Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park

🇯🇲 Jamaica

🐦 Streamertails in the Blue Mountain Mist

🌍 #224 Global · 3.3 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #39 in Central America #100 in Tropical Forest

Blue Mountains, Jamaica 373 spp. recorded

Rising sharply above the Caribbean Sea, Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park protects a steep tropical rainforest in eastern Jamaica. Dense vegetation blankets the rugged slopes, where narrow dirt trails wind through misty canopy and dense ferns.

18.044° N 76.497° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Streamertail

Trochilus polytmus

40–50% · Likely

Jamaican Tody

Todus todus

70–80% · Very likely

Black-billed Parrot

Amazona agilis

50–60% · Likely

Jamaican Boa

Chilabothrus subflavus

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Loggerhead Kingbird

Tyrannus caudifasciatus

90–100% · Very likely

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

80–90% · Very likely

White-chinned Thrush

Turdus aurantius

80–90% · Very likely

Jamaican Spindalis

Spindalis nigricephala

80–90% · Very likely

Orangequit

Euneornis campestris

80–90% · Very likely

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

70–80% · Very likely

Jamaican Woodpecker

Melanerpes radiolatus

70–80% · Very likely

Jamaican Oriole

Icterus leucopteryx

70–80% · Very likely

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

70–80% · Very likely

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescens

70–80% · Very likely

Sad Flycatcher

Myiarchus barbirostris

70–80% · Very likely

Ring-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas caribaea

70–80% · Very likely

📊 Most Spotted

Jamaican flower bat

Phyllonycteris aphylla

Insufficient data

Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Insufficient data

Antillean Ghost-faced Bat

Mormoops blainvillei

Insufficient data

⭐ Iconic Species

Streamertail

Trochilus polytmus

40–50% · Likely

Jamaican Tody

Todus todus

70–80% · Very likely

Black-billed Parrot

Amazona agilis

50–60% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Loggerhead Kingbird

Tyrannus caudifasciatus

90–100% · Very likely

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

80–90% · Very likely

White-chinned Thrush

Turdus aurantius

80–90% · Very likely

Jamaican Spindalis

Spindalis nigricephala

80–90% · Very likely

Orangequit

Euneornis campestris

80–90% · Very likely

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

70–80% · Very likely

Jamaican Woodpecker

Melanerpes radiolatus

70–80% · Very likely

Jamaican Oriole

Icterus leucopteryx

70–80% · Very likely

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

70–80% · Very likely

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescens

70–80% · Very likely

Sad Flycatcher

Myiarchus barbirostris

70–80% · Very likely

Ring-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas caribaea

70–80% · Very likely

⭐ Iconic Species

Jamaican Boa

Chilabothrus subflavus

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Stripefoot Anole

Anolis lineatopus

60–70% · Likely

Jamaican Giant Anole

Anolis garmani

40–50% · Likely

Bluefields Anole

Anolis opalinus

40–50% · Likely

Tropical House Gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia

Insufficient data

Blue Mountains Anole

Anolis reconditus

30–40% · Possible

Graham's Anole

Anolis grahami

30–40% · Possible

Jamaican Twig Anole

Anolis valencienni

Insufficient data

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Insufficient data

Jamaican Forest Sphaero

Sphaerodactylus goniorhynchus

Insufficient data

Jamaican Red Groundsnake

Hypsirhynchus callilaemus

Insufficient data

Croaking Lizard

Aristelliger praesignis

Insufficient data

Hawksbill

Eretmochelys imbricata

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Eastern Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

Insufficient data

Jamaican Laughing Frog

Osteopilus ocellatus

30–40% · Possible

Spaldings Robber Frog

Eleutherodactylus gossei

Insufficient data

Tube Robber Frog

Eleutherodactylus pentasyringos

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🐦

Streamertail Courtship Season

JanFebMarApr

Breeding and display season of Jamaica's two streamertail hummingbirds, whose ranges meet only around these eastern mountains — males show their long tail-streamers at flowering trees.

Streamertail (Black-billed)

Trochilus scitulus

50–60% · Likely

Streamertail

Trochilus polytmus

40–50% · Likely

🐦

Warbler Season

OctNovDecJanFebMar

North American wood-warblers overwinter in the montane forest, joining the resident endemics — the documented peak birding season for the Blue Mountains.

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

70–80% · Very likely

Northern Parula

Setophaga americana

60–70% · Likely

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescens

70–80% · Very likely

🐓

Endemic Bird Nesting Season

MarAprMay

Spring breeding of Jamaica's endemic birds — the season endemic-birding tours target, when the park's specialties (tody, quail-dove, blackbird) are calling and nesting.

Jamaican Tody

Todus todus

70–80% · Very likely

Crested Quail-Dove

Geotrygon versicolor

40–50% · Likely

Jamaican Blackbird

Nesopsar nigerrimus

10–20% · With luck

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

60–70

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

20–30

40–50

60–70

30–40

40–50

40–50

30–40

30–40

40–50

20–30

40–50

70–80

70–80

80–90

70–80

50–60

70–80

40–50

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

Black-billed Parrot

40–50

50–60

50–60

30–40

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

0–10

0–10

0–10

40–50

0–10

0–10

0–10

0–10

10–20

10–20

0–10

0–10

Loggerhead Kingbird

90–100

90–100

90–100

70–80

70–80

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

90–100

90–100

80–90

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

70–80

60–70

80–90

80–90

White-chinned Thrush

90–100

80–90

90–100

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

80–90

Jamaican Spindalis

70–80

80–90

80–90

80–90

60–70

70–80

90–100

80–90

80–90

70–80

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

80–90

70–80

60–70

60–70

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

American Redstart

60–70

90–100

70–80

60–70

30–40

70–80

40–50

30–40

60–70

70–80

90–100

80–90

Jamaican Woodpecker

60–70

80–90

80–90

80–90

90–100

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

80–90

60–70

Jamaican Oriole

60–70

70–80

80–90

80–90

60–70

70–80

50–60

60–70

60–70

60–70

80–90

60–70

70–80

80–90

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

80–90

60–70

Black-throated Blue Warbler

80–90

70–80

70–80

50–60

30–40

60–70

40–50

20–30

60–70

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

60–70

80–90

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

40–50

60–70

50–60

60–70

70–80

Ring-tailed Pigeon

40–50

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

80–90

70–80

Animal Events

🐦 Warbler Season

🐓 Endemic Bird Nesting Season

🐦 Streamertail Courtship Season

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Good

🐦 Streamertails in the Blue Mountain Mist

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Biodiversity

Good

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

2.6 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

261

🐒 Mammals

56

🦎 Reptiles

39

🐸 Amphibians

17

373 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

57 Threatened 106 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Very good

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

3.6 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

79%

📊

Coverage (95 species at ≥5% of 373 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

25%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (12 bird)

47% Global avg

0%

🔭

Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)

132 Global avg

73

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

5

⭐

High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

40

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