BIRD HIGHLIGHTS
Meet Some of Our Favorite Bonaire Birds
White-cheeked
Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Brown
Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Neotropic Cormorant
(Phalacocrorax brasilianus)
Magnificent Frigatebird
(Fregata magnificens)
American
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
Royal Tern (Sterna
maxima)
Bare-eyed Pigeon
(Columba corensis)
Eared Dove (Zenaida
auriculata)
Common Ground-Dove
(Colombigallina passerina)
Brown-throated,
or Caribbean Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)
Yellow-shouldered
Parrot (Amazona barbadensis)
Ruby-topaz
Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus)
Blue-tailed Emerald
(Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Tropical Mockingbird
(Mimus gilvus)
Pearly-eyed
Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus
)
Yellow Warbler
(Dendroica petchia)
Bananaquit (Coereba
flaveola)
Black-faced Grassquit
(Tiaris bicolor)
Carib
Grackle (Quiscalus
lugubris)
Troupial (Icterus
icterus)