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Grenada
vete
Earthworm
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Belize
waari
The white lipped peccary - a species of wild pig
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St. Lucia
wada
The leafcutter ant; They get their name from the way they cut leaves from trees, which they then haul back to their nest. They do not eat the leaves, but instead they use it as compost to grow a particular type of fungus that does not grow anywhere other than in leafcutter ant nests. The ants eat the fungus, and feed it to their young. The fungus is grown in football sized chambers inside the nest. There can be 300 or more of these chambers inside the nest, and all of the earthworks to build them might involve the removal of 18,000kg of earth during the lifetime of the nest.
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Jamaica
was
Wasp
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Trinidad & Tobago
washer woman
The Pied Water Tyrant is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in tropical South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. The Pied Water Tyrant is 13.5 cm long and weighs 13g. Adults are mainly white with a black nape, back, wings and tail. Sexes are similar, although the female may have some brown mixed with the black, and immature birds are brown where the adult is black.
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Belize
wata daag
River otter
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Trinidad & Tobago
waterman
The Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae. This is a medium-sized rail. The adult Purple gallinule has big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill. It has a pale blue forehead shield and white undertail.
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Haiti
welks
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
Cayman Islands
white eyed thrush
The White-eyed Thrush (Turdus jamaicensis) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Cayman Islands and Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Bahamas
white head
The White Crowned Pigeon. A large black dove with a white head. It is hunted and valued as food.
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Grenada
Jamaica
wilks
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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US Virgin Islands
wood lice
Termites
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Grenada
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
US Virgin Islands
wood slave
A gecko often found in and around the ceilings of houses. The gecko makes a croaking sound.
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Jamaica
yellow back
The Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Jamaica
yellow bill
The Yellow-billed Amazon, also called the Jamaican Amazon, (Amazona collaria) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is a predominantly green parrot with a short tail and pink throat and neck. It is endemic to Jamaica, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, and rural gardens.
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Barbados
Bahamas
US Virgin Islands
yellow breast
A small bird with a bright yellow underbelly. The wings and back are black with small white markings.
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Trinidad & Tobago
yellow head
The Yellow-hooded Blackbird is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in grassy and brush areas near water in northern South America, and is generally fairly common.
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bird
Belize
yellow jaw
A large venomous member of the pit viper species found in Belize and Central America. Scientific name: Bothrops asper
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Jamaica
yellow shouldered grassquit
The Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Jamaica
yellow tail
The Yellow Tail Snapper. A species of snapper with a yellow stripe along the length of its body and a yellow tail.
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food
Grenada
zae
A spider
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Trinidad & Tobago
zangee
The marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) is an eel like freshwater fish.
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Trinidad & Tobago
zing
A dragonfly.
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