Greater Antillean Tanagers

Puerto Rican Spindalis

Spindalis portoricensis

The Puerto Rican Spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis) is a 32 g scrub bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Greater Antillean Tanagers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

32 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Puerto Rico.

Where to see it: Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo (Puerto Rico); Bosque Estatal de Cambalache (Puerto Rico); Hacienda La Esperanza (Puerto Rico); Laguna Cartagena - West End (Puerto Rico); Refugio de Vida Silvestre de Boquerón (Puerto Rico).

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