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Caribbean Birds  
in the West Indies

Guineafowl to 
Hummingbirds

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

1990 thru 2010

In Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, & Saint Vincent.   

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


 Photo at upper right: a GREEN-THROATED CARIB, photographed during a FONT tour
 

PART 1 of a Caribbean Bird List compiled by Armas Hill, the leader of most of the FONT tours on those islands. A List with Some Photos.

Link:

 Part #2 of this List of West Indies Birds, Trogons to Buntings

In this list (parts 1 & 2), there are 355 species of birds that have been found during FONT tours in the Caribbean, with 2 notable subspecies bringing the total in the list to 357.

In the CAYMAN ISLANDS, there have been 4 FONT birding & nature tours since 1999, during which 90 species of birds have cumulatively been found.   
     
In the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, during 17 FONT birding & nature tours, 189 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, 130 species of birds have cumulatively been found. 3 subspecies brings that list to 133. The Lesser Antillean tours have included 15 in SAINT LUCIA, 10 in SAINT VINCENT, 6 in DOMINICA, 2 in BARBADOS, and 1 in GRENADA.    
 
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 (Domincan 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, relating to sightings during FONT tours, the Caribbean island, or country & the months are noted.
BD:           Barbados
CY:           the Cayman Islands
DM:          Dominica
DR:           Dominican Republic (on Hispaniola)
GR:           Granada
HA:           Haiti  (on Hispaniola)
JM:           Jamaica
PR:           Puerto Rico   
SL:           Saint Lucia
SV:           Saint Vincent

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


 Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in the Caribbean 

FONT Past Tour Highlights

Birds-Lists for:   Cayman Islands   Dominican Republic   Jamaica  

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

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

Directory of Photos in this Website
Bird-List:

  1. Helmeted (or Common) Guinea-Fowl  (i) (*) ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  PR:feb
    Numida meleagris
  2. Northern Bobwhite (i) (*) ______  DR:mar
    Colinus virginianus
  3. (Feral) Red Junglefowl (i) (*)  ______  CY  DR:mar,apr
    Gallus gallus
  4. West Indian Whistling Duck  (t3) (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb(125 during 1 tour),jun  DR:mar,apr  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar  (has also been called West Indian Tree Duck)
    Dendrocygna arborea      (monotypic)



    West Indian Whistling Ducks seen during a FONT tour on Grand Cayman Island
      
  5. Fulvous Whistling Duck  (*)   ______  PR:feb(rare)
    Dendrocygna bicolor

  6. White-cheeked Pintail  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Anas b. bahamensis (t3)

  7. Blue-winged Teal  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  DM  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar,apr  SL
    Anas discors      (monotypic)
  8. Baikal Teal  (*) (ph)  ______ CY  (see note following list)
    Anas formosa      (monotypic)
  9. American Wigeon  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  HA  JM:feb  PR
    Anas americana      (monotypic)

  10. Northern Shoveler  (*)  ______  DR:feb,apr  HA  JM:feb
    Anas clypeata      (monotypic)
  11. Ring-necked Duck  (*) (ph)  ______  JM:mar
    Aythya collaris      (monotypic)
     
  12. Lesser Scaup  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar  HA  JM:mar  PR
    Aythya affinis      (monotypic)
  13. Ruddy Duck  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr  HA  PR:feb,apr
    Oxyura j. jamaicensis



    A female Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis 
    (photo by Kim Steininger)

  14. Masked Duck  (*)   ______  DR:feb  JM:feb  PR(r)  SL
    Nomonyx     (formerly Oxyura) dominicus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  15. Black-capped Petrel (p) (*) (ph)  ______ PR(rare)
    Pterodroma h. hasitata



    Black-capped Petrel
  16. Audubon's Shearwater (p) (*) (ph)  ______ PR
    Puffinus l. lherminieri



    Audubon's Shearwaters
         (a black-and-white photo by Alan Brady)
     
  17. Leach's Storm Petrel (p) (*0  ______ PR
     Oceanodroma l. leucorhoa
  18. Least Grebe  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr
    Tachybaptus     (formerly Podiceps) d. dominicus
  19. Pied-billed Grebe  (*)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DM  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL
    Podilymbus podiceps antillarum
  20. American Flamingo  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA,PR(r) (was considered conspecific with the Greater Flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus, of Europe & Africa)
    Phoenicopterus ruber



    American Flamingo
  21. Glossy Ibis  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb(rare)
    Plegadis falcinellus      (now said to be monotypic)
      
  22. American White Ibis  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:jun  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:apr
    Eudocimus albus      (monotypic)



