Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the limit with the Atlantic Ocean. A piece of the Lesser Antilles, it is found north of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It is a lovely Caribbean island favored with an abundance of indigenous fauna and verdure. The rich, lively scenes, precipitous insides, thick rainforests and palm-bordered shorelines of Saint Lucia are the ideal setting for a lovely occasion and the perfect setting for St. Lucia bird watching.
The volcanic island is more rocky than numerous other Caribbean islands, with the most astounding point being Mount Gimmie, at 950 meters (3,120 ft) above ocean level. Two different mountains, the Pitons, shape the island's most celebrated historic point. They are situated in the middle of Soufrière and Choiseul on the western side of the island. Saint Lucia is additionally one of only a handful few islands on the planet that gloats a drive-in spring of gushing lava.
From a birding perspective Saint Lucia is extremely available being only 27 miles in length and 14 miles wide and is most likely a standout amongst the most imperative of the Lesser Antilles as it holds 6 single island endemics.
Saint Lucia has six endemic species, one of which is the islands national fowl, the St. Lucia Parrot (Amazona Veriscolor), a species that recouped from hazardously low populace numbers in the mid 1980s. Alternate endemics are the St. Lucia Pewee, St. Lucia Warbler, St. Lucia Oriole, St. Lucia Black Finch and Semper's Warbler. This number gives Saint Lucia the refinement of having the most astounding number of endemic winged creatures in the Eastern Caribbean district.
St Lucia Parrot. The St Lucia Parrot is around 42-46 cm (16.5-18 inches) long. It possesses the rainforest in the mountains of St. Lucia. It sustains in the woods overhang on a wide mixture of organic products, seeds and blowers. The parrot settles in the holes of tall trees.
St Lucia Black Finch. The Black Finch is around 13-14 cm long. It is found in both wet and dry timberland zones. It searches in the leaf litter in thick understory. The finch ordinarily settles in a round home of twigs inherent a low bush or palm around 2 m over the ground.
St Lucia Pewee. The grown-up pewee develops to around 15 cm long. It is truly regular and lives basically in clammy woodland, additionally found in dry woods ranges. It roosts low and sallies for creepy crawlies. The pewee settles in a container molded home made of leaves and greenery set on a branch.
St Lucia Oriole. The grown-up oriole develops to around 22 cm long. It is found in forests including dry and sodden backwoods. It is extraordinary and maybe getting to be scarcer. It sustains on creepy crawlies, organic products, blooms and nectar. The oriole fabricates a home sewn under a leaf or palm well over the ground.
St Lucia Warbler. The Warbler is around 12.5 cm long. It is found in every backwoods sort and at all heights. It scavenges for creepy crawlies and bugs from leaves and twigs. It lays in a pleasantly woven, glass formed home inherent a tree around 1-5 m over the ground.
Semper's Warbler. The Semper's Warbler is amazingly uncommon or conceivably wiped out. The winged animal is around 14.5 cm long. The plumage of the grown-ups is dim dark at the upperparts and grayish white at the underparts. The last solid locating was in 1961. In spite of the fact that unverified sightings were in 1965, 1972, 1989, 1995 and 2003
The St. Lucian race of the House Wren is considered by some as an endemic species (in spite of the fact that this is not up 'til now generally acknowledged). Another Lesser Antillean endemic winged animal in St. Lucia is the imperiled White-Breasted Thrasher.
