Site Report: Riviere Blanche

Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata)

Martinique Oriole (Icterus bonana)

Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)

Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)




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Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata)

Martinique Oriole (Icterus bonana)

Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)

Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)
Cloud Forest
Visits
- 2025-04-03: For today's adventure, we drove over some very twisty narrow roads to the higher elevations of the island. There are a few trails where you can walk through a very pristine cloud forest. We were looking for the Blue-headed Hummingbird and the oriole. We did not see the oriole on the first stop, and we had been waiting quite some time at the second stop without seeing the oriole. It was starting to get late in the morning, and it was still not around. I was beginning to think we were going to miss the oriole on our short trip, but in the end, it showed up for about 15 seconds on a nearby banana tree. We were not finding the hummingbird easily, either, but eventually there were a couple next to the trail that appeared between frequent heavy rain.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (17 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(16 records)
Class: Birds
(16 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Order: Perching Birds
(10 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Martinique Oriole (Icterus bonana)
- Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)
- Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
- Family: Vireos
- Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
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)