Greater Antillean Tanagers

Jamaican Spindalis

Spindalis nigricephala

The Jamaican Spindalis (Spindalis nigricephala) is a 45 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Greater Antillean Tanagers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

45 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Jamaica.

Where to see it: Ecclesdown Road (Upland birds only––please use a different location for seabirds) (Jamaica); Green Castle Estate (Jamaica); Rocklands Bird Sanctuary (Jamaica); Hope Botanical Gardens (Jamaica); Font Hill Nature Preserve (Jamaica).

Photo: (c) novvictan, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist