Jamaica Birding Tours

Today with the help of new field guides to the birds of the West Indies as a source of information and our expertise and logistics you can easily travel through Jamaica escorted by your friendly Birding Ecotours leader and our professional local guides and enjoy all the gems that this amazing island can offer its visitors.

During these seven days we will look for as many endemic bird species as possible, such as  the unique Orangequit, the elusive Crested Quail-Dove, Ring-tailed Pigeon, Jamaican Woodpecker, Jamaican Spindalis, Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo, Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo, Black-billed Amazon, Yellow-billed Amazon, Jamaican Owl, Jamaican Mango, Jamaican Tody, Jamaican Becard, Sad Flycatcher, Rufous-tailed Flycatcher, Jamaican Elaenia, Jamaican Pewee, Jamaican Crow, White-eyed Thrush, White-chinned Thrush, Jamaican Vireo, Blue Mountain Vireo, Arrowhead Warbler, Jamaican Euphonia, Jamaican Blackbird, and perhaps the most-wanted species for all hummingbird lovers, the striking Red-billed Streamertail and the rare Black-billed Streamertail.

We begin our tour with introductory birding in the capital city of Kingston, where we will target our first Jamaican endemics, such as Yellow-billed Amazon and the range-restricted Bahama Mockingbird. From here, we head to the beautiful Blue Mountains National Park for a two-night stay in a charming ecolodge. Within the lush forests of Hardwar Gap, Silver Hills Gap, and Cascade Falls, we will seek some of Jamaica’s rarest birds, including Crested Quail-dove, Blue Mountain Vireo and Greater Antillean Elaenia. Our tour concludes with a three-night stay in the remote and peaceful setting in Port Antonio, in the far northeast of the island. From this base, we will explore Ecclesdown Road, the wettest forest on the island and, one of the richest endemic spots in the Caribbean.

Here, we aim to find the globally threatened  Jamaican Blackbird and the Jamaican Crow, known for its remarkable vocalisations. The grounds of our relaxing accomodation offer excellent chances to see Jamaican Owl,  Northern Potoo, and the stunning Black-billed Stremertail.

Jamaica is reached by a 90-minutes flight from Miami airport in the United States and direct flights from the United Kingdom, Canada, and Panama. We invite you to join Birding Ecotours Jamaica birding tour and enjoy this short but exciting trip. This is an ideal tour to combine with our tours visiting the Caribbean as it fits perfectly between our Birding Tour Dominican Republic: Complete Dominican Republic, and our Birding Tour Cuba: Endemics and Culture in Paradise, for the possibility of seeing up to 85 single-island endemics. In the Dominic Republic, we will target the monotypic Palmchat, while in Cuba, we will seek the world’s smallest bird, the Bee Hummingbird.