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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 2011


In Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, & 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 558 species of birds. 357 have been found during FONT tours in the Caribbean, with 2 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 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, 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, relating to sightings during FONT tours, the Caribbean island, or country & the months are noted.
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
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:

Kingfishers    Todies    Woodpeckers    Flycatchers    Vireos    Crows    Palmchat

Martins & Swallows    Wrens    Thrashers    Thrushes    Old World introduced species  

Euphonias    Siskins & Crossbill    New World Warblers    Blackbirds & allies    

Bananaquit    Sparrows, Finches, Seedeater, Grassquits, Bullfinches    Tanagers    

Saltator, Grosbeaks, Buntings


Other 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 

Butterflies of the Caribbean  (with some photos)

Mammals of the Caribbean  (Land & Marine)

Marine Life of the Caribbean (including sea turtles, fish, corals, jellyfish, mollusks, arthropods)

Amphibians & Reptiles of the Caribbean

Directory of Photos in the FONT Website
Bird-List:

  1. Hispaniolan Trogon  (nt) (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Priotelus     (was Temnotrogon) roseigaster  (monotypic)  (In this genus, only the 2 trogons of the Caribbean, the other being the Cuban Trogon)




    Hispaniolan Trogon, photographed during a FONT tour
      
  2. Cuban Trogon  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba) 
    Priotelus     (was Temnotrogon) temnurus 


    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  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Todus angustirostris      (monotypic)  (this genus, with 5 species (4 in this list), endemic to the Caribbean) 
  6. Broad-billed Tody  (*)  ______ DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Todus subulatus  (monotypic)
     
  7. Jamaican Tody  (*) (ph)  ______ JM:mar.apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Todus todus      (monotypic)



    Jamaican Tody, photographed during a FONT tour

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



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


    WOODPECKERS
  10. Hispaniolan Piculet (nt) (*)   ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul   (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 caymanensis      (an endemic subspecies on Grand Cayman Island)
  12. Hispaniolan Woodpecker (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
     Melanerpes striatus      (monotypic)
  13. Jamaican Woodpecker (*)   ______  JM:mar.apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Melanerpes radiolatus      (monotypic)
  14. Puerto Rican Woodpecker (*) (ph)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Melanerpes portoricensis      (monotypic)



    Puerto Rican Woodpecker, photographed during a FONT tour
  15. Guadeloupe Woodpecker  (nt) (*)  ______  GD:feb
    Melanerpes herminieri
  16. Cuban Green Woodpecker  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Xiphidiopicus percussus
  17. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY  DR:dec
    Sphyrapicus varius      (monotypic)




    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  18. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker (*)  ______  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec
    Colaptes auratus gundlachi      (an endemic subspecies on Grand Cayman Island)
      
  19. Fernandina's Flicker  (t2)  ______  BH(rare)  CU  (normally endemic to Cuba)
    Colaptes fernandinae
  20. Hairy Woodpecker  ______  BH
    Picoides villosus
  21. Ivory-billed Woodpecker  (t1)  ______  (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.
        
  22. Jamaican Becard (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Pachyramphus niger      (monotypic)  

    The Jamaican Becard is the only becard of the Caribbean.


    FLYCATCHERS
  23. 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)



    Gray Kingbird
     (photographed by Marie Gardner in Saint Lucia
     during the Dec 2007 FONT Lesser Antilles Tour)
     
  24. 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)
    (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
  25. Giant Kingbird  (t2)  ______  CU  (now endemic to Cuba)
    Tyrannus cubensis

         The Giant Kingbird formerly occurred in the Bahamas.
  26. Eastern Kingbird  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Tyrannus tyrannus
  27. Tropical Kingbird  (ph)  ______  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus melancholicus
  28. Western Kingbird  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus verticalis
  29. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus forficatus
  30. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  CU(rare)
    Tyrannus savana
  31. Great Crested Flycatcher (*) (ph)   ______  BH(rare)  CU  PR(rare)
         Myiarchus crinitus      (monotypic)
  32. LaSagra's Flycatcher (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun,dec
    Myiarchus s. sagrae      (subspecies of the Caymans & Cuba) 
  33. 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)
      
