puerto Rican Oriole (*)  ______ PR;feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)  (was known as Greater Antillean Oriole; prior to that was Black-cowled Oriole, when conspecific with the Central American population that's still called Black-cowled Oriole, Icterus prosthemelas)
    Icterus portoricensis  
  215. Hispaniolan Oriole (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)  (was known as Greater Antillean Oriole; prior to that was Black-cowled Oriole, when conspecific with the Central American population that's still called Black-cowled Oriole, Icterus prosthemelas) 
    Icterus dominicensis
  216. Cuban Oriole  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Icterus melanopsis
  217. Bahama Oriole (t1)  ______  BH(rare)  (species now endemic to one of the Bahama Islands)
    Icterus northropi

    The Bahama Oriole is now only on Andros Island with a population that could be less than 250 individuals. The population on Abaco Island was extirpated in the early 1990s. 

    Regarding the BAHAMA ORIOLE, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN 

  218. Jamaican Oriole (*) (ph)  ______ JM:mar,apr  (species quasi-endemic to Jamaica)
    Icterus l. leucopteryx      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica; another subspecies now on San Andres Island & one, now extinct, was on Grand Cayman Is.)

     A local name for the Jamaican Oriole is "Banana Katie".

     

    Jamaican Oriole
     
  219. Saint Lucia Oriole  (nt)  (LAe) (*)   ______ SL:mar,dec  (species endemic to St. Lucia)
    Icterus laudabilis      (monotypic)
     
  220. Baltimore Oriole (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR(rare)  JM:mar  PR  
    Icterus galbula  (monotypic)

         The Baltimore Oriole was called the "Northern Oriole" when it was conspecific with the Bullock's Oriole.

     A Baltimore Oriole in the Dominican Republic, near Puerto Escondido, in April 2009 was said to be the fifth record of the species for that country.  

  221. Bullock's Oriole  (WIr)  (ph)  ______  BH(very rare)
    Icterus bullockii

    A Bullock's Oriole on Grand Bahama Island in February 2001 was said to be the second record of the species for the West Indies. 
  222. Venezuelan Troupial  (i) (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (species native to northern South America)
     Icterus icterus      (monotypic)
  223. Montserrat Oriole  (t1)  ______  (species endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Montserrat)
    Icterus oberi  
  224. Martinique Oriole  (t3)  ______  (species endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique)
    Icterus bonana

    Martinique Oriole
  225. Orchard Oriole  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Icterus spurius
  226. Hooded Oriole  ______  CU(rare)
    Icterus cucullatus
  227. Jamaican Blackbird  (nt) (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Nesopar nigerrimus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

    A local name for the Jamaican Blackbird is the "Wildpine Sargeant".
  228. Yellow-shouldered Blackbird  (t3) (*) (ph)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (a rare species endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Agelaius x. xanthomus     (a second PR subspecies on Mona Island)

         Regarding the YELLOW-SHOULDERED BLACKBIRD, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN



    A rare Yellow-shouldered Blackbird photographed during a FONT tour in Puerto Rico
  229. Tawny-shouldered Blackbird  ______  CU
    Agelaius humeralis
  230. Red-shouldered Blackbird  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Agelaius assimilis
  231. Red-winged Blackbird  (ph)  ______  BH
    Agelaius phoeniceus
  232. Cuban Blackbird  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Dives atroviolacea
  233. Yellow-headed Blackbird  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Xanthacephalus xanthacephalus

         A female Yellow-headed Blackbird on Abaco Island in September 1998 was the first record of the species for that island, and was said to be the 4th record of the species in the Bahamas.     
  234. Eastern Meadowlark  (ph)  ______  CU
    Sturnella magna
  235. Bobolink  (ph)  ______  BH  CU  GR(rare)
    Dolichonyx aryzivarus

         A flock of as many as about 80 migrating Bobolinks were on Grenada, at one time in October 2010, in a field at the airport. 


