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St Vincent Grenadines

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens ŠEladio Fernandez

You will notice that there is no introduction to this section yet.

I would like to fill this gap with an introduction from a local birder [or someone who is a frequent visitor] for every on of the geographical pages. The many thousands of birders now regularly using these pages prefer to read something written by someone who can see the place from an insider's point of view. They know the best spots, not just the ones that first time overseas visitors usually visit or that are on the normal birding trip itineraries.

Each introduction carries the e-mail address of the contributor so that birders can get in touch with them if, for example, they are planning a trip [unless the contributor is unable to do this].

Please get in touch if you feel you can contribute an introduction to this page - you don't have to be an expert; I'm not!

numbers

Number of bird species:157
National Bird: St. Vincent Parrot Amazona guildingii

numbers

Number of endemics:2
St. Vincent Parrot Amazona guildingii Whistling Warbler Catharopeza bishopi

useful reading

The Birds of the West Indies

By Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele
Helm Field Guides Sept 2003 Paperback RRP ?16.99p
See Fatbirder Review
ISBN: 0713654198
Buy this book from NHBS.com

useful information

Proact

Coordinator: none (why not apply?) see http://www.proact-campaigns.net/coordinators
Members: None yet!
Join us at http://www.proact-campaigns.net/team

clubs

St. Vincent National Trust

St. Vincent National Trust P.O. Box 1538 Kingstown, St. Vincent Tel: (784) 456-1787

reserves

Biodiversity and Protected Areas

http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/Bio_cou_670.pdf
pdf

Wetlands & Forest

http://www.avianeyes.org/birding_sites.htm
List of all major sites...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

1998 [May] - P. William Smith and Susan A. Smith

http://maybank.tripod.com/Caribbean/StVincent-05-98.htm
When we visited St. Vincent in 1988, we saw most of the island`s specialities including its two most famous endemics, the St. Vincent Parrot (probably the most spectacular Amazon) and the odd Whistling Warbler, which doesn`t act or sound like a warbler (nor does it whistle).

2000 [March] - Don Roberson

http://montereybay.com/creagrus/LesAnt-trip.html
These shots are from a fine Focus on Nature tour of the Lesser Antillean islands of St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Dominica (a trip led by Armas Hill); with a final day on Puerto Rico (a trip led by B. J. Rose and with a different set of participants). In the islands of the Lesser Antilles, we were successful in locating all island and regional endemics within a week...

2003 [January] - Neil Money - Antigua, Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent and Barbados

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/caribbean/lesser-antilles/les-ant2003.htm
The destination was also something of a compromise dictated by self-imposed factors such as limiting the length of international flights, being in a non-malaria area and a suitably warm climate to escape from the northern winter. The Lesser Antilles met all our criteria and offered the challenge of finding single island endemics and regional endemics...

2004 [August] - Paul Noakes

http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=568
Form a birder's point of view St Lucia is probably the most important of the Lesser Antilles as it holds 5 extant endemics [maybe 6 if you split the nightjar] and a very high proportion of the multi-island Lesser Antillean specialities. It is a small island with relatively good infrastructure, it is safe and all the specialities are easily to find and could be seen in a single day's birding particularly if you used a guide which I did not. I also took a day trip to St Vincent...

2005 [January] - Jeff Wells

http://www.arubabirds.com/Lesser%20Antilles/BirdingLesserAntillesJan05-BirdNarrative.htm
On 19 Jan at the Vermont Nature Trail on St. Vincent we had about 50 St. Vincent Parrots, 2 Whistling Warblers, 1 Scaly-breasted Thrasher, 2 Brown tremblers, 1 Lesser Antillean Tanager...

2005 [June] - Mike Powell

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/st.lucia/st.lucia3/st.lucia-june-05.htm
...The reserve is situated north of the capital Kingstown and a half hour taxi ride from the airport. There is a reception area with few facilities just before the forest trails start. Take the left-hand trail as you enter the forest to reach the look out. The trail is in relatively good shape and should take c40minutes to reach the lookout. Dollar buses run directly from the village (a short walk from the reception area) back to Kingstown...

2006 [February] - Laura Gooch

http://maybank.tripod.com/Caribbean/StVincent-02-2006.htm
spent a week in St. Vincent between February 13 and February 19, 2006. This was not exclusively a birding trip, and most of my birding was done at the place we were staying, a small valley and cove on the west coast just a bit north of Kingstown called Petit Byahaut (between Kingstown and Buccament). We also made excursions to the Kingstown Botanic Garden and to the Vermont Nature Trails...

local guides

Focus on Nature

http://www.focusonnature.com/CaribbeanDestinationPage.htm
...On all the islands that we visit, our aims are to see as many of the endemic and specialty birds as we can, and to have a most enjoyable time doing so...

Jabal Caribbean Birdwatching

http://www.caribconnecting.com/stvhike.html
St. Vincent has fabulous wild interiors that are great to explore on foot especially with a local guide...

places to stay

Cotton House - Mustique

http://www.cottonhouse.net/
The Cotton House is located on renowned Mustique, a private island estate in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies...

Creole Garden - Bequia

http://www.creolegarden.com/
Enjoy from your room and verandah the splendid view over sea and harbour or wander through our tropical garden filled with fruit, flowers and birds...