Avifauna

Pterodroma caribbaea

Found in Jamaica,Dominica, Guadalupe

Pterodroma caribbaea is small seabird with distinct foliage where the body feathers are “sooty black” and the underbelly and underwings white. It is either critically endangered or extinct. Determining whether it is either is difficult due to how rare and difficult it is for a human observer to spot them at night. It is still believed however that they may still exist in very small numbers in either Jamaica, Dominica, and/or Guadeloupe.

http://www.hbw.com/species/jamaican-petrel-pterodroma-caribbaea

 

Vireonidae

Vireo osburni

Endemic to Jamaican Blue and John Crow Mountains

Vireo osburni is a small bird easily identified by its “large black bill, dark eye, and a lack of wing-bars.” Known as the blue mountain vireo, they can be found in a variety of habits throughout different niches and altitudes of the rainforest. However they are still threatened by the threat of deforestation and are labeled as endangered.

http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=508396

 

Hirundinidae

Tachycineta euchrysea

Present in Jamaica, Haiti, and throughout the Americas

Tachycineta euchrysea, know colloquially as the golden swallow, is a migratory bird that nests in Jamaica from June to July to breed. They can be identified by “iridescence on the crown, nape, mantle, and back…[that] is more a metallic green than gold” hunting and feeding on insects.  The golden swallow is well known for its odd choice of nesting. Due to their inability to make their own nest cavaties, they are seen to fill in available nooks and crannies such as inside trees or even human made structures like rooftops and mines.

http://thegoldenswallow.org/

http://www.hbw.com/species/golden-swallow-tachycineta-euchrysea

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