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Promoting knowledge, appreciation & conservation the of Jamaica's unique wildlife 🇯🇲 https://linktr.ee/wildlife_jamaica
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
Great Bay, Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth #Jamaica 21/04/2025 was accidentally caught in a net & released by the fishermen
March 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii) aka the #Jamacian #Coney / Grazzie / Mountain rabbit. Is the only living terrestrial mammal endemic to the island of #Jamaica besides🦇. ⁠⁠

A rodent in the group #Caviomorpha which includes Capybara ,Guinea pig ,Agouti ect
📸 Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO)
January 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reposted by WildlifeJamaica
www.birdscaribbean.org/2024/11/hono...
Remembering John Fletcher, who was born in London. Fell in love with #Jamaica - and its birds! Businessman, coffee man - most of all a bird man, awesome guide, mentor. His memorial is tomorrow. #Birds🦉 #birdwatching #birding @wildlifejamaica.bsky.social
Honoring a Birding Pioneer: Remembering John Fletcher’s Legacy in Jamaica
We are saddened to share the recent passing of John Fletcher, a true pioneer of birdwatching in Jamaica. Emma Lewis—an influential blogger, environmental advocate, and longtime BirdsCaribbean membe…
www.birdscaribbean.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:26 PM
The whale #shark (Rhincodon typus) seen in #Jamaican waters 🇯🇲, 08/11/2024
endangered due to impacts of fisheries, by-catch losses, & vessel strikes. The largest extant #fish species.
Filter feeder 🦐
Harmless
Majestic
📸 Tiktok @dan._peng
#wildjamaica
November 14, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The Greater Antillean grackle (Quiscalus niger crassirostris) locally aka “Cling cling” attributed to its call
#wildjamaica #birdsofjamaica #jamaica
Caught in 4k hehehe

Shot in Spanish town Jamaica 🇯🇲
#jamaica #photo
November 14, 2024 at 5:58 AM
A species of stilt-legged #fly #Micropezidae family seen in #jamaica #wildjamaica
I love focus mode camera
November 14, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Tropical Buckeye (Junonia zonalis)⁠
🐛🌱: Larval host plants include blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis). Adults nectar on variety of flowering plants 
Range: Florida, the Caribbean,, Central America, & tropical South America
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 #wildjamaica #jamaicanbutterfly #nature #butterfly #jamaica
November 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM