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Bird Checklist for Font Hill, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

Citation

Davis S (2019). Bird Checklist for Font Hill, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Version 1.3. Institute of Jamaica. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/djcifb accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-21.

Description

This checklist is a collation of species names sourced from i) the online bird sighting portal managed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, eBird, and ii) issues of the newsletter - "The Broadsheet" - published by the NGO BirdLife Jamaica.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Font Hill property located south-western Jamaica in the parish of St. Elizabeth on the island of Jamaica.

Sampling

Point counts or casual observations.

Method steps

  1. N/A

Additional info

The Font Hill property is called the Font Hill Nature Reserve on the eBird portal and birdwatchers worldwide who visit the property register their observations on the portal. See https://ebird.org/hotspot/L877493 and click the link for "Printable Checklist". Note that the eBird list is regularly updated and will have species observed beyond the end date of the GBIF Checklist. To access the hard copy issues of the Broadsheet with records of bird species from Font Hill, please contact the Science Library, Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica at info@nhmj-ioj.org.jm .

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Coastal habitat with dry limestone forest.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Suzanne Davis
originator
position: Senior Research Officer - Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism
Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica
10-16 East Street
Kingston
JM
Telephone: 876-922-0620
email: chm@nhmj-ioj.org.jm
homepage: http://www.jamaicachm.org.jm
Suzanne Davis
metadata author
position: Senior Research Officer - Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism
Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica
10-16 East Street
Kingston
JM
Telephone: 876-922-0620
email: chm@nhmj-ioj.org.jm
homepage: http://www.jamaicachm.org.jm
Suzanne Davis
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Research Officer - Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism
Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica
10-16 East Street
Kingston
JM
Telephone: 876-922-0620
email: chm@nhmj-ioj.org.jm
homepage: http://www.jamaicachm.org.jm
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