    BANANAQUIT
  236. Bananaquit (*) (ph)  ______  AT:feb  BD:jul  BH  BU:feb  CU(rare)  CY;feb,jun,dec  DM:jan,feb,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GD:feb  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV(r)  (these the yellow-breasted subspecies) 
     Coereba flaveola      (the single member of its genus) 
     Coereba flaveola bananivora          (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Coereba flaveola barbadensis      (subspecies endemic to Barbados) 
    Coereba flaveola bartholemica  (subspecies in Dominica)
    Coereba f. flaveola      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica) 
    Coereba flaveola martinicana  (subspecies in St. Lucia & Martinique)
    Coereba flaveola portoricensis      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)     
    Coereba flaveola sharpei      (subspecies endemic to the Caymans) 

     In all, there are 41 subspecies of Bananaquit throughout Latin America & the Caribbean. 24 of those subspecies are on islands in the Caribbean including some off the coasts of Mexico & Venezuela, & on Trinidad & Tobago.

    In Jamaica, a local name for the Bananaquit is "Sugar Bird". 

    The Bananaquit is not a common bird in Cuba. A single bird on the Cayo Paredon Grande, Cuba in the year 2000 was said to be the 20th Cuban record of the species.   



    A Bananaquit on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia
     (photographed during the FONT Lesser Antilles Tour in December 2007
     by Marie Gardner)
     
  237. "Black Bananaquit" (*) (ph)  ______ GR  SV:mar,jul,dec  (part of Bananaquit)
    Coereba flaveola aterrima      (subspecies endemic to Grenada)
    Coereba flaveola atrata          (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)



    The all-black race of the Bananaquit, 
    on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent
     (photographed during the FONT Lesser Antilles Tour in December 2007
     by Marie Gardner)


     SPARROWS, FINCHES, SEEDEATER, GRASSQUITS, BULLFINCHES
       
  238. Rufous-collared Sparrow (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr  
    Zonotrichia capensis antillarum      (this subspecies, endemic to the central highlands of the Dominican Republic, is the only occurrence in the West Indies of this species wide-ranging in Central & South America; there is another subspecies in Caribbean on Curacao & Aruba, at sea-level)



    A Rufous-collared Sparrow photographed in the Dominican Republic
    during a FONT tour in February 2012   
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  239. White-crowned Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Zonotrichia leucophrys
  240. Lincoln's Sparrow (*)  ______  BH  CU  JM:feb
    Melospiza l. lincolnii
  241. Swamp Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Melospiza georgiana
  242. Song Sparrow  (WIr) (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  DR(very rare)
    Melospiza melodia

    A Song Sparrow was in the Dominican Republic, in the western Sierra de Neiba near Haiti, in November 1997.
    That was thought to be the first record in the West Indies south of the Bahamas, where there had been 5 sight records.   
  243. Grasshopper Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Ammodramus savannarum
  244. Lark Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Chondestes grammacus
  245. Clay-colored Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Spizella pallida

         A Clay-colored Sparrow was on Grand Bahama Island in February 2001.
  246. Chipping Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Spizella passerina      
  247. Savannah Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Passerculus sandwichensis
  248. Dark-eyed Junco  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(very rare)
    Junco hyemalis

         A Dark-eyed Junco on Cayo Guillermo in November 2002 was said to be the first record of the species for Cuba.   
  249. Zapata (or Cuban) Sparrow  (t2)  ______  CU  (species endemic to Cuba)
    Torreornis inexpectata
  250. Saffron Finch (i) (*) (ph)  ______  CU(rare)  JM:apr  PR  (species native to southern South America)
     Sicalis flaveola



    A Saffron Finch photographed in Jamaica in November 2012
         (photo by Suzanne Bradley)
  251. Grassland Yellow Finch (i)  ______
    Sicalis luteola
  252. Yellow-bellied Seedeater (*)   ______  GR  (in the Caribbean, only occurs in Grenada, and nearby Carriacou, and in Trinidad & Tobago)
    Sporophila n. nigricollis 
  253. Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (*)   ______ JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Loxipasser anoxanthus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

         A local name for the Yellow-shouldered Grassquit is "Yellow-back".

