Nathan T. Gross Photography

Jamaica – Birds

As per my previous article I am finally posting more photos from my trip to Jamaica.

Jamaica’s National Bird is commonly known as the “Doctor Bird” or by the more proper name Red-billed Streamertail. The photos I took are of an immature male Streamertail hummingbird; the trademark tail feathers do not develop until adulthood. I recommend visiting the Rockland’s Bird Sanctuary if you ever go to Jamaica. It was owned by a woman that trained wild birds to eat out of her hand.

Jamaica provides crucial wetland habitats for birds such as the threatened West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) which should not be confused with the close relative Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor). Among the ducks, I thought the bird with the red beak was a coot (it swims with with the coot signature neck movement), it turns out to be a relative called a “Moorhen.”

The appearance of a Great Egret in the wetlands was unexpected because it typically only winters in the Caribbean and we were visiting near the end of summer. I almost mistook it for a Snowy Egret, which is very similar but has a couple distinctive features, i.e. Great Egret has black feet and a yellow beak whereas the Snowy Egret has the inverse.


Thanks to WhatBird.com for helping me identify some of the birds.

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January 6th, 2011
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