Lesser Antilles Birds 
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours

1992 thru 2008

(during the months of January, February, 
 March, April, July & December)


The following list compiled by Armas Hill


Photo at right: PURPLE-THROATED CARIB



Since 1992, there have been numerous FONT birding tours in the Lesser Antilles:
in St. Lucia 15 tours; in St. Vincent 10 tours; in Dominica 6 tours.
in Barbados 2 tours; & in Grenada 1.

During FONT tours in the Lesser Antilles, 130 species of birds have cumulatively been found. 3 subspecies bring the following list to 133.  
  

2-letter codes following the bird names indicate islands where birds have been found.

BD = Barbados  (in Mar, Jul)
DM = Dominica  (in Jan, Feb, Mar)
GR = Grenada  (in Mar)
SL = St. Lucia  (in Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Dec)
SV = St. Vincent  (in Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Dec)


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in the Caribbean

Birds during previous FONT tours in the West Indies (with photos)

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

Sea-Life during FONT Caribbean Tours, notably Cetaceans off Dominica

Codes:

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

(Wle):    endemic to West Indies
(WIr):     rare in the West Indies 
(LAe):    endemic to Lesser Antilles
(SLe):    endemic in St. Lucia
(SLr):     rare in St. Lucia
(SVe):    endemic in St. Vincent
(DMe):   endemic in Dominica
(DMr):    rare in Dominica
(GRe):   endemic in Grenada

Cetaceans and other Marine Life (during Dominica pelagic trip) follows the bird-list.

Bird-List:

1. Pied-billed Grebe______ DM,SL
   Podilymbus podiceps antillarum
   
   
2. Red-billed Tropicbird______ SL
   Phaethon aethereus mesonauta
   
   
3. White-tailed Tropicbird______ DM,SV
   Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
   
   
4. Brown Booby______ DM,SL,SV
   Sula l. leucogaster
   
   
5. Red-footed Booby ______ DM
   Sula s. sula  (2 color morphs: 1 white, 1 mostly brown)
   
   
6. Brown Pelican ______ DM,SL
   Pelecanus o. occidentalis
   
   
7. Magnificent Frigatebird______ DM,GR,SL,SV
   Fregata magnificens  (now said to be monotypic)
   
   
8. Great Blue Heron______ DM,SL,SV
   Ardea h. herodias 
   
   
9. Great Egret ______ DM,SL,SV
   Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta
   
   
10. Snowy Egret ______ BD,DM,SL
    Egretta (formerly Leucophoyx) thula brewsteri
    
    
11. Little Egret (DMr,SLr) ______ BD,DM,SL
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    
12. Little Blue Heron______ DM,SL,SV
    Egretta (formerly Florida) caerulea  (now monotypic)
    
    
13. Tricolored Heron______ SL  (a former name was Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta (formerly Hydranassa)  tricolor ruficollis
    
    
14. Cattle Egret ______ BD,DM,SL,SV
    Bubulcus i. ibis
    
    
15. Green Heron ______ BD,DM,SL,SV  (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
    Butorides virescens maculata
    
    
16. Black-crowned Night-Heron______ SL
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
17. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron______ DM,SL,SV
    Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
18. Blue-winged Teal______ DM,SL
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
19. Masked Duck______ SL
    Nomonyx (formerly Oxyura) dominicus  (monotypic)
    
    
20. Broad-winged Hawk______ DM,GR,SL,SV
    Buteo platypterus  (5 subspecies in the Caribbean, all resident)
    B. p. rivierei  (on Dominica, St. Lucia, & Martinique)
    B. p. antillarum (on Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, & Tobago)
    
    
21. Common Black Hawk (SLr)______ SL,SV  (in the Caribbean, also known as Black Crab Hawk)
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
    
    
22. Osprey______ DM,SL
    Pandion haliaetus (2 subspecies occur in the West Indies: P. h. ridgwayi & 
    P. h. carolinensis) 
    
    
23. American Kestrel______ DM,SL,SV
    Falco sparverius caribaearum  (this Caribbean subspecies in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, & the Lesser Antilles; resident) 
    
    
24. Merlin______ DM.SL,SV
    Falco c. columbarius 
    
    
25. Peregrine Falcon______ DM,SL,SV
    Falco peregrinus tundrius
    
    
26. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule) ______ BD,DM,SL,SV
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris 
    
    
27. "Caribbean Coot"  (nt) (SLr)______ SL,SV (considered by some as conspecific with American Coot)
    Fulica (americana) caribaea
    
    
28. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______ SL
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
29. American Golden Plover _____ SL
    Pluvialis dominica  (monotypic)
    
    
30. Wilson's (or Thick-billed) Plover ______ BD
    Charadrius wilsonia rufinucha
    
     
31. Semipalmated Plover______ BD,SL
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
32. Ruddy Turnstone______ BD,DM,SL
    Arenaria interpres morinella
    
    
33. Spotted Sandpiper______ DM,SL,SV
    Actitis macularius  (monotypic)
    
    
34. Solitary Sandpiper______ SL,SV
    Tringa s. solitaria
    
    
35. Greater Yellowlegs______ SL
    Tringa melanoleuca
    
    
36. Lesser Yellowlegs______ BD,SL
    Tringa flavipes
    
    
37. Wood Sandpiper  (WIr) ______ BD
    Tringa glareola  (monotypic) 
    
    
38. Willet______ SL
    Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmata
    
    
39. Least Sandpiper______ SL
    Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
    
    
40. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ BD
    Calidris pisilla  (monotypic)
    
     
41. Western Sandpiper ______ SL
    Calidris mauri  (monotypic)
    
    
42. Sanderling ______ SL
    Calidris alba rubida
    
    
43. Ruff / Reeve (WIr) ______ BD
    Philomachus pugnax  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
    
    
44. Wilson's Snipe______ DM,SL  (has been considered conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Palearctic, Gallinago gallinago)
    Gallinago (gallinago) delicata 
    
    
45. Pomarine Skua ______ DM  (has been called Pomarine Jaeger)
    Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
    
    
46. Great Skua ______ DM
    Stercorarius (formerly Catharacta) skua  (now monotypic)
    
    
47. Ring-billed Gull ______ DM
    Larus delawarensis  (monotypic)
    
    
48. Lesser Black-backed Gull (DMr) ______ DM
    Larus fuscus graellsii  
    
    
49. Laughing Gull______ DM,SL,SV
    Larus a. atricilla
    
    
50. Roseate Tern______ SL
    Sterna d. dougallii (t3) 
    
    
51. Royal Tern ______ DM,SL,SV
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
    
    
52. Sandwich Tern ______ SL
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
    
    
53. Bridled Tern______ SL
    Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) anaethetus melanoptera
    
    
54. Sooty Tern______ DM,SL
    Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) f. fuscata
    
    
55. Brown Noddy______ SL
    Anous s. stolidus
    
    
56. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) squamosa  (monotypic)
    
    
57. Feral Pigeon (i)______ DM,SL,SV
    Columba livia
    
    
58. Zenaida Dove ______ BD,DM,SL,SV
    Zenaida a. aurita  (subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
    
    
59. Eared Dove______ GR,SL,SV
    Zenaida auriculata rubripes
    
    
60. Eurasian Collared Dove (i)______ DM
    Streptopelia decaocto
    
    
61. Common Ground Dove______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
    Columbina passerina nigrirostris (on Dominica)
    Columbina passerina antillarum (on St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, & Barbados)
    
    
62. Grenada Dove (t1) (GRe)______ GR  (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) 
     
    
63. Ruddy Quail-Dove______ DM,SL,SV
    Geotrygon m. montana
    
    
64. Bridled Quail-Dove (nt) (WIe)______ SL
    Geotrygon mystacea  (monotypic)
    
    
65. Imperial Amazon (or Parrot) (t2) (DMe)______ DM  (known on Dominica as the "Sisserou")
    Amazona imperialis  (monotypic)
    
    
66. Saint Vincent Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (also called "Guilding's Amazon") (SVe)______ SV
    Amazona guildingii  (monotypic)
    
    
67. Saint Lucia Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (SLe)______ SL  (known on St. Lucia as the "Jacquot")
    Amazona versicolor  (monotypic)
    
    
68. Red-necked Amazon (or Parrot) (t3) (another name is "Bouquet's Amazon") (DMe)______ DM (known on Dominica as the "Jaco" or "Perroquet")
    Amazona arausiaca  (monotypic)
    
    
69. Mangrove Cuckoo______ DM,GR,SL,SV  (in PG)
    Coccyzus minor (now said to be monotypic, formerly subspecies in the West Indies: Coccyzus m. nesiotes)
    