    American White Ibis
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  23. Roseate Spoonbill  (*) (ph)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec
    Platalea ajaja      (monotypic) 






    Two photographs of Roseate Spoonbills, as seen in the
    Dominican Republic
    (upper photo of adults in breeding plumage, 
     lower photo of a bird in non-breeding plumage by Howard Eskin)

  24. Great Blue Heron  (*0  ______ CY:feb,jun  DM  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:feb  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar  SV
    Ardea h. herodias  
  25. Great Egret  (*) (ph)  ______ CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:feb  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,dec
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta



    Great Egret
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  26. Green Heron  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,dec  (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron) 
     Butorides virescens maculata
  27. Western Cattle Egret  (*) (ph)  ______ BD:jul  CY:feb  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Bubulcus ibis  



    Cattle Egret
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  28. Snowy Egret  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec
    Egretta     (formerly Leucophoyx) thula brewsteri



    Snowy Egret, with red lores in breeding plumage
         (photo by Howard Eskin)

  29. Little Egret  (*) (ph)   ______  BD:jul  DM:mar(rare)  SL:dec(rare)  SV:jul(rare)
    Egretta g. garzetta



    Little Egret
         (photo by Howard Eskin)

  30. Little Blue Heron  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Egretta     (formerly Florida) caerulea  (monotypic) 



    An adult Little Blue Heron photographed during a FONT tour
  31. Tricolored Heron  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar  (was called Louisiana Heron)
     Egretta     (formerly Hydranassa) tricolor ruficollis
  32. Reddish Egret  (*) (ph)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  PR:feb(rare)
    Egretta     (formerly Dichromanassa) r. rufescens
  33. Black-crowned Night Heron  (*)  ______ CY  DR:mar,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar,apr  SL:mar
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii
  34. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DM:mar  DR:apr,jul,dec  JM:apr  PR:feb,mar  SL:mar  SV
    Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti      (the single member of its genus)
  35. Least Bittern  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:jun  DR:mar,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar
    Ixobrychus e. exilis
  36. American Bittern  (*) (ph)  ______ PR(r)
    Botaurus lentiginosus
  37. Red-billed Tropicbird  (*) (ph)   ______  SL:mar,dec
    Phaethon aethereus mesonauta



    Red-billed Tropicbird
     (a black-and-white photo by Alan Brady)
  38. White-tailed Tropicbird (p) (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  DM:mar  DR:mar  JM:apr  PR:feb,apr
    Phaethon lepturus catesbyi



    White-tailed Tropicbird
         (a black-and-white photo by Alan Brady)

  39. Magnificent Frigatebird (p) (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb(nesting colony at Little Cayman Is.),jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GR  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Fregata magificens      (now said to be monotypic)

  40. Brown Pelican (p) (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL
    Pelecanus o. occidentalis
  41. Masked Booby  (mi) (*)  ______ PR
    Sula d. dactylatra
  42. Brown Booby  (p) (*)  ______  DM:mar  DR:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:jul,dec
    Sula l. leucogaster
  43. Red-footed Booby  (p) (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  (nesting colony at Little Cayman Is.)  DM:mar(at sea)   PR  SV:jul
    Sula s. sula



    A Red-footed Booby photographed during a FONT pelagic trip off Puerto Rico
  44. Neotropic Cormorant  (*) (ph)  ______  JM:jun(rare)  (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus
  45. Turkey Vulture  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Cathartes a. aura
  46. Merlin  (*) (ph)  ______  CY  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mr,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:mar  SL:mar  SV:mar,dec
    Falco c. columbarius



    A Merlin in flight
  47. American Kestrel  (*) (ph)  ______  CY  DM:mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar
    Falco sparverius dominicensis      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola) 
     Falco sparverius sparveroides      (subspecies in Jamaica, the Caymans, Cuba, & the southern Bahamas)
    Falco sparverius caribaearum      (subspecies in Puerto Rico & in the Lesser Antilles)
    (These Caribbean subspecies are resident.)
  48. Peregrine Falcon  (*) (ph)  ______  DM  DR:mar,apr  PR:mar  SL  SV:mar
    Falco peregrinus anatum     (from North America)
     Falco peregrinus tundrius     (from North America, north of  F.p.anatum)



    Peregrine Falcon
     (photo by Kim Steininger)

  49. Osprey  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  DM:mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec
    Pandion haliaetus      (2 subspecies occur in the Caribbean)  (the single member of its genus)
     Pandion haliaetus carolinensis      (migrant North American breeder)
    Pandion haliaetus ridgwayi  (breeder in Caribbean area) 



    Osprey
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
  50. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  PR:feb
    Accipiter s. striatus  (t3)      (this subspecies, the nominate, endemic to Hispaniola) 
    Accipiter striatus venator     (t2)      (this subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)



    A male Sharp-shinned Hawk of the endemic subspecies in Puerto Rico
     
  51. Red-tailed Hawk  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Buteo j. jamaicensis      (this subspecies, the nominate, in Hispaniola, Jamaica, & Puerto Rico)



    A Red-tailed Hawk in flight, Buteo jamaicensis
    (photo by Doris Potter)
  52. Ridgway's Hawk  (t1) (*)   ______  DR:mar
    Buteo ridgwayi      (monotypic)
  53. Broad-winged Hawk  (*)  ______  DM:jan,mar  GR  PR:feb  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,dec 
    Buteo platypterus antillarum      (subspecies on Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, & Tobago) 
     Buteo platypterus rivierei      (subspecies on Dominica, St. Lucia, & Martinique)
     Buteo platypterus brunnescens (t3)      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
    (There are 5 subspecies in the Caribbean, all resident.)
  54. Common Black Hawk  (*) (ph)   ______  SL(rare)  SV:mar,jul,dec  (in the Caribbean also known as the  "Black Crab Hawk")
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
     
  55. "Antillean" Clapper Rail  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:apr,jul  JM  PR:mar,apr
    Rallus longirostris caribaeus


    Clapper Rail
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  56. Yellow-breasted Crake  (*)  ______  DR:apr  JM,PR
    Porzana flaviventer hendersoni      (subspecies in Hispaniola & Puerto Rico) 
    Porzana flaviventor gossi   (subspecies in Jamaica & Cuba)
  57. Sora  (*)   ______  DR  PR:apr
    Porzana carolina      (monotypic)
  58. Spotted Rail  (*)  _____ DR:apr
    Pardirallus m. maculatus
  59. Purple Gallinule  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:jun  DR:mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:apr
    Porphyrula martinica      (monotypic)  



    Purple Gallinule
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
  60. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule) (*) (ph) ______  BD:jul  CY:feb,jun  DM:mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:feb,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris
  61. American Coot  (*)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DR:feb,apr  HA:feb  JM:mar,apr  PR:apr
    Fulica a. americana
  62. "Caribbean Coot" (nt) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  HA:feb,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL(r)  (has been considered by some to be conspecific with American Coot)
     Fulica caribaea
  63. Limpkin  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr  JM:mar,apr
    Aramus guarauna elucus (t3)      (this subspecies now endemic to Hispaniola, as it has been extirpated in Puerto Rico)
    Aramus guarauna pictus      (this subspecies in Jamaica, Cuba, & Florida USA)
    (the single member of its genus & family)  
  64. Northern Jacana  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr
    Jacana spinosa violacea      (this subspecies in the Caribbean: in Hispaniola, Jamaica, & Cuba)
  65. American Oystercatcher  (*) (ph)  ______ PR:mar
    Haematopus p. palliatus
  66. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec 
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
  67. American Golden Plover  (*) (ph)  ______ SL:dec
    Pluvialis dominica      (monotypic)



    American Golden Plover
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
  68. Semipalmated Plover  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb,jun  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:dec
    Charadrius semipalmatus      (monotypic)
  69. Snowy Plover  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  PR(r)  (was conspecific with the Kentish Plover of Eurasia)
    Charadrius n. nivosus  (t3)


    SnowyPlover2.jpg

    Snowy Plover
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  70. Wilson's Plover  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY(r)  DR:mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar  PR:feb,apr
    Charadrius wilsonia rufinucha      (resident subspecies in the Caribbean)



    Wilson's Plover
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

  71. Killdeer  (*)  ______  CY:feb  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Charadrius vociferus ternominatus      (resident subspecies in the Caribbean)   
    Charadrius v. vociferus  (North American breeder that occurs in the Caribbean outside the breeding season)
  72. Black-necked Stilt  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar,apr  (has been said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus)  
     Himantopus mexicanus
      
    Black-necked Stilt
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  73. Hudsonian Godwit  (*)  ______  DR:apr  (a sighting in April, rare in the Caribbean in the spring)
    Limosa haemastica      (monotypic) 
  74. "American" Whimbrel  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:apr  PR:feb  (has historically been called "Hudsonian Curlew") 
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
  75. Spotted Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:dec
    Actitis macularia      (monotypic)

  76. Solitary Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar  PR:apr  SL:mar,dec  SV
    Tringa s. solitaria



    Solitary Sandpiper
         (photo by Kim Steininger)

  77. Greater Yellowlegs  (*)  ______  CY:feb  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec
    Tringa melanoleuca      (monotypic)

  78. Lesser Yellowlegs  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  HA  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:dec
    Tringa flavipes      (monotypic)
  79. Wood Sandpiper  (WIr) (*) (ph)   ______ BD:jul(rare)
    Tringa glareola
  80. Willet  (*) (ph)  ______ CY:feb  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:apr  SL
     Tringa     (formerly Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmata



    Willet
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  81. Ruddy Turnstone  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb  DM:mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar  PR:apr  SL:mar,dec
    Arenaria interpres morinella



    A Ruddy Turnstone in non-breeding plumage
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  82. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (*) ______ BD:jul  CY  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,apr
    Calidris pusilia      (monotypic)
  83. Western Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr  JM:mar  PR  SL:mar
    Calidris mauri      (monotypic) 
  84. Least Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  CY  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  HA  JM:mar  PR:feb,apr  SL
    Calidris minutilla      (monotypic) 
  85. White-rumped Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,apr  PR(r)
    Calidris fuscicollis      (monotypic) 
  86. Sanderling  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:apr  SL
    Calidris alba rubida
  87. Dunlin  (*) (ph) ______ DR:dec  (rare on Hispaniola)  (see note following list)
    Calidris alpina hudsonia
  88. Red Knot  (*) (ph)  ______ PR
    Calidris canutus rufa
  89. Short-billed Dowitcher  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:mar
    Limnodromus griseus      (2 subspecies in the West Indies: L. g. grieus & L. g. hendersoni)



    Short-billed Dowitcher
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  90. Long-billed Dowitcher  (*)  ______ HA
    Limnodromus scolopaceus      (monotypic)
  91. Ruff / Reeve  (WIr) (*) (ph)   ______  BD:jul(rare)
    Philomachus pugnax      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  92. Stilt Sandpiper  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  PR
    Calidris (has been Micropalama) himantopus  (monotypic)

  93. Wilson's Snipe  (*) (ph)   ______  CY  DM  JM:mar  SL  (until recently considered conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Palearctic, Gallinago gallinago)
    Gallinago delicata  (monotypic) 
  94. Wilson's Phalarope  (*)  ______  DR:feb
    Phalaropus      (formerly Steganopus) tricolor  (monotypic)
  95. "American" Herring Gull  (*)  ______  DR:feb,apr  PR
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus
  96. Great Black-backed Gull  (*) (ph)  ______ PR(rare)
    Larus marinus      (monotypic)
  97. Ring-billed Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  DM:jan  DR:mar,apr  PR
    Larus delawarensis      (monotypic)
  98. Lesser Black-backed Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  DM:mar(2 consecutive years)  DR:apr,jul  PR
    Larus     fuscus 
  99. Bonaparte's Gull  (*) (ph)  _____  DR:mar
    Chroicocephalus     (formerly Larus) philadelphia
  100. Laughing Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:jun  DM:mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  JM:apr  PR:apr  SL:mar  SV:jul
    Leucophaeus     (formerly Larus) a. atricilla



    Laughing Gulls
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  101. Gull-billed Tern  (*)  ______  DR:mar,apr,dec  JM:apr(rare)
    Gelochelidon     (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
  102. Common Tern (p) (*)  ______  DR:apr,dec  PR
    Sterna h. hirundo
  103. Roseate Tern (p) (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr  PR  SL
    Sterna d. dougallii  (t3)




    Roseate Tern
    (photo by Alan Brady)

  104. Bridled Tern (p) (*) (ph)   ______  PR  SL
    Onychoprion     (formerly Sterna) anaethetus melanoptera



    Bridled Tern
     (photo by Alan Brady)
  105. Sooty Tern (p) (*) (ph)  ______  DM  PR  SL
    Onychoprion     (formerly Sterna) f. fuscata



    Sooty Tern
     (photo by Alan Brady)

  106. Least Tern  (*)  ______  CY:jun  DR:mar,apr,jul  PR
    Sternula     (formerly Sterna) a. antillarum
  107. Royal Tern  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:dec
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) m. maxima



    A juvenile Royal Tern 
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  108. Cayenne Tern  (*)   ______ PR(r)  (was conspecific with the Sandwich Tern)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) eurygnatha
  109. Sandwich Tern  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:mar,apr  SL
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida



    Sandwich Tern
     (a black-and-white photo by Alan Brady)

  110. Caspian Tern  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  PR
    Hydroprogne     (formerly Sterna) caspia      (monotypic)
  111. Black Tern  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:dec
    Chlidonias niger surinamensis
  112. Brown Noddy (p) (*)  ______ PR,SL
    Anous s. stolidus
  113. Pomarine Skua (p) (*) (ph)  ______  DM:mar(seen at sea & from shore)  (In North America, has been called Pomarine Jaeger)
    Stercorarius pomarinus      (monotypic)




    Pomarine Skuas     (or Pomarine Jaegers) have commonly been seen in the winter
    during FONT pelagic trips off Dominica
         (a black-and-white photo by Alan Brady)
      
  114. Great Skua (p) (*) (ph)  ______  DM:mar(at sea)
    Stercorarius      (formerly Catharacta) skua  (monotypic)
      
  115. White-crowned Pigeon  (*)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DR:mar,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr  PR
    Patagioenas      (formerly Columba) leucocephala      (monotypic)
  116. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon  (*)  ______ BD:jul  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GR  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Patagioenas      (formerly Columba) squamosa  (monotypic)

  117. Plain Pigeon (t3) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  PR:feb
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) i. inornata  (subspecies on Hispaniola & Cuba) 
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) inornata wetmorei      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)

  118. Ring-tailed Pigeon  (t1) (*)   ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) caribaea  (monotypic)
  119. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*)  ______ CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,dec
    Columba livia
  120. African Collared Dove (i) (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (What's been called the Ringed Turtle Dove, or the Barbary Dove, historically native to North Africa, is said to be a domesticated form, or recessive mutant of this species that continues in the wild in Africa.)
    Streptopelia roseorisea 
  121. Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*)  ______  DM:jan,mar
    Streptopelia decaocto
  122. Mourning Dove  (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:feb,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:mar,apr
    Zenaida m. macroura     (this subspecies, the nominate, endemic to the West Indies) 
  123. Zenaida Dove  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV
    Zenaida a. aurita      (resident subspecies of the Lesser Antilles)
     Zenaida aurita zenaida      (resident subspecies of the northern Caribbean)

     

     Zenaida Dove
         (photographed by Marie Gardner in Saint Lucia
     during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)
  124. Eared Dove  (*) (ph)  ______  GR  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Zenaida auriculata rubripes      (subspecies of the Lesser Antilles & northern South America) 


     

     Eared Dove
     (photographed by Marie Gardner in Saint Vincent
     during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)

  125. White-winged Dove  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Zenaida a. asiatica
  126. Caribbean Dove  (*)  ______  CY:feb  JM:mar
    Leptotila jamaicensis collaris      (subspecies endemic to the Cayman Islands)
    Leptotila j. jamaicensis      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
  127. Grenada Dove  (t1) (LAe) (*)   ______ GR  (endemic to Grenada)  (closely related to the Gray-fronted Dove of central & South America, Leptotila rufaxilla, and has been said by some to be conspecific)
    Leptotila wellsi      (monotypic)  
  128. Common Ground Dove  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GR  HA:feb,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Columbina passerina antillarum      (subspecies on Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, & St. Vincent)
     Columbina passerina nigrirostris      (subspecies endemic to Dominica)
     Columbina passerina insularis      (subspecies in Hispaniola, Cuba, the Cayman Is., & some other small islands)
     Columbina passerina jamaicensis      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
     Columbina passerina portoricensis      (subspecies in Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands)


     
    A Common Ground Dove, not on the ground
    (photographed by Marie Gardner in Saint Lucia
     during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)

  129. Ruddy Quail-Dove  (*)  ______  DM:mar  DR;apr  JM:apr  PR:apr  SL  SV:dec
    Geotrygon m. montana      (the same subspecies as in Central & South America)
  130. Bridled Quail-Dove (nt) (*)   ______  PR  SL  SV:mar
    Geotrygon mystacea      (monotypic)
  131. Key West Quail-Dove  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  PR:apr
    Geotrygon chrysia      (monotypic)
  132. White-fronted Quail-Dove (t3) (*)  ______ DR:mar,apr  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (was conspecific with the Gray-fronted Quail-Dove of Cuba, Geotrygon caniceps; when combined, was called the Gray-headed Quail-Dove)  
    Geotrygon leucometopia
  133. Crested Quail-Dove (nt) (*)   ______  JM:apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Geotrygon versicolor      (monotypic)
  134. Monk Parakeet (i) (*)  ______ CY:feb  PR:feb,mar  (native to south-central South America)
     Myiopsitta monachus
  135. White-winged Parakeet (i) (*)  ______ PR  (native to north-central South America) (previously considered conspecific with the Canary-winged Parakeet, also of South America)
     Brotogeris (v.) versicolurus 
  136. Jamaican Parakeet (or Conure)  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  (was endemic to Jamaica)  (was conspecific with what's now the Aztec Parakeet (or Conure) in Central America, Aratinga astec; when merged was known collectively as the Olive-throated Parakeet (or Conure)
    Aratinga nana
  137. Hispaniolan Parakeet (or Conure) (t3) (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Aratinga c. chloroptera      (another subspecies on Mona Island, off western Puerto Rico, now extinct)
  138. Orange-fronted Parakeet (or Conure) (i) (*)  ______  PR:feb  (native to Central America)
     Aratinga canicularis
  139. Mitred Parakeet (or Conure) (i) (*)  ______ PR (native to south-central South America)
     Aratinga mitrata
  140. Green-rumped (or Guiana) Parrotlet (i) (*)  ______ JM:mar
    Forpus passerinus
  141. Puerto Rican Amazon (or Parrot)  (t1) (*)  ______  PR:feb.mar  (a rare endemic to Puerto Rico)  (see note following list)
     Amazona v. vittata     (a second subspecies on Culebra Island, A. V. gracilipes, now extinct)

