Birding In Jamaica

Birding In Jamaica. Among all the Greater Antilles Jamaica offers the best birding you can expect in seven days. These birds spend most of their time on trees and are found in wet montane forests habitats.

This area is a stronghold for Yellow-billed and Black-billed Parrots as well as Jamaican Crow Ring-tailed Pigeon and Black-billed Streamertail. A local tour guide may be cheaper but their birding interest will be superficial they wont have the depth of knowledge of a birder who is employed by the Jamaican National. Jamaica supports around 265 species.

Endemic Birds of Jamaica.

Birds that made a lasting impression in Jamaica included Masked Duck Least Bittern Jamaican Owl the exquisite Red-billed Streamertail Vervain Hummingbird Jamaican Tody Rufous-throated Solitaire and Arrowhead Warbler. Subsequently over 100 types of bird Caribbean endemics and migratory birds are regularly seen during bird watching tours with 171 species being the record. A popular destination for endemic birding the islands climate and range of habitats from lush lowland jungles and extensive shorelines to high elevation mountains and midrange grasslands lends itself to a perfect habitat. That is more than any other island in the Caribbean.