Trip Report: Lesser Antilles (2025-03-18 - 2025-04-14)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Hunte's Gardens
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Grand Eden Estate
Codrington
Barbara
Rendezvous Beach
Plymouth
Soufriere Harbor
Barbados
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Drinking Water?
Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)
Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
Dark Longtail (Thorybes obscurus)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Paradise Jumping Spider (Habronattus sp)
Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
Grenada Flycatcher (Myiarchus nugator)
Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)
Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
St. Lucia Warbler (Setophaga delicata)
Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno)
Cicada (Proarna hilaris)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) - Male
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Pacific Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
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Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Hunte's Gardens
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Grand Eden Estate
Codrington
Barbara
Rendezvous Beach
Plymouth
Soufriere Harbor
Barbados
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Drinking Water?
Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)
Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
Dark Longtail (Thorybes obscurus)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Paradise Jumping Spider (Habronattus sp)
Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
Grenada Flycatcher (Myiarchus nugator)
Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)
Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
St. Lucia Warbler (Setophaga delicata)
Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno)
Cicada (Proarna hilaris)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) - Male
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
Pacific Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
An island hopping trip starting in Barbados, then to each of the Antillean islands en route to Antigua
Sites Visited
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
(3 sites)
Country: Barbados
(6 sites)
Country: Dominica
(7 sites)
Country: Grenada
(4 sites)
Country: Guadeloupe
(1 sites)
Country: Martinique
(3 sites)
Country: Montserrat
(5 sites)
Country: Saint Lucia
(8 sites)
Country: Saint Vincent and Grenadines
(6 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (182 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(27 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Spiders
(2 records)
- Family: Jumping Spiders
- Paradise Jumping Spider (Habronattus sp)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Silver Garden Orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Class: Centipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Bark Centipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Scolopendrid Centipedes
- Pacific Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
Class: Insects
(20 records)
- Order: Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Antlions and Owlflies
- Owlfly (Myrmeleontidae sp)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Hornets and Yellowjackets
- Dominican Paper Wasp (Polistes dominicus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(12 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
- Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
- Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)
- Family: Gossamer-winged Butterflies
- Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno)
- Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
- Dark Longtail (Thorybes obscurus)
- Violet-banded Skipper (Nyctelius nyctelius)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Semyra coarctata)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Litter Moth (Herminiinae sp)
- Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Narrow-winged Damselflies
- Antillean Bluet (Enallagma coecum)
- Order: Flies
(2 records)
- Family: Hover Flies
- Green Jewel Fly (Ornidia obesa)
- Family: Robber Flies
- Hammertail (Efferia sp)
- Order: Mantises
(1 record)
- Family: Lichen Mantises
- Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa dominica)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Cicadas
- Cicada (Proarna hilaris)
Class: Malacostracans
(3 records)
- Order: Crabs
(3 records)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)
- Family: Hermit Crabs
- Caribbean Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus)
- Family: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs
- Cyrique (Guinotia dentata)
Class: Millipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Iron Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Round-backed Millipedes
- Iron Millipede (Leptogoniulus sorornus)
Phylum: Chordates
(154 records)
Class: Amphibians
(4 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (4 records)
- Family: Tree Frogs
- Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)
- Family: True Toads
- Giant Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Class: Birds
(127 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Boobies
(2 records)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(11 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi)
- Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea)
- Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
- Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (6 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(3 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Rufous Nightjar (Antrostomas rufus)
- White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis)
- Order: Parrots (5 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(26 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
- Order: Perching Birds (47 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Whistling Warbler (Catharopeza bishopi)
- Lesser Antillean Euphonia (Chlorophonia flavifrons)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
- Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
- St. Lucia Thrasher (Ramphocinclus sanctaeluciae)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- St. Lucia Warbler (Setophaga delicata)
- Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
- St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda)
- Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Lesser Antillean Tanager (Stilpnia cucullata)
- Grassland Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteola)
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
- Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
- Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Forest Thrush (Turdus lherminieri)
- Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)
- Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
- Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)
- Grenada Flycatcher (Myiarchus nugator)
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)
- Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
- Family: Vireos
- Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
- Family: Wrens
- St. Vincent Wren (Troglodytes musicus)
- Grenada Wren (Troglodytes grenadensis)
- St. Lucia Wren (Troglodytes mesoleucus)
- Kalinago Wren (Troglodytes martinicensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (8 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri)
Class: Mammals
(7 records)
- Order: Bats
(2 records)
- Family: New World Leaf-nosed Bats
- Miller's Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga longirostris)
- Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Small Indian Mongoose (Irva auropunctatus)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Physeteridae
- Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Southern Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Green Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Agoutis
- Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
Class: Reptiles
(16 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(16 records)
- Family: Anoles
- Puerto Rican Crested Anole (Anolis cristatellus)
- Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
- Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
- Saint Vincent Bush Anole (Anolis trinitatis)
- Grenada Tree Anole (Anolis richardii)
- St. Lucia Anole (Anolis luciae)
- Watt's Anole (Anolis wattsii)
- Martinique Anole (Anolis roquet)
- Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus)
- Anguilla Anole (Anolis gingivinus)
- Family: Geckos
- Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
- Family: Iguanas
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
- Family: Snakes
- Montserrat Racer (Alsophis manselli)
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)