  34. Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (*)   ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Myiarchus validus      (monotypic)
  35. Sad Flycatcher (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Myiarchus barbirostris      (monotypic)
  36. Puerto Rican Flycatcher (*) (ph)   ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands)
    Myiarchus antillarum      (monotypic)



    A Puerto Rican Flycatcher photographed during a FONT tour
  37. Lesser Antillean Flycatcher  (LAe) (*)   ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb  SL:mar,dec
    Myiarchus o. oberi      (subspecies restricted to Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Myiarchus oberi sanctaeluciae      (an endemic subspecies in St. Lucia)
      
  38. Grenada Flycatcher  (LAe) (*)   ______ GR  SV:mar
    Myiarchus nugator      (monotypic)
     
  39. Willow Flycatcher  ______  CU(rare)
    Empidonax trailli
  40. Acadian Flycatcher  ______  BH  CU
    Empidonax virescens
  41. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  ______  CU(rare)
    Empidonax flaviventris
  42. Least Flycatcher  ______
    Empidonax minimus
  43. Euler's Flycatcher  ______
    Lathrotriccus euleri
  44. Eastern Wood Pewee (*)   ______  BH  CU  CY:dec
    Contopus virens      (monotypic)
  45. Hispaniolan Pewee (*)  ______  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (formerly part of Greater Antillean Pewee)
    Contopus h. hispaniolensis      (another subspecies on Gongave Island) 
  46. Jamaican Pewee (*)   ______  JM:mar  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Contopus pallidus      (monotypic)
  47. Puerto Rican Pewee (*) (ph)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)  (has been considered part of the Lesser Antillean Pewee)
     Contopus (latirostris) portoricensis 




    A Puerto Rican Pewee photographed during a FONT tour
  48. Saint Lucia Pewee (LAe) (*)  ______  SL:mar,dec  (endemic to St. Lucia)
    Contopus (latirostris) oberi      (monotypic)
      
  49. Lesser Antillean Pewee  (LAe) (*)   ______ DM:jan,mar
    Contopus latirostris brunneicapillus      (this subspecies in Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Martinique)
      
  50. Crescent-eyed Pewee  ______  BH  CU
    Contopus caribaeus
  51. Western Wood Pewee  ______  CU(rare)
    Contopus sordidulus
  52. Eastern Phoebe  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Sayornis phoebe
  53. 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)
  54. 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)

  55. 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)
     
  56. Jamaican Elaenia (*)   ______  JM:mar  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Myiopagis cotta      (monotypic)


     VIREOS
  57. Thick-billed Vireo (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,jun
    Vireo crassirostris alleni      (subspecies endemic to the Cayman Islands)
  58. Flat-billed Vireo (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Vireo nanus      (monotypic)
     
  59. Jamaican Vireo (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Vireo modestus      (monotypic)
  60. Blue Mountain Vireo (nt) (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Vireo osburni      (monotypic)
  61. Puerto Rican Vireo (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Vireo latimeri      (monotypic)
  62. Red-eyed Vireo (*)   ______  BH  CU  PR:feb(rare)
    Vireo o. olivaceus
  63. 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 & the Cayman Islands; it migrates in its non-breeding season to northern South America) 
  64. 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)

  65. Cuban Vireo  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Vireo gundlachii
  66. Mangrove Vireo  ______
    Vireo pallens
  67. White-eyed Vireo  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Vireo griseus
  68. Yellow-throated Vireo  ______  BH  CU
    Vireo flavifrons
  69. Blue-headed Vireo  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Vireo solitarius
  70. Warbling Vireo  ______  CU(rare)
    Vireo gilvus
  71. Philadelphia Vireo  ______  BH  CU
    Vireo philadelphicus


    CROWS
  72. White-necked Crow (t3) (*)  ______ DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (now endemic to Hispaniola) (formerly occurred in Puerto Rico, last recorded there in the 1960s)
    Corvus leucognaphalus      (monotypic)
  73. Hispaniolan Palm Crow  (nt) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (was conspecific with the Cuban Palm Crow, C. minutus)
    Corvus palmarum

