The Caribbean Dictionary

ants bird
The Black and White warbler. A small insectivore bird of the genus Minotilta.
ants pick
The Arrowhead Warbler (Setophaga pharetra) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural...
ants picker
The Arrowhead Warbler (Setophaga pharetra) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural...
arrowhead warbler
The Arrowhead Warbler (Setophaga pharetra) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural...
aunty katie
The Jamaican Oriole. A species of bird in the Icteridae family. The bird has distinctive black, yellow and white markings. It is...
ball pate
The White Crowned Pigeon. A large black dove with a white head. It is hunted and valued as food.
banana bird
A small bird with a bright yellow underbelly. The wings and back are black with small white markings.
banana katie
The Jamaican Oriole. A species of bird in the Icteridae family. The bird has distinctive black, yellow and white markings. It is...
bananaquit
A small bird with a bright yellow underbelly. The wings and back are black with small white markings.
barble dove
The ring necked dove.
belted kingfisher
A stocky, medium-sized water kingfisher.
bessy
A small bird with a bright yellow underbelly. The wings and back are black with small white markings.
big eye grieve
The Spectacled Thrush, Bare-eyed Thrush, or Yellow-eyed Thrush, is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South...
The Blue Mountain Vireo (Vireo osburni) is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats...
big tom fool
The Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (Myiarchus validus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Cayman Islands and...
The American Kestrel. A small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas.
blackbird
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather...
blackbud
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather...
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...
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...
blue thrusher
The grey catbird.
boat tail
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather...
butterbird
The bobolink - a new World blackbird around 8 inches long. The birds are mostly black, with the males showing a yellow or cream...
chat huant
The Great Potoo: A nocturnal insectivore bird found in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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...
chichiri
The loggerhead kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the...
chicken hawk
The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a medium sized bird of prey
chuck
The Striated Heron, adults have a blue-grey back and wings, white underparts, a black cap and short yellow legs. Juveniles are...
cling cling
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather...
cobo
Turkey vulture or black vulture. A large carrion feeding bird of prey with a turkey-like bald red or black head.