     
  254. Yellow-faced Grassquit (*)  ______  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Tiaris o. olivaceus      (subspecies on Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, & the Caymans)
     Tiaris olivaceus bryanti      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)



         A young male Yellow-faced Grassquit during the FONT tour 
    in the Dominican Republic in April 2012 
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  255. Black-faced Grassquit (*) (ph)  ______ AT:feb  BD:jul  BH  BU:feb  CU  DM:jan,feb,mar  DR:feb,apr,dec  GD:feb  GR  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Tiaris bicolor marchii      (subspecies on Hispaniola & Jamaica)
     Tiaris bicolor omissus      (subspecies on Puerto Rico & in the Lesser Antilles)



    A singing Black-faced Grassquit in an old cemetery
    in Kingstown, Saint Vincent
     (photo by Marie Gardner during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)
      
  256. Cuban Grassquit  ______  BH  CU
    Tiaris canora
  257. Blue-black Grassquit (*)   ______  GR  (in the Caribbean, only occurs in Grenada and in Trinidad & Tobago)
    Volatinia jacarina splendens  
  258. Puerto Rican Bullfinch (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Loxigilla p. portoricensis     (another subspecies on St Kitts Is. now extirpated)
  259. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch  (LAqe) (*) (ph)  ______  AT:feb  BD:jul  BU:feb  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb  PR(rare)  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Loxigilla noctis crissalis      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent) 
    Loxigilla noctis dominicana      (subspecies in Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Loxigilla noctis sclateri      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)



    A Lesser Antillean Bullfinch on the island of Saint Lucia
    during the FONT tour in December 2007
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

  260. Barbados Bullfinch (*)  _____ BD  (now species endemic to Barbados)  (has been part of the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch)  
     Loxigilla barbadensis      (monotypic) 
  261. Greater Antillean Bullfinch (*)  ______  BH  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr
    Loxigilla violacea affinis      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola & nearby small offshore islands)
    Loxigilla violacea ruficollis      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)

     
  262. Cuban Bullfinch (*)  ______  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec
    Melopyrrha nigra taylori      (subspecies endemic to Grand Cayman Island) (the species is the single member of its genus)

  263. Red-legged Honeycreeper  ______  CU
    Cyanerpes cyaneus
  264. Orangequit (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)
    Euneornis campestris      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  265. Saint Lucia Black Finch  (nt) (LAe) (*)   ______  SL:mar,dec  (species endemic to St. Lucia)
    Melanospiza richardsoni      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)


    TANAGERS
          
  266. Western Spindalis (*)   ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec  (formerly (Western) Stripe-headed Tanager)
    Spindalis zena salvini      (subspecies endemic on Grand Cayman Island) 
    (Other subspecies occur in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Cozumel Is. Mexico; in all, there are 5 subspecies.)

  267. Hispaniolan Spindalis (*)   ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)  (formerly (Hispaniolan) Stripe-headed Tanager)
    Spindalis dominicensis      (monotypic)
      
  268. Jamaican Spindalis (*) (ph)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (species endemic to Jamaica)  (formerly (Jamaican) Stripe-headed Tanager)
    Spindalis nigricphala      (monotypic)

         A local name for the Jamaican Spindalis is "Mark Head".



    Jamaican Spindalis
  269. Puerto Rican Spindalis  (*) (ph)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)  (formerly (Puerto Rican) Stripe-headed Tanager)
     Spindalis portoricensis      (monotypic)



    Puerto Rican Spindalis
  270. Puerto Rican Tanager (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (species endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Nesospingus speculiferus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  271. Black-crowned Tanager (*)  ______ DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (species endemic to Hispaniola)  (has been called Black-crowned Palm-Tanager)
    Phaenicophilus palmarum      (monotypic)



    Above & below: a Black-crowned Tanager during 
    the FONT Dominican Republic Tour in February 2012.
    The local name of the bird is "Cuatro Ojos", or "Four Eyes".
    In the lower photo, it can be seen why. 



