What Can You See In The Park?

Friends of the Environment
Abaco, Bahamas

	What Can You See In the Abaco National Park?

The Abaco National Park is easily accessible to locals and tourists wanting to visit the area. It hosts a very diverse biosphere geared to ecotourism activities.

The Park is home to the endemic Abaco Bahama Parrot, the Bahama Yellow Throat and the Pine Warbler. The Kirkland Warbler which breeds in Michigan and winters in the Bahamas. It has been sighted in the Abaco National Park.

			Other specialty birds seen on surrounding islands as well as the Abaco National Park include the Red-legged Thrush, Blue-gray Gnat-catcher,, Olive-capped Warbler, Loggerhead Kingbird, LaSagra's Flycatcher, Greater Antillean Bullfish, Striped-headed Tananger, Bahama Swallow, Cuban Emerald Hummingbird, Bahama Mockingbird and the West Indian Woodpecker

Game species also live in the park. Hunting is permitted in the Park during specific season during the year. Wild Boar, introduced many years ago to Abaco, is a popular game animal. Also popular are Quail, Wood Dove and the White-crowned Pigeon. These birds feed on poisonwood berries and other wild berries plentiful in the Park.

Migratory birds use the fresh water ponds and lakes in the park during their travels.

M. Stafford

Endangered in Florida, however quite common in Abaco National Park, the Atala Hairstreak Butterfly makes the Park it's home

There is an abundance of lizards and other small wildlife inhabiting the park too.

The Bahamas National Trust

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