WHITE-EYED THRUSH
(Turdus jamaicensis)

 photo of White-eyed Thrush

.The two photos show a White-eyed Thrush (locally "Hopping Dick") at one of our banding sessions. The whitish iris is very conspicuous

Like all of Jamaica's endemic wildlife, it is protected by the Wildlife Protection Act.

 photo of White-eyed Thrush
 photo of White-eyed Thrush
Here you see some variation in iris colour: the bird on the right has a bluish tinge to the iris when compared to the pearl-white on the left.

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