Birds of Jamaica (1 Viewer)

[elkvalleybirding]

Hello everyone!

I'm new to this website, and very excited to try it out!
Hoping to get your help with bird ID's from Jamaica in January.

Most of the pictures that I am struggling with are REALLY bad quality..... I apologize! ID's may not even be possible, but I thought I would give posting on here a shot anyway.



The first bird was a swallow or swift high up above the resort in the evening.... Possible Antillean Palm-Swift?

Second bird..... Great-tailed Grackle?

Third bird...... This is a hard sell!..... I'm pretty sure it was a Cuckoo of some kind. All you can see in the picture I have taken is the SUPER blurred, long tail of the bird. (In the center of the photo.) You can kind of see the white circular pattern on the tail though, which makes me think either Mangrove Cuckoo or Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo. The white edging on the tail, and the behavior, (moving really quickly along the tree branches), make me think Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo? I also heard the bird call, and I would say it was the Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo call.....



Thanks for taking a look!

 

[lgonz1008]

You got the first, the second is likely a Greater Antillean Grackle and as for the last one, go by the call because you can't see much of anything in that pic.

 

[KC Foggin]

Just going to jump in here to wish you a warm welcome from those of us on BirdForum

 

[THE_FERN]

I can't tell you what 1) is (perhaps no-one can), but I can say it's a swallow or more likely a Martin. The wing shape is wrong for any kind of swift---including small types like Vaux's

 

[njlarsen]

Agree on Greater Antillean Grackle for 2 and that 1 and 3 are unidentifiable by the photo.
Niels