Site Report: Des Cartier Rainforest, Saint Lucia
Cyrique (Guinotia dentata)
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) - Female
St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) - Male
Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
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Cyrique (Guinotia dentata)
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) - Female
St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) - Male
Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
Rainforest
Visits
- 2025-03-28: We woke up early to drive up the road to the rainforest. The road was very muddy and potholed, and we thought best to park a bit outside of the park. Once we got to the park, it started raining heavily, and the rain continued the entire time we were there.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (14 records,
0 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record,
0 images)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs
- Cyrique (Guinotia dentata)
Phylum: Chordates
(13 records,
0 images)
Class: Birds
(11 records,
0 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- St. Lucia Amazon (Amazona versicolor)
- Order: Perching Birds
(6 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
- Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Class: Mammals
(2 records,
0 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Small Indian Mongoose (Irva auropunctatus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Agoutis
- Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)