Animals

American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus
Endangered. Habitat: Negril, Black River Morass, Falmouth, Milk River, Rio Minho, Portland Bight, Palisadoes, Morant Point. This crocodile lounges outside the Greater Portmore Primary School.
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Black-billed Parrot, Amazona agilis
Vulnerable. Habitat: Cockpit Country (Trelawny, St. Elizabeth), Mt.  Diablo (St. Catherine), John Crow Mountains.
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Red-billed Streamertail, Trochilus polytmus polytmus
(Doctorbird). One of two subspecies of Jamaica's national bird. This western species has a red bill, while the one is the east has a black bill. Habitat: Western Jamaica (all except Portland, St. Thomas, St. Andrew).
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Black-billed Streamertail, Trochilus polytmus scitulus
(Doctorbird). One of two subspecies of Jamaica's national bird. This eastern species has a black bill, while the one is the west has a red bill. Habitat: Eastern Jamaica (Portland, St. Thomas, St. Andrew)
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Common Potoo, Nyctibius griseus
(Patoo) Habitat: Wooded areas around the island.
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Jamaica Giant Swallowtail, Papilio homerus
Endangered. "Largest of the true swallowtail species in the world" Habitat: John Crow Mountain (St. Thomas), Cockpit Country (St James and St.  Elizabeth).
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Jamaican Boa, Epicrates subflavus
Endangered. "The Jamaican Boa is non-posionous and has no fangs or venom" Habitat: Hellshire Hills (St. Catherine), Portland Ridge (Clarendon), Cockpit Country (Trelawny, St. James), Blue Mountain Foothills (St. Andrew, St. Thomas, Portland).
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Jamaican Hutia, Geocapromys brownii
(Coney, Mountain Rabbit, Wild Guinea Pig). Endangered. The Jamaican Coney is the largest coney species in the world. Habitat: Helshire Hills (St. Catherine), Blue Mountains (St. Thomas, Portland).
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Jamaican Iguana, Cyclura collei
Critically Endangered. Considered one of the rarest species in the world, the Jamaican iguana was thought to be extinct until a hog hunter discovered a community of iguanas in the Hellshire Hills. "Reaching up to 150 cm and maybe more, it is te island's largest native land animal" Habitat: Hellshire Hills (St. Catherine).
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Jamaican Tody, Todus todus
Habitat: Widespread.
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Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
Critically Endangered. The largest sea turtle, this 1959 specimen weighed close to 600 lbs. Habitat: Various beaches along the north and south coasts, Morant Cays, Pedro Cays, Port Royal Cays, Pigeon Island.
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Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta
Endangered. Habitat: Various beaches along the north and south coasts, Morant Cays, Pedro Cays, Port Royal Cays, Pigeon Island.
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West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus manatus
(Sea Cow). Endangered. Confused for mermaids by early sailors, the Manatee is Jamaicas largest indigenous animal. Habitat: Aligator Hole River and surrounding riverine and coastal areas (Manchester, St. Elizabeth).
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Yellow-billed Parrot, Amazona collaria
Vulnerable. Habitat: Widespread. A Yellow-billed Parrot with its owner, Bobby Rattray in St. Ann.
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The Loggerhead Kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus
The Loggerhead Kingbird. , a Jamaican endemic subspecies in the forests of the Bluefield Mountains in Bluefields, Westmoreland
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