  74. Cuban Palm Crow  (t2)  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Corvus minutus
  75. Cuban Crow  ______  CU
    Corvus nasicus
  76. Jamaican Crow (*) ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)  (also called "Jabbering Crow")
    Corvus jamaicensis      (monotypic)
  77. Cedar Waxwing  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU
    Bombycilla cedrorum


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






    A large Palmchat nest 
         (photo during a FONT tour by Jennie Gaitskill)

    MARTINS & SWALLOWS
  79. 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   (has been considered conspecific with Sinaloa (or Snowy-bellied) Martin of Mexico)
     Progne dominicensis      (now monotypic)
  80. Purple Martin (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY  JM(rare)
    Progne s. subis
         (these sightings, of males, probably Purple Martin, but possibly Cuban Martin, Progne cryptoleuca)
     
     
  81. Cuban Martin  ______  BH(rare)  CU
    Progne cryptoleuca
  82. Golden Swallow (t3) (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (maybe now endemic to Hispaniola)  
    Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola; the only other subspecies, on Jamaica, may now be extinct)
      
  83. Tree Swallow (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  JM  PR
    Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)
  84. Bahama Swallow  (t3)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
  85. Bank Swallow (*)   ______  BH  CU  PR:feb  (called Sand Martin in the Old World)
    Riparia r. riparia
  86. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (*) (ph) ______  BH  CU  PR(rare)
    Stelgidopteryx s. serripennis
  87. 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
  88. "Antillean" Cave Swallow (*)  ______  CU  DR:feb,arm,apr,jul  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Petrochelidon     (formerly Hirundo) f. fulva  (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Petrochelidon     (formerly Hirundo) fulva poeciloma  (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
     Petrochelidon     (formerly Hirundo) fulva puertoricensis     (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
    (4 subspecies in the Caribbean; 2 other subspecies in Mexico & in the southwest US)  
  89. American Cliff Swallow  ______  BH  CU
    Petrochelidon     (formerly Hirundo) pyrrhonota
  90. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Regulus calendula


    WRENS
  91. House Wren  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Troglodytes aedon
  92. "Saint Lucia Wren" (*)   ______  SL  (part of the House Wren)
    Troglodytes aedon mesoleucus (t3)      (an endemic subspecies in St. Lucia)
  93. "Saint Vincent Wren" (*)   ______ SV:mar  (part of the House Wren)
    Troglodytes aedon musicus (t3)      (an endemic subspecies in St. Vincent)
       
  94. "Lesser Antillean" House Wren (*)  ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GR  (part of the House Wren)
    Troglodytes aedon rufescens      (an endemic subspecies in Dominica)
    Troglodytes aedon grenadensis      (an endemic subspecies in Grenada)
  95. Zapata Wren  (t2)  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Ferminia cerverai
  96. Cuban Gnatcatcher  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Polioptila lembeyi
  97. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Polioptila caerulea
  98. Brown-headed Nuthatch  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Sitta pusilla


    THRASHERS
  99. Gray Catbird (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb
    Dumetella carolinensis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
  100. 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)
     
  101. Bahama Mockingbird (*)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar
    Mimus gundlachii hillii      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica) (the other subspecies in the Bahamas & on small islands off Cuba)
  102. 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)
  103. Scaly-breasted Thrasher  (LAe) (*)  ______  DM:feb,mar  GD:feb  SL:mar,dec  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Allenia     (has been part of  Margarops) fuscus  (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)
  104. 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 & northern Lesser Antilles, including Dominica) 
    Margarops fuscatus klinikowskii          (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)




    A Pearly-eyed Thrasher in Puerto Rico
         (photo by Marie Gardner during a FONT Tour)
  105. White-breasted Thrasher (t2) (LAe) (*)  ______  SL:mar  (this rare species restricted to St. Lucia & Martinique) (the single member of its genus)
    Ramphocinclus brachyurus sanctaeluciae      (an endemic subspecies in St. Lucia)
     
  106. Gray Trembler  (LAe) (*)   ______  SL:mar,dec  (this species restricted to the 2 islands of St. Lucia & Martinique)
    Cinclocerthia gutturalis macrorhyncha      (an endemic subspecies in St. Lucia)
  107. 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

  108. Brown Thrasher  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Toxostoma rufum
  109. Common Starling (i) (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar,apr
    Sturnis vulgaris

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


    THRUSHES
  111. Spectacled (formerly American Bare-eyed) Thrush (*)   ______ DM  SL:mar  SV:mar,jul,dec
    Turdus n. nudigenis    
     
  112. Lesser Antillean Thrush (*)  ______ SV:mar,jul,dec  (was part of the Cocoa Thrush of South America)
    Turdus personus bondi      (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent; the other subspecies on Grenada)

     
  113. Red-legged Thrush (*)  ______  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)
          
  114. LaSelle Thrush (t2) (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Turdus s. swalesi      (1 of 2 subspecies, both on Hispaniola)
  115. White-eyed Thrush (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Turdus jamaicensis      (monotypic)
  116. White-chinned Thrush (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Turdus aurantius      (monotypic)

  117. Forest Thrush (nt) (LAe) (*)   ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb
    Turdus     (formerly Cichlherminia) lherminieri dominicensis  (subspecies endemic to Dominica; if it still exists in St. Lucia it is very rare there; other subspecies are in Guadeloupe & Montserrat) 

      
  118. American Robin  ______  BH  CU
    Turdus migratorius
  119. Bicknell's Thrush  (t3)  ______  CU
    Catharus bicknelli
  120. Gray-cheeked Thrush  ______  CU
    Catharus minimus
  121. Swainson's Thrush  ______  BH(rare)  CU
    Catharus ustulatus
  122. Veery  ______  BH  CU
    Catharus fuscescens
  123. Hermit Thrush  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Catharus guttatus
  124. Wood Thrush  ______  BH(rare)  CU
    Hylacichla mustelina
      
  125. 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 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 being split; M. g. genibarbis is endemic to Martinique.)  
  126. Saint Vincent Solitaire (*)  ______ SV:dec  (endemic to St, Vincent)  (was part of the Rufous-throated Solitaire)
    Myadestes sibilans      (monotypic)
  127. Cuban Solitaire (nt)  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Myadestes elisabeth
  128. Eastern Bluebird  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Sialia sialis
  129. Northern Wheatear  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Oenanthe oenanthe


    OLD WORLD SPECIES (introduced)
  130. House Sparrow (i) (*)  ______  BH  CU  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HA:apr  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar,apr  SV;dec  (native to Eurasia)
     Passer domesticus
  131. Village Weaver (i) (*) (ph)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (native to Africa; First found in Haiti in 1796, now widespread throughout Hispaniola.)
    Ploceus cucullatus



    Village Weavers         (a male & a few females) in the Dominican Republic 
  132. Yellow-crowned Bishop (has also been called  Napolean Weaver) (i) (*)  ______ PR:mar  (native to Africa)
     Euplectes afer
  133. Red (or Orange) Bishop (i) (*)  ______ PR (native to Africa, where now 2 species: Northern Red Bishop & Southern Red Bishop)  
    Euplectes franciscanus

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

  141. American Pipit  ______  BH(rare)
    Anthus spinoletta


    EUPHONIAS
  142. Antillean Euphonia  (*)  ______  DM  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  PR:feb,mar  SL  SV:mar  (was called Blue-hooded Euphonia, when it was conspecific with what's now the Elegant Euphonia in Central America and the Golden-rumped Euphonia in South America)
     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) 
  143. Jamaican Euphonia  (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Euphonia jamaica      (monotypic)


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



    A male Antillean Siskin
  145. Red Siskin (i)  ______
     Spinus     (formerly Carduelis) cucullata

  146. American Goldfinch  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Spinus     (formerly Carduelis) tristis
  147. Hispaniolan Crossbill  (t2) (*) (ph)  ______ DR:nar,apr  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (was considered part of the White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, called the Two-barred Crossbill in Europe)
    Loxia megaplaga



    Hispaniolan Crossbill


    NEW WORLD WARBLERS

  148. 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) 