  142. Rose-throated Amazon (or Parrot) (nt) (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  (with various names on different islands in it range: "Cayman Amazon, or Parrot", "Cuban Amazon or Parrot", & "Bahama Amazon, or Parrot")
    Amazona leucocephala caymanensis      (an endemic subspecies on Grand Cayman island)
    (Another subspecies occurs in the Caymans, A. l. hesterna,     endemic to Cayman Brac Island.)


      
    The Cayman, or Rose-throated, Amazon
    In the Caribbean, there are 4 subspecies. 2 of them are in the Cayman Islands.
    The other 2 subspecies are in the Bahama Islands & Cuba.  
       
      
  143. Imperial Amazon (or Parrot) (t2) (LAe) (*)   ______  DM:jan,mar  (endemic to Dominica)  (in Dominica known as the "Sisserou")
    Amazona imperialis      (monotypic)
  144. Red-necked Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (LAe) (*)  ______ DM:jan,mar  (endemic to Dominica)  (also called "Bouquet's Amazon") (in Dominica known as the "Jaco" or "Perroquet") 
    Amazona arausiaca      (monotypic)
     
  145. Hispaniolan Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (*)  ______ DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Amazona ventralis      (monotypic)
  146. Yellow-billed Amazon (or Parrot) (nt) (*)  ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Amazona collaria      (monotypic)
     
  147. Black-billed Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Amazona agilis      (monotypic)
  148. Saint Lucia Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (LAe) (*)  ______  SL:mar,dec  (endemic to St. Lucia)  (also called the Versicolored Amazon)  (in St. Lucia known as the "Jacquot")
    Amazona versicolor      (monotypic)
      
  149. Saint Vincent Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  SV:mar,jul,dec  (endemic to St, Vincent)  (also called "Guilding's Amazon")
    Amazona guildingii






    The colorful Saint Vincent Amazon,
    photographed during the FONT tour in December 2007.
    Above: a captive bird in the botanical garden.
    Below: in the wild, in the forest.
         (photos by tour participant, Marie Z. Gardner)
     
  150. Orange-winged Amazon (or Parrot) (i) (*)  ______ PR (native to north-central South America)
     Amazona amazonica
  151. Yellow-headed Amazon (or Parrot) (*)  ______ PR (native to Mexico & Belize)
    Amazona oratrix 
  152. Mangrove Cuckoo  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DM:jan,mar  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  GR  JM:apr   PR:mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar
    Coccyzus minor     (now said to be monotypic, formerly subspecies in the West Indies: Coccyzus minor nesiotes)



    A Mangrove Cuckoo photographed during a FONT tour in the Caribbean
     
  153. Yellow-billed Cuckoo  (*)  ______  PR:apr  SL
    Coccyzus americanus      (monotypic)
  154. Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo  (*)  ______ DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
         Coccyzus (formerly Saurothera) l. longirostris  (the other subspecies on the small islands La Mohotiere & Gonave off the Dominican Republic)
  155. Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo  (*) (ph)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Coccyzus     (formerly Saurothera) vetula  (monotypic)




    A Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo photographed during a FONT tour
  156. Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo  (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Coccyzus     (formerly Saurothera) vieilloti      (monotypic)  
      
  157. Bay-breasted Cuckoo (t2) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Coccyzus     (formerly Hyetornis) rufigularis  (monotypic)
     
  158. Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Coccyzus     (formerly Hyetornis) pluvialis  (monotypic)
  159. Smooth-billed Ani  (*) (ph)  ______  CY:feb,jun  DM:mar  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GR  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL  SV:mar,dec
    Crotophaga ani      (monotypic)



