Puerto Rico – Endangered Species
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Feb 3, 2010 | by Kevin Loughlin
Yellow-shouldered Blackbirds and female Shiny Cowbird
Notice the band on the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird in the foreground? Heavily studied and watched, this Puerto Rican endemic is critically endangered due to habitat loss, nest predation by cats and other introduced mammals, and by nest parasitism from Shiny Cowbirds which arrived on the island within the last century. La Paguera offers the best opportunity to find this gregarious species as they seem to prefer mangroves and coastal scrub.
photos and text © Kevin Loughlin