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Birds
of the
West Indies
during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours
in the Caribbean
1990
thru 2008
(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: PUERTO RICAN WOODPECKER
The following list compiled by Armas Hill, the
leader of most of the FONT tours in the Caribbean
In the following list, there are 355 species of
birds seen 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
Birds during
previous FONT Tours in: 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
Bird-List:
