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Despite its sometimes roguish image Jamaica is beautiful, accessible and safe (yes safe!) for a birdwatching holiday, with a range of locations as inebriating as Jamaican rum. Between the Blue Mountains and Port Antonio you can usually see almost all of the Jamaican endemics. You can find 265 different species of birds with over 20 endemic to Jamaica on a birdwatching vacation in Jamaica. Jamaica has 28 endemic birds more than any other Caribbean island. In fact Jamaica has the highest number of endemics for any island of its size - even more than neighbouring Cuba, an island 10 times larger. Many of the Jamaican endemics can be viewed at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, which is particularly known as one of the best places to see the Black-billed Streamertail. Text supplied by Hotel Mocking Bird Hill

Black-billed Streamertail, Jamaica, © Brennan Mulrooney

Trip Reports Jamaica, 1st - 9th September 2000, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 10, 2004) Bahama Islands (Princess Cay), Jamaica, Grand Cayman Island and Yucatan via Caribbean cruise - July 31st - August 5th 2005, author Eric Shaw (added November 9, 2005) Jamaica: November 5-10, 2006, author Jim Holmes (added November 15, 2006) (Rocklands, Windsor Cave, Ocho Rios, and Blue Mountains) Jamaica - February 2008, author John Martin (added June 17, 2008) (We planned a circuit of the island including the well known sites such as Marshall’s Pen and the Blue Mountains) Jamaica, 14th - 24th February 2004, author The Travelling Naturalist (link created February 3, 2005) Eastern Jamaica - Island of endemics, rum, coffee and Bob Marley - 1st - 11th February 2008, author Gordon Ellis (added February 22, 2008) (Blue Mountains, Greencastle Estate, John Crow Mountains) Showing the 6 Most Recent Trip Reports Posted BACK TO TRIP REPORTS HOME PAGE POST A TRIP REPORT EDIT YOUR TRIP REPORTS

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