All About Birds!
All About Birds!
Views: 113Information The brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a south-eastern African parrot. Description View of upperpart plumageThe general plumage colour is green, indeed Sinclair et al., (1993) describe the species as “the greenest parrot of the sub-region”. The under wing…
Views: 136Information The Cuban palm crow (Corvus minutus) is a relatively small corvid that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Cuba. TaxonomyThe Cuban palm crow was formally described in 1852 under the binomial name Corvus minutus by the German…
Views: 102Information The Hispaniolan palm crow (Corvus palmarum) is a relatively small corvid is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic) where it was formerly very frequent, but is now reduced in population. TaxonomyThe…
Views: 77Information The lesser Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Saint Barth, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis,…
Views: 113Information The Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola (both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. It is one of the only two trogon species found…
Views: 95Information The Puerto Rican spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis) is a bird endemic to the island of Puerto Rico, where it is commonly known as reina mora. The species is widely distributed throughout the island and is an important part of…
Views: 79Information The Cuban nightjar, sometimes also Greater Antillean nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis), is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Cuba. Taxonomy and systematicsThe Cuban nightjar was originally described as Antrostomus cubanensis; the genus was…
Views: 134Information The Hispaniolan nightjar (Antrostomus ekmani) is a nightjar species endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Taxonomy and systematicsThe Hispaniolan nightjar was originally described as Antrostomus ekmani; the genus…
Views: 92Information The Cuban bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) is a species of songbird belonging to the genus Melopyrrha. It is a member of the tanager family Thraupidae falls under the subfamily Coerebinae, which also includes Darwin’s finches. Distribution and habitatThe Cuban…
Views: 96Information The Senegal parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) is a parrot which is a resident breeder across a wide range of west Africa. It makes migrations within west Africa, according to the availability of the fruit, seeds and blossoms which make…