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Antigua & Barbuda

Tri-coloured Heron Egretta tricolor ŠRobert Royse http://www.roysephotos.com/index.html

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:133
National Bird: Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

useful reading

Adventure Guide to Antigua, Barbuda, St Barts, St Kitts and St Martin

Adventure Guide to Antigua, Barbuda, St Barts, St Kitts and St Martin Paris Permenter, John Bigley Paperback - 360 pages (23 November, 2000) Hunter Publishing
ISBN: 155650909X
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The Birds of the West Indies

The Birds of the West IndiesBy Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele Helm Field Guides Sept 2003 Paperback RRP ?16.99p
See Fatbirder Review0713654198
ISBN: 0713654198
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useful information

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reserves

Frigate Bird Sanctuary

http://travel.yahoo.com/p/travelguide/92424
The sanctuary is situated in Codrington Lagoon and can only be visited by boat. Tickets can be purchased at the wharf, but you must arrange a tour with a local boatperson in advance.

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!

2001 [March] - Roy Hargreaves - St Kitts & Antigua

http://maybank.tripod.com/Caribbean/StKitts-02-2001.htm
We travelled to Antigua from St. Kitts on a flight booked with Liat...

2002 [April] - Craig Faanes - Barbuda

http://www.mindspring.com/%7Eoberle/Barbuda4-02.htm
One of nature`s finest alarm clock`s is the Pearly-eyed Thrasher, and on Anguilla they start singing at 5:00 a.m. when there is just a hint of light in the east...

2002 [July] - Antigua

http://www.birdseen.co.uk/antigua/antcontent.htm
Antigua is a reasonably small island (100 square miles) in the northern part of the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is also relatively dry when compared with other neighbouring islands. Due to this combination of size and distance from the nearest continental land masses of North and South America, the bird life is restricted in number of species. It does host an interesting spectrum, however, and there are a few species which can be even more difficult elsewhere (such as the 2 Quail Doves and Scaly-naped Pigeon). There are many other better birding spots in the Caribbean, and I would thus see the island as a family holiday destination primarily, but with some decent birding available as a side benefit - as this holiday was...

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 [April] - Brendan Ryan

http://www.kentos.org.uk/Trip%20Reports/Birdsandcricket.htm
This was a family trip ostensibly to see England play the West Indies at cricket (or rather to see the Brian Lara show as it turned out!). Needless to say I was able to squeeze a little birding into the schedule. I had done little research prior to the trip but used Richard Fuller`s 1997 trip report as the main source of reference...

places to stay

Antigua Hotels & Resorts

http://www.antiguanice.com/antigua_barbuda_hotels_resorts.htm

Antigua Yepton Beach Resort

http://www.yepton.com/
Yepton Beach Resort is located on a 37 acre estate, bordered to the North by the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea and a quarter mile white sandy beach. Rolling hills and a lagoon that offers sanctuary to pelicans, egrets, blue and white herons, and many other exotic birds and fish, make up the South border.

Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus

http://www.antiguanice.com/antigua_nature/antigua_hummingbird.htm
This is the commonest hummingbird of the islands. The larger Green-throated hummingbird has no crest. In Antigua, the name Doctor Brushy is given.

Barbuda & Antigua On-line Tourist Guide

http://www.turq.com/antigua/barbuda/
There are several salt ponds where it is possible to see a great variety of bird life, and in the lagoon the most spectacular of all the birds, the rare Magnificent Frigate bird has a colony of approximately two thousand birds, one of the largest in the world.