    
70. Yellow-billed Cuckoo______ SL
    Coccyzus americanus  (monotypic)
    
    
71. Smooth-billed Ani______ DM,GR,SL,SV
    Crotophaga ani  (monotypic)
    
    
72. Barn Owl______ DM,SL,SV
    Tyto alba insularis (on St. Lucia & St. Vincent)
    Tyto alba nigrescens (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    
    
73. "Saint Lucia" Rufous Nightjar ______ SL  (other subspecies of the Rufous Nightjar are in South America & southern Central America)
    Caprimulgus rufus otiosus (t2)  (an endemic subspecies on Saint Lucia)
    
    
74. Short-tailed Swift______ SV
    Chaetura brachyura praevelox  (this subspecies on St. Vincent, Grenada, & Tobago)
    
    
75. Lesser Antillean Swift (LAe)______ DM,SL,SV
    Chaetura martinica  (monotypic)
    
    
76. American Black Swift______ SL,SV
    Cypseloides n. niger
    
    
77. Blue-headed Hummingbird (LAe)______ DM  (restricted to the 2 islands of Dominica & Martinique)
    Cyanophaia bicolor  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  
    
    
78. Purple-throated Carib (LAe)______ DM,SL,SV  (in PG)
    Eulampis jugularis  (monotypic)
    
    
79. Green-throated Carib (WIe)______ DM,SL,SV
    Eulampis h. holosericeus
    
    
80. Antillean Crested Hummingbird (WIe)______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
    Orthorhyncus cristatus exilis (on Dominica, St. Lucia)
    Orthorhyncus cristatus ornatus (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    Orthorhyncus c. cristatus  (on Barbados, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    Orthorhyncus cristatus emigrans (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    (on Grenada blue-crested, on other islands green-crested)   
    
    
81. Ringed Kingfisher______ DM
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) torquata stictipennis  (this subspecies endemic to the West Indies, only on Dominica and Guadeloupe)
    
    
82. Belted Kingfisher______ DM,SV
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
    
    
83. Gray Kingbird______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
    Tyrannus dominicensis vorax  (this subspecies restricted to the Lesser Antilles & Trinidad)
    
    
84. Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (LAe)______ DM,SL
    Myiarchus o. oberi  (this subspecies restricted to Dominica & Guadeloupe)
    Myiarchus oberi sanctaeluciae  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
    
85. Grenada Flycatcher (LAe)______ GR,SV
    Myiarchus nugator  (monotypic)
    
    
86. Lesser Antillean Pewee (LAe)______ DM
    Contopus latirostris brunneicapillus  (this subspecies on Dominica, Guadeloupe, & Martinique) 
    
    
87. Saint Lucia Pewee (SLe)______ SL  (has been considered part of Lesser Antillean Pewee)
    Contopus (latirostris) oberi  (monotypic)
    
    
88. Caribbean Elaenia (WIe)______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
    Elaenia m. martinica  (this subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
    
    
89. Yellow-bellied Elaenia (SLr) ______ GR,SL,SV
    Elaenia f. flavogaster
    
    
90. Caribbean Martin______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV  (at one time considered conspecific with the Sinaloa (or Snowy-bellied) Martin of Mexico) 
    Progne dominicensis  (monotypic) 
    
    
91. Barn Swallow______ SL,SV
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
    
    
92. "Saint Lucia" House Wren______ SL  
    Troglodytes aedon mesoleucus (t3)  (an endemic subspecies on St. Lucia)
    
    
93. "Saint Vincent" House Wren______ SV  
    Troglodytes aedon musicus (t3) (an endemic subspecies on St. Vincent)
    
    
94. "Lesser Antillean" House Wren ______ DM,GR 
    Troglodytes aedon rufescens (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    Troglodytes aedon grenadensis  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    
    
95. Tropical Mockingbird______ DM,GR,SL,SV
    Mimus gilvus antillarum  (this subspecies endemic to the Lesser Antilles)
    
    
96. Scaly-breasted Thrasher (LAe)______ DM,SL,SV
    Allenia (or has been said to be Margarops) fuscus  (the single member of its genus)
    A. f. hypenema  (on Dominica)
    A. f. schwartzi  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    A. f. vincednti  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    
    
97. Pearly-eyed Thrasher (WIe)______ DM,SL
    Margarops f. fuscatus (on Dominica)
    Margarops fuscatus klinikowskii (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    
    
98. White-breasted Thrasher (t2) (LAe)______ SL  (this rare species restricted to St. Lucia & Martinique)
    Ramphocinclus brachyurus sanctaeluciae  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies) (the single member of its genus)
     
