Orange Winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica)

Description: 12.5 inches; Yellow cheeks; yellow crown; lores blue; nape blue; upperparts green; blue primaries feathers; orange patch on secondaries; underparts green; square tail; orange base on outer tail feathers. Habitat: Urban areas; under treat from poacher for pet trade.

Statue: Introduced specie; breeding resident

Bird #64: Common Tern

Common Name: Common Tern

Scientific Name: Sterna hirundo           

Description: 13-16 inches; black cap; black nape; tail deeply forked with elongated outer tail feather; underparts whitish. Breeding: bill reddish orange with black tip; upperparts light silver-grey; black outer primaries; legs reddish orange. Non-breeding: Black legs. Juvenile: upperparts brownish; white fore head.

Habitat: Coastlines

Statue: Migrant

References:

·         Birds of Barbados by P.A Buckley, Edward Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckle

·         Helm Field Guides- Birds of the West Indies  by H. Raffaele, J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A.        Keith, J. Raffaele 

·         National Geographic- Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Dunn and Alderfer

Websites

·         Wikipedia

·         ARKIVE

Bird #63: Western Sandpiper

Common Name: Western Sandpiper

Scientific Name: Calidris mauri        

Description: 5-5.75 inches; long bill, thick base, slightly drooping tip; black legs; underparts white. Breeding: reddish brown crown, ear patch; heavily marked breast. Non-Breeding: upperparts greyish brown.

Habitat: Mud flaps, seashores etc

Statue: non-breeding migrant; migrant; winter resident

References:

• Birds of Barbados by P.A Buckley, Edward Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckle
• Helm Field Guides- Birds of the West Indies  by H. Raffaele, J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A.   Keith, J. Raffaele 
•  National Geographic- Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Dunn and Alderfer

Websites:
Whatbird

Wikipedia

Bird #62: Belted Kingfisher

Common Name: Belted Kingfisher

Scientific Name: Megaceryle alcyon           

Description: 11-14 inches; bushy crest; large dagger shape bill; white spot in front of eyes; upperparts bluish grey with white spots; underparts white with bluish grey breastband; black and white bars on wing and tail. Female: additional rust colored bellyband below blue breastband.

Habitat: Body of water containing fish such as Graeme Hall, Chancery Lane Swamps, Codrington Colledge Pond, Long Pondetc  

Statue: migrant; winter resident; locally refer to as the Duck Pilot because “their arrival usually precedes the arrival of the Blue-winged Teal Duck on their southward migration”…. Dr John Webster host of Breakfast with the Birds   

References:

·         Birds of Barbados by P.A Buckley, Edward Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckley

·         Helm Field Guides- Birds of the West Indies  by H. Raffaele, J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, J. Raffaele

·         National Geographic- Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Dunn and Alderfer

Websites:

·         Wikipedia

·         Three Rivers Avian Center

Photograph on February 13, 2013 at a shooting Swamp in  north of the island

Photograph on February 13, 2013 at a shooting Swamp in  north of the island

Photograph on February 25 at  Codrington College (Female)

Photograph on March 13, 2013 at Graeme Hall Swamp (Female)