    A Smooth-billed Ani photographed during a FONT tour
  160. Barn Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  CY  DM:mar  DR:mar,apr  JM:mar,apr  PR  SL  SV:mar
    Tyto alba nigrescens      (subspecies endemic to Dominica) 
    Tyto alba insularis      (subspecies on St. Lucia & St. Vincent)
     Tyto alba pratincola     (subspecies in Hispaniola & Puerto Rico, also in North & Central America)
    Tyto alba furcata  (subspecies in Jamaica, Cuba, and the Caymans)



    Barn Owl, photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Andy Smith)
  161. Ashy-faced Owl  (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Tyto glaucops      (monotypic)
  162. Puerto Rican Screech Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands) 
    Megascops     (formerly Otus) n. nudipes  (another subspecies in the Virgin Islands)



    A Puerto Rican Screech Owl photographed during a FONT tour
     
  163. Burrowing Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  DR:mar,apr,jul,dec
    Athene cunicularia troglodytes      (this subspecies endemic to Hispaniola; 2 other West Indian subspecies have been extirpated, in Antigua and Guadeloupe)


     
    Burrowing Owl, in a burrow in the Dominican Republic 
  164. Jamaican Owl  (*)   ______ JM:mar  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Pseudoscops grammicus      (monotypic)
  165. Northern Potoo  (*) (ph)   ______  DR:mar,apr  JM:mar,apr
    Nyctibius jamaicensis abbotti      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Nyctibius j. jamaicensis      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)


     
    A Northern Potoo photographed during a FONT tour in Jamaica
         (photo by Howard Lebo)

  166. Chuck-will's-Widow  (*)  ______  DR;feb,apr,dec  PR:feb
    Caprimulgus carolinensis      (monotypic)
  167. "Saint Lucia Nightjar"  (*) (ph)  ______  SL  (part of the Rufous Nightjar of South America)
    Caprimulgus rufus otiosus (t2)      (an endemic subspecies on St. Lucia)



    Rufous Nightjar, photographed during a FONT tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner) 
  168. "Hispaniolan Nightjar"  (*)  ______ DR:mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic subspecies to Hispaniola)  (considered conspecific with the Cuban Nightjar, C. c. cubanensis, and thus properly called the Greater Antillean Nightjar)
    Caprimulgus cubanensis ekmani
  169. Puerto Rican Nightjar  (t1) (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (a rare endemic to Puerto Rico)  (during some tours heard only)
     Caprimulgus noctitherus      (monotypic)
  170. Least Poorwill  (t3) (*)  ______  DR:mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (has been called Least Pauraque)
    Siphonorhis brewsteri      (monotypic)  (The only other member of this genus, the Jamaican Pauraque, may be extinct.)
  171. Antillean Nighthawk  (*)  ______  CY:jun  DR:mar,apr,jul  JM:apr  PR
    Chordeiles g. gundlachii      (this subspecies of the Greater Antilles, the other of Florida & the Bahamas)
  172. Common Nighthawk  (*)  ______  DR:apr
    Chordeiles minor      (6 subspecies migrate thru the Caribbean between North & South America)
      
  173. White-collared Swift  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar
    Streptoprocne zonaris pallidifrons      (the subspecies of the Caribbean)
  174. American Black Swift  (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul  JM:apr  PR  SL  SV:mar
    Cypseloides n. niger      (the subspecies of the Caribbean & Trinidad; present there during its breeding season) 
  175. Chimney Swift  (*)   ______  CY
    Chaetura pelagica      (monotypic)
  176. Short-tailed Swift  (*)  ______  SV
    Chaetura brachyura praevelox      (this subspecies on St. Vincent, Grenada, & Tobago)
  177. Lesser Antillean Swift  (LAe) (*)   ______  DM:jan,mar  SL:mar,dec  SV
    Chaetura martinica      (monotypic)
  178. Antillean Palm Swift  (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr
    Tachornis p. phoenicobia      (the subspecies of Hispaniola & Jamaica; the other is of Cuba)
  179. Hispaniolan Emerald  (*)  ______  DR;feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Chlorostilbon swainsonii      (monotypic)
  180. Puerto Rican Emerald  (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Chlorostilbon maugaeus      (monotypic)
  181. Antillean Mango  (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Anthracothorax d. dominicus      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Anthracothorax dominicus aurulentus      (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
  182. Jamaican Mango  (*)  ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Anthracothorax mango      (monotypic)
  183. Green Mango  (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico) 
    Anthracothorax viridis      (monotypic)
  184. Blue-headed Hummingbird  (LAe) (*)  ______ DM:jan,mar  (restricted to the 2 islands of Dominica & Martinique)
    Cyanophaia bicolor      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
       
