Sunday, July 13, 2008

Providenciales - Wildlife in Turks & Caicos

I was surprised at quite how much wildlife I saw on my holiday. I've tried to compile a list of the Fish, Birds, Butterflies & Lizards and Plants I saw, but many I will have missed from this list. Suffice to say it is a great spot for seeing wildlife if that's what you're into.
 
Fish

 Barracuda
 Blue Parrot fish
 Butterfly fish

 Blue Tang (Mum, I saw Dorie from 'Finding Nemo'!)
 Dark Parrot fish
 Green Parrot fish
 Grouper (Oh and I ate some of one of these too!)
 Mullet

 Sergant major fish
Surgeon fish 




BirdsThere is a list of birds on the island on Wikipedia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands

Common Ground Dove
Great Egret
 Kiskadee
Mourning Dove (Pink Pigeon)
Osprey (Fish Hawk)
Rock Pigeon (Don't we have these in Trafalgar Square?)

Butterflies & Lizards - Here's a good article on butterflies of the islands - http://www.timespub.tc/index.php?id=39

Caribbean Buckeye Butterfly (I think this is what it was. It was darker than the ones on Wiki though and had 2 ocelli and not 3...)

Curly tailed lizards (These were dead cute - I even found one in my trousers - No, before I wore them)

PlantsHere is an article on the plant life of Turks & Caicos -http://environment.tc/environment/plantsanimals/plants.htm



Saguaro Cactus


What I didn't spot

JoJo the Dolphin (This guy is famous and one of the other guests in my hotel said she'd seen him early one morning. D'oh!)

Moray Eel (Again, thank God I didn't)

Nurse Shark (Ken did - crazy fool)


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