Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Adelaide's Warbler- Puerto Rico Birds


A few steps from the Puerto Rican Tody and the Puerto Rican Vireo, Megan and I quickly saw this beautiful little warbler.  Since there are several warblers species that winter on the island, I had to look carefully, but this species turned out to be Adelaide's Warbler, yet another Puerto Rican endemic.  From what I've read, this species lives on the island year round, and doesn't migrate north like the warbler species we see passing through North America.  And this is a relatively new species to science.  Up until about 2000, it was considered a subspecies, but now ornithologists consider it to be a full blown species.  For more photos and information about this neat little bird you'll want to check out this post at 10000 birds.

Tom

5 comments:

  1. This is a beautiful bird, Tom. One similar to it in appearance is a regular visitor or lives there along Twin Creek.

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  2. Ohhh! How wonderful. My grandmother's (the bird lover) name was Adelaide. She would be so happy to know she matched a bird! He's quite handsome too. I've been slowly catching up. Your photos of the birds of Puerto Rico are lovely. What a fabulous trip--I'm jealous!

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  3. Abe- Yes, it does kinda look like a northern Parula. That species is extremely common at my in-laws place in Maine.

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  4. Kelly, thanks for the comment, what a neat story about your grandmother. The bird was named for the daughter of the person that found this species, supposedly. Somehow I lost track of your blog too, it looks great, I'll be a regular visitor again.

    Tom

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  5. Beautiful!! Sounds like you had a FAB trip!

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