Female © Frank Mantlik
Male © Carole Rose
Male © Tom Johnson
Male © Eliana Ardila Kramer (Birding By Bus)
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Female © Garrett MacDonald

Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala

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Identification

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A somewhat small woodland and scrubland bird that moves rather deliberately as it feeds on fruits and flowers and the occasional insect. Brilliant male is a swirl of yellows, oranges, and reds with black-and-white striped head; unlike any other Jamaican bird. Female has a similar pattern but drab colors. Call is a thin high-pitched “tsee” given singularly or in a rapid series.

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