Site Report: Black Point Tunnel

Miller's Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga longirostris)

American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

Old warehouse tunnel

2025-03-25: Arriving back to civilization after a long drive down a sketchy dirt road, we stopped in for a visit of Black Point Cave. This cave was dug out of the rocks using slave labor, and it was to help with the export of sugar.

Kingdom: Animals (9 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Insects (1 record)

Order: Cockroaches and Termites (1 record)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

Phylum: Chordates (8 records)

Class: Birds (7 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Order: Perching Birds (3 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Bats (1 record)
- Family: New World Leaf-nosed Bats
- Miller's Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga longirostris)