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Cattle egret (garza in Spanish), a common bird in Puerto Rico's rural areas, usually found on top of cows. Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae. The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive.
1 Birds. 2 Crustaceans. 3 Insects. 4 Myriapoda. 5 Reptiles/amphibians. 6 Spiders. ... This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick. [8 ...
Pages in category "Endemic birds of Puerto Rico" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Puerto Rican woodpecker; Y. Yellow-shouldered blackbird
The largest snake in Puerto Rico is the endemic Puerto Rican boa (Epicrates inornatus) with a maximum length of 12 ft (3.7 m). The diet of snakes in Puerto Rico consists of reptiles (Ameiva, Anolis, geckos), coquís and other frogs, and, to a lesser extent, mice, birds and bats (exclusively by the Puerto Rican Boa).
This is a list of birds recorded in the island of Vieques. Vieques is an island municipality of Puerto Rico located off the east coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, south of Culebra island and west of the Virgin Islands. It has a total area of 348.15 km 2, of which only 135 km 2 is land area.
The Lesser Antilles north from Saint Lucia, as well as Puerto Rico. Green-throated carib: Eulampis holosericeus: Trochilidae: All of the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico. Antillean crested hummingbird: Orthorhyncus cristatus: Trochilidae: All of the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico. Thick-billed vireo: Vireo crassirostris: Vireonidae
Endemic birds of Puerto Rico (24 P) I. ... Pages in category "Birds of Puerto Rico" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The elfin woods warbler (Setophaga angelae) is a species of bird endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is local and uncommon. Discovered in 1968 and described in 1972, it is the most recently described New World warbler (family Parulidae). The species name, angelae, is a tribute to Angela Kepler, one of its discoverers.