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A Rare Caribbean Parrot on the Brink

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Vincent is not a large island, with an area of only one hundred and thirty-three square miles, less than half that of Dominica, yet containing a population considerably greater. Vincent Parrot at prices varying from ten dollars to fifty dollars each while the splendid Imperial Parrot of Dominica is sold for even higher sums.”.

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In Search of the Imperial Amazon

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A massive (largest member of the Amazona group of parrots) creature with searing red eyes set in a sea of blue, brown, and purple, the Imperial Parrot ( Amazona imperialis ) is a recluse of higher elevation forest on the island of Dominica. The latter is much more common, but still listed as Vulnerable according to the IUCN.

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Lesser Antillean Specialties

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So getting a good look at the closely related Lesser Antillean Saltator on both Dominica and St. Found only on the dry islands off Trinidad’s northwest corner, I only scraped together a single miserable attempt to find it – and had not a single view. Lucia was refreshing to say the least.

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Yellow-throated Warbler, Kaliga Park, St. Cloud, Florida

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Enjoy these shots of Setophaga dominica and here’s hoping you manage to track one down for yourself this spring! It was especially neat to watch it crawl on tree trunks and branches in a way evocative of a nuthatch and picking bugs off the underside of outdoor lights.

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Finally, A Yellow-throated Warbler in Queens!

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It was a Setophaga dominica albiflora which is the fancy way of saying that it is the subspecies with white lores. ” A few minutes of the usual “It’s in that tree!” ” “Which tree?” ” “The big tree, with leaves!” ” “Aaarrrggghhh!” ” Then I got on the bird.

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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

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With their strong flight and capability to disperse, parrots have managed to colonize almost every major island group from Tahiti to Mauritius to Dominica. There are nectar feeders, dedicated frugivores, specialized seed predators and more. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation.

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Birding the Holiday Inn Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica

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Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica. Otherwise, the only birds I saw over the water were a variety of egrets and herons either fishing at low tide or flying past in the morning and evening (like the Cattle Egrets at the top of this post), and a Belted Kingfisher that enjoyed spending time at the east end of the resort.

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