Have You Seen These Birds?
They since to be a major influx of White-crowned Pigeon into the island. The first
record of this bird on the island was at Moncrieffe, St. John on April 9th,
2014, a single bird. White-crowned
Pigeons are between 13-14”
in length, dark grey with a contrasting white-crown or head, closely resembling the more common Scaly-nape Pigeon aka Ramier aka Wildleys. Thus far over 10 birds were seen in 4 parishes. If you see this bird please let me know where you saw it and the amount seen. You can leave a comment in this post or email me at 100birdsbarbados@gmail.com.
Here are the sightings to date:
- March 8th 1 bird @ Moncrieffe, St. John
- March 16th 1 bird @ Chancery Lane, Christ Church
- March 19th 6 birds @ The
Graeme Hall Swamp, Christ Church
- March 22nd 2 birds @ Westmoreland, St. James
- March 23rd 2 birds @ Searles, Christ Church
- March 24th 1 bird @ near Christie Village, St. Thomas
- March 24th 1 bird @ Mount Standfast, St. James
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