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Bird Songs in Jamaica
Reynard & Sutton
This sound guide identifies 119 species found in Jamaica, including such characteristic species as Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo, Jamaican Euphonia, Jamaican Oriole, Jamaican Owl, Ring-tailed Pigeon, Crested Quail-Dove, and White-eyed Thrush. It is designed as an audio companion to Jamaican field guides such as Birds of the West Indies by Herbert Raffaele et al. The guide includes recordings of all resident land birds, including more than two dozen endemic species, many never before available. This is a must-have guide for birders travelling to Jamaica. Indexed and announced.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Least Grebe | Poliocephalus dominicus |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominica |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Poliolimnas flaviventer |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| Caribbean Coot | Fulica caribaea |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Columba leucocephala |
| Ring-tailed Pigeon | Columba caribaea |
| Plain Pigeon | Columba inornata |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina |
| Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis |
| Crested Quail-Dove | Geotrygon versicolor |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana |
| Olive-throated Parakeet | Aratinga nana |
| Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus |
| Yellow-billed Parrot | Amazona collaria |
| Black-billed Parrot | Amazona agilis |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
| Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo | Hyetornis pluvialis |
| Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo | Saurothera vetula |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Jamaican Owl | Pseudoscops grammicus |
| Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| Black Swift | Nephoecetes niger |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| Antillean Palm-Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
| Jamaican Mango | Anthracothorax mango |
| Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
| Jamaican Tody | Todus todus |
| Jamaican Woodpecker | Melanerpes radiolatus |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Jamaican Elaenia | Myiopagis cotta |
| Greater Antillean Elaenia | Elaenia fallax |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens |
| Jamaican Pewee | Contopus pallidus |
| Sad Flycatcher | Myiarchus barbirostris |
| Rufous-tailed Flycatcher | Myiarchus validus |
| Stolid Flycatcher | Myiarchus stolidus |
| Grey Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
| Jamaican Becard | Pachyramphus niger |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Golden Swallow | Tachycineta euchrysea |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon pallida |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii |
| Rufous-throated Solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis |
| White-eyed Thrush | Turdus jamaicensis |
| White-chinned Thrush | Turdus aurantius |
| Jamaican Crow | Corvus jamaicensis |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivacea |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Tiaris bicolor |
| Yellow-shouldered Grassquit | Loxipasser anoxanthus |
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch | Loxigilla violacea |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Jamaican Euphonia | Euphonia jamaica |
| Orangequit | Euneornis campestris |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica aestiva |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Arrowhead Warbler | Dendroica pharetra |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Jamaican Vireo | Vireo modestus |
| Blue Mountain Vireo | Vireo osburni |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Jamaican Oriole | Icterus leucopteryx |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Jamaican Blackbird | Nesopsar nigerrimus |
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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