Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Jamaica, Feb 2024

A two week holiday with Karen along the northern coast of Jamaica. 

I managed all bar one of the possible 29 endemics (missing Jamaican Blackbird), which was better than expected. Mostly thought I just enjoyed birding in warm weather and seeing some great birds. 

Jamaican Crow

Greater Antillean Banaquit

Spotted Sandpiper

Brown Pelican

Royal Tern

Magnificent Frigatebird

Laughing Gull

Green Heron 

White-winged Dove

Zenaida Dove

Collared Dove

Yellow Warbler

Northern Parula

Prairie Warbler

Yellowthroat 

Northern Mockingbird

Antillean Palm-swift

Vervain Hummingbird 

Loggerhead Kingbird

Cattle Egret

Common Starling

Greater Antillean Grackle

Great Egret

American Redstart 

American Kestrel

White-crowned Pigeon

Jamaican Woodpecker

Cape May Warbler

Barn Swallow

Red-billed Streamertail

Killdeer

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Caribbean Martin

Jamaican Euphonia 

Belted Kingfisher

Palm Warbler

Jamaican Mango

Yellow-throated Warbler

Ruddy Quail Dove

Jamaican Becard

Grey Kingbird

Rufous-tailed Flycatcher

Crested Quail Dove

Black-billed Parrot

Green-rumped Parrotlet

Yellow-billed Parrot

Olive-throated Parakeet

Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo

Jamaican Tody

Jamaican Elaenia

Sad Flycatcher

Jamaican Oriole

Orangequit

White-chinned Thrush

Worm-eating Warbler

Ovenbird

Jamaican Vireo

Jamaican Spindalis

Arrowhead Warbler

Greater Antillean Elaenia (Jamaican)

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit

Greater Antillean Bullfinch

Chestut-bellied Cuckoo

Merlin

Jamaican Pewee

Glossy Ibis

Blue Mountain Vireo

American Barn Owl

Northern Potoo

Jamaican Owl

Antillean Palm Swift

Black-billed Streamertail

White-eyed Thrush

Jamaican Tody

Louisiana Waterthrush

Black-and-white Warbler

Ring-tailed Pigeon

Common Yellowthroat

Caribbean Martin

Common Starling