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With Rich Hoyer as Leader

  • Column A: number of tours out of nine on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B: number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
  • Column D: H = heard only, N = nesting evidence observed, x = seen in 2010
  • Notes: (E) = Jamaican endemic species, (ES) = Jamaican endemic subspecies, (I) = introduced

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
9 West Indian Whistling-Duck 2 12 Dendrocygna arborea
9 Blue-winged Teal 3 40 Anas discors
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
5 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
7 Ruddy Duck 1 250 Oxyura jamaicensis
9 Least Grebe 3 35 Tachybaptus dominicus
9 Pied-billed Grebe 3 6 Podilymbus podiceps
9 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 8 Phaethon lepturus
1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
9 Brown Pelican 5 30 Pelecanus occidentalis
1 cormorant species Phalacrocorax sp.
9 Magnificent Frigatebird 7 133 Fregata magnificens
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
5 Least Bittern 2 3 Ixobrychus exilis
8 Great Blue Heron 4 7 Ardea herodias
9 Great Egret 6 75 Ardea alba
9 Snowy Egret 7 35 Egretta thula
9 Little Blue Heron 4 5 Egretta caerulea
9 Tricolored Heron 2 5 Egretta tricolor
6 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
9 Cattle Egret 9 500 Bubulcus ibis
9 Green Heron 3 3 Butorides virescens
8 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 6 Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 4 Nyctanassa violacea
1 White Ibis Eudocimus albus
9 Glossy Ibis 3 8 Plegadis falcinellus
9 Turkey Vulture 7 50 Cathartes aura
7 Osprey 2 2 Pandion haliaetus
1 Northern Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
9 Red-tailed Hawk 6 6 Buteo jamaicensis
6 American Kestrel (dark morph) Falco sparverius sparverioides
9 American Kestrel (light morph) 7 12 Falco sparverius sparverioides
3 American Kestrel (intermediate) Falco sparverius sparverioides
3 Merlin 2 2 Falco columbarius
3 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
7 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
1 Sora Porzana carolina
2 Yellow-breasted Crake 1 1 Porzana flaviventer
8 Purple Gallinule 2 2 Porphyrio martinica
9 Common Moorhen 4 180 N Gallinula chloropus
9 American Coot 2 6 Fulica americana
8 Caribbean Coot 1 2 Fulica caribaea
5 Limpkin 1 2 H Aramus guarauna
9 Black-bellied Plover 2 5 Pluvialis squatarola
7 Wilson's Plover 1 8 Charadrius wilsonia
9 Semipalmated Plover 4 30 Charadrius semipalmatus
9 Killdeer 4 4 Charadrius vociferus
9 Black-necked Stilt 5 20 Himantopus mexicanus
9 Northern Jacana 3 6 N Jacana spinosa
9 Spotted Sandpiper 6 15 Actitis macularius
2 Solitary Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa solitaria
7 Greater Yellowlegs 2 3 Tringa melanoleuca
7 Willet 1 2 Tringa semipalmata
9 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 12 Tringa flavipes
4 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
8 Ruddy Turnstone 2 15 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot Calidris canutus
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
9 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 4 Calidris pusilla
3 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
9 Least Sandpiper 4 125 Calidris minutilla
1 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
2 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
6 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
9 Laughing Gull 6 75 Larus atricilla
5 Least Tern 1 10 Sternula antillarum
3 Gull-billed Tern Geochelidon nilotica
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
9 Royal Tern 6 35 Thalasseus maxima
8 Sandwich Tern 4 6 Thalasseus sandvicensis
9 Rock Pigeon (I) 5 42 Columba livia
9 White-crowned Pigeon 7 20 Patagioenas leucocephala
3 Plain Pigeon (ES) 1 2 H Patagioenas inornata exigua
9 Ring-tailed Pigeon (E) 4 75 Patagioenas caribaea
9 White-winged Dove 9 50 Zenaida asiatica
9 Zenaida Dove 8 14 Zenaida aurita
7 Mourning Dove 1 2 Zenaida macroura
9 Common Ground-Dove (ES) 8 60 N Columbina passerina jamaicensis
9 Caribbean Dove (ES) 6 6 Leptotila jamaicensis jamaicensis
9 Crested Quail-Dove (E) 4 4 Geotrygon versicolor
9 Ruddy Quail-Dove 5 6 Geotrygon montana
9 Olive-throated Parakeet (ES) 6 14 Aratinga nana nana
8 Green-rumped Parrotlet (I) 1 2 Forpus passerinus
9 Yellow-billed Parrot (E) 2 15 Amazona collaria
9 Black-billed Parrot (E) 2 30 Amazona agilis
