West Indian Collection (#35)

Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) adult, perched at top of dead tree, La Belen, Camaguey Province, Cuba, March

Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus) adult male, perched on bare branch, Cayo Coco, Jardines del Rey, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba, March

Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) immature, moulting into adult plumage, feeding at tree flower, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) immature, clinging to palm tree trunk with sap wells, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Orizaba Silkmoth (Rothschildia orizaba) adult, resting on leaf, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) adult, standing on woodland floor, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

White-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus cayennensis) adult, perched on stick at night, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) adult male, singing, perched on barbed wire fence during rainfall, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna hippocrepis) adult, breeding plumage, with feathers puffed up, standing in grass, Cuba, March

Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) adult, perched in fruiting tree, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notatus) adult male, perched on stem, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) adult male, perched on twig, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus ternominatus) adult, standing on short grass, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) adult, calling, standing in shallow water, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba March

Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) adult female, perched on twig, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius dominicensis) adult female, perched on post, Bahoruco Mountains N. P
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius dominicensis) adult female, perched on post, Bahoruco Mountains N.P. Dominican Republic, January

Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus mona) introduced species, adult, close-up of head, Grenada, Grenadines, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, August

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus rivierei) juvenile, perched on powerline, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, December

Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor ruficollis) adult, standing beside coastal lagoon, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

West Indian Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arborea) flock, resting under shade of house beside lagoon in mangrove swamp, Cayo Coco, Jardines del Rey, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba, March

Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) adult, sitting on nest in cave, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, July

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) adult pair, swimming on coastal lagoon, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita aurita) adult, walking on lawn, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, December

Tropical Screech-owl (Megascops choliba) adult, perched on branch at night, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) adult, standing on ground, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, May

Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci) adult, perched on twig, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, October

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) adult, standing in grass beside water, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, May

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) immature, standing on mangrove root, Los Haitises N. P
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) immature, standing on mangrove root, Los Haitises N.P. Dominican Republic, January

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias occidentalis) adult, standing in shallow lagoon, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens rufescens) dark morph, adult, standing in coastal lagoon, in evening sunlight, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus dominicus) adult, with beak open after swallowing fish, swimming on creek, Botanical Gardens, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January

Great Antshrike (Taraba major) adult pair, courtship feeding, perched on twig, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Great Antshrike (Taraba major) adult male, perched on twig, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Great Antshrike (Taraba major) adult female, perched on twig, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) adult, perched in flowering and fruiting bush, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) two immatures, standing in lagoon, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) adult male, perched on twig, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) adult, perched on branch, Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, October

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola martinicana) adult, perched on branch, Fond Doux Plantation, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, December

Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis sclateri) adult male, feeding, raiding banana crop, Fond Doux Plantation, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, December

Columbus returns to Spain, February 1493 C016 / 4495
Columbus returns to Spain. 19th-century artwork of the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506, centre) at the court of Barcelona in February 1493 following his return from the New World

Frog - Treefrog Cuban (Hyla septentrionalis) Close-up on leaf

Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) adult, perched on twig, Najasa, Camaguey Province, Cuba, March

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) adult male, perched on stem, worlds smallest bird, Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba, March

Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops) adult pair, at nesthole in tree trunk, Najasa, Camaguey Province, Cuba, March

Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) adult, sitting on nest in cave, Dunston Cave, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Northern Range, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, July

Martinique, French Antilles, West Indies, Blue water lily (Nymphae coerulea) flower at Jardin de Balata (Balata Garden). Begun in 1982 Balata Garden was created by Jean-Philippe Thoze

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