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Endemic bird of the day : Ridgway’s Hawk
(2020)
Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) day 5 poster, dedicated to The Ridgway’s Hawk. This bird is found only on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the nations of Haiti and Dominican Republic. It is one of the ...
Endemic bird of the day : Vervain Hummingbird
(2021)
Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) day 67 poster, dedicated to the Vervain Hummingbird. Was that an insect buzzing past me just now? No, it’s the Vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima), the second smallest bird in the ...
Endemic bird of the day : Greater Antillean Grackle
(2021)
Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) day 78 poster, dedicated to the Greater Antillean Grackle. This noisy bird is quite an extrovert. Not at all shy, the Greater Antillean Grackle is a clever bird, quickly adapting and ...
Endemic bird of the day : Key West Quail-Dove
(2021)
Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) day 72 poster, dedicated to the Key West Quail-Dove. Key West? Well, despite its name, you are very unlikely to see this bird in Key West. Although it was first discovered in the ...
Key West Quail-Dove maze
(2021)
FOR KIDS: Breeding season for the Key West Quail-Dove is between September and July. This Caribbean endemic dove builds its nests on the ground or sometime low-down in a tree. This makes their eggs vulnerable to predators, ...
Narrow-billed Tody word search
(2023)
FOR KIDS: Can you find the words in our Narrow-billed Tody word search? Remind yourself of some of the interesting facts about this endemic bird as you look for all 15 hidden words!
Remember the words may appear forwards ...
Life cycle of an owl
(2023)
FOR KIDS: How much do you know about the life cycle of our featured bird the Ashy-face Owl? Why not test your knowledge and complete our “Life Cycle of an Owl” activity?
First spend some time learning about owls on the ...
New cranium of the endemic Caribbean platyrrhine, Antillothrix bernensis, from La Altagracia province, Dominican Republic
(2017)
Recent paleontological collection in submerged caves in the eastern Dominican Republic has yielded new specimens of Antillothrix bernensis. Here we describe a complete cranium of an adult individual (MHD 20) and provide ...
Mitogenomic sequences support a north–south subspecies subdivision within Solenodon paradoxus
(2017)
Solenodons are insectivores found only in Hispaniola and Cuba, with a Mesozoic divergence date versus extant mainland mammals. Solenodons are the oldest lineage of living eutherian mammal for which a mitogenome sequence ...
An update on the distribution of threatened odonate species from the Greater Antilles
(2015)
The Antilles harbour several island endemic odonate species, including some palaeoendemics, within a relatively small and anthropized area. Such attributes give this archipelago a special significance for the conservation ...