8 Mangrove Cuckoo 2 2 H Coccyzus minor
9 Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (E) 6 6 Coccyzus pluvialis
9 Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo (E) 5 5 Coccyzus vetula
9 Smooth-billed Ani 7 35 Crotophaga ani
5 Barn Owl 1 5 Tyto alba
9 Jamaican Owl (E) 6 6 Pseudoscops grammicus
5 Antillean Nighthawk 4 4 Chordeiles gundlachii
9 Northern Potoo (ES) 4 4 Nyctibius j. jamaicensis
6 Black Swift 2 8 Cypseloides n. niger
9 White-collared Swift 6 175 Streptoprocne zonaris pallidifrons
9 Antillean Palm-Swift 3 50 Tachornis p. phoenicobia
9 Jamaican Mango (E) 6 6 Anthracothorax mango
9 Red-billed Streamertail (E) 5 25 Trochilus p. polytmus
9 Black-billed Streamertail (E) 3 9 Trochilus polytmus scitulus
9 Vervain Hummingbird (ES) 7 7 Mellisuga m. minima
9 Jamaican Tody (E) 7 10 Todus todus
8 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Ceryle alcyon
9 Jamaican Woodpecker (E) 7 8 Melanerpes radiolatus
9 Jamaican Elaenia (E) 5 5 Myiopagis cotta
4 Greater Antillean Elaenia (ES) 1 1 Elaenia f. fallax
9 Jamaican Pewee (E) 4 4 Contopus pallidus
9 Sad Flycatcher (E) 6 6 Myiarchus barbirostris
9 Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (E) 7 7 N Myiarchus validus
9 Stolid Flycatcher (ES) 2 4 Myiarchus s. stolidus
9 Gray Kingbird 7 20 Tyrannus dominicensis
9 Loggerhead Kingbird (ES) 7 10 Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis
9 Jamaican Becard (E) 5 5 N Pachyramphus niger
9 Jamaican Vireo (E) 7 10 Vireo modestus
9 Blue Mountain Vireo (E) 3 3 Vireo osburni
9 Black-whiskered Vireo 7 15 Vireo a. altiloquus
9 Jamaican Crow (E) 4 21 Corvus jamaicensis
4 Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
1 Tree Swallow 1 1 Tachycineta bicolor
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
9 Cave Swallow (ES) 5 30 N Petrochelidon fulva poeciloma
9 Barn Swallow 8 500 Hirundo rustica
9 Rufous-throated Solitaire (ES) 6 8 Myadestes genibarbis solitarius
9 White-eyed Thrush (E) 7 7 N Turdus jamaicensis
9 White-chinned Thrush (E) 8 20 N Turdus aurantius
1 Gray Catbird 1 1 Dumetella carolinensis
9 Northern Mockingbird 8 25 Mimus polyglottos orpheus
9 Bahama Mockingbird (ES) 1 4 Mimus gundlachii hillii
9 European Starling (I) 5 8 N Sturnus vulgaris
1 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
1 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
9 Northern Parula 5 5 Parula americana
9 Yellow "Golden" Warbler 4 5 Dendroica petechia eoa
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
4 Magnolia Warbler 1 1 Dendroica magnolia
7 Cape May Warbler 6 6 Dendroica tigrina
9 Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 8 Dendroica caerulescens
1 Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
8 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 2 Dendroica virens
8 Prairie Warbler 4 4 Dendroica discolor
6 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
1 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
1 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
9 Arrowhead Warbler (E) 4 8 N Dendroica pharetra
9 Black-and-white Warbler 6 6 Mniotilta varia
9 American Redstart 9 15 Setophaga ruticilla
6 Worm-eating Warbler 1 1 Helmitheros vermivorus
1 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
8 Ovenbird 4 4 Seiurus aurocapillus
8 Northern Waterthrush 2 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
1 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
9 Common Yellowthroat 6 12 Geothlypis trichas
9 Bananaquit (ES) 9 40 N Coereba f. flaveola
9 Jamaican Spindalis (E) 7 15 N Spindalis nigricephala
9 Yellow-faced Grassquit 5 90 Tiaris o. olivacea
9 Black-faced Grassquit 4 40 Tiaris bicolor marchii
9 Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (E) 7 7 N Loxipasser anoxanthus
9 Greater Antillean Bullfinch (ES) 6 6 N Loxigilla violacea ruficollis
9 Orangequit (E) 7 15 N Euneornis campestris
7 Saffron Finch (I) Sicalis flaveola
9 Grasshopper Sparrow (ES) 1 1 Ammodramus s. savannarum
1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza lincolnii
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
7 Indigo Bunting 1 3 Passerina cyanea
1 Bobolink 1 3 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
9 Jamaican Blackbird (E) 3 5 Nesopsar nigerrimus
9 Greater Antillean Grackle (ES) 7 25 Quiscalus niger crassirostris
7 Shiny Cowbird 4 6 Molothrus bonariensis
9 Jamaican Oriole (ES) 7 12 Icterus l. leucopteryx
1 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
9 Jamaican Euphonia (E) 7 7 N Euphonia jamaica
2 Nutmeg Mannikin 1 30 Lonchura punculata

Mammals

Small Indian Mongoose (I) x Herpestes javanensis

Amphibians and Reptiles

Giant Toad (I) x Chaunus marinus
Savanna-la-Mar Treefrog x Osteopilus brunneus
Harlan's Antilles Frog x Osteopilus crucialis
Johnstone's Robber Frog (I) x Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Panton's Robber Frog x Euhyas pantoni
Bullfrog (I) x Rana catesbeiana
Jamaican Croaking Gecko x Aristelliger praesignis
Jamaican Giant Anole x Anolis garmani
Jamaican Turquoise Anole x Anolis grahami
Jamaican Gray Anole x Anolis lineatopus
Opal-bellied Anole x Anolis opalinus
Jamaican Twig Anole x Anolis valencienni
American Crocodile x Crocodylus acutus

Butterflies

Polydamas Swallowtail (ES) x Battus polydamas jamaicensis
False Androgeus Swallowtail (E) x Papilio thersites
Whitish Yellow x Pyrisitia messalina
Little Yellow x Pyrisitia lisa euterpe
Mimosa Yellow x Pyrisitia n. nise
Dina Yellow (ES) x Pyrisitia dina parvumbra
Yellow Angled-Sulphur x Anteos maerula
Cloudless Sulphur x Phoebis s. sennae
Great Southern White x Ascia monuste eubotea
Pan Hairstreak (E) x Electrostrymon pan
Caribbean Scrub-Hairstreak (ES) x Strymon acis gossei
Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak (ES) x Strymon bazochii gunlachianus
Cassius Blue x Leptotes cassius theonus
Western Pygmy-Blue x Brephidium exilis isophthalma
Jamaican Blue (E) x Cyclargus dominica
Ceraunus Blue x Hemiargus c. ceraunus
Monarch x Danaus plexippus megalippe
Jamaican Sister (E) x Adelpha abyla
Gulf Fritillary x Agraulis vanillae insularis
Julia Heliconian (ES) x Dryas iulia delila
Zebra Heliconian (ES) x Heliconius charithonia simulator
Jamaican Mestra (E) x Mestra dorcas
Tailed Cecropian (ES) x Historis acheronta cadmus
Dirce Beauty x Colobura dirce wolcotti
White Peacock x Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis
Malachite x Siproeta s. stelenes
Tropical Buckeye x Junonia evarete zonalis
Mangrove Buckeye x Junonia genoveva
Florida Leafwing (ES) x Anaea troglodyta portia
Jamaican Calisto (E) x Calisto zangis
Jamaican Silverdrop (E) x Epargyreus antaeus
Long-tailed Skipper x Urbanus proteus domingo
Jamaican Flasher (E) x Astraptes jaira
Potrillo Skipper x Cabares potrillo potrillo
Impostor Duskywing x Gesta gesta
Caribbean Duskywing x Ephyriades arcas philemon
Tropical Checkered-Skipper x Pyrgus oileus
Three-spotted Skipper x Cymaenes t. tripunctus
Jamaican Broken-Dash (E) x Wallengrenia versuria
Jamaican Skipper (E) x Pyrrhocalles jamaicensis

Moths

Black Witch x Ascalapha odorata
Swallowtail Moth x Sematura aegisthus
Avocado Beauty Geometer x Epimecis detexta
geometrid moth x Sphacelodes vulneraria
noctuid moth x Melipotis perpendicularis
Pink-spotted Hawkmoth x Sphacelodes vulneraria
arctiid moth x Empyreuma anassa

Ododnates

Jamaican Bromeliad Damselfly (E) x Diceratobasis macrogaster
Familiar Bluet x Enallagma civile
Rambur's Forktail x Ischnura ramburii
Slough Amberwing x Perithemis domitia
Three-striped Dasher x Micrathyria didyma
Greater Antillean Skimmer x Orthemis cf. macrostigma
Bromeliad Dragonlet x Erythrodiplax bromeliicola

Taxonomic Notes