WHITE-CHINNED THRUSH, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a White-chinned Thrush as follows:

• Distinctive bright orange bill, legs and feet.
• White chin.
• Brown eye (see last photo).
• Dark plumage head and upperparts.
• Lighter plumage underparts.
• White patch on wing (see 2nd and 3rd photos).

   The White-chinned Thrush is endemic to Jamaica.  It is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

CARIBBEAN DOVE, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this dove as a Caribbean Dove as follows:

• Identified as Caribbean Dove by Merlin Bird ID app.
• White forehead, face and throat and bluish-gray crown
• Nape and mantle are rosy vinaceous, which is the color of the nape in the first photo.  However, the nape and mantle are very iridescent and can look purple, green, blue, etc.  This can be seen in the last two photos.
• Upperparts brownish and gray. Conspicuous white band in front of folded wing.
• White underparts that we can see.
• Legs and feet are red.

   The Caribbean Dove is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

MALE & FEMALE BLACK-FACED GRASSQUITS, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   The first photo shows a male Black-faced Grassquit and the next two photos show female Black-faced Grassquits.  We can ID these birds as Black-faced Grassquits as follows

• Both the male and female birds were identified as Black-faced Grassquits by the Merlin bird photo ID app.
• Male Black-faced Grassquit: Black head and neck; short,conical black bill; dull olive green back; dark iris; pink legs
• Female Black-faced Grassquit: dull olive green head, neck and back; grayish underparts; bill has dark upper mandible and pale lower mandible; pink legs

      The Black-faced Grassquit is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

JAMAICAN ORIOLE AT FEEDER WITH ANOLE LOOKING ON, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a Jamaican Oriole as follows:

• Was identified as a Jamaican Oriole by Merlin bird photo ID app.
• Head and neck are olivaceous yellow (see 2nd & 3rd photos) with a black mask and throat to upper breast  and becomes more yellow to belly.
• Black wings with large white patches.
• Black tail.  

   The Jamaican Oriole is found in Jamaica and the Colombian island of San Andres.  A subspecies of the Jamaican Oriole formerly occurred on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, but is now extinct, making the species extirpated there.

   The Jamaican Oriole is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

   

 

MALE & FEMALE ORANGEQUITS, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   The first three photos show male Orangequits and the last three photos show female Orangequits.  We can ID  these birds as Orangequits as follows:

• Both the male and female birds were identified as Orangequits by the Merlin photo ID app.
• Male orangequit: All blue with brick orange throat.
• Female orangequit: Brownish back (as much as we can see) and tail; bluish-gray underparts that become brownish towards the belly

   The Orangequit is endemic to Jamaica.  It is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

MALE & FEMALE RED-BILLED STREAMERTAILS, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024

   The first four photos show a male Red-billed Streamer tail and the last three photos a female Red-billed Streamer tail.

 

SUE & SHARON, ROCKLANDS BIRD SANCTUARY (MONTEGO BAY), ROCKLANDS RD, WILTSHIRE, JAMAICA, 12/12/2024