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Jamaica
bird hawk
The American Kestrel. A small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas.
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Jamaica
bite an bun
Tiny reddish-orange ants with stings that cause intense burning sensations.
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Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
blackbird
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
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Jamaica
blackbud
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
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Jamaica
blue gaulin
The Little Blue Heron is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a medium-large, long-legged, heron with a long pointed blue or greyish bill with a black tip.
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Trinidad & Tobago
blue jean
The Blue-grey Tanager, it is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. The Blue-grey Tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3-7.1 in) long and weighs 30-40 grams (1.1-1.4 oz.) Adults have a light bluish head and underparts, with darker blue upperparts and a shoulder patch colored a different hue of blue. The bill is short and quite thick. Sexes are similar, but the immature is much duller in plumage.
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Guyana
blue saki
The Blue-grey Tanager, it is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. The Blue-grey Tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3-7.1 in) long and weighs 30-40 grams (1.1-1.4 oz.) Adults have a light bluish head and underparts, with darker blue upperparts and a shoulder patch colored a different hue of blue. The bill is short and quite thick. Sexes are similar, but the immature is much duller in plumage.
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Bahamas
blue thrusher
The grey catbird.
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Trinidad & Tobago
boat tail
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
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Jamaica
bud
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Jamaica
bull frog
A cane toad. The cane toad is a large tropical toad originally used as a method of pest control for sugar cane fields because of its voracious appetite.
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Jamaica
bully ben
A cane toad. The cane toad is a large tropical toad originally used as a method of pest control for sugar cane fields because of its voracious appetite.
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busco
An edible species of armour plated catfish that grows up to 24.0 centimetres in length. Males grow to a larger average and maximum size than females and, during the reproductive season, develop fat deposits in the pectoral fin and an elongated recurved pectoral spine that often assumes a reddish colour.
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Guyana
bush cow
The tapir. Large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America.
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Jamaica
bussu
A small aquatic snail often found attached to rocks in rivers. They are edible and sometimes used as an ingredient in soups
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Jamaica
butterbird
The bobolink - a new World blackbird around 8 inches long. The birds are mostly black, with the males showing a yellow or cream coloured nape.
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Jamaica
butterfish
Epinephelus adscensionis, also known as Rock Hind is a species of fish in the group family. It is pale brown to dark brown in colour and covered with spots. It is valued as food.
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Puerto Rico
caballito san pedro
A dragonfly.
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Trinidad & Tobago
candle fly
A firefly; A beetle that produces a blinking yellow, orange, or red light via bioluminescence.
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Guyana
carass
Type of fish.a bottom feeder
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Trinidad & Tobago
carite
The king mackerel or kingfish
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Trinidad & Tobago
cascadoo
An edible species of armour plated catfish that grows up to 24.0 centimetres in length. Males grow to a larger average and maximum size than females and, during the reproductive season, develop fat deposits in the pectoral fin and an elongated recurved pectoral spine that often assumes a reddish colour.
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Trinidad & Tobago
cascadura
An edible species of armour plated catfish that grows up to 24.0 centimetres in length. Males grow to a larger average and maximum size than females and, during the reproductive season, develop fat deposits in the pectoral fin and an elongated recurved pectoral spine that often assumes a reddish colour.
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Haiti
chat huant
The Great Potoo: A nocturnal insectivore bird found in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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Bahamas
cheap john stirrup
The black whiskered vireo. A small bird found in the West Indies and found as far south as Venezuela. The bird has dull olive-green upperparts and white underparts, with yellowish on the flanks and under the tail. It has red eyes and a grey-brown crown with faint dusky edges. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white eyebrow stripe. There is a distinctive black line (the “whisker”) on the neck sides. Juvenile birds are similar, but have brown-red eyes.
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Jamaica
chi chi
Termites
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US Virgin Islands
chichiri
The loggerhead kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and, very rarely, in the United States
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Jamaica
chicken hawk
The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a medium sized bird of prey
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Barbados
Jamaica
chink
Bedbug - parasitic insects that feed on human blood. They are known for their tendency to live in and around bedding, couches, and other areas where humans sleep.
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Trinidad & Tobago
chuck
The Striated Heron, adults have a blue-grey back and wings, white underparts, a black cap and short yellow legs. Juveniles are browner above and streaked below.
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