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

     
  152. Blue-winged Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:mar
    Vermivora pinus      (monotypic)
  153. Golden-winged Warbler  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Vermivora chrysoptera
  154. Bachman's Warbler  ______  (probably extinct: did occur in The Bahamas & Cuba)
    Vermivora bachmanii
  155. Tennessee Warbler (*) (ph)   ______  BH  CU  DR:apr  JM:mar
    Oreothlypis     (formerly Vermivora) peregrina  (monotypic)
  156. Nashville Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)  JM:mar(rare)
    Oreothlypis     (formerly Vermivora) r. ruficapilla
  157. Orange-crowned Warbler  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Oreothlypis     (formerly Vermivora) celata 
  158. 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)
  159. 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 & the Caymans) (now considered distinct from the Mangrove Warbler of Central America, Setophaga erithachorides.)   
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) p. petechia      (subspecies, the nominate, endemic to Barbados)
    Setophaga petechia melanoptera      (subspecies on Dominica)
    Setophaga petechia albicollis      (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Setophaga petechia eoa  (subspecies in Jamaica & the Caymans)
    Setophaga petechia bebad      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)




    Yellow Warbler
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  160. Magnolia Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:mar  JM:feb,mar  PR
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) magnolia      (monotypic)
  161. 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)
  162. Black-throated Green Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:jan,mar
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) virens      (now said to be monotypic)
  163. Cape May Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  DM  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar  PR:feb,mar
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) tigrina      (monotypic)
  164. 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
  165. Bahama Warbler  ______  BH  (was part of the Yellow-throated Warbler)
    Setophaga flavescens
  166. Chestnut-sided Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DR:apr  JM
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) pensylvanica      (monotypic)



    Chestnut-sided Warbler
         (photo by Andy Smith)
  167. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:dec  DR:feb,mar  JM:apr  PR:feb
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) c. coronata
  168. Adelaide's Warbler (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (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
  169. Saint Lucia Warbler  (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  SL:mar,dec  (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
  170. Barbuda Warbler  (nt)  (*)  ______  BU:feb
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) subita
  171. Pine Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) pinus chrysoleuca      (resident subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
  172. Prairie Warbler (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb  DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  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)



    Prairie Warbler
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
  173. Vitelline Warbler  (nt) (*)  ______  CY:feb,jun,dec  (a quasi-endemic 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)
  174. Palm Warbler (*)  ______  BH  CU  CY:feb,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) p. palmarum
  175. Cerulean Warbler (t3)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) cerulea
  176. Blackburnian Warbler  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) fusca
  177. Blackpoll Warbler (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) striata
  178. Bay-breasted Warbler  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) castanea
  179. Townsend's Warbler  ______  BH(rare)
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) townsendi
  180. Kirtland's Warbler  (t3)  ______  BH
    Setophaga     (formerly Dendroica) kirtlandii
  181. Olive-capped Warbler  ______  BH  CU
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) pityophila
  182. Arrow-headed Warbler (*)  ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) pharetra      (monotypic)
  183. Elfin Woods Warbler (t3) (*)   ______ PR:feb,mar  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) angelae      (monotypic)
  184. Plumbeous Warbler  (LAe) (*)  ______  DM:jan,feb,mar  GD:feb  (this species restricted to the 2 islands of Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) plumbea      (monotypic)
      
  185. Whistling Warbler (t3) (LAe) (*) (ph)  ______  SV:mar,jul,dec  (endemic to St. Vincent)
    Catharopeza bishopi      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)



    Whistling Warbler
      
  186. Oriente Warbler  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba) 
    Teretistris fornsi
  187. Yellow-headed Warbler  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Teretistris fernandinae
  188. 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)
  189. 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)
  190. Louisiana Waterthrush (*)  ______  BH  CU  DR:feb  JM  PR
    Parkesia     (formerly Seiurus) motacilla  (monotypic) 
  191. 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)

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

  194. Canada Warbler  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Cardellina (formerly Wilsonia) canadensis
  195. Wilson's Warbler  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Cardellina (formerly Wilsonia) pusilla
  196. Kentucky Warbler  ______  BH  CU
    Geothlypis (formerly Oporornis) formosus
  197. Connecticut Warbler  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Oporornis agilis
  198. Mourning Warbler  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Geothlypis (formerly Oporornis) philadelphia 
  199. 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) 
  200. Semper's Warbler  ______  (endemic to St. Lucia)
    Leucopeza semperi
    The Semper's Warbler may be extinct. The last certain sighting was in 1961.
  201. Green-tailed Ground Warbler (*)  ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (has been called Green-tailed Ground Tanager)
    Microligea palustris      (2 subspecies: M. p. palustris & M. p. vasta)  (the single ember of its genus)
  202. White-winged Warbler (t3) (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (has been called Hispaniolan Highland Tanager)
    Xenoligea montana       (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  203. Yellow-breasted Chat  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Icteria virens


