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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Dinusaur on February 20, 2015, 08:36:37 PM

Title: Jamaica Bird ID
Post by: Dinusaur on February 20, 2015, 08:36:37 PM

Recently I visited Runaway Bay in Jamaica and managed to photograph some of the birds seen in the surrounding areas. Altogether I saw 22 different species of birds there; though I expected more given the presence of lush green vegetation all around. I need some help in confirming the IDs of the following. Thanks in advance.

1. Little Blue Heron?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/16408946838_596dc97200_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16408946838/)

2. Royal Terns?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/16596148775_9faa625cec_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16596148775/)

3 & 4: Prairie Warbler?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/16595520102_eb3a9548f4_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16595520102/)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/15973959724_68a5b8ac4e_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15973959724/)

5 & 6. Jamaican Bacard? Same bird, different angle and seen high in the canopy while riding a chair lift to the humming bird garden near Ocho Rios
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/16596141685_8913041192_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16596141685/)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8623/16408922278_453be25db5_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16408922278/)

7&8: Loggerhead Kingbird? Seen while riding a chair lift to the top of a mountain near Ocho Rios.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8605/16570143766_14d696e01a_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16570143766/)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/16570142596_358dff1bcf_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16570142596/)

9: What's one on the left? A Vervain Hummingbird or a female Doctor Bird? On the right is an unmistakable male Doctor Bird.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/15973969794_6d5c64d415_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15973969794/)

10 & 11. Warbler - what kind? Same bird - different frames
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/16409095730_62ba243555_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16409095730/)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8592/16570127736_5ef26d7bf9_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16570127736/)

12: Glossy Ibis? Taken very early in the morning.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8643/16408898548_3cb7096bdb_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16408898548/)

Title: Re: Jamaica Bird ID
Post by: Canoncan on February 21, 2015, 10:49:55 AM

1 through 4 look correct. 10 and 11 look like an American Redstart. The ibis is tough with the light.

Title: Re: Jamaica Bird ID
Post by: thouc on February 21, 2015, 11:25:32 PM

7-8 Looks correct
9 Female Doctor Bird, I think, due to the long bill.

Title: Re: Jamaica Bird ID
Post by: winz on July 09, 2015, 07:34:49 AM

5 & 6- Female Jamaican Becard
9 - female Doctor Bird, down turned bill, Vervain is straighter and shorter than Doctor Bird.