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The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology is a refereed scientific journal, produced by the non-profit society BirdsCaribbean. JCO has now served as an important resource for ornithological research in the Caribbean for over 33 years.


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Current Issue

Vol. 34 (2021)

Published: 2021-03-02

Research Articles and Notes

Status of seabirds, habitat, and invasive species in the Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve, Puerto Rico

Luis A. Ramos-Vázquez, Nahíra Arocho-Hernández, Cielo Figuerola-Hernández, José L. Herrera-Giraldo, Jan P. Zegarra-Vila
Abstract 558 | PDF Downloads 256

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Broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) response to playback of vocalizations and non-vocal sounds

Vivian M. Lee, Alejandra Pérez, Olive Onyekwelu, Jordan M. Chan, Dominic E. Cannady-Lindner, Alexander A. Levitskiy, María Teresa Reinoso-Pérez, André A. Dhondt
Abstract 348 | PDF Downloads 117

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Características de la migración otoñal de Seiurus aurocapilla (Aves: Parulidae) en el cabo de San Antonio, Cuba

Karina Velazco Pérez, Felix Noel Estrada Piñero, Hiram González Alonso, Alina Pérez Hernández
Abstract 287 | PDF Downloads 76

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Northern Parulas (Setophaga americana) mobbing a Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) depredating an adult Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)

Ted. E. Gilliland
Abstract 313 | PDF Downloads 120

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Habitat selection by the Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata stictipennis) on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe: possible negative association with chlordecone pollution

Pascal Villard, Alain Ferchal, Philippe Feldmann, Claudie Pavis, Christophe Bonenfant
Abstract 201 | PDF Downloads 70

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Morphological traits of four land bird species in Grenada

Alexandra Heathcote, Paulson Des Brisay, Christopher De Ruyck, Paula Grieef, Nicola Koper
Abstract 265 | PDF Downloads 102

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New host species records of a parasitic fly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in montane forests of Hispaniola

Pedro M. Alarcón-Elbal, Holly M. Garrod, Spencer C. Schubert, Alonso Santos Murgas
Abstract 243 | PDF Downloads 63

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Introduced mammals threaten the Grenadines transboundary tropical seabird hotspot

Juliana Coffey, Natalia Collier
Abstract 248 | PDF Downloads 69

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Observation of intraspecific nest usurpation of the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus) in southwestern Puerto Rico

Jean P. González-Crespo, Alberto R. Puente-Rolón
Abstract 194 | PDF Downloads 53

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Persistence of Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) and Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) in cave breeding refugia on Mona Island, Puerto Rico

Cielo E. Figuerola-Hernández, Rickard S. Toomey III, Patricia Kambesis, José L. Herrera-Giraldo, Nick D. Holmes
Abstract 59 | PDF Downloads 18

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Book Reviews

Birds of Cuba: A Photographic Guide

Steven C. Latta
Abstract 163 | PDF Downloads 70

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The Birds of Cuba: An Annotated Checklist

Steven C. Latta
Abstract 154 | PDF Downloads 72

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Looking for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in eastern Cuba

Mark Michaels
Abstract 147 | PDF Downloads 95

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