Parrots of the Caribbean
- Black-billed Parrot (Amazona agilis) - Jamaica.
- Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala) - Cuba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands.
- Hispaniolan Parrot (Amazona ventralis) - Haiti, Dominican Republic.
- Imperial Parrot (Amazona imperialis) - Dominica Island.
- Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata) - Puerto Rico.
The Brown-throated Parakeet, also known as the St. Thomas conure or the brown-throated conure, is a species of parrot that is endemic to the U.S. Virgin Islands, some French Caribbean Islands, and other countries of South and Central America, and Mexico.
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Many marine biologists consider the Bahamas to be the shark capital of the world given the number of species you can come across. The country is home to at least forty different species, including tiger sharks, oceanic whitetips, Caribbean reef sharks, lemon sharks, bull sharks, great hammerheads, and nurse sharks.
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The Bahamas is home to the planet's third largest great barrier reef. Andros Barrier Reef, located off the east coast of Andros Island, is 190 miles long. This massive living organism is unique even among other barrier reefs due to its rare depth of 6,000 feet – though much of it remains visible near the surface.
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