    
99. Gray Trembler (LAe)______ SL  (this species restricted to the 2 islands of St. Lucia & Martinique)
    Cinclocerthia gutturalis macrorhyncha (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
    
    
100. Brown Trembler (LAe)______ DM,SV  (in PG)
     Cinclocerthia r. ruficauda  (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Cinclocerthia ruficauda tenebrosa  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies) 
     
     
101. American Bare-eyed Thrush______ DM,SL,SV
     Turdus nudigenis  (monotypic)
     
     
102. Lesser Antillean Thrush (LAe) ______ SV  (formerly part of Cocoa Thrush)
     Turdus personus bondi  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies; the other subspecies is on Grenada) 
     
     
103. Red-legged Thrush (WIe)______ DM
     Turdus plumbeus albiventris (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
104. Forest Thrush (nt) (LAe)______ DM
     Cichlherminia lherminieri dominicensis (on Dominica, where it's an endemic subspecies) (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
105. Rufous-throated Solitaire (WIe)______ DM,SL
     Myadestes genibarbis  (5 subspecies in the Caribbean, 3 of them in the Lesser Antilles)
     Myadestes genibarbis dominicanus  (on Domincia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Myadestes genibarbis sanctaelucinae  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
106. Saint Vincent Solitaire  (LAe) ______ SV  (was part of the Rufous-throated Solitaire) 
     Myadestes sibilans  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Black-whiskered Vireo______ BD,DM,SL,SV
     Vireo altiloquus barbadensis  (this subspecies occurs from St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, south to Barbados)
      
     
108. House Sparrow (i) ______ SV
     Passer domesticus
     
     
109. Black-and-white Warbler______ DM
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
110. Prothonotary Warbler______ DM,SL
     Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
111. "Golden" Yellow Warbler______ BD,DM,SL   (now distinct from the Mangrove Warbler of Central America, Dendroica erithachorides)
     Dendroica petechia melanoptera  (on Dominica)
     Dendroica p. petechia  (on Barbados, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Dendroica petechia babad  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies) 
     
     
112. Cape May Warbler ______ DM
     Dendroica tigrina  (monotypic)
     
     
113. St. Lucia Warbler (SLe)______ SL  (in PG)  (formerly conspecific with the Adelaide's Warbler of Puerto Rico & the Barbuda Warbler of Barbuda)
     Dendroica delicata  (monotypic)  
     
     
114. Prairie Warbler______ SL
     Dendroica d. discolor
     
     
115. Plumbeous Warbler (LAe)______ DM  (this species restricted to 2 islands, Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     Dendroica plumbea  (monotypic)
     
     
116. Whistling Warbler (t3) (SVe)______ SV
     Catharopeza bishopi  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
117. Northern Waterthrush______ DM,SL
     Seiurus noveboracensis  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
118. American Redstart ______ DM
     Setophaga ruticilla  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
     
119. Bananaquit______ BD,DM,SL,SV
     Coereba flaveola  (the single member of its genus)
     Coereba flaveola barbadensis  (on Barbados, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Coereba flaveola bartholemica  (on Dominica)
     Coereba flaveola martinicana  (on St. Lucia & Martinique)
     (In all, there are 41 subspecies of the Bananaquit; 24 of them are on islands in the Caribbean. 2 more subspecies follow.)    
     
120. "Black Bananaquit" ______ GR,SV   (part of the Bananaquit)
     Coereba f. atrata  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Coereba f. aterrima (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)
      
     
121. Antillean Euphonia (WIe)______ DM,SL,SV  (was at one time part of the Blue-hooded Euphonia, now of Central America (and also called the Elegant Euphonia); also included was what's now the Golden-rumped Euphonia of South America)  
     Euphonia musica flavifrons  (in this subspecies, in the Lesser Antilles, the plumages of the sexes are alike, similar to the females of the other 2 subspecies in the Greater Antilles)  
     
     
122. Lesser Antillean Tanager (LAe)______ SV  (this species restricted to 2 islands, St. Vincent & Grenada)
     Tangara cucullata versicolor  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
123. Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
     Molothrus bonariensis minimus  (this is the subspecies of the West Indies & the Guianas & adjacent no. Brazil; it's also spread into North America, starting in Florida)
      
