Site Report: Des Cartier Rainforest

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

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.

Kingdom: Animals (14 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Malacostracans (1 record)

Order: Crabs (1 record)
- Family: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs
- Cyrique (Guinotia dentata)

Phylum: Chordates (13 records)

Class: Birds (11 records)

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)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- St. Lucia Parrot (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)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Small Indian Mongoose (Irva auropunctatus)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: Agoutis
- Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)