  272. Gray-crowned Tanager  (nt) (*)  ______  DR:apr  (species endemic to Hispaniola)  (has been called Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager)
    Phaenicophilus p. poliocephalus      (1 of 2 Hispaniolan subspecies; the other on the small offshore Gonave Island; this species mostly in Haiti, rare in mountains of adjacent Dominican Republic)
  273. Western Chat-Tanager  (t3) (*)  ______  DR;feb,mar,apr   (species endemic to Hispaniola)
    Calyptophilus tertius       
  274. Eastern Chat-Tanager  (t2) (*)  ______  DR:feb  (species endemic to the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola)
    Calyptophilus frugivorus
  275. Lesser Antillean Tanager  (LAe) (*)  ______ SV:mar,jul,dec   (this species restricted to 2 islands, St. Vincent & Grenada)
    Tangara cucullata versicolor      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)
          
     
  276. Summer Tanager (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar
    Piranga r. rubra
  277. Scarlet Tanager  (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR(rare)  SL(rare)
    Piranga olivacea

         A male Scarlet Tanager in Saint Lucia on April 18, 2000 was said to be the 6th record of the species on that island.  

    A Scarlet Tanager in the Dominican Republic in November 2005 was said to be the first record of the species for that country.  
  278. Dickcissel  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Spiza americana


    SALTATOR, GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS
  279. Lesser Antillean Saltator  (LAe) (*)  ______  DM:jan,mar  GD:feb  SL:mar  (formerly conspecific with the Streaked Saltator of mostly South America)
    Saltator albicollis guadelupenis      (subspecies on Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Saltator a. albicollis      (subspecies on St. Lucia & Martinique)
      
  280. Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR(rare)
    Pheucticus ludovicianus

         3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were observed in the Dominican Republic, above Puerto Escondido March 23-24, 1999.
    There are very few records of the species for the country. 
  281. Blue Grosbeak (*) (ph) ______  BD(rare)  BH  CU  DR:apr  JM(rare)
    Passerina caerulea

         A Blue Grosbeak on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.   

         A Blue Grosbeak in Jamaica, near Stony Hill, in October 2006 was said to be the first record of the species for that island since 1975. 
  282. Indigo Bunting (*) (ph)  ______  BD(rare)  BH  CU  DM:mar(rare)  DR:apr  PR:mar
    Passerina cyanea      (monotypic)

    The Indigo Bunting seen during a FONT tour in Dominica in March 2002 was said to be the second record of the species for the island.

    An Indigo Bunting on Barbados in the fall of 1997 was said to be the first record of the species for that island.  

  283. Painted Bunting  (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR(very rare)
    Passerina ciris

    A Painted Bunting in the Dominican Republic first found at Punta Cana in late 2006 was said to be the first record of the species for the country. 

Notes:

Although "A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands", by Herbert A. Raffaele, indicates that there are no records for the Northern Rough-winged Swallow in Puerto Rico, the species was seen there during our March 1998 tour in the eastern part of the island. The fore-mentioned book does say that it has been noted as a rare migrant in the Virgin Islands.

As noted above, the plumages of the Yellow Warbler vary throughout the Lesser Antillean islands. The males of Dominica & St. Lucia have pale chestnut caps. That of Martinique has an all-chestnut head.

Most of the Bananaquits on St. Vincent are all-black, Coereba flaveola atrata. Also, however, the yellow-bellied race of nearby St. Lucia, Coereba flaveola martinicana, has also seen during our tours in St. Vincent, along the eastern coast of the island.


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