    BLACKBIRDS & ALLIES
  204. 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) 
  205. Brown-headed Cowbird  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Molothrus ater
  206. Greater Antillean Grackle (*)  ______  CU  CY;feb,jun,dec  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  JM:mar,apr  PR:feb,mar,apr
    Quiscalus niger caymanensis      (subspecies endemic to Grand Cayman Island)
    Quiscalus niger bangsi (t3)      (subspecies endemic to Little Cayman island)     
    Quiscalus n. niger      (subspecies, the nominate, endemic to Hispaniola)
    Quiscalus niger crassinostris      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica)
    Quiscalus niger brachypterus     (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico)
  207. 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 fortirostris      (subspecies in Barbados & Antigua)
    Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis      (subspecies on Dominica & other northern islands of the Lesser Antilles)
    Quiscalus lugubris luminosus          (subspecies endemic to Grenada)
    Quiscalus lugubris inflexirostris      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
    Quiscalus lugubris contrusus          (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent) 



    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)   
  208. Puerto Rican Oriole (*)  ______ PR;feb,mar,apr  (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  
  209. Hispaniolan Oriole (*)   ______  DR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (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
  210. Cuban Oriole  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Icterus melanopsis
  211. Bahama Oriole (t1)  ______  BH(rare)  (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. 

  212. Jamaican Oriole (*) (ph)  ______ JM:mar,apr  (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.)


     

    Jamaican Oriole
     
  213. Saint Lucia Oriole  (nt)  (LAe) (*)   ______ SL:mar,dec  (endemic to St. Lucia)
    Icterus laudabilis      (monotypic)
     
  214. Baltimore Oriole (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar  PR  (was called "Northern Oriole" when it was conspecific with the Bullock's Oriole)
    Icterus galbula  (monotypic)

  215. Venezuelan Troupial (i) (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (native to northern South America)
     Icterus icterus      (monotypic)
  216. Montserrat Oriole  (t1)  ______  (endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Montserrat)
    Icterus oberi  
  217. Martinique Oriole  (t3)  ______  (endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique)
    Icterus bonana
  218. Orchard Oriole  (ph)  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Icterus spurius
  219. Hooded Oriole  ______  CU(rare)
    Icterus cucullatus
  220. Jamaican Blackbird (nt) (*)   ______  JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Nesopar nigerrimus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  221. Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (t2) (*) (ph)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (a rare endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Agelaius x. xanthomus     (a second PR subspecies on Mona Island)




    A rare Yellow-shouldered Blackbird photographed during a FONT tour in Puerto Rico
  222. Tawny-shouldered Blackbird  ______  CU
    Agelaius humeralis
  223. Red-shouldered Blackbird  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Agelaius assimilis
  224. Red-winged Blackbird  (ph)  ______  BH
    Agelaius phoeniceus
  225. Cuban Blackbird  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Dives atroviolacea
  226. Yellow-headed Blackbird  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Xanthacephalus xanthacephalus
  227. Eastern Meadowlark  (ph)  ______  CU
    Sturnella magna
  228. Bobolink  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Dolichonyx aryzivarus


    BANANAQUIT
  229. 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 barbadensis          (subspecies endemic to Barbados) 
    Coereba flaveola sharpei      (subspecies endemic to the Caymans)
    Coereba flaveola bartholemica      (subspecies in Dominica)
     Coereba flaveola bananivora          (subspecies endemic to Hispaniola)
    Coereba f. flaveola      (subspecies endemic to Jamaica) 
    Coereba flaveola portoricensis (subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico) 
    Coereba flaveola martinicana  (subspecies in St. Lucia & Martinique)

         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.




