Trip Report: Lesser Antilles (2025-03-18 - 2025-04-14)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Barbara
Barbados
Barbados
Hunte's Gardens
Saint Vincent
Soufriere Harbor
Grand Eden Estate
Martinique
Drinking Water?
Guadeloupe
Plymouth
Rendezvous Beach
Codrington
Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)
Dark Longtail (Thorybes obscurus)
Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Paradise Jumping Spider (Habronattus sp)
Grenada Flycatcher (Myiarchus nugator)
Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)
Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Cicada (Proarna hilaris)
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
St. Lucia Warbler (Setophaga delicata)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) - Male
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
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Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Barbara
Barbados
Barbados
Hunte's Gardens
Saint Vincent
Soufriere Harbor
Grand Eden Estate
Martinique
Drinking Water?
Guadeloupe
Plymouth
Rendezvous Beach
Codrington
Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)
Dark Longtail (Thorybes obscurus)
Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Paradise Jumping Spider (Habronattus sp)
Grenada Flycatcher (Myiarchus nugator)
Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)
Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Cicada (Proarna hilaris)
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
St. Lucia Warbler (Setophaga delicata)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) - Male
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
An island hopping trip starting in Barbados, then to each of the Antillean islands en route to Antigua
Sites Visited
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
(3 sites)
Country: Barbados
(6 sites)
Country: Dominica
(7 sites)
Country: Grenada
(4 sites)
Country: Guadeloupe
(1 sites)
Country: Martinique
(3 sites)
Country: Montserrat
(5 sites)
Country: Saint Lucia
(8 sites)
Country: Saint Vincent and Grenadines
(6 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (182 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(27 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Spiders
(2 records)
- Family: Jumping Spiders
- Paradise Jumping Spider (Habronattus sp)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Class: Centipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Bark Centipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Scolopendrid Centipedes
- Pacific Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
Class: Insects
(20 records)
- Order: Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Antlions and Owlflies
- Owlfly (Myrmeleontidae sp)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Hornets and Yellowjackets
- Dominican Paper Wasp (Polistes dominicus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(12 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)
- White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
- Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
- Family: Gossamer-winged Butterflies
- Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno)
- Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Dark Longtail (Thorybes obscurus)
- Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Violet-banded Skipper (Nyctelius nyctelius)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Semyra coarctata)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Litter Moth (Lascoria sp)
- Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Narrow-winged Damselflies
- Antillean Bluet (Enallagma coecum)
- Order: Flies
(2 records)
- Family: Hover Flies
- Green Jewel Fly (Ornidia obesa)
- Family: Robber Flies
- Hammertail (Efferia sp)
- Order: Mantises
(1 record)
- Family: Lichen Mantises
- Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa dominica)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Cicadas
- Cicada (Proarna hilaris)
Class: Malacostracans
(3 records)
- Order: Crabs
(3 records)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)
- Family: Hermit Crabs
- Caribbean Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus)
- Family: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs
- Cyrique (Guinotia dentata)
Class: Millipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Iron Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Round-backed Millipedes
- Iron Millipede (Leptogoniulus sorornus)
Phylum: Chordates
(154 records)
Class: Amphibians
(4 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (4 records)
- Family: Tree Frogs
- Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)
- Family: True Toads
- Giant Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Class: Birds
(127 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Boobies
(2 records)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(11 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea)
- Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (6 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(3 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Rufous Nightjar (Antrostomus rufus)
- White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis)
- Order: Parrots (5 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(26 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
- Order: Perching Birds (47 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Antillean Euphonia (Chlorophonia flavifrons)
- Whistling Warbler (Catharopeza bishopi)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
- St. Lucia Thrasher (Ramphocinclus sanctaeluciae)
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)
- Mangrove Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea)
- St. Lucia Warbler (Setophaga delicata)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
- St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda)
- Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
- Grassland Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteola)
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
- Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis)
- Lesser Antillean Tanager (Stilpnia cucullata)
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eastern Red-legged Thrush (Turdus ardosiaceus)
- Forest Thrush (Turdus lherminieri)
- Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)
- Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
- Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
- Grenada Flycatcher (Myiarchus nugator)
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
- Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Family: Vireos
- Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
- Family: Wrens
- Grenada Wren (Troglodytes grenadensis)
- Kalinago Wren (Troglodytes martinicensis)
- St. Lucia Wren (Troglodytes mesoleucus)
- St. Vincent Wren (Troglodytes musicus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (8 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri)
Class: Mammals
(7 records)
- Order: Bats
(2 records)
- Family: New World Leaf-nosed Bats
- Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum)
- Miller's Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga longirostris)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Small Indian Mongoose (Irva auropunctatus)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Physeteridae
- Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Green Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Agoutis
- Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
Class: Reptiles
(16 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(16 records)
- Family: Anoles
- Anguilla Anole (Anolis gingivinus)
- Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
- Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
- Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus)
- Grenada Tree Anole (Anolis richardii)
- Martinique Anole (Anolis roquet)
- Puerto Rican Crested Anole (Anolis cristatellus)
- Saint Vincent Bush Anole (Anolis trinitatis)
- St. Lucia Anole (Anolis luciae)
- Watt's Anole (Anolis wattsii)
- Family: Geckos
- Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
- Family: Iguanas
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
- Family: Snakes
- Montserrat Racer (Alsophis manselli)
Phylum: Mullusks
(1 record)
Class: Gastropod
(1 record)
- Order: Common Land Snails and Slugs
(1 record)
- Family: Giant Land Snails
- Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata)