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Jamaica
cling cling
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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Trinidad & Tobago
cobo
Turkey vulture or black vulture. A large carrion feeding bird of prey with a turkey-like bald red or black head.
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Trinidad & Tobago
cocrico
The Rufous-vented Chachalaca, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called Guacharaca, and in Tobago where it is known as the Cocrico and is the island's national bird. It is also found on Bequia and Union Island in the Grenadines where it may have been introduced.
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Jamaica
coney
A medium sized terrestrial rodent found in the Jamaican forests. The species is endemic to Jamaica and related to hutias and guinea pigs. They have long tails, large heads and a squat appearance. The fur is typically brown, reddish brown, or dark brown. Previous generations of Jamaicans, particularly those of Maroon ancestry, used to hunt them for food. For many years they were thought to be extinct, but there have been a few sightings in recent times.
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Grenada
Trinidad & Tobago
congoree
The millipede
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Jamaica
congry
Any species of salt water eels from the families Muraendae and Congridae.
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Trinidad & Tobago
corbeau
Turkey vulture or black vulture. A large carrion feeding bird of prey with a turkey-like bald red or black head.
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Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
St. Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
crapo
A frog or toad
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Montserrat
crazy ants
Nylanderia pubens - a medium small ant that moves in a quick erratic manner.
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Grenada
cribo
The clelia clelia is a species of large snake found on the islands of Dominica and Grenada, and formerly found on St. Lucia. It measures up to seven feet in length and is mildly venomous - though harmless to humans.
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Jamaica
croakin lizard
A gecko often found in and around the ceilings of houses. The gecko makes a croaking sound.
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Puerto Rico
cucubano
A firefly; A beetle that produces a blinking yellow, orange, or red light via bioluminescence.
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currito
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
day clean
The Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico south to northern Brazil, and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. Adults are 25 cm long and weigh 54g. They are grey on the head and upper parts with yellow eyes, a white eye stripe and dark patch through the eye. The underparts are off-white and the wings are blackish with two white wing bars and white edges to the flight feathers. They have a long dark tail with white feather tips, a slim black bill with a slight downward curve, and long dark legs.
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Trinidad & Tobago
diablotin
A nocturnal, fruit eating bird that navigates by echolocation (like bats). They are mainly reddish-brown with white spots on the nape and wings. Lower parts are cinnamon-buff spotted with white. The stiff tail feathers are a rich brown spotted with white on either side. In the past, the fat chicks were boiled down as a source of oil.
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Jamaica
doctor bird
The Red-billed Streamertail; A species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica and is that country's national bird.
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Jamaica
doctor fish
Acanthurus coeruleus otherwise known as the blue tang is a species of food fish belonging to the surgeonfish family. It can grow up to 39 centimetres (15 in) long.
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Barbados
Jamaica
dolphin
The dorado or mahi-mahi; A blue-green and yellowish food fish.
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Jamaica
duck ants
Termites
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St. Kitts & Nevis
dump pan dog
A mongrel dog. A dog of indeterminate breed.
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Jamaica
eastern streamertail
The Red-billed Streamertail; A species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica and is that country's national bird.
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Bahamas
english thrasher
The northern mockingbird is a species of mockingbird found in the Caribbean, North and Central America.
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Jamaica
euphonia
A species of bird in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Cayman Islands and Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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Belize
fer de lance
A large venomous member of the pit viper species found in Belize and Central America. Scientific name: Bothrops asper
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Belize
fly
Mosquitoes.
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Aruba
Barbados
Bonaire
Curacao
Dominica
Grenada
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
forty leg
Centipede; Any of a wide set of many legged arthropods. They are venomous, and their bites may have effects ranging from mild discomfort to life threatening. Their colouration varies with some being black or dark brown and others being orange and blue.
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Antigua & Barbuda
US Virgin Islands
fungi dog
A mongrel dog. A dog of indeterminate breed.
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Dominica
Trinidad & Tobago
fyah ants
Tiny reddish-orange ants with stings that cause intense burning sensations.
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Jamaica
galliwas
A large lizard species endemic to Jamaica. Its population was severely reduced by the introduction of the mongoose.
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Grenada
gango jay bird
The brown pelican (Pelecanus o. occidentalis).
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