  185. Purple-throated Carib  (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  DM:jan,mar  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Eulampis jugularis      (monotypic)



    A Purple-throated Carib photographed during a FONT tour
  186. Green-throated Carib  (*) (ph)  ______  DM:jan,mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Eulampis h. holosericeus      (subspecies in east Puerto Rico & in most of the Lesser Antilles) 

     

    A Green-throated Carib photographed during a FONT tour in St. Lucia in Dec 2007
     (photo by Marie Gardner)

  187. Antillean Crested Hummingbird  (*) (ph)  ______  BD:jul  DM:jan,mar  GR  PR:feb,mar,apr  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Orthorhyncus cristatus exilis     (subspecies in Puerto Rico & in most of the Lesser Antilles, including Dominica & St. Lucia)
    Orthorhyncus c. cristatus      (subspecies endemic to Barbados)
    Orthorhyncus cristatus emigrans      (subspecies endemic to Grenada) 
    Orthorhyncus cristatus ornatus      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)
    (on Grenada blue-crested, on other islands green-crested)


    A female Antillean Crested Hummingbird 
    photographed during a FONT tour in St. Lucia in Dec 2007
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
  188. Red-billed Streamertail  (*) (ph)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)  (the two streamertails have been considered conspecific) 
    Trochilus polytmus      (monotypic)



    A Red-billed Streamertail photographed during a FONT tour
     
      
  189. Black-billed Streamertail  (*)  ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)  (the two streamertails have been considered conspecific)
    Trochilus scitulus

  190. Vervain Hummingbird  (*)  ______  DR:feb,amr,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr
    Mellisuga minima vieillota      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola & nearby small islands)
    Mellisuga m. minima      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
    (In this genus, this species & the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba, reputed to be the smallest bird in the world.)

Notes:

The tour in February '90 included a trip (by air) to uninhabited Mona Island, off the west coast of Puerto Rico, about mid-way between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Birds found only there noted by an (mi).

A few tours included a trip by ferry to Culebra Island, off northeastern Puerto Rico, about mid-way between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

During our Feb 6-11, '96 tour, we conducted our first Caribbean pelagic trip off the west coast of Puerto Rico. A Black-capped Petrel was seen. (Only 3 records in Raffaele's book: "Birds of Puerto Rico".) Also whales and dolphins. During the pelagic trip with our Feb 15-19 tour, about 300 boobies. Over 200 of them, Red-footed (both brown & white morphs). Also a 60-foot Whale Shark by the boat. This 4-day tour, one day shorter than our norm. With the pelagic trip during the March '96 tour, 6 species of terns were seen.

Inexplicably, a male Baikal Teal was in a large flock of Blue-winged Teal on Feb 24, 2001 on a pond on Little Cayman Islandm a small, remote place with few people. The behavior of the Baikal Teal was the same as that of the Blue-winged Teal (as a wary, wild bird). The Feb 2001 Baikal Teal was not banded. It was photographed. As far as we know, there was no previous record of this species in the West Indies. The species in Asia has been known to wander on occasion to the south beyond its normal range. It has occurred in North America, particularly Alaska, casually. The Feb 2001 Little Cayman bird may have joined with Blue-winged Teal in western North America and migrated south with them. Also it should be noted that Baikal Teals have occurred in North America as escapes.     

12 of the very rare Puerto Rican Parrots were seen during FONT Puerto Rican tour #12, in March 1996. Subsequently, the species has become more difficult to see in the wild. 3 were seen during tour #18, in March 1998. The species was seen again during tour #22, in March 2000. One wild bird was seen during tour #26, in March 2004.

The Dunlin has probably been observed only rarely in the Dominican Republic. The book "A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies" indicates no sightings, although it notes some records to the west in Cuba and to the east in Puerto Rico. 2 birds were seen during the FONT tour on December 28, 1998 at Salinas, along the southern DR coast, west of Santo Domingo.  

Jamaican (formerly Olive-throated) Conures/Parakeets were first found during our FONT tours in the Dominican Republic in July 1995, with a substantial number (15-20) in a wild, remote area in the western part of the country, at mid-elevation in the Baoruco Mountains. Also during that tour, 1 was found in a flock of Hispaniolan Conures/Parakeets in the city of Santo Domingo.
During all FONT tours since 1995 in the Baoruco Mountains, the Jamaican Conure/Parakeet has been seen.