Birding tours in Jamaica

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Birding tours in Jamaica

The major interest of birding trips to the West Indies resides in the islands endemic species and Caribbean specialties, but we will surely not overlook, at least during the migration seasons, the important number of migrants passing through or wintering.

30 endemics can be seen on this tropical island with a land surface of 11425 sq km. This mountainous island is surrounded by beautiful beaches and cliffs. The interior of the country, with its rugged landscape (highest point 2256 m) once most entirely forested is now covered with plantations and remnant wet limestone and montane rainforest.

more than 320 bird species
30 endemics
12 of 51 Caribbean endemics

8 days bird watching tour (Best of Jamaica)

SET DEPARTURE

Customized bird watching tours can be planned for groups or individuals.

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Visited sites and areas (see map)

Rockland Station near Montego Bay: Dry woodlands.
Jamaican Mango (E), Red-billed Streamertail (E), Jamaican Tody (E), Jamaican Elaenia (E), Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo (E), Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (E), Jamaican Vireo (E), Sad Flycatcher (E), Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (E), Jamaican Pewee (E), Jamaican Becard (E), Caribbean Dove…

Marshall’s Pen Ranch: Partially forested hills and pastures.
Jamaican Owl (E), Jamaican Woodpecker (E), Crested Quail-Dove (E), White-eyed Thrush (E), White-chinned Thrush (E), Arrow-headed Warbler (E), Jamaican Euphonia (E), Jamaican Spindalis (E), Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (E), Jamaican Oriole, Orangequit (E), Greater Antillean Elaenia, Loggerhead Kingbird, Stolid Flycatcher…

Cockpit Country: Wet forest, limestone hills.
Crested Quail-Dove (E), Yellow-billed Parrot (E), Black-billed Parrot (E), Jamaican Crow (E)..

Black River Morass, Parotee, Elim’s Pond, south coast: Mangrove, marshes, lagoons.
West Indian Whistling-Duck, Masked Duck, Caribbean Coot, Vervain Hummingbird…

Portland Ridge: Dry limestone scrubs.
Bahamas Mockingbird…

Blue Mountains, Hardwar Gap: Montane rain forest, 1200m.
Ring-tailed Pigeon (E), Crested Quail-Dove (E), Jamaican Blackbird (E), Blue Mountain Vireo (E)…

East coast: Forested hills, cliffs.
Black-billed Streamertail (E), White-tailed Tropicbird…

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FIELD GUIDES

+ A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES
By Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley , Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith and Janis Raffaele (Princeton).
+ BIRDS OF JAMAÏCA
By Audrey Downer et Robert Sutton (Cambridge).

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT JAMAICA

+ Documentation: Please check with consulate concerning current regulations and requirements.
+ Health: Consult your doctor or the Centers for Disease Control like http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx concerning health precautions and any injections that may be necessary to enter the area you will be visiting.
+ Infrastructure: Fair driving conditions. Very satisfactory accommodation.
+ Language: English.
+ Local time: GMT-6.
+ Electricity: 110 volts. American sockets.
+ Currency: Jamaican dollar. US Dollar are accepted.
+ Climate: Tropical. Rainy season: May to October.

Amazilia Tours provides an up-to-date check-list to each participant for daily reports.

All lodging is provided in hotels or comfortable lodges, near to or on-site. The tour prices include lodging in double rooms (a supplement if 15% is charged for single room accommodation), all meals, transportation within the country, guide and entrance fees for the national parks. These prices do not include: international flight, alcoholic drinks, personal spending, airport departure tax, tips and travel insurance (repatriation, luggage loss, flight cancellation… (see terms and conditions).

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