Site Report: Syndicate Nature Trail
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor)
Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa dominica)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea)
Red-necked Parrot (Amazona arausiaca)
Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica)
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Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor)
Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa dominica)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea)
Red-necked Parrot (Amazona arausiaca)
Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica)
Trail through the forest
Visits
- 2025-04-07: We stayed the next few nights in Portsmouth, and from there, it was pretty simple to drive up to the Syndicate Nature Trail. This is the place where some people have seen the Imperial Parrot in the past. It was very difficult to get good looks at any of the parrots as they were generally green and far away. The Imperial Parrot did not make an appearance while we were there.
- 2025-04-08: We went to make another try for the Imperial Parrot, this time with the local bird guide. We pretty much went to all the same places as the day before, and again, we did not see the parrot. There were a couple of times where we heard the call of the bird, supposedly. In the end, it was not a very satisfying observation. We came back later in the afternoon, but it was very windy. Some guy was at the overlook claiming to see the Imperial Parrot, but alas, it was a regular Red-necked Parrot.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (29 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Mantises
(1 record)
- Family: Lichen Mantises
- Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa dominica)
Phylum: Chordates
(27 records)
Class: Birds
(25 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 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 (5 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-necked Parrot (Amazona arausiaca)
- Imperial Parrot (Amazona imperialis)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Antillean Euphonia (Chlorophonia flavifrons)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
- Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
- Family: Vireos
- Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
- Family: Wrens
- Kalinago Wren (Troglodytes martinicensis)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Anoles
- Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus)