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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.”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The appendix II (pg. 375) covers species that are vagrants in the region coming from the introduced populations elsewhere and the potential vagrants; followed by references, and English and scientific indexes.
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.
111 American Golden-Plover – Pluvialis dominica. Wherever you might be birding, please stay safe and keep those around you safe too. 9 beats submitted 140 checklists from 7 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago) during October to account for 585 species. 6 Brant – Branta bernicla.
The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.
American Golden-Plover – Pluvialis dominica. Yellow-throated Warbler – Setophaga dominica. American Oystercatcher – Haematopus palliatus. 23 Jan 2016. Black-bellied Plover – Pluvialis squatarola. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2016. Chomes–beach and mudflats. 24 Apr 2016. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2016.
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