     
124. Carib Grackle______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV,
     Quiscalus lugubris  (8 subspecies, most of them only on Caribbean islands)
     Quiscalus lugubris fortirostris  (on Barbados & Antigua)
     Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis  (on Dominica & other northern islands of the Lesser Antilles)
     Quiscalus lugubris luminosus  (on Grenada, where it's an endemic subspecies)  
     Quiscalus lugubris inflexirostris  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Quiscalus lugubris contrusus  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
      
     
125. Saint Lucia Oriole (nt) (SLe)______ SL
     Icterus laudabilis  (monotypic)
     
     
126. Lesser Antillean Saltator (LAe) ______ DM,SL  (formerly conspecific with Streaked Saltator of South America)
     Saltator a. albicollis  (on St. Lucia & Martinique)
     Saltator albicollis guadelupenis  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe) 
     
     
127. Indigo Bunting (DMr) ______ DM
     Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
     
     
128. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (LAe)______ DM,SL,SV
     Loxigilla noctis dominicana  (on Dominica & Guadeloupe)
     Loxigilla noctis sclateri  (on St. Lucia, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     Loxigilla noctis crissalis  (on St. Vincent, where it's an endemic subspecies)
     
     
129. Barbados Bullfinch (BDe) ______ BD  (formerly a subspecies of the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch)
     Loxigilla barbadensis  
     
      
130. Saint Lucia Black Finch (nt) (SLe)______ SL
     Melanospiza richardsoni  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
131. Black-faced Grassquit______ BD,DM,GR,SL,SV
     Tiaris bicolor omissus  (this subspecies occurs from Puerto Rico south to Venezuela)
      
     
132. Blue-black Grassquit______ GR  (in the Caribbean, only occurs on Grenada and on Trinidad & Tobago)
     Volatinia jacarina splendens  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
133. Yellow-bellied Seedeater______ GR  (in the Caribbean, only occurs on Grenada & nearby Carriacou, and on Trinidad & Tobago)
     Sporophila n. nigricollis
     

Notes:

The "Saint Lucia Nightjar" is considered conspecific with the Rufous Nightjar, a widespread species in much of South America and southern Central America.

The House Wrens on various islands of the Lesser Antilles have appearances, voices, and habits quite different from each other. The taxonomy of the complex may still be open to question, with some suggesting specific status to island populations.

Plumages of Yellow Warblers vary throughout the Lesser Antillean islands. Those (the males) of St. Lucia and Dominica have pale chestnut caps. (That of Martinique has a chestnut head.)  

There are over 20 subspecies (or races) of Bananaquits on Caribbean islands. 
On St. Lucia: Coereba flaveola martinicana. This yellow-bellied form also seen along the coast of St. Vincent. 
Most Bananaquits on St. Vincent are the all-black Coereba flaveola atrata. 
On Grenada, also black: Coereba flaveola aterrima.  
On  Dominica, yellow-bellied: Coereba flaveola bartholemica.

The island of Grenada was visited by some participants (as an option) during the FONT March 2000 tour.

Cetaceans (and other Marine Life) seen during FONT pelagic trips 
off Dominica, 
March 25, 2000 & March 9, 2002

March 25, 2001:

Great Sperm Whale, or Cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) - 2 young 

Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus) - 2 seen well in calm water close to the boat (Photo in Marine-Life Photo Gallery)  

Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) - a pod of 200 to 300 seen, a few times, swimming in a tight group. This creature was not scientifically described until 1956, and not seen alive until the early 1970's. There are populations in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. (Photo in Marine-Life Photo Gallery)

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) - 10 to 20, some close to the boat. 
This species shows a tremendous variation in color and the extent of spotting. 
Those seen off Dominica did not have notable spotting. This species can be difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis).  

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

flying fish (sp.)

Birds seen at sea that day, March 25, 2000, included: 
7 to 9 Pomarine Jaegers
Brown Booby
White-tailed Tropicbird.


March 9, 2002:

Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) About 50 seen in a "tight group".

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) From 50 to 100 seen closer to the boat than the Fraser's.

Birds seen at sea that day, March 9, 2002, included:
about 25 Pomarine Jaegers
a Great Skua
a White-tailed Tropicbird
both Brown and Red-footed Boobies (about 10 of the latter).
Closer to shore, there were:
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Laughing Gulls
(the only gulls seen during our tour in Dominica)
Royal Terns, Brown Pelicans, and Magnificent Frigatebirds were common.

Where schools of small tuna were in the water: jaegers were feeding at the surface, boobies were diving into the water, and frigatebirds were soaring overhead and sometimes skimming fish from the sea.