    A Bananaquit on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia
     (photographed during the FONT Lesser Antilles Tour in December 2007
     by Marie Gardner)
     
  230. "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
       
  231. Rufous-collared Sparrow (*) (ph)  ______  DR: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, oddly at sea-level)
  232. White-crowned Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Zonotrichia leucophrys
  233. Lincoln's Sparrow (*)  ______  BH  CU  JM:feb
    Melospiza l. lincolnii
  234. Swamp Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Melospiza georgiana
  235. Grasshopper Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Ammodramus savannarum
  236. Lark Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Chondestes grammacus
  237. Clay-colored Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Spizella pallida
  238. Chipping Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)  CU(rare)
    Spizella passerina
  239. Savannah Sparrow  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Passerculus sandwichensis
  240. Dark-eyed Junco  (ph)  ______  BH(rare)
    Junco hyemalis
  241. Zapata (or Cuban) Sparrow  (t2)  ______  CU  (endemic to Cuba)
    Torreornis inexpectata
  242. Saffron Finch (i) (*) (ph)  ______  CU(rare)  JM:apr  PR  (native to southern South America)
     Sicalis flaveola
  243. Grassland Yellow Finch (i)  ______
    Sicalis luteola
  244. Yellow-bellied Seedeater (*)   ______  GR  (in the Caribbean, only occurs in Grenada, and nearby Carriacou, and in Trinidad & Tobago)
    Sporophila n. nigricollis 
  245. Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (*)   ______ JM:mar,apr  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Loxipasser anoxanthus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

     
  246. 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)
  247. Black-faced Grassquit (*) (ph)  ______ AT:feb  BD:jul  BH  BU:feb  CU  DM:jan,feb,mar  DR: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)
      
  248. Cuban Grassquit  ______  BH  CU
    Tiaris canora
  249. Blue-black Grassquit (*)   ______  GR  (in the Caribbean, only occurs in Grenada and in Trinidad & Tobago)
    Volatinia jacarina splendens  
  250. Puerto Rican Bullfinch (*)  ______ PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Loxigilla p. portoricensis     (another subspecies on St Kitts Is. now extirpated)
  251. 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 dominicana      (subspecies in Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Loxigilla noctis sclateri      (subspecies endemic to St. Lucia)
    Loxigilla noctis crissalis          (subspecies endemic to St. Vincent)



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

  252. Barbados Bullfinch (*)  _____ BD  (has been part of the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch)
    Loxigilla barbadensis 
  253. 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)

     
  254. 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)

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


    TANAGERS
          
  258. 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.)

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



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



    Puerto Rican Spindalis
  262. Puerto Rican Tanager (*)  ______  PR:feb,mar,apr  (endemic to Puerto Rico)
    Nesospingus speculiferus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  263. Black-crowned Tanager (*)  ______ DR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (endemic to Hispaniola)  (has been called Black-crowned Palm-Tanager)
    Phaenicophilus palmarum      (monotypic)
  264. Gray-crowned Tanager  (nt) (*)  ______  DR:apr  (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)
  265. Western Chat-Tanager  (t3) (*)  ______  DR;feb,mar,apr   (endemic to Hispaniola)
    Calyptophilus tertius       
  266. Eastern Chat-Tanager  ______
    Calyptophilus frugivorus
  267. 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)
          
     
  268. Summer Tanager (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  JM:mar
    Piranga r. rubra
  269. Scarlet Tanager  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Piranga olivacea
  270. Dickcissel  ______  BH  CU(rare)
    Spiza americana


    SALTATOR, GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS
  271. 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 in Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Saltator a. albicollis      (subspecies in St. Lucia & Martinique)
      
  272. Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Pheucticus ludovicianus
  273. Blue Grosbeak (*) (ph) ______  BH  CU  DR:apr
    Passerina caerulea
  274. Indigo Bunting (*) (ph)  ______  BH  CU  DM:mar(rare)  DR:apr  PR:mar
    Passerina cyanea      (monotypic)

  275. Painted Bunting  (ph)  ______  BH  CU
    Passerina ciris

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 '98 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.

Plumages of "Golden Warblers" vary throughout the Lesser Antillean islands. The males of Dominica & St. Lucia have pale chestnut caps. That of Martinique has a chestnut head.

